Show V. V I AIMLESSNESS i V. V I V I V BY LANDON CARTER Thrift has made many a n man rich but ut never yet el has lias It I brought one to want and anti tho the eminence and amid credit of or ofa ora a people depend largely upon tho the general generl gen gen- oral eral erl and anti In individual l appreciation of 0 this wor word As to the aimless there therean s fan all an never remain aught but bitt obscurity or be bo f felt J nn ammy of the general answering of pleasure pleasure- such as Is known to those who have hav through their own ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts prominence and Ic tories V When hen humanity first realized even cven It in the tho most rudimentary sense that concentration ambition and uni unity meant power powel then Indeed was wms time the dawn toWI of or civilization c To the tho visionary man who thinks loo 10 generl generally of or many timings things thing and anti without forethought sows sos all al kinds s of oC sec seed there can be no great harvest from tiny any orb ono of them To ro be Impressionable Im mm- 10 In every direction means effective e faculty in none for lot such such general general gen gen- eral oral susceptibility undermines the iho powers powers pow pow- ers of conc concentration and r results In lit drifting In hi many directions and and sailing sail saU- ing In none hOOd The Tho art of or seamanship Is evinced by sailing not drifting To ro 10 realize the tho necessity for a system of general concentration means means ov eventual even even- n- n tutU satisfaction satisfaction- of or the heart for or The Tho devil tempts us not Us thu wo we tempt him beckoning his skill ski with opportunity Apart from the value of or having any definite goal in view there i is always benefit to bo be derived from an any kind of ot systematic culture for all al forms of self regulation and control ar are le lessons ons in III duty The Tho aimless man mami must sooner soon soon- er em or om later dwindle Into obscurity whereas through ambition I energy and anti courage ho he ma may become a personage V There can b bo lie no ill true manliness or r I womanliness if there Is 13 an absence of or conscientious I activity There may bean benn be bo boan an nn appearance of these qualities but V manhood an and womanhood do not exist In the time semblance of or things but in iii inThe r realities a U es The 1 woman woman who lacks hacks Interest In her homo home duties has frequently provoked provoked pro pro- yoked her family amly to seek eek elsewhere even her domestics are uro keen in discovering her lack o of pow power r and and lose loso no opportunity tonIce to V take nIce advantage of or her In the other extreme however we tho the sel- sel self self- V through her respecting woman who noble qualities creates for herself a a little kingdom om of heaven an and to whoso whose family she becomes a heroine to be placed amly on n a n pedestal above 01 all ahi others others To encourage children In all aU forms of oC dut duty anti and establish for them proper stan standards ar s Is perhaps perhaps the best foundation Lion tion for future life Ce Self confidence Is s essential to all aU forms of success Although h one ono should be bu careful not to 0 o on ones one's s 's possibilities on the other hand continued continued con con- discouragements are proportionately proportionately disastrous and frequently so soun un undermine ambition that almost unconscIously unconsciously unconsciously un un- un- un consciously one drifts Into a morbid useless aimless life for or It I is un undeniable that too great or rather an exaggerated V ed tha opinion of ot ones one's frailties will wi cowand cow an and perhaps quite eclipse energy and its It noble aspirations Aimlessness breeds many forms forma of oC gossip slander and so repugnant to decency and arid foreign to religion Unfortunately one ono cannot always al- al ways ays give praise but but at such times silence Is golden costs nothing and andis is equally possible AimlessnesS encourages littleness Blenes whereas the busy man has no time Corsuch for Cor such Indulgence In Go Gods God's s 's war i Slackness Is Infamy s s |