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Show Bui 9 Jfeaid The most inflammable kind of wood Is the chip on your shoulder. "The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball. They fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they attempt at-tempt things. "Ford forgot to put a reverse gear in his first automobile. Edison spent $2 million on an ' invention which proved of lit- f tlo value. "The man who makes no . mistakes lacks boldness and ' the spirit of adventure. He is ( the one who never tries anything. any-thing. He is the brake on the wheel of progress. is "And yet it cannot be truly s- said that he makes no mistakes, because the biggest mistake he makes is the very fact that he :n' tries nothing, does nothing ex- us cept criticize those who do." is . rd at- Babe Says: in- "Men who beef too much usually find themselves in a real stew." TIMES HAVE CHANGED "Fifty years ago folks boiled coffee and settled it with an egg; the only reds known were red flannels, and a boy didn't think he had to have a motor vehicle in which to pursue happiness. "People were more interested I j in the contentment of each I other than they were in con-4 con-4 tented cows, ladies rode sidesaddle side-saddle and when the preacher said a truth the people said id 'Amen!' "A political candidate had to bo economy minded to get elected to office; neighbors a asked about ycur family and a meant it; and when a man got k- dressed for the evening he put ed on his nightshirt, ds. "Folks used toothpicks and ire were still polite; and all the :he neighbors got fresh liver at 'T hog-killing time. "Two or three people could meet without passing the hat; C6 parents were the only baby-jr(j baby-jr(j sitters; and men worked for an honest living instead of wish- ing for one. "A man's word was his bond; Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years and no one asked him to endorse a mattress; and men j made the same wife do a life- time." GET MAD! j i "Generally speaking it is a i virtue to control one's temper and to be patient under all j circumstances. But self-control j is one thing and a lazy sort of indifference is another. Some-; Some-; times it pays to get good and : mad once in a while, provided j the honest anger inspires con- structive action. To quote the late Clark Gable, 'Most things i people achieve in life come be-1 be-1 cause they got mad enough to go after what they want.' I "So get mad once in a while. It may help you to reach some remote goals." ,es " y, SALLIE SEZ: 01 Sipiness is that sensation f you acquire when you are H, too bnsy to be miserable." |