Show Cast the a String in from hom Around Around Your our Neck At the Orpheum theatre recently the travel pictures showed a Hindu fakir in Burmah Burman and his remarkably ably well trained mon mon- key The poor little creature looked fearfully and helplessly unintelligent at its master who jerked jerl and yanked tho the string preceding each exhibition by bj the animal Away from the threatening glance of the fakir and the yanking yanking yanking yank yank- ing string this little beast would probably never be able to do doone doone doone one of the tricks hicks This picture was pathetic to us here was an animal approaching approach approach- ing human intelligence and form and yet denied the possibilities of man We Ve could not help but think of how many human beings there are in the world who permit themselves to be yanked by a string how many who are glorified with the form and brain of 01 man who allow themselves to deteriorate and live a jungle life There are various forms of strings about abou L the necks of humankind Anything that places you under the power and persuasion persuasion persuasion per per- suasion of another man is a string Just calmly figure out to yourself the string that may be attached to you and see if you cannot throw it off Ignorance is the worst form fOrIn lack of brain brainin in initiative is what makes the monkey turn a ba back k for the dusky Hindu I It t also makes humans do the bidding of others Debt is a string around your neck Throw it off Bad I habit is another string Cast such away Not all of us can be rich and sway others some 01 of us must work for others but the right sort of employer doesn't like to yank the string He lIe values most the worker who does what is before him without the urging yank This is a great country of freedom and opportunity The Theman Theman Theman man who gets ahead and nd the woman who succeeds succeed divest themselves themselves themselves them them- selves of strings early Throw off your string and be your own guide |