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Volume III. MHJedgevilSe, Ga., Saturday, Jup<> 24, 1916. Number 11 To Be Great You Must First of All Learn to Control YourSelf Without the Pain of Self-Torture It is bitter medicine, but the one thing most needed in the human soul is discipline. It is well to have force, genius, vigor, enthusiasm, power; but you may have them and be a criminal, -a iftanic, dr a cad; you become great only when you add seif con trol. You tnav attain to the true arist ocracy of tlie world. These a r e the overcomers. These are they who have passed through the,- cleansing fires. These are they who rule their °wn sT-rmy pas.-ions, their own mighty ambitions and boundless longings with a will of tempered steel. And these are the beloved. You know them. In every walk of life yob have met them, soldiers of the light, the old guard of the best things of humanity. How then, can 1 learn the art of self-mastery ? you ask. Here are a few suggestion -. First, it comes only by practice. You must learn it as you would learn to play the violin. It is a matter of patience and persistence. And surely if you are willing to exercise to develop your muscles, you ought to be willing to exetcise to develop your character, your power to enjoy yourself and your j ability to be a source of happiness to others. Don’t make a reso lution Just begin doing it. Wher ever you have a conviction, wher ever your reason points out a certain thing to do, it at once. Then, when you see clearly what vou ought to do, do it cheerfully. Don’t pity yourself. Don’t advertise your virtue. Don’t wrestle, fight and pray. l"he essential element of a stiongj personality is quiet power. Those! who fight are weak. Do what you have to do, dismiss the matter, and go ahead. The fir.-t of all insurances policies to insure oneself the tnuxium of happiness and efficiency, is to learn how to make oneself do what lie knows lie ought to do. yet what he hates to do, and to learn to do this smoothly, without struggle or self- torture. Without that there is positively no peace. Without that, life is sure to turn bitter. The contented people are those who have themselves in hand. The gratification of desire is an endless task. It is like attempting to fill the j bottomless pit with water from a j tin cup. But the control of desire is a sure road to a full and joyous life. The man who has disciplined himself can be happy whether poor or rich. lie is the master of the world, not it’s lave. Your vision must be clear. You must see plainly that to let your desires master j onr means, self-con tempt and degradtion. And you must learn, whenever you have com mantled the fierce waves of passion to be still, when you have resisted 1 til* storm of fierce and evil longing. | and waves and winds have subsided j battled by your strength, you must learn then, to laugh in pride, to relize how good it is to be a man. You know them, the real ladies of the world, a real gentleman not by heredity or endow ment, not by dis- i play or cheap vanity, but by the open, free, happy, strong life that comes from self-discpline contantly exerted.— Frank Crane. Can You Give Your Employer Real Satisfactory Service? If Not, Why Not? Suppose you try. An employer of labor had up be fore him a boy who Wanted a job. The employer shot at him a number of questions he had right to ask. “Can you pvveepout. a store clean £ Can you tie up a bundle properly?. Can you make small change fdr a customer? Can you account for other peoples money entrusted to you? Can you be pro nipt ? Will you work steadily? What do you know about work?” There was no reason why the question should bewilder the boy. tor he came from a supposedly good home, but lie .did slum-tile over them, and finally in sheer des peration he blurted out : “I can smoke thirty cigarettes a day.” The employer broke into laugh- ler and answered : “Well , that’s not to your credit but you have the merit of telling the truth. Suppose now you start in to see how much bigger you can make ucefulness, than a habit. |ust for your honesty I'm going to give \ on a show.” Given atrial with a master who would not tolerate any of his sub- orordinates being slaves tc habits, tliis boy did swing true, lie learned that usefulness double discounts any habit that ever was. This is what the world is asking from every boy who wishes to work—usefulness. Just so far as (Continued on pageS. column 2. ) '• f"*«-1 y[■:■;}!* j HAVE VOU A IJTTLE FUTURE 11H7FN IN YOUR HOWE’ W”