Show 4 A START R I 1 by J NATHANIEL C FOWLER jr r copyright 1316 by the mcclure newspaper THE BEST PLACE tho the mountain top Is IB small titers there la Is hardly room enough thoro there for the tha fow few who reach its height and unless those who do keep keel a firm foothold they may bo be pushed oft off and dashed to pieces the way to tile tho mountain top la Is stoop steep and rugged the rocks are arc slippery and the path Is full of landslides tho the valley Is broad and fertile and there Is room enough there tor for planting and ana for harvesting tho the ordinary man can earn his living in tho valley the extraordinary man may bo be able to attach himself to tile the mountain top I 1 am not asking you young man not to travel upward nor am I 1 sug SUB boating that you forever remain on tho plains but I 1 am attempting to picture the dangers of stoop steep climbing and the liability of not being able to ind find a foothold at the top hotter bettor far better bo be a good tiller of the ilia poll eoll down in tile the green valley than starve among tho the mountains rocks in those days of strenuous bust bual ness of liberal education and of opportunity port Vort unity the old adage that thero there Is always room at tile top Is not as truo true as it used to be for oven though there thoro may bo be room at tile the very top ono one must tako take fearful chances in climbing and lie ho win will meet strenuous men en an route ready and anxious to win will not only by advancing themselves but by pushing others down the tendency to go beyond ones ability to occupy positions unnatural and difficult to hold Is responsible tor for many a failure and has ruined many men man who would have been successful had they been contented and industrious with good prospect of prosperity ambition should bo be made of sterner stuff than that which drives a man mail out cut of himself into unknown regions or into places too high for him to gain n foothold a footing which even it lie he does docs gain it lie he may be unable to keep it is IB your duty dul to do your best beet to make the ho most ot of yourself to enczur ago age rather lather than to cramp ambition to use common sense in tho the making of yourself that brand of 0 good sense which does not allow you to stay bolow your level and which will prevent you from striving to go beyond it thousands of men move from whore they are arc dissatisfied and disgruntled and opter new and unknown fields when it if they had remained at lio homo me making the host best of their opportunities they would have been worth more to themselves and to the world where yo you u are unless it Is below tile tho surface may bo be tho the best bent place in which tor for you ou to work and to stay atay certainly you should not allow yourself to leave your base of operations until you are arc sure buie that where you aro are ls Is not the iho place for you to be in and until you know of a location within tho the probable scope of your capacity dodaro of the top unless there la Is it sate safe road leading to it SOCIETY 1 I am not in society this winter says saya a young society woman 1 I am too busy to go into society remarks a young man mail what Is society anyway the so doty clety about which the foregoing was waa spoken really I 1 dont know and the tha three big dictionaries refuse to enlighten me at a guess I 1 should say that probably the young people quoted refer to the ilia collection of persons they meet when they go out when thoy they are away from homo home at balls parties part loi and other invitation functions and riot not necessarily to the individuals whom they visit perhaps they are unfortunate enough to belong to some alleged exclusive form or society eo clety or to some clique or collection of conceited people who because they dont know where they stand assume to stand tor for some something tIlIng about which thoy they know nothing thousands yes es hundreds of thousands of young people have injured their presents and discounted their futures by going into what they call society yes yea many men and women have sacrificed their souls upon tile the altar of Isu society clety young should have friends they should not be bookworms book womB worms or room hermits they should intermingle they should exchange experiences c play games of conversation and other games but all this does not moan mean going into society tor for society ty Is commonly understood as simply another word tor for excess with or without the it is a significant fact that our great merchant princes our men of prodigious intellect our famous discoverers 0 rb and scientists our men of mark IH it every walk of at life care more tor for sociability titan than tor for society and not one in a hun hundred dred of them Is in society they live natural lives make friends among their kind and enjoy social intercourse they dont care a alg whether mrs afro tone invites them to her most ball or whether mr highbrown highbrow High brow includes them in his list of dinner dinnery guests U cats many men 0 of wealth and a iid more inore men who haven tany any sacrifice the vitality of life alto to get into society and when they got get in they spend halt half ot of their time keeping in when they become old enough to know bettor they go out into natures out of doors breathe the fre fresh shair air and mentally and sometimes physically kick themselves tor for the tolly folly of their silly ambition dont worry about finding your society level your level will come to you and any level you try to reach which Is either above or below your proper sphere Is disastrous gear dear in mind young man kanand and young woman that mero mere money the ability to dance the tango and the capacity tor for small talk are not keys which will unlock tile tho door of good society it if your ancestors came hero in the overcrowded Alay mayflower flower or your several times removed grandfather chased indians remember that you may not be any bettor than other people pool with a hazy past for the whole 1 world feeds on tile the same kind of meat sleeps in similar beds beda and wears much ailko clothes it it can call got thorn them society as it runs starts from nowhere and ends in the land of nothing |