Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-20 | Page 15 | Rotary and the Uncut Diamond

ROTARY AND THE INCUT DIAMOND I (From Shawuee Weekly Letter.) I. A I know a man. you know a man a type of thousands of others, who cannot can-not understand why people avoid him, , why he is not popular, why everything ' beems repelled from his side of the Iroom. When others are enjoying themselves, he is silent, in a corner ! by himself Ho Is rarely Invited any where. He is apparently a social icl- ' ce there Is no warmth about him no magnetism The reuson for ibis i man's unpopularity is a myster) to ,hira. He Is a man, perhaps or ability, and B hard worker, who likes to mingle min-gle with his fellow men. Ho Is mortified morti-fied to find himself persistently shunned while others with much eei ability are welcomed wherever they fc,j. He has no idea that selfishness Is the principal bar to his popularit) Hp I annot get himself or his business out ,,i his mind long enough to take an in-tereSl in-tereSl n Other people or their affairs. No man will voluntarily seek out a man to magnetize himself by ihOWlng inteiesi and regard tor others, and iu ho doin he will attract rather ihau repel. re-pel. Put such a man in Rotary and ho 'will be forced to forget self if he re mains a member. He will soon find himBelf, and his better nature will develop de-velop Slowly the change will come over him, and he will have DO dlfflcul-U dlfflcul-U in meeting and talking wRh bit fel 'lowman. He will soon realize that there is more to life than his own business busi-ness interests. There are many people who believe that a diamond In (ho rough Is the only genuine diamond If a man It Bin cere they argue, il he posvs mai.lv I qualities aud is loyal to l ruth, no mal I ter how rude and uncouth he may out- wardly be, he will be rospgetedj and Will be successful. This argument is good only to a limited extent. What Ib true of an uncut gem i also true of a human diamond in the rough Hiamouds are only valuable in propot tlon to the degree of brilliancy and beauty which the diamond cutter has brought forth. So a man may be possessed pos-sessed of many admirable qualities.! but, ll i hey are covered by a rough exterior, ex-terior, they will be robbed of their In-' trlnslc value. What cutting and pol-lahtng pol-lahtng io for crystallised carbon, Ro-j tary and Its social intercourse do fori the human diamond in the rough. no -