The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-28
BILL ARP.
Arp.u Advice to tho Boys and Girls.
.litu.ta Consultation.

Arp's Advice to tho Boys and Girls.
ittlnt1 Consultation.
Not long ago aaw nice young man
who is yet in his teens going round town
hunting for place in store. lie look,
ed anxious and timid and didn't seem to
havo much faith in finding aplace. The
boy belonged to a broken down aristo.
cratic family aud suddenly realized that
ho had 10 work for a living. He had
never plowed or hoed or dug or chopped
wood, or curried.a horse, or done any.
thing but go to school aud visit around
and have a good time, but now he bad
worn out his welcome and realized that
the realities Of life were upon him. lie
must 20 10 work. His hands were soft
and feminine. He had very good clothes,
was handsome and would have made an
attractive clerk in dry goods store. But
there was no place and he had no expert
once. A few days afterwards, as was
nleapdering around, saw him making
up mortar for brick mason. lie was
pulling away as hard as he could, but |
noticed that he had gloves on. | didn't
like that until learned that his hands
we're blistcred 40 he had to wear gloves
or quit. he was bright and cheerful
said he was getting seyenty.fve cents q
day and was promised dollar as soon as
he could do as much work as ia niger"
lie said be enjoyed his meals and slept
splendid, and had four dollars in bis
pocket that he earned, the first money ne
had ever earned, and he felt richer and
more independent than he ever felt
before.
There is grit in that boy. He has met
the enemy and the enemy is his. He
has whipped poverty and dependence at
the start, and i'll he will keep on that lire
his fortune is made-I mean the line OF
the work. lie has begun at the bottom
and worked up. lie won't spend those
dolars-they cost too much 10 throw
away on foolishncss. They cost sweat
and tired muscles and aching bones and
blistered hands and humility, but he is
getting over that now. 1t nearly killed
him for the society girls to ride by and see
him at work. They know him, and one
said 81 thought be would have to come
down" Another said, "Poor fellow 1
am Just as sorry for him as | can be. lie
is so nice and dances so charmlugly."
That is what is the matter with good
many of the young men. They are
afraid of what the girls will say. They
had rather loaf around among their kin
or pretend to be reading Law than to 60
to woodwork is not exactly respectable.
This false pride is a contemplate weak
neas and disgusts ME so feel like taking
my coat and driving out to tote mortar or
dig bitches for the gas pipe just as an
example. l counted twenty.six negroes
all in a row digging those bitches and
not white man among them. A work.
ing boy won't have to do that kind of
work long. He is watched aud talked
about aud very soon somebody wants him
and he gets better place. He crawls ur.
1t is an old saying that if q young man
saves his first thousand dollars he will
get rich-that is SO i'll nine cases out of
ten.yes, if he will save his first hundred,
he will succeed, and any young man can
save that much in year if he will let
whiskey and tobacco and the aoclety
girls alone-society will keep poor
young man poor. 1t keeps married folks
poor. am thinking now of a married
man who is bowed down with debt, while
his family aro trying to keep on the rag
ged edge of society. A milliner makes
their clothes, and they are just obliged
to ride in carriage when they go visit
ing. Such people are the town,talk and
don't know it. There are nice young men
in every town who have been clerking
for years and haven't laid up dollar.
They must take girl to every show that
comes along, and spend five dollars on
every dance, for those who dance must
pay the fiddler. Capital is very partjcu.
lar now days. When capital wants a
Young man it looks round for one who
docsn'! drink OF smoke or gamble-one
who saves his money and doesn't run
about every night Family influence is
not worth cent now. a young man
stands on his merits, his habits, aud bis
associations. know young man who
lost his place because he kept bottle III
his room. So he quit for a year, and vas
Just about getting good situation, when
he got on spree that set him back Tor
another.year and discouraged him, and
now he drinks whenever he can get it.,
and does odd jobs around, but can't set
any regular employment. Nobody out
sick folks can afford to drink, and it
doesent do them any good. | never saw
! father who vas willing for his son to
d1ink-I never saw son who was willing
for his father to drink. The wife feels
as much concern about her husband
drinking as re does about her taking
morphine. Young man, there is blue
hook in every town aud your name is on
it. But there is no excuse for a young
man failing to get employment in this
blessed country. Ifhe does notit is not
his own fault. he can't get rich fast
he can slow. If he will begin young AID
work hard and behave himself he will
accumulate plenty for his old age.
Old age wants some money. 1t wants
rest and ought to have it. .@"Otium cum
diqnitate" is the Latin for diguitled lei