Screenland (May–Oct 1927)

SCREENLAND 91 His Tail Between His Legs" What most men would see if thejr could see themselves M OST men are being whipped every day in the battle of life. Many have already reached the stage where they have THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS. They are afraid of everything and everybody. They live in a constant fear of being deprived of the pitiful existence they are leading. Vaguely they hope for SOMETHING TO TURN UP that will make them unafraid, courageous, independent. While they hope vainly, they drift along, with no definite purpose, no definite plan, nothing ahead of them but old age. The scourgings of life do not help such men. In fact, the more lashes they receive atihe hands of fate, the more COWED they "become. What becomes of these men? They are the wage slaves. They are the "little-business" slaves, the millions of clerks, storekeepers, bookkeepers, laborers, assistants, secretaries, salesmen. They are the millions who work and sweat and— MAKE OTHERS RICH AND HAPPY I The pity of it is, nothing can SHAKE THEM out of their complacency. Nothing can stir them out of the mental rut into which they have sunk. Their wives, too, quickly lose ambition and become slaves — slaves to their kitchens, slaves to their children, slaves to their husbands — slaves to their homes. And with such examples before them, what hope is there for their children BUT TO GROW UP INTO SLAVERY. Some men, however, after years of cringing, turn on life. They CHALLENGE the whipper. They discover, perhaps to their own surprise, that it isn't so difficult as they imagined, TO SET A HIGH GOAL— and reach it! Only a few try— it is true— but that makes it easier for those who DO try. The rest quit. They show a yellow streak as broad as their backs. They are through — and in their hearts they know it. 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