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with them and gave some of them
presents. Then they were not so
much afraid.
He wished to light his pipe for
them to stnoke. So he took out his
burning glass. He held it in the
sun. He held his pipe under it.
THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS
No matter what vocation or
condition in life may be, every one
owes it to himself and to the world
to form a habit of being just as
m , . , , , happy as he can. Happiness is har-
The sunshine was drawn together harmony means health
■ nto a bright little spot on .he to to a ,f bodi , func ' ions . it
the to
began, to
bacco. Soon the pipe
smoke.
Then he heid out his pipe for the
Indians to smoke with him. That
is their way of making friends.
But none of the Indians would
touch the pipe. They thought that
he had brought fire down from
heaven to light his pipe. They were
now sure that he fell down from
the sky. They were more afraid
of him than ever.
At last Captain Clark’s Indian
man came. He told the Indians
that the white man did not come
out of the sky. Then they smoked
the pipe, and were not afraid
THE HAS-BEENS.
(By Walt Mason)
I read the papers every day and
oft encounter tales which show
there’s hope for every jay who in
life’s battle fails. I’ve just been
reading of a gent who joined the
has-been ranks, at 20 years with
out a cent, or credit at the banks.
But undismayed he buckled down,
refusing tc be beat, and captured
fortune and renown ; he’s ^ now in
Easy street. Men say that fellows
down and out ne’er leave the rocky
track, but facts will show, beyond
a doubt, that has beens do come
back. I know, for I who writes
this rhyme, when forty odd years
old, was down and out, without
dime, my whiskers full of mold.
By black disaster I was trounced
until it jarred my spine; I was
a failure so pronounced I didn’t
need a sign. And after I had soak
ed my coat, I said (at forty-three) ,
“I’ll see if I can catch the goat that
has escaped from me.” I labored
hard; I strained my dome, to do
my daily grind, until in triumph 1
came home, my billy goat behind
And any man who still has health
may with the winners stack, anc
have a chance at fame and wealth—
for has beens do come back.
means
efficiency. Faculties give out their
best wlrEn they are normal. To
keep happy is therefore, the best
personal economy and surest in
vestment : it insures the greatest
possible output of brains and body.
Much natural ability is rendered
nefficient because men and women
do not know that discord, whether
in fear, worry, selfishness, hatred
or jealously, is a health and hap-
)iness killer, an efficiency blighter.
Many men waste more vitality and
mental energy in a few minutes of
bad temper that would be required
in the legitimate running of their
business for days.
What would we think of a bank
er who would open his vaults and
throw all his money into ths street?
But when, in a fit of anger or rage
a man throws open the safety valve
of his mind and dings out hts ener-
egy, his precious life capital, char
acter capital, we think very little
about it.
We can make ourselves happy
or miserable, comfortable, or un
comfortable, according to the emo
tions which we allow to pass
through our minds. Whatever goes
through the mind must reappear it
the character and physical condi
tion.
It is a law that every state of
mind, whether good or bad, effects
every cell in the system and is out-
pictured in the body. We are thus
the arbiters of our fate through our
thoughts, emotions and passions.
The time will
shall know how
of some form of discord. If the
mind is kept as happy as possible it
is difficult for discord to get a foot
hold in the body. A happy mind is
the best possible health producer,
disease killer and discord destroyer.
For centuries man’s happiness
was looked upon by many earnest,
thinking people as a condition large
ly beyond his control. They seem
ed to think that it depended mostly
upon the temperament one happen
ed to develop and that there were
other things of so much more im
portance that we should not con
sider it too serious or take precious
time to cultivate it directly.
We are beginning to find, how
ever, that even as an economical in
vestment it pays immensely to make
a business of being happy and be
ing just as good to ourselves as pos
sible, although not in a selfish way.
We could not be good to ourselves
in the higher sense by being selfish.
There is nothing better that we
can do for our children than to train
them from infancy to form a habit
of always being happy, cheerful
and hopeful, and of making this a
life principal. The habit of op
timism, of facing life the right way,
will be worth infinitely more t•>
them than the greatest fortune they
may inherit without it.
Children should be given a bright
outlook upon life. There is nothing
like a sunny disposition, a happy
temperament, and if they are in
herited they may be cultivated.
Keep yourself cheerful, j >yous
and happy. It was never intended
that you should be a grumbling,
discordant, unhappy mortal. You
were tn ide to be happy, exuberant ,
but do not mistake intoxicating ex
come when we} citement, a titillulion of the nerves,
. , 1 | l ° re ^ resh our *. for happiness. Real happiness is
selves by mental change, by men- ,
tal chemistry; that is, by holding i as ca l‘ n as a summer sea, it 1 c p,
in our minds the antidotes of the 1 quiet, serene. It works noiselessly,
things that have wearied us or 1 silently but powerfully. We are
vexed us, by bolding the mental I most powerful when most perfectly
attitude which will neutralize the
thought enemies that have thrown
our bodies into confusion.
There is nothing so dead to hap
piness as mental discord. It para
lyzes the thinking ability and de
stroys the power of concentration
and effectiveness.
All diseases and sickness of
whatever kind are the outpitching
poised, when most serene.
Happiness is a great stimulator
of growth. Nothing grows when
discordant. When we shill have
learned how to conserve our ener
gies by getting our minds into har
mony', even the hardest day’s work
will not tire us. It is nerve exhaus-
1 low is The Time For AD Good Men to Come to The Aid of The Future Citizeu A Hint, Etc.
