Show SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT by F A WALKER FEARING MISTAKES THE TH E man or woman who fears to trend tread unfamiliar fields or hest heal antes to undertake something apart from the commonplace simply because of the dretel of making mistakes will never a place of distinction history Is replete with golden deeds ot f men and women who in their beginning made error efter error rubbing them out as they moved along undaunted until finally they reached the tha beckoning heights towards which t they hey 1 were ever pressing success la Is very often built on fallacies of vision and judgment and then made I 1 a glorious monument by th their air eras era erasures ures and the applause of a wondering world to write an acceptable sonnet bonnet involves repeated trials and the frequent drawing of the pen through blunders that slipped in during the excitement of the haae chase ot of effective lines and rhymes to manage a pu business siness without now and then making miscalculations la Is not possible so it Is with every other form of york work from the bu building illing of a skyscraper to the pta planning nning of a bun bungalow ga or the taking care of a home in spite of the intelligence and capacity of the human mind it frequently puts the saddle on the wrong horse a and nd in its heated quest pursues shadow for substance I 1 when an old hound gets on the wro wrong ng scent lie he does not sit on his haunches and whine but keeps scurrying around until he picks up the trail and reclaims his reputation tor for being the best hunter to in the pack to hesitate on the threshold of worthy effort through tear fear of commit aing la Is sheer tolly folly to keep going and brushing impediments impedimenta aside Is wisdom the wise raan man or oc woman accepts his bis or tier mistakes gracefully but turns them to profitable account by avoiding them in the future nothing that man dees la Is perfect no man Is without faults but every man by persistent effort can overcome them and make a creditable showing worthy of emulation by those timid souls boula who halt between two opinions and thus accomplish nothing tile the sensible thing thine to do in every walk of activity la Is to have a fixed purpose and suck stick to it until you rise at the tup top and stand shoulder to shoulder with the tha unconquerable ot aby by mcclur r |