Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-26
SHORT TALKS WITH The BOYS.
Nv NJ. Quad.

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A letter from Columbus, Ga. written By
girl, asks: What eau girl with only
common education do for a living? Do
lot include domestic labor in your answer.
Ten years ago it was a rare thing to see
young women in q public office, but to-
day they not only hold places 10 the post
/ Office, pension Office, and other government
service, but are found in the Offices OF
lawyers, insurance agents aud doctors, and
| in banks aud stores and commission houses
| Indeed, they have become part aud psrce!
! OF the business community, aud are earning
| fair salaries. In the North most of the
! telephone operators are young women, and
there is fair sprinkling of the sex among
the telegraph fraternity. Since the type
writer came into use many girls and women
have made their living by the use OF II, and
it is hardly possible to find business which
is conducted entirely without the female
sex in some department
A girl Of fair education and possessing
sound seuse can make her living In almost
any city in the, North in an honorable man.
ne7, ana without losing the respect Of any
man worthy to be called BY the name.
A letter from California, signed "DupleX,"
says:
II am young maa 23 years ofage, AID
have been nearly all my life q grea, render
Of novels which has greatly impaired my
memory, for you must know that Rushing
through novel after novel is not conducive
10 Strengthening the N sm0ry-ald destroy.
ed my taste for anything containing useful
| information, unless 1t is put up IN vey
! palatsble form, and then | rush through II
| so hurriedly that derive no benefit from 1t
Now would you please suggest a course OF
| reading that will remedy these defects and
make me fit to take part in any ordinary
| conversations.
Your rushing through" a novel or other
| publication is a fault you can correct By
making up your mind to do so. Your habit
| Of noyelreading is 8 vicious one, and will
| certainly lead 10 sorroxful results. There
are novels which. if they do not elevate aud
/ educate, at least do the reader no harm, but
tkey are few and far between. You would
be no worse for reading any of Russells sea
/ stories hike The Wreck OF the Grosyenor,
! "A Sailors Sweetheart ETC., for they are
entirely free from suspicion ofevil, and the
descriptions of ships, islands, storms aud
routine duty are correct in all particulars
| Hugh Conway two novels; Called Back
and Dark Days are absolute fiction, and
VET be points the moral so that all must
feel it, and in every chap'er he appeals to
| the best sentiments of the heart
But beware of novels. If'you can have
the sense to pick up and read good one
| once a month, % q sort Of relaxation or
psstine, you will find no harm in it, but
this gob6Eag up and boiling down every
thing that comes to hand is enough to sot-
ten your brains. A young man who writes
as well as you do has the sense to stop novel,
reading. Resolve not to read another tor q
month, Snd in the interim picx up some
work Of solid fact and sound sense and read
il with s view Remembering all the salient
points. At the end Of the year you'll have
10 be paid to read trash.
t. G. J. W" of Detroit, whites as fol-
lows:
Il woaid ike TO ask you question, for
am BOY and think you are particular
Hiend of the boys Here it is: AN Ia
years old, and ike very much to be drawing
and sEetching. Which would you do, stay
in an Office as office hey, or 60 and give
four years to learn to be an artist
A great deal depends, my boy. Have
you the chance to learn to be an srtistR
Has any competent Judge of such work as
you have done encouraged you to believe
that you would make sn artist? Have you
parents and what do they say about III
! And don't you know that there are hun.
dreds Of artists in this country who live
nearer the door Of poverty than any first
class mechanic? II you have decided tai
ent it should be encouraged. If you are
simply handy with pencil or crayon, that 8
another thing There are plenty of artists
in the city who will look over your efforts IN
kindly way and give you advice.
"W. +. B. writes from Elmwood, Ont,
as follows:
| have a desire TO be an architect and
wish YOU 10 tell me when would be the best
time TO commence, and if city affords a
better opportunity in this line than town?
Would / need 10 know something about
CARPENTER work and engineering? l sm 10
wears old and have got a fair education IN a
common school Ihave also knack for
drawing. Could l turn this to advantage
in city. and how?
= An architect of any worth cannot be found
in a village, because there would be neither
work nor paw for him. For this reason a
CITY viii afford you the best opportunity.
II would be almost impossible for a boy who
vas not q fair hand at drawing to securee
place with an architect. 1t would not be
necessary for him to know anything OF car
penter.work st the beginning, but IT ne de.
welcomed into frst.elass architect heSholId
he wen posted in mason work carpenter
work. plumbing, painting, strength OF mater
ials and many other things. Io1 wousd
get no nav for the first year, and the pay
for the second year would be 50 per week
The nav for the third would be from s. &c
s. per week, according as you hsd pro
gressed.
To be q successful architect you must be
a hard worker, painstaker. full OF patienct
and perseverance. You mast not only plar
and design, but you must be qualified tc
snnsrinteud. 1t win be three years a. leas
before YOU can command wages enough Il
board and clothe yourself
I'D. c. I" ofNorth Adams, M'ch-' writes
seeing you give the boys such friend.
advice, want to trouble You little. .
am l6 years Of age, have good health
/ have been brought up on farm, but tnin'
I should ike to be clerk in some store
III have some money-about S25. Nov
What would you advise me to dor
Stick right 10 the farm. my boy! Ever.
W hov Az about your time Of life. gets the ides
a RAJ he e cut out for clerk in store
rsN4s . clerk you can work Ike a slave au'
IND earn from S. to SIS per week. fo'
Alive got to be an Al clerk in house doint
he God business to hold place at Sl2 ps
on NJ The average payis no better thai
Ger Average pay Of mechanics. if indeed.
Iskmuch. You have notion IN you
bat heA that's al. Don't &c foolish about i
,0u LsNkhow to farm il IS farming should b
,sll donsud ron win jingle more money Q
your In your pocket than any clerk d
opd The ~ snd not eotk - hard e u