HE secret of success is conwig of purpas, —Disraeli Keep Fit trend of their thoughts that men are carried to the desired havens of life, to places of power and pomp and luxury. He whose thoughts are uncontrolled, unguided, is derelict—a vessel without power and without worth. He and of chance ORD, aj | is the plaything of adverse tides, the sport By TH E WINNING: WAY. circumstance ELIE I BEE ET ge He who has a definite objectivey a goal toward which he] strives, is possessed of power—psychic, dynamic. His friends, the stranger upon the street, the tides of circumstance, the very winds of chance, all the elements of life “Af you put _ And aHIV alittle lava’ unite to make his goal attainable. BLE into Bie bit oO f Bladness, n Ae all the work 2and.a ileden litos you in | deg will seem ‘too holds long OE ice ET to ito sort Y Paakes ot: straighia 1 that you’ re a-doin’ pre tty near before you LBL bring LICE i is teers More done > : than» fir ec aXe Ss of | it to you, and ‘yow an see that ie | . you ‘ ‘ ne i 4 dreamed begun; for a when | , Bate Sale SOLD SLT BES epee OOD MY By JESSIE WAGE B. RITTENHOUSE CE I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; task was a succession | Get all day SEBS . worked for a menial’s hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have paid. s x ¥ VALU ES By O JESSIE Love, could That once I B. RITTENHOUSE I but take the spent with thee, hours And coin them all in minted gold, What should I purchase that would Their worth in joy to me? Ah, Love—another hour with thee! all the of feeble, sleep a lying results, ineffective you occasionally. can, Learn blows, Stay abed to lazy, be to dawdle, to enjoy , empty mind; then, when you are called to effort, you can hit with ten times the power. The higher the quality of your work the more necessary it is that you approach it only when you are at your best. is especially true of intellect effort. You can tell, when. you re story or an article, whether it is tainted with exhaustion; it is dull, lifeless putty Those who court the quality of brightness but do not keep their bodies in trim, often resort to artificial stimu-lants. Stephen Crane said that the best literature < Ks perbio dad into two classes; hisk Intellige it For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. BETS LT SLOPE ee MT the This ATI EAA IE WEL BIE DELLE EDEL TL IES ECMO SRA ORSINI OTS SO OT Sle peer have ae or pf Ye you fit.] slipshod products, and paresis. Rest and recreation are the best parts of labor. They are the height to which the hammer is lifted; and the force of the blow depends on that height. To go ahead without let-up is to deliver only BomBSNS rasgink i himself ingly at it brings success,’ is motto; it rather brings poor Nelone. - Willfhavet ‘set the world a-talkin’” and the little winds that blow Wi ill keep every-} The first} worker is] And an hour’s labor] when he is up to the mark, bright, keen and enthusiastic, i worth three effort when, he fageed. “Keeping everlast- A daa good where. duty of a A IO A Coa . at eight hours a day4 han at ten. 5 It. is aoslaw that j GE some Hadi Frank gets more and bet-J ter work out of menf do, ana your wot 4 will be attractive, and the world will stop to look, And. the world will see a swe etness like: ghe Lilie e rOfa eke An the finished ike j b; and Aah the wo: ea Dr, automo- fore. the industrial} commission that he be of you, ds not the bile. man, stated § hig testimony be-f{ people ec not need to be told that this is suicide. The best form of enthusiasm is the natural reaction of one’s system after a period of relaxation. The pestiferous “work-while-you-rest” apostles are ever after us to “improve our spare time,’ study French during junch, *geometry while going to sleep, ‘and history during rec But spare time ought to be wasted, not improved An hour or so at the ball game, a contest at tennis, a long and aimless walk, a party at cards, a chess match) or a time spent in jolly talk with friends: are not waste; they mean restored strength, upbuilt mental] acumen, the doubling of efficiency when work is to do. Learn to let go. Learn to relax utterly when you sit down. Learn to let every faculty lie down when you lie down, | and rest whether you sleep or not. The more thoroughly you do nothing when there is nothir - to do the better you can do something when there is something todo. The very cream of life comes from rest. The blush, the aroma, the shine of your best work lie in the hours. of idle ness massed behind it The secret of } brilliant work is in. throwing every atom of your reserve force into it. Perpetual exertion begets mediocrity. Ms cep fit.3* Rs 3c hold s a better rule than 1915, by Frank “Keep at it.” 2 Wa RE SO 647 ~ aan git HOUGHTS! They are a strange power, indefinable. And yet they are material things— tangible, real; masters of the destinies of men. For it is by the trend of their thoughts that men are held in the sluggish bayous and backwaters of life; it is by the