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Show j TIMELY TOPICS f THE WAV TO SUCCESS America demanda tha beat. And getting It, ehe paya tha beat. i . Whether It ba In tha arte, aclencea, mechanlca or i under tha calcium glare of tha prise ring, American. want tha beat that human talent and energy can ' produce. . And to get It, money Is no object. Frequently la heard nowsdaya that tha path of honesty, toll and sacrifice, long pointed out to , youth aa tha road to aucceaa, has been overgrown with the weeds of "easy money" and abandoned. It no longer paya ta begin at the bottom of the ladder and sllmb slowly upward, wa are told. Modern for- world no longer recognises perseverance and Industry, Indus-try, la tha plaint. - Two men. whoee only claim to fame Ilea In their brute strength, meet In the prise ring and earn a small fortune In a few mtnutes of bloody mauling. Hut the champion didn't win his crown overnight. Nor did the contender sttaln his right to meet the tltleholder by trending the urlmroee psth. It re-quires re-quires stamina and physique to withstand tha gruelling gruel-ling punlehment of the prise ring. Weeks and months of preparation and training must ba undergone. under-gone. It Is Just ss true today as In the day when Emerson Emer-son wrote that If a man wrltea a better book, preaches a better sermon or builds a better mouse trap than hie neighbor, tha world will make a beaten path ta his door. And If ha fights a better fight, tha world will pay him for It, handsomely. Omaha World-Herald MAN. THC WANDERER Whan tha Hat of graduate a from any American collero or hlh arhoot ta published, aomeona la aura to comment on tho mixture of rmcea ohown by tha aamoa and exproaa treat aurprtao at tho worklnca of tho "moltlniv pot." A little atudy of dlroctoriea. however, or a van an examination of tho roe tar of tho Bona of tho Revolution, would moderate that urprlae. From tho oar Heat tlmea to tha pneaont moment, people hava boon moving to and fro.' and their namea teat if y to their mlgratlona. Tretich John" beoomea "John fYoneh": -Alack tho Scot" drop the article and adda a letter and atanda forth aa 'A?eck Hcott." Irloh. Welch or Welah, Holland and Hoi lander, m em In a. Dane. Dutch, Brltton, Spain. Franco those aro ntm of good Anaio-fajivon atandlna. yet tholr atory of paat m lira Hone Ilea on tho aur-face. aur-face. plain for all to read. Othera art hardly leaa clear; "Norman" explain It eel f, 'Packard" la a corruption of "Plckard." that la, a man from the French province of Plcardy, and tho flret "Janaway waa aim ply a man from Genoa. Mlarratlona aro mora frequent now than ever bo-for. bo-for. That ta tho natural roeult of Improved eom raunlcattona and lncraaalna; world knowlodco. But men havo bean solne; to other lan da to aerie tholr fortune a! nee tho flraf Cro-Macwoa adventured to tho re-Ion of the Neanderthal cavea. Chicago Journal. ' WHEN THE REFORMERS REFORM Tho grandest reformation of all tho agea will begin on that day If tt over comes when each man atopa fretting over tha faults of his nolghbors and begins tho ouiet performance of his own dally duty. . Our little world can bo mads beautiful, sweet, pleasant or tho opposlts. But It only ean be made ao by our own attention to our own part tn thla world. Tho Puritan passion for atandard morale and manners was' a product 'of tho tlraos. In Its way, U waa very good, and probably vory neresavry. But today there la no longer one raco. crood. class or condition of llfo that may poeo aa a standard for all tho root. Tho danger of tho day Is that ws may achtovo government by tho buaynody. If tho world seems to you a pretty bad world, ths question arlaoa whether your mental and moral ayes do not need tho oervtces of a physician. And whether. Instead of pouring out your contempt upon neighbors and friends, you do not need to seek soma fountain of moral and mental clean lineae and health. H Is a libel on God's world to assert that there la always a sorpont lurking In every Eden. Tho only aorpent lurking anywhere is tho one wo put there ourselves, vVs ourselves aro hoavsn or hefl. L'tlca Observer IMspatch. |