Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1917 — Opportunity Knocks Lots of Times [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Opportunity Knocks Lots of Times

OPPORTUNITY—"Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart p.nd palace—soon or late. I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake—ls feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe. Seek me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more. ——— It’s been tlx’ sayin’ fer years that opportunity only 'knocks once, an’ yet lots o’ us have gone t’ th’ door a hundred times —alius either broke er afraid; t’

take p chance. Opportunity Is jlst like Dan Cupid when it comes t’ reliability. It don't guarantee nothin’. It jlst says: "You quit th’ livery stable an’ take that job at th’ saw mill,’’ er “you buy them lots east o’ th’ mill pond an’ they’ll double in price in a year.” Opportunity feeems t’.go on th’ theory that ever’buddy has got money. If some felle,rs jlst had th’ opportunity they’ll be broke an th’ time, er keep somebuddy else broke ail th’ time. Th’ main thing is t’ be aile t’ tell th’ opportunity o’ a lifetime from th’ common, er roadside variety. Some years ago Pinky Kerr’s uncle offered him a drug store in a dry town if he’d pitch in an’ run it, but Pinky said he’d ruther stay at home an’ play in th’ band. Th’ drug store sold fer nine thousan’ dollars yisterday an’ th’ band Still owes eleven dollars on th’ slip horn. Tipton Bud heard a |knock on his door one day an—he bought flve • hundred dollars worth o’ minin’ stock. He thought It wuz JiiS opportunity, but it proved t’ be th’ agent’s. . So that’s th’ way it goes. If opportunity wuz responsible, er carried a few gilt edged references, it wouldn’ be so bad. It don't even argue with you. % Some fellers give up after they miss

ther first opportunity. Ez Pash hasn* done anything since th’ time he could have ■•bought th’ ground where th’ Statehouse stands fer a song. I don’t believe opportunity ever met anybuddy that loafed around waitin’ fer ft. Some fellers are too lazy t’ git up when opportunity enters, an’ lots o’ us make it a point t’ be out. Opportunity may only knock once with some certain proposition, but It’ll be back lots o’ times with somethin’ else. So th’ thing t’ do is t’ plug along an’ be available. —Ole_ Niles Turner >snys opportunity did not gate rtiß he wUM "

ninety-one, an’ then ft offered him five hundred acres o’ Texas rice land untlL he got it paid for. (Copyright, Adams Newspaper

It Don’t Guarantee nothin’, it Jist Says: *Y Quit th’ Livery Stable an’ Take That Job at th’ Saw Mill,’ er, ‘You Buy Them Lots o’ th’ Mill Pond an* They’ll Double in Price in a Year.’