Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-03 | Page 7 | A Bad Bet

I A A Bad Bet f r rBy o By JOHN BLAKE There is such a thing as its as' as chance Some men rise to fortune even to tame fame without without without with with- out deserving it Miners have stumbled tumbled on rich veins of gold and got millions out of ot them with no education and little little little lit lit- tle Industry Now and then we read th that lt somebody has broken the bank at Monte Carlo In a world tenanted by one billion and a half people all sorts of ot things are likely to happen But BlIt it is not often that hat chance picks s up the undeserving undeserving un un- un- un deserving and sweeps them to fortune For FOI every ery miner who discovers a told gold mine there are hundreds hundred of ot thousands of miners who work their lives away and discover nothing but misery For every man who breaks the bank bani at Monte lonte Carlo Sarlo there are thousands away what they have and either become bankrupt or go back to work to acquire more mare m money ney to waste in the same way Betting on your luck is a bad bet the bet the very worst bet possible In all aU of at us the gambling instinct is is tucked away somewhere Even the most prudent pr ld nt ar are t tempted now and then to take a chance themselves by the tales of ot sudden fortunes thi that are heard I on on every side The gaining g of ot a competence seems a long hard business especially to the young men and young women Vh Why not tr try for a little ittle short cut now no and then hen Why not put aside a part of ot ones one's earnings to play the stock marJ market et Haven't other people made millions that way way One or two perhaps not many And nothing is printed about he people who lose all th they have plaYing playing play plaY- ing a game about which they know Imo now nothing Ing They do not seek publicity and the they are aIe not Int interested rested enough to have it conferred upon them by the news news- papers The road up the hill is a long tong hard road It is tedious s at times too no matter what the optimists ts and t the while smile people tell eU you about it But it happens to be the ani only sure road there is And it is not not half halt so disagreeable as as It looks from a distance Indeed Ind-eed there is a lot of fun to be had in in climbing it after you have got a start and can look back now and then at the miles you have left behind you The only wise bet is a bet on yo yourself not on your luck luck luck-a a bet that you have the stuff In you to tomake tomake make male good and that you have enough driving force to get it out You may not be a genius or especially gifted in any direction But It is not tie the gifted or the geniuses who live the most happy lives ll You have good average ability and if it you are willing willing- willingto to back it with your energy and your our time it will win for you you win win enough to I keep ep you In interested interested in- in till old age and comfortable then That is really a great deal and while you ou are doing it you may be of some great service servIe to your fellow mep which is the highest form of achieve achieve- ment i Bet on yourself not on your luck A bet on your luck is a bad bet Copyright 1926 by the Bell BeIl Syndicate Inc d- d