to meet the great man at breakfast, at the private house where he was the guest of honor, was told by him that Senate pages were much favored beings, that they received five dollars a day, wore pretty blue uniforms furnished by Uncle Sam, were required to report for duty only on such days and in such hours as the Senate might be in session, and, in many other respects, were far removed from the humdrum drudgery devolving upon ordinary mortals.

Reporting for duty in December, the trusting page, not entirely a novice because of his experience with the lawmakers of the Wolverine State, learned, somewhat to his sorrow, that the Senators of that day, even those with the shiniest hats, the largest coats and the most luxuriant whiskers, were apt to be a little careless in their statements occasionally, just as those of to-day nod once in a while and overlook a point or two.

It was found, for instance, that the boys were paid one-half of the amount stated by the Senator, that no uniforms were worn, and that the hours of duty were regulated by those in charge without especial reference to whether the Senate is or is not in

the rule in Congress, especially in the Senate, where the custom is rightfully frowned upon, as undignified and calculated to discourage the building up of character and manly independence. The boys, however, have a few time-honored methods for making pin-money, and, as may be supposed, they employ them to the fullest extent.

One is to sell autograph books filled with the signatures of Congressmen, which bring good prices, or to get such books filled, on commission. Twenty-five or thirty years ago, when Congressional oratory was at a higher premium than it is to-day, the custom of interchange of speeches, at individual expense, was more prevalent than

session. In fact, a page's duty, at that time, was similar to his duty to-day.

There Are No "Tips" for Pages

THE

boys have a very good time. There is lots of fun with the work and some opportunity-not nearly so great, however, as the public may have been led to believe by fanciful publications of the reckless or uninformed of making "tips." Senators and Representatives ar not as much given to handing out small change needlessly as might be supposed. It has long been a saying of the pages that "Congressmen are 'tight wads,'" but, in one way and another, the boys manage to pick up enough money on the outside to keep them in chewing

gum.

It is proverbial that the pages of the House of Representatives get hold of more tips and outside money than those of the Senate, but in both chambers extra coin is derived more from extra work of a legitimate character than from the pockets of the members. But "tipping" is not

now, and the pages of that period, in the sessions preceding political campaigns, reaped a bountiful harvest from the circulation of subscription lists on a commission from private printers.

Once in a while, tradition has it, one of the older pages (for occasionally a boy not too big physically to attract suspicion, or in spite of it, manages to run over the age limit) attempts a little genuine lobbying, having been long enough in service to cut his eye teeth, but this sort of foolishness generally ends disastrously both to the employer and employed. One of the Senate customs of long standing is the annual Christmas dinner to the pages by the Vice-President of the United States. The Vice-President is the presiding officer of the Senate, and in the years since the genial Thomas R. Marshall-who is very fond of children, especially boys has been the host, the dinner has been followed by a symposium of speech-making on topics assigned by Edwin A. Halsey, the official on the floor of the Senate, who acts as master of ceremonies on these interesting occasions. At the last dinner, the boys discussed such topics as "The League of Nations," "National Prohibition," "Should the Senate Pages Attend Night School," and similar subjects.

While the boys revealed in their Christmas dinner speeches a pretty clear knowledge of the matters they had heard discussed in the Senate, and a knack of expressing themselves in true oratorical style, truth compels the assertion that, although some of the boys do go to night school (Continued on page 148)

Are You Bigger Than Your Job? THERE is a great difference between being a lawyer

and being a member of the bar. President Butler of Columbia says that one of the greatest misfortunes of the country, is the fact that law is a stepping stone to political preferment. Most of the men so preferred are not really lawyers, but only members of the bar, and not at all the right type of men for leaders.

Are you bigger than your job? If not, you will never be a very big man, never be advanced very rapidly or to a very high place. The winner is always bigger than his job; it is the man behind the merchant, the man behind the lawyer, the man behind the politician that counts most.

The World's Offerings NEVER before has the world offered such tremen

dous rewards for the trained intellect, the specialist, the man who knows how to do one thing superbly well; never before has the world held up such great prizes for the optimist, the man who has the right outlook upon life, the man who faces life with courage, hope, and confidence, with assurance, with a spirit of kindness and helpfulness.

Never before has the world offered such rewards for great endeavor, for a high purpose.

Never before has the world offered such splendid rewards for human integrity, for robust honesty, for the square deal, for considering the man at the other end of the bargain.

Never before has the world offered such superb rewards for right thinking and right living.

Make the Mind an Art Gallery of Beauty

WHY

HY not determine this year to cultivate the habit of making the mind an art gallery of beauty the habit of decorating it with bright, cheerful, hopeful, optimistic pictures, prosperity pictures, health pictures, instead of hanging up in it black sables and ugly, demoralizing pictures? This will make all the difference in the world with your happiness, and your success. Everything depends upon the way you face life, upon the models you hold up for yourself.

Most of us do not realize that our every thought and every emotion, our moods, our mental attitudes, are all creative forces, always producing that which is like themselves.

The habit of always expecting the best things to come to us, that the future holds all sorts of good things for us, instead of thinking that we are nothing but puppets unrelated to our source, tossed hither and thither by chance or a cruel destiny which is dogging our steps from the cradle to the grave, changes the aspect of our whole career.

Why shouldn't we expect the best and the grandest things in the world? We have certainly inherited all good from the All Creator. We were intended to live the life abundant, the life triumphant-not the poverty-stricken, the failure life.

The fact that we crave good things, beautiful things, glorious, sublime things; that our ambition is always looking for something better; that our very souls long for something cleaner, purer, nobler; these are indications that our very nature was planned for the things we desire, that they were intended for us and that we should have them.

Just Plain Old-Fashioned Kindness MOST people realize, as they near the close of life, that the best thing, the most important thing in the world is plain, old-fashioned kindness. Kindness is the best sort of religion, it is practical Christianity. The man or woman who is kind to everybody has the recipe for a helpful, happy life.

No life is really happy until it is helpful, is really successful until it is radiant with joy and gladness, the gladness of good cheer, of good-will toward everybody, of the spirit of brotherhood toward all men. Only by giving ourselves can we hold what we have, can we grow. We cannot be selfish and still be kind to everybody. We cannot be greedy and grasping, we cannot bear ill-will, hatred, envy, jealousy or malice towards others and be kind to them. You can't be kind and be a fraud. If you are kind you are honest and helpful, you are charitable, you are loving.

A spirit of generosity and kindness is an indication of greatness of soul. Jealousy, envy, a disposition to keep from others the credit which belongs to them, are marks of a small nature, a pinched mentality. Α kindly spirit always accompanies largeness of nature, breadth of character.

If I were asked to give in one word the summum bonum of life, I think it would be-kindness.

If there is anything we should regret it is the fact that we have been unkind to others, unkind to human beings or to dumb beasts.

The habit of saying kind things of others and about them, of always looking for the good in them, savors

of Heaven. A few words of kindly sympathy, of loving encouragement have helped many a man to recover his manhood and become a power for good in the world.

Let us open up our natures, throw wide the doors of our hearts and let in the sunshine of good will and kindness. Let us be at least generous in judging others as we are in judging ourselves, as tolerant of their weakness as of our own. Let us throw away all animosities, and try to be large enough and grand enough to see God in the meanest man.

The habit of holding the good-will, kindly attitude toward everybody lifts the mind above petty jealousies and meannesses; it enriches and enlarges the whole life.

The Supernatural Is Within

WE

E are just learning that what we have always regarded as supernatural power is right inside of us, not outside of us at all. Here within us is the thing which we have always regarded as a miracle, the power which can do the impossible, surmount the insurmountable. Here is where we touch the universal mind. Through the great cosmic intelligence we contact with divinity in the great within of us.

Make your world within gloriously beautiful, transcendently bright and cheerful and your outer world will correspond.

We make our world. Our thinking, our vizualization makes our world.

All wrong impressions which you make upon yourself are made upon your creative energies and will result in like things in your life, so guard these impressions, as you do the jewel of your soul.

“I

More Than a Thief

CAN'T seem to get anywhere. My trouble is procrastination and indecision. I hope you will tell me how a square peg can get out of a round hole," writes a Suces reader.

You say that you have been groping in the dark, my friend, that you feel you are not in your right niche in life. Your admission that indecision and procrastination run in your blood shows that you have diagnosed your case.

Thousands owe their failure in life to procrastination, the habit of putting aside important matters to be decided later.

“By the street of By and By one arrives at the house of Never," Cervantes tells us.

Procrastination is more than a thief of time. It steals character, ruins opportunity, robs us of freedom, makes us slaves. It is the precursor of indolence and laziness, its victim is always waiting for something to turn up, putting off deciding anything finally and usperbly.

The man who has no dare in his nature, who is always after a sure thing, who is afraid to risk anything until dead sure that it is going to turn out right, never amounts to very much.

To overcome this tendency you must compel yourself to the practice of quick, firm decision. It is better to make mistakes sometimes than to be a victim of this insidious habit.

Decide quickly, firmly, finally. Let there be no going back to reconsidering, no opening up of the matter for further discussion. Be firm, positive.

Don't Dwell

DON'T dwell," said an employer to one of his men.

He meant don't dilly-dally. When you finish

with a thing go at once to the next.

Idling, dwelling on a thing after you have finished with it, will spoil your mind for alertness, effectiveness, dispatch.

Dispatch is everything in business. It makes the short day long and enables you to accomplish in a brief time what it requires a long time for other people to do -people who dwell over finished jobs.

The Habit of Giving Your Best HOW much better you feel when you are conseous.

of giving your best, unreservedly, of flinging your life out in helpfulness, in inspiration and encouragement wherever you go. What an infinite satisfaction there is in the feeling that we are helping somebody, that we strew our ways with flowers because we know that we shall never go along the same road again, that we make everybody with whom we have come in contact feel a little better-this is the way to get the most out of life. But unfortunately, most of us do not open up ourselves to the world very much. We are too selfish to fling ourselves out, to show the best that is in us, as we go along. We envy the person who has this faculty, of flinging out his best, the aroma, the richness of his life, just as the rose flings out its sweetness, its beauty, to every passerby, without reserve. It is a wonderful art and if everybody would do it what a wonderful world this would be.

Fling out your best this year. Don't hold it in. Don't carry your best things to the grave, give them to the world.

Why His Business Increased

IN speaking of the manager of a business concern, a man says: "He has the wonderful faculty of getting all of the employees to pull together with him. The employees do not have much use for the proprietor of this concern. He is cold, selfish, and never seems to take any interest in them; but the manager seems to get hold of the hearts of the employees. They all like him and work well under him because he is human in his treatment of them. If any of the employees are sick or in trouble he is always ready with his sympa-thy and helpfulness. He makes everybody feel that he likes to see them get on, and wants them to make the most of themselves."

Is it surprising that under such a manager the business has multiplied remarkably?