Show 1 A 1 Children of the Clock r rBY n BY PERCY SHAW SHAW- W WA GROUP of or laborers was filling in a street trench half halt a dozen loaded A shovels were poised In air when the noon whistle blew All but one man dropped the dirt back baek on the pile The other five were young oung but the they might as well have been centenarians for they will be shoveling dirt till they die Which Is another wa way of or saying that di discriminating nature has provided provided pro pro- vided plenty of room at tho the bottom to accommodate her children of or the clock Nature never nevel makes a mIstake and therein she differs from the thinking creatures she creates She regulates herr her trillions multi of oC unthinking animals and plant families s with nicest precision she colors each flower for a a. distinct purpose e sho she fashions her legions of Insects that tho they ma may better attain their ordained fore goal In her general scheme with seeing all eye ce she watches tho course of the ant In the formicary with the same patience that she supervises supervises supervises super super- vises the titanic upheavals on our shrinking sun But having haying bestowed upon us the unique gift gUt of or reason she leaves us to determine when where and how we shall shaH sow and reap Therefore when at tho the sound of ot tho whistle you OU see a a. man dropping his sho of or work ork back on the pile of oC things undone you ma may set him down as one of or the children of oC the clock Lawyer doctor minister anything you will If it he is a child of at the cleek he will tell you ou h he is not appreciated even ns ros he is being swept awa away to the meadows s of ot opportunity lost Time was wa when pioneers In ne new paths faced the of or an intolerant world Galileo braved the Inquisition to maintain a truth Socrates drank the fatal tatal hemlock with a smile Emile the names of the martyrs are legion likewise likewise like like- wise their fame rame Is Js undying but they were never children of or tho the clock Fortunately In these enlightened days das things g worth while are arc not long passed by Education has begotten discrimination the benefactor of oC therace tho the thorace thorace race be his service serice great or small mall is Ig sure of a present reward Of two twenty to of or our railroad pr presidents seventeen battled their way to tho the top from telegraph ke key coal yard ard and way station behind the they left an arm army of or associates equally poor with them when h n the march began The ladder addel of or success like lIle other ladders narrows rapidly at the top Those who stepped ed off ocr the lower lowel rungs when the whistle blew could never ne attain the tho skill needed to balance on tho the top rung with nothing to support them The Thc envious voice of this great arm army will tell you ou why tho they did not nol get there Is It strange that you ou are arc not Interested What thrills you ou Is tho stor story of the heroes who did Paradoxical as s It may sound sympathy belongs with the tho man on tho heights ht The children of the clock aro are sufficient unto themselves |