Show Uncommon Sense g JOHN JOHN HN BLAKE PRODUCTS BY-PRODUCTS HE Standard Oil company has hns THE 1 found a way to utilize all the residue from the distillation of ot petroleum pe po- Gasoline now one of ot the chief products of ot the concern was once a 1 by product All the coal tar derivatives derivatives de de- from which many drugs drus and medicines are made are arc by ISo So are paraffin candles and hundreds ot of other articles In every ery day use The Standard Oil company Is 18 a big concern It has thousands of ot technically technically tech tech- trained experts at work for tor It lt It has bas plants all aU over the world world the the biggest plants of ot the kind In existence I Such an nn Institution can well afford to go Into the business of ot making byproducts byproducts byproducts by by- products and to expend a part of ot Its almost limitless energies In getting all that Is possible out of ot the crude oil which flows from Its wells But the business of ot developing byproducts byproducts byproducts by by- products Is for a corporation and a B abig abig big one one not not for an Individual You may fancy that you can throw off oft products by-products easily as you do your dally daily work You may believe If It you youre ire ere re a B bookkeeper that by spending Ii d a few nights writing moving picture scenarios you ou will be able to utilize all your Jour brains Instead of ot part of ot them If It you are a young professional man with Ith little to do you may Imagine that you yon can take up novel writing or acting actIng actIng act- act Ing or bridge playing as a side line and thus get rich while you are arc waitIng waitIng wait- wait Ing lug for success In your profession It Is la possible that you will get rich ot at one or the other of ot these things But If It you do do It will be you OU have dropped your profession and devoted devoted de- de voted yourself to the by product Anthony Hope Elope who wrote The uThe Prisoner of ot Zenda was WIlS trained as a barrister but he had no briefs and wrote stories to while away be hours bours he be was waiting for clients He succeeded sue sir as a novelist because he was born to write but he stopped being a Ii lawyer as os soon as all his first book was published In this world a n man can learn to do doone doone doone one thing fairly well The time h he has hasIs hasIs hasis Is better spent on that one thing Begin Begin Begin Be Be- gin gin ginto Ito to to scout around for products by-products of ot your brain and you will soon 1 so 0 scatter your energies that you do nothing nothing noth noth- ing well If It you want ant to write movie scenarIos scenarios write em but dont don't try to keep keel a set of books at the same time It cant can't be done The expert accountants who are making big wages today were all nil s satisfied to spend all their spare time learning how to keep books better Copyright I Whenever y you u go to work In sombre days remember that there Is within you a n force torce which If It properly applied will enable you OU to open this same door and take your place among the leaders And this force torce must be called up by you alone Nobody else can cnn do It for tor you Have faith In yourself Havo no fear for fear Is the rock on which humans fall fail and go 0 tumbling Into the valley of at despair No man or woman with fear tear In the heart Is capable of ot clear discernment sure Judgment or superior accomplishment accomplish accomplish- ment e e Keep Jeep your mind on the great grent and splendid achievements of ot others and nd those you want to do yourself Be loyal loyal and hold steadfastly to highest methods Preserve an attitude of ot courage courteousness and good cheer Avoid the malcontents the grumblers grumblers grum grum- bIers the and shirkers the makers o o 0 wry faces and the provokers ers of ot quarrels Keep on the high road and In th the sunshine Move straight In the right direction and some morning you will find that success and honor are speeding towards towards to to- towards wards you with open arms Copyright |