A MAGAZINE OF OPTIMISM, SELF-HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT NEW YORK, August, 1921 Volume V. LEADING CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Number 8 Only the People Can Censor Moving Pictures Cartoon by Gordon Ross How Acorns of Ideas Became Oaks of Prosperity 27 33 35 "Gold," The Play of the Month What Did I Fear? Darned If I Know! An Interview with Don Carlos Seitz, of the New York World. The Loafer Ada Patterson 64 68 69 "He's Lucky" -They Say in Denver But luck alone doesn't give a man a million-dollar business in five years Surely there is no special element of good fortune in such a career; thousands of men who entered business in 1908 were farther along in 1916 than George G. Gregory.. But with the Institute's Course there other stores, until there were seven in the Just 5 years-why wait 15 But he himself has a different explanation; and because it may be of help to other men he has I when he was a branch manager, he allowed the Alexander Hamilton Institute to tell the story here. The vision of bigger things HIS IS name is George G. Gregory, and he went from Kentucky to Colorado Springs in 1908, and began work in Macy's Pharmacy at a salary of $5 a week. No special luck about that. A set-back in health caused him to seek outside work for a while; and in 1910 he was back in a drug store as a soda-clerk at $65 a month. Later he resigned to become clerk in a wholesale drug house, and to finish at night his own training as a pharmacist. Graduating in 1913, he became assistant pharmacist in the Scholtz Drug Company; and in 1916. when he had become manager of the Branch store, he enrolled with the Alexander Hamilton Institute. the came back as President and chief owner Five years to cover the ground that, To say that such a man is made by the Alexander Hamilton Institute would be an absurdity. Successful men make themselves; nothing could have prevented Mr. Gregory's progress. But the Institute can claim this, and Mr. Gregory's written testimony supports the claim, that by its training the path to success is shortened. Course helped him to see clearly and think large; and gave him confidence to Its attempt big things because he had ap- You know what a year of your confidence to grasp it. And it may not return for three years or five years or ten. Ultimately you will arrive at the point where you want to be, but how much is it worth to you to arrive while you are still young? How much more will you enjoy the fruits of success if you can reach them in five years instead of fifteen? How much is a year of your life worth to you? Surely it is worth the little effort required to get the full facts about the training that has meant so much to Mr. Gregory and to thousands of other successful men. "Forging Ahead in Business" IN 1910 M Gregory sent for the Institute's 120-page book "Forging Ahead in Business." 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