Judge — May 15, 1915 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Needless Worry ingenious and ingenuous person, worrying about the cause of future art, deplores the fact that the horse is being superseded by the motor car, The horse, it is pointed out, will be re- gretted particularly by the sculptor and the painter; for how are they to immortalize heroes—of course the conventios heroes, the men on horseback—when such modern persons find it necessary in war to use the automobile? It may be that Alexander, Napoleon, Wellington, Grant, Sherman, Lee and others who have been picturesquely limned on horseback would not have figured as notably as they have figured in the minds of vari- ous generations had they not been projected above their subordinates by the medium of the horse. There is one figure in history in whose mouth Shakespeare put the offer of his kingdom for a horse; but even a horse would hardly have saved Richard III. from the negative fate of battle. Art conforms to its time. It would seem that heroes on horseback will become as ob- solete as the centaurs themselves. And yet art will probably enforce impressions as effective with the motor car, if heroes ride in it, as their predecessors did with the horse, Other things that relate to war promise to hold universal attention for some time, to the exclusion of serious wondering as to what artists will do with the heroes that the present war may develop. Fundamentals and Their Care HAT do you know about your funda- mentals? No man can be a success in life until he has thoroughly familiarized himself with his fundamentals and brought them completely under control. Many men do not even know that they have funda- ment Others are so careless as to leave them lying around in the most planless and chaotic disarray. This is fatal. On the other hand, it is no less fatal to be continu- ally meddling with your fun- damentalsand analyzing them. That tends to overdevelop them and make them obtru- sive. A place for every fun- damental and every funda- mental in its place—that is an excellent rule. As soon as they are arranged, you can commence to build on them. That's really what they are for. If you are not going to do any building, say, of character or anything else, it doesn’t matter whether you have fundamentals or not. Take them out occasion- ally and look them over for defects, but not oftener than once a month. If you find them crumbling or moldy, either repair them or replace them with new ones. Dur- ing the summer or silly season, however, fundamentals may be placed in cold stor- age, for at such times they are not really needed, “And P. O. “* Post-office. ** Good ! This, then, is the infallible key to suc- . cess, Take care of the fundamentals, and the superficialities will take care of them. A Rare One HE MAN who can figure out when to choose the deed which will mean a feather in his hat and when to choose that “* Now, Henry, we will try these abbreviations. What is D, C.?" “* District of Columbia,’ And M, P.?"" “* Why—er—um—movin’ pictures."* which will mean a feather in his nest is a mathematician, a philosopher and a utilitarian, Brief Decisions Age enlarges upon youth's experiences. oO A scarecrow does more good than many a lazy man. Laugh at your troubles, but don’t get too gay with them. o Politeness and a smooth manner cover many an inefficiency. If we could borrow money as easily as trouble, we should all be million- aires. comichooks.