Show WISHBONE VS BACKBONE D DID ID you ever hear of a person having a wishbone where his backbone ought to be it Is not evident physically but this Is often the case A little lad once said id give a hundred d ollars dollars to be a millionaire and as the years passed by he kept wondering through life why it had not come to pass in paris there once lived a young violinist on the top floor of a cheap pension As a student be practiced hour after hour ills his landlady had been instructed never to knock on his bis door when she heard beard him playing many a time coming up the long nights flights with his lunch she found the first tray still untouched and placing them side by side she stole away softly still hearing his playing playing playing lie ile became one of earths great artists but it was bought with sacrifice do wg we not often say we wish we could play like an and yet how unwilling lre are we to pay the price above to be a millionaire I 1 effort Is the price of everything oftentimes with effort comes sacrifice which Is the basic rock of appreciation and achievement in life we appreciate pre preci clate ate and achieve only as we are willing to sacrifice that was the secret of the striving of the pilgrim fathers and mothers love of ease has turned many a brave heart soft A university student at examination time prepared his room for study tie ile chose the lounging chair with pillows and soft shaded lighting on a tilted stand he be laid his bis book boob at the angle easiest tor for him to read and turned the radio radio on he be started to study started to be sure but got no farther tor for he fell asleep love of ease had conquered hm him his backbone grew sort soft and he soon found himself wishing he be could pass his bis finals like some other men of his bis class HePe he became came a mental invalid as far as study was concerned the world Is turning a slow curve but it Is turning the time has passed when one rich mans son may nonchalantly chal antly spend three millions on his own pleasure yacht for his own selfish soul our children shall live to see the time when young men living on unearned money will not hold the center of the stage to be envied as scions ot of wealth whether it comes by ra tock stock marketing or inheritance bono 1 must come through their own effort and achievement our country needs men and women en ot of backbone who as yet are tar far outnumbered by those of wishbone GO to Is the start to POAL GOAL |