Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-12-01
WHAT ARE THE BOYS GOOD
FOR H.?

= Tho urchin who answered "The'
0 are good to mako mon Of made al
admirable reply. But the sort o
I men We are to have in few years
( depends upon the sort OF boys we hav,
now. A man is but a grown.up boy
The present crop Of boys contain som,
hopeful specimens, who give promise
OF noble and useful manhood. But il
also shows large percentage of boy'
who must bereconstructed, before they
can possibly develop into manhood that
can fill any honorable or useful posi-
ton in society. Boys who shun OF
shirk useful work or improving study,
and spend their time in idle dissipa.
tions or vicious activities, can never
become useful men. Boys who, being
Obliged to do something for their sup.
port, assiduously seek easy work, are
not hopeful prophesies OF manhood.
They will never amount TO much.
When we see the tendency of city
boys, to be industrious only in playing
billiards or baseball, or in some other
useless and demoralizng pursuit and
the disposition Of country boys, to
seek in the city for easier or moro re.
spectacle () employment than the
country offers, we feel unhopeful OF the
future, 1t Is from these two classes
that the constantly increasing armies
of shyster lawyers, quack doctors, poor
preachers hummer politicians, drunk.
Ell loafers petty thieves, tramps, dead.
beats, ct id omni genius are chiefly re-
eruited."
Boys, If you want to be men Of
worth, don't be afraid of hard work or
hard study.
olives Of great men oil remind you
You can make your lives sublime"
Read the lives of great men of the
past and present, and emulate the vir-
tues and initiate the example Of their
boyhood DR.. Benjamin Franklin
wcntirom soap-boler's shop, through
printing-oGice, TO fame worldwide
and immortal, by dlnt of industry
and study. What boys have done, you
can do.
Having disposed Of the boy question,
another of equal, not to say superior
Importance, confroDts us. "What are |
girls good for" They arc good to
make sweethearts and wives Of Girls
were invented expressly for those pur.
poses. They have no other mission or
use in this.. world but to amuse the
young men and comfort the old. Beg
pardon; they have a minor, yet indis.
pensible duty in connection with the
production of the future crop of boys.
We came near forgetting this. Let us
see, have we forgotten anything else
which might be proftably said on this
subject2 All ! Now we arc reminded
that girls are good to make women of
and, although sweethearts and wives
should be women yet women need not
necessarily be limited in their functions
or ambitions to so narrow circle of
duties. Women-some women make
excellent school teachers, preachers,
lawyers, physicians, etc, Some write
books that are worth reading, some
edit newspapers, some-a good many
fill clerkships in Government offices.
Why, come to think, there are almost
1--WE are not sure, but qulte) as many
uses Tor women as men. This being
true the girls are as important as the
boys. Finally, what the women are
10 be, depends on what the girls are.
We confess, with sorrow, that the out
ook for large crop OF noble women,
IS not whit better than tits fora crop
of men worthy to be the companions
Of noble women. 1t would be well for
mothers to give this subject their
prayeriul consideration and raise their
properly.