The morning call., 1890-07-06
CHOOSING
A PROFESSION.
Securing the Means to Make an
Honest Livelihood.
Those Who Select That to Which They Are
Adapted and for Which They Have
Liking Should Stick to It.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL

IN -
XIX greater import to both the parent and
yE9S child than that of securing the means
to make an honest livelihood. As rule
the boy is the one from whom most is OK
pected, and on leaving school he is supposed
to have some aim in life, to apply himself
to something that will make him independ-
ent and contribute, if necessary. to the
wants of his fond parents, who, perhaps, I'M
derwent many privations and sacrifices to
secure for him the good education of which
he is prone to boast. What an migrate
would not one consider a son who with
health and vigor left the school-rOom to
still depend on his parents toll and live off
their bounty. There is no dignity like the
dignity Of labor, and there is no real rest
or ease felt save that which accompanies
days labor well done. Manual labor is,
perhaps, not the sphere for all, but if the
work Of the hands can be dispensed with
that of the mind must take place, else, not
having our thoughts concentrated on some
thing,
THE END FOR WHICH WE WERE CREATED
is forfeited, anu we become like one of the
inanimate things of nature with neither
purpose nor aim. Had the AK never been
welded and the forests laid low the beau
lleS VI dICllllcClulc MUulu l6uldlu
had man never used his brain and spent tie
best portion of his life in specializing and
finally bringing his researches to a success
full issue we would never have known the
powers of steam on land or water, nor
would the inventive skill or ingenious
thought of the electrician or scientist have
given birth to the marvellous powers which
we everywhere behold. Consequently to
loh b1,t ba IF
his brow is the legacy bequeathed to man.
and how he molds out his fortune will be
seen by his exertions. There are many
avenues open to young man in the search
of a living, all OF which if rightly entered
can be as successfully Withdrawn from, If
the person in pursuit of an honorable ca
reer be made OF good material. No novice
at any profession or trade can cap the eli
max and reach the pinnacle of fame and
fortune without encUunterng many viciSsi-
tudes. Indeed it is singular but never
theless true fact, that failures as rule pre-
dominate in the beginning, and that sue
cess has been rarely attained without many
a struggle. 0f course there may be eXcep-
tions, but it is probably case OF where the
exception proves the rule. Cicero, who is
conceded to be about the greatest orator of
any time,
FAILED ANONYMOUSLY
In the beginning, and Demosthenes was
driven lIUul III ulSRTdC6, vet DOlD
persevered until they conquered: and again
the masterpieces of science and electricity
which excite our admiration and wonder
we're only perfected after years of labori0us
toll. One feels safe in asserting that few
rich men of our Union, and none of the
wealthy ones of our State, but what could
fill a good-siZed volume delineating on the
many setbacks they met with when first
they courted the fortune which they even
tually won. 1t would scarcely be worth
while to discourage sole aim TO accumu-
late wealth, as there seems TO be a settled
conviction that III money go before, all
ways do lie OPEN" However, if riches are
piled up dishonesty, they will, no doubt, in
the end, form a source of sorrow and regret,
not only in this world, but in the world to
come. To work for fame and wealth is
laudable. noble incentive if properly court
ed; but to place ones name and reputation
in jeopardy for the sake of few shining
dollars, which must one day fall from the
neryeless grasp, is as wrong as 1t is CEN
surable. While many do not shirk from
any duty, still there Is nobody but who
likes to take life easy and obtain
AN EASY LIVING,
II it is procurabe. A boy may have been
able to realize in tired, Woodworking
father, coming home late at night and away
early in the morning, the hardships of the
laborer. AS he has not mechanical genius
and yet aspires to something genteel, he de-
CIucS W pcCOIuc d idNyci 1Dc YuuUR man
is little romantic at the start, and ON the
bright canvas of imagination he paints an
elegantly furnished room, strewn with brio
a-brac and various adOrnmeEts, and may
hap pretty girl typewriter in close prox-
unity not only 10 his desk but to his heart.
All this fine display, however, is usually
knocked in the head when he settles down
to business. He has to run the gantlet
with SO many others of the same aspirations
as himself that he is mighty glad to get any
kind OF room and still more thankful if
he has little type-writing to do himself.
He is perhaps disheartened at the gloomy
prospect, as much so perhaps as a young
wife is i'll making her first batch of bread.
But cheer up, faint heart never won fair
lady," and that man you are envying be-
cause in the same profession as yourself
he can take life easy was at your time and
age just as disconsolate perhaps. Improve
your time by constant study. Yours will
never be the case, where ignorance is
bliss, tits folly to be WISE" The more you
know, the better it will be for you and the
sooner will you rise to distinction. To-day
THE YOUNG LAWYER
May have an insurance case to grapple
with, which necessitates him knowing all
about policies, reversionary dividends and
endowments. Tomorrow a suit of eject
ment will tax his knowledge concerning
boundaries of land, genuineness of title and
previous ownership. In bankruptcy, the
honesty or dishonesty of the debtor will
call for his support, and suits growing
out of mining claims and corporations will
carry him into the interior of the earth,
where, if he is at all disconnected by l0des,
foot levels, DRAWINGS, shafts or appearances
of quartz he wishes he could remain, as it
seems impossible for him to accurately find
out whether the mine ever had any ore, az
was represented to his simpletou of client,
who possessed more money than brains.
Insanity cases will require deep search into
To
discover whether they ever displayed
symptoms of lunacy either hereditary or
acquired. A Chinese habeas corpus trial
will bring to his startled ears testimony of
most strange and complicated nature, not
to speak OF the intimate terms he must be
on with the heather who was good enough
to engage his services.
A MEEK LITTLE WOMAN
Will relate to him all her troubles, and tell.
in sad and touching language, the reason
why she is Obliged to have a separation
from husband, so inappropriately named.
The young practitioner thinks this a
sad case, but in court his hair fairly stands
on end at the testimony introduced and
often fully proved against his gentle client,
and he ends by pr0nOuncing all women
swindlers and himself fool for ever talk
ing up the study Of law. This is Just the
time, however, for him to endeayor TO
make his mark, as the more opposition
there is the greater will be his victory If he
carries the day. All things considered the
life OF the average young lawyer is not one
of roses and when the laurels of conquest
and fame are at length on his weary brow,
it will be after many an adventure and
struggle which only lie himself could ac-
curately describe. An indomitable energy.
and disposition to look upon the bright
side Of life and ignore the troublesome
quarter, are some of the attributes neces-
sary for the wOuld-be lawyer to possess. To
become an eminent ply may hold out
golden inducements to another young man
beginning the world. Like anything else,
great application is necessary, and the sue,