St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
Boys and Work

If boy reads the papes in these
days, he will see much about work and
learning to work. He will hear much
said of the difficulty of gtting good
workmen. He will hear of lew schools
for boys, where carpentry, brick
laying, painting, carriage making and
many other trades are taught.
OF course he means to do something
himself, but somehow he dos not care
for these splendid new schools. It is
nothing to him that good Wolzmen are
scarce and always find god wages.
He is going into store or an Office, or
means tQIbe q doctor or LAWYER. He
does not propose to. soil his lands and
wear rough clothes like a workman.
Ii there is any such. boy Who may.
read THU, let him consider a moment.
My cheerful young man, are syou sure
you know what you are talking about?
What doclerks earn How much does
q young Doctor receive? Oh! but you
don t mem to be q poor clerk. You in
tend to b. q great lawyer with ten
thousand year, or a doctor with a car,
riage. Charmed TO hear it. It is .
noble resove, but are you sure you will
get there? Really, now, how can q
young mantell, how can he be sure ne
will succeed? In this way; A. man
succeeds wio falls in love with his
work. He links about it day and
night, he st1tics IT, he reads all he can
find on the slbiect He tries and tries
till he can doit we'll. Then. it. is he
succeeds. -Ym-do not care much about
medicines y6tshave no burning desire
/ to studylthis magnificent machine, the
human body. i You don't care, very
much for dreadful work in hospitals,
and yet you men to be a doctor. You
would secretly much. prefer to have q
kit of caryer's tolls, but of course you
could never be acarver by trade. S..
Let.us stop hoe. This is the sum-
ming up of q vat deal Of homely wis
dom, Do you loe. any work? Is there
anything that, if .ou were independent,
you would do befre anything else? lie
there is-do that There is your sue
cess; halfway lie all the money, the
rewards, the respect of others, and all
the real honest happiness you viii ever
find. Boys make amistake in thinking
that only the lawyrs and doctors and
merchants succeed, Tt is. a terrible
blunder to leave a rade IN which you
make tirst-rate workman, and have o
chance to win hone, comfort and in
dependence, to 90 into a profession
you do not love. Thre is only one end
to that road-a life ofill-paid drudgery,
and failure after all.
Lapk. at yourself; ylu are to yourself
the most important peson in the world.
in the little. What is. your body good
for? What sort of a mind have you re-
ceiyed? Look toyour tolls, your hands,,
your senses, your brain. What will
| they do hest-make sloes or preach
sermon? Choose now according to your
tools, according to your love of work.
making may leadto:a great fort
une, while preaching nay bring you to
the s'Home Ton Decayef Parsons. On
the other hand, preaching may be the
thing. There is only one fellow can
decide this for you, and he lives in your
| house.
Let no.boy imagine that the trades do
not leadto fortune. Letn boy think,
because he sees some workmen are al
ways poor, that all are poor or all stay
at the bench all their lives. There is
really to-day no .surer road to success
and fame, and all good things, than by
the way 1.-THE bench and the anvil. Let
the weak and the feeble-mihded sell
ribbons and keep day books. That road
is not for tie brave, the strong, the low
ers of good work. What can you dog
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