Show IM I M AFRAID I X CANT CANT CAN'T nr In TOns so Nearly CO GO years ago in a New England England Eng Eng- land town there was born to a rather well to do family i a a. bright baby 10 boy His Hla father an and mother rejoiced in their new gift It from the Et Eternal and as the months rolled around sought to develop In him principles of character char char- character acter and manhood Ho Ire was given hen every opportunity for tor forthe forthe I the development of at his physical life liCe q but t It was noticed that thit as he ho came In In contact with pith the boys of his own age in in play that he never tried to ft fly kites shoot marbles play ball bail run races or ordo ordo do o any the things that other boys bors his own age were wece doln doing Whoa When hon ho G came to go to school he he ln lagged gc b behind all of th the rest of ot tho the scholars nn and each year stood at nt the foot oot of his classes receiving his promotion promotion pro pro- motion only through favoritism or a as people sometimes M say by iby the skin of ot his teeth When hen he came to o tho the time for tor him to enter high enter high school he made his entrance on c conditions and andIn andIn andin In the second year quit school forever and for good He lie started to learn a n trade He spent three throe four tour five years in ono one place Mace Three years was the time given b by r his employers for tor it was tho the time before labor tabor unions were in e existence for him to learn his tra trade o in At fit the end enlI of or tho five o years c rD ho 10 knew but little little lit lit- It tle more than when he went In to learn his trade trado Ho had started to learn the leather finishing business But when five fie years were Up tip ho tIl did not know how to jack polish or grain or solve He could not sharpen a knife so that it would do good work work n could he hc set a astone stone stono wr well t. t 1 H He left hi his hometown town tO and found work worl as a n jour Journeyman however h In a n distant cRy city Th There t while other Jour Journeymen were v finishing their their Work In eight to nine nino louts hours he was wa vas Inking ng from ten to twelve He lie never did old seem to g got get t caught ht up on his hL work He was alwa always 8 behind bellind In the course course of or time he marre married Little ones were born to him The Th oldest is now a i boy of oC 23 or 21 4 1 and andis is as different from his daddy as tho the moon Is different from green chee cheese c. c For years the father has bc been barn n struggling on and n Is now a n. man nearIng nearing nearing near- near ing CO GO He has made from every point of ot view a n most lamentable failure fail fail- ur ure He Is constantly in debt Makes continual appeals to his people for tor assistance and Is In continual trouble of at various kinds Isis Ills friends for years cars have been searching for the root of ot the trouble His ns brothers l avo excelled In their work life One has lies become n a first- first class clans printer and antI Is 13 the 5 f owner owner ot oL ota oLa a no large establishment In a n. Western city Tho The other Is an educator e of oJ no mean prominence In a n. state th that thatis t Is re renowned ra ra- no ned for the care it gives Its young youn Why hy the tho Failure of ot This Man Ian The answer has beeh been found As a boy on the tho playground he used to say when asked to play and indulge in the harmless sports orts orts' of boyhood Im afraid I cant can't As a n. young man learning a n. trade trae he alwa always s 's went to his foreman with the I words words' Wont you show the rne how to todo todo todo do this that or the other Wont Won't you yott sharpen my knife set this stone for Cor me me Im I'm afraid arai I cant cantA A As Ap a Journeyman nit It was still stilt tho the Momo game cry 0 i a n. young married man he oven had o h habitual til cX excuse r ready dr now no as ns a m d than pr prema prematurely prema- prema ma direly gray and bent the sam samA words are arc on his lips Im afraid 1 I cant cint cantIm Im I'm afraid 1 1 t cant can't hae wrecked ruined ruin ed nn and spoiled hla l life er L I cant can't ne never ner r accomplish accomplish- accomplished ed in this world It never neer will ur Im I'm afraid I cant can't never built bum a 3 boat swung a a bridge e across a 3 a stream preached a a. sermon c cUred r. r l fever painted 8 a picture r p rt d a a. caSe baSO I nc never ncr r did anything nn I Im I'm afraid arald I cant can't dooms a am n to failure from the ver very moment when he lie first utters It Writes over th tits the temple of or his life lICo tho word Ichabod Places high on Its wall wan Thou art weighed in the balance balanco and found wanting Im I'm afraid I cant can't is a a. bugbear that darkens deceives and finally damns n n. mans man's life liCe I l' l can and I will on oft tho contrary give to a 3 m man n grit grace and gumption gumption gump Sump tion turn his feet in rI right ht paths and crown his efforts with success Never say you you cant do a tiling thing Yo You dont don't whether you ou can do it or not hot until you you tr try try- I IA A most prominent mt man n In Pittsburg PlUs Pitts- burg says ys to young oung men If It your our employer asks s you rou to do A tl thing do do dothe tho the best you tOu can at it You have ave three chances o of winning against one of or failure You mn may find its it's the thing you can best hest do You m may j train yourself to do and do it well You may bluff blurt it through You ma may fall kind ot of ofa ota Dont Don't bo be cant Im a 3 man Sa Say to lifes life's propositions to win Here hero goes Im I'm going The spirit of or I r can enD and I will gives courage to any man the spirit of or Im afraid I cant foredooms him himI I to failure |