The Chemawa American, May 05, 1920, Page 4, Image 4

THE G-HEMAWA AMERICAN
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o r COURSE YOU CAN
A lady writes that at a time when she was greatly .
perplexed over complicated matters, and there seemed
no-way for her to straighten things out, she was about
to give up discouraged when she picked up a small
piece of paper on the floor on which there were only
four words, “ Of course you can.” This had been
part of the heading of an article, but the rest was gone.
“ Of course you can.” These few words opened up.,
a little rift in ¡her, dark mind, let in a little light-
They made such an impression upon her that she pin­
ned them to a wall of her bedroom, and every time,
she was attacked with discouragement or blues, she
would look at the paper and repeat the words. This,
seemed to be a turning point in her fear slavery.
A little slogan like this will often change the whole
cdreer. It will often furnish the -match which-will
start the giant powder within us and release pent-up
powers which will deliver us from our slavery.
SLAVE OR MASTER—WHICH ARE YOU
PRESIDENTIAL LENGTH OF LIFE
Of the twenty;five Presidents of the' ’United States
who have died, only twelve reached the age allotted
to man by the Psalmist. Only one,"John Adams,
reached fourscore and t-en,'! and no President since John
Adams has lived to be 90.' The three oldest-Presidents
were the immediate successors of Washington.
Taken according to longevity a table of our depart?
ed Presidents offers an interesting sequence:
Age w hen
In au g u ra ted
61
- 57
57
Jo h n Adams-
-
-
-
Jam es Madison
T hom as Jefferson
John Q. A dam s
- »" -
- - - 57
-
-
-,
-
54
M artin V an B uren
61
A ndrew Jackson
-
-
-
65
Jam es Buchanan
- - -
50
M illard F illm ore
- - -5 8
Jam es M onroe
.-
51
John T yler
-,
-
47
G rover Cleveland
-
-
5 4 '-
R . B. H ayes
-
-
-
-
68
W. H . H arrison
G eorge W ashington
* * 57
B enjam in H arrison . -
*
*
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55
56
Andrew Johnson
- 64-
Z achary T aylor
-
- . -
- 48- i
F rà n k iitì Pierce
46
U. S. G ran t
-. 42
T heodore R oosevelt
-
-
-
-5 4
W illiam M cK inley
- 52'
A braham L incoln
. ... -
- ■ - , 50 '
C. A. A rth u r ' - ;
- ,. - ■ ,-A ' - 49
Jam es K . F olk . -
Jam es .A. Garfield
:
, - 49 ■
Age at
death
90'
85
83
ß0,
79
78 ’
77 “
... 74.
■73
71
71 " _
- 7(F'*
68: i
Are you going through, life half slave, half freed?
67
Are you tied down b y , certain habits which enslave
67
you? Are you a slave to your appetite, a slave to
66
your palate? Are you a slave to tobacco, a slave to
65 ■
64 .
some. drug?. Are you a slave to laziness, to apathy •
, 63 -
a.slave to the easy chair? Are you a slave to your
60
peculiarities; a slave to your temper or your nerves?
58
Do you go all to pieces over little things—little annoy­
56
ances which would not trouble a man or woman of poise
56 ■
j 53
or self-control?
49
Many people are slaves of their nerves. They can’t
United
at
which-
Presidents
of
the
.
stand.this and ..they can’t stand that. They, can’t
The average age
sleep in a room with a clock ticking, or stay in a room States -took office was 55. The average period of their
where anyone is chewing gum or talking aloud! Are lives after.that,was fifteen years. -So,..ini a .way, the
you a slave to any of these things? Are you a slave to Psalmist scores after all,- for the,average age . of. these
fear and worry and business cares? Are you a slave upright men.was 70..
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Theodore Rooseyelt :was the youngest to enter the
of some political party, of some church denomination,
of-prejudices, of superstition, or of your likes and dis­ White House, and of the five.who died younger than
he three were victims of assassins.
likes?
NO DIFFERENCE
Are you slave, or are you master?
A food faddist harangued a-niob .on,the marvelous.,
PRESIDENT WILSON’S MAIL
benefits to be obtained from a vegetarian dfet, .
President Wilson receives an average of 2000. letters
‘‘Friends!’.' he cried, “ two years ago I was a walk­
daily—some days more. The President insists that ing wreck! What do you suppose brought this great
every communication "shall be read and respectfully change in ..me?,”;-
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answered within twenty-four hours. In fact, he is
He paused ,-to see the. effect of his w;ords. The® one
very insistent that the-routine of the .executive offices
shall be punctiliously carried out. Probably less than of his listeners asked: .,■■■-
one-fifth of the daily mail, addressed to the White
“ What change?”
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House, comes to the President’s personal 'attention;
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most of the letters which do are marked for his perusal.
Two
microbes
sat
on
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a
pantry
shelf”
Has correspondence clerks are employed frequently
until eleven o’clock at night. President Wilson, it is
And watched with expression pained
said, receives more letters than any former President.
The milkman’s stunts; both, said at* once;. ;; f
Since his illness, letters concerning his health, have
5 “ Our relations are getting strained.’’,
been received from the remotest corners of the world.