people often went for advice, offered none to his son who was coming East to start upon a musical career. The young man half

fancied his father was not interested

in his success. When the judge bade his boy good-bye he said, "Stick to it, my son. Remember those three little words," he continued, emphasizing them afresh by telling each one off on his fingers, "Stick to it! I say." His son never forgot the admonition. It nerved him to keep on although discouragements came thick and fast, and the struggle in New York, where competition was intense, was terrible for a time. time. He finally attained success and an

international reputation in musical

circles.

Clean, clearly defined, concentrated thought-force has a quality of electricity. It is powerful to attract, and properly directed it burns away what is useless and offensive.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE GAIN FROM STUDYING YOUR

FELLOW-MEN.

WHEN

HEN you thoroughly understand yourself you will the better understand your fellowbeings. But study your fellowmen, so you will not be deceived. If you are deceived it is your own fault, and you have no right to rail against those who have deceived you, as if they alone were the chief sinners. You should learn to know the trading eye that weighs your purse; the worldly eye that weighs your position; the beastly eye that weighs your form, and the heart's eye that weighs your soul.

Educate your ear to discern and to differentiate the distinctive quality in the voices of all you meet. The over-tones in the voices of the false signalize to you to be careful and cautious in your dealings with them.

Treachery is revealed in the sideling, catlike walk, the covert gesture and the obsequious bearing of a man or woman, even the plastic clothes publish characteristics of their wearers. You have eyes with which to see and study, you have intuitions with which to feel, to "sense" conditions, and the emanations of those It is not only your you meet.

fascinating and glorious privilege

to be able to do this, but it is your duty. It has a commercial value.~ The man who can read aright his fellow-men, be he hotel clerk or bank president, is worth a deal more money in every position he fills than the man who cannot.

Remember your power to feel the quality of the natures of those with whom you come in contact is always proportionate to your freedom from evil thought. The thought-wave from those you meet will cause distinct vibrations within you, either harmonious or discordant, according to the nature of the persons you meet. If your own thought is purposeful, spiritual and pure in quality, it goes