The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-24

The New York Herald, in a semi
humorous vein, gives come excellent
advice to a father who writes from @
Western county concerning his son
The proud parent declares that his boy
is genius and will make a great mark
in the world. "The village in which he
| lives furnishes no proper field for such
a brain as his, and they have beer
thinking OF sending him to New York. y
What, asks the father, would the Herald
advise? The wholesomenesS OF the
editors advice upon the matter il
equalled by its pointed wit, and oughI
TO be read by every country father who
has genius for son, aud who feell
that the narrow confines OF a village
furnish no field for the development o
his intellect. Don't send him 10 New
York, says the writer land he nigh
have added to any other city,. Thu
supply far exceeds the demand. Their
are scores OF geniuses there and withou
exception their trousers beg at th'
knees and terminate in a pathetic fringe
that hangs round their shoes.
They arC, continues the Herald generally char
RctcrIcd by long hair, Soiled linen, intellectual
llAtuIcucy and u certain hnggArd look ~ thOusl
they hadn't enjoyed square meal IN thfet
months, in the cOar,e and ribRld vocabulary o
| iris metropolis they are not spoken Of with tht
reverence which Is due TO their alleged LHlufa
gifts, but arc rather sneerInEly referred 70 n
How would It do to give him cord Of tough
old hickory, a saWhOrsO and u saw, and nail "
this legend from PGhdRruS on the wocdshed
lie that will have u cake out OF the wheat mus
needs tArfy tho grinding which being trans
lated m5Ahs mo work, no dinner"
A genius Is almost always an ass IN a lion Z
skin, or turkey bUEzArd with an eagles beaE-
a fellow whoAe head II simply Rn enlargement
| Of he bump OF self cOnceit, He starts out will
the determination TO live on his brains, but Tit
expert except IN the art OF starvation.
There isn't very much spare room In our val
ley Of tears for these second baud 'RoIdle
hustllng for II and acquire lame without de
serving II. There Is but one gospel IN TIM
world which hos any claim to bc regarded ns III
vine, aud that Is the gospel Of hard WORK.
This appears to be an unsympathetit
manner of answering the fathers ques'
ton, but the treatment is from com
mon scnse standpoint, "The way tc
succeed is to perspire." II the father
lubo,s under the impression that genius
will make its mark without hard work
he is the victim Of delueion. The
Herald concludes its article in this
manner:
Dky scrapIng brains don't have much influence
In Il community constituted as this IT, We
haven't any use for men who 90 t0bogEanlng on
IHlRboWs. II is better to dix potatoes than to
write poor poetry; noDler 10 scratch for living
as the honest hen docs, than to part YOUR hair
In tho middle and pose rs All angel IN Disguise,
Hammer At that boy until you get the last YES
tige OF genius out Of him; then hammer at him
again until you get a love Of bard work into his
heart. Teach him 10 understand the force oil
these lines by DOeStlCks:
HenceiOrth I'm to battle with banner unturled,
Aud carve my way through thnndering hard
world.
These things accomplished he will come 70
something; but otherwise he never Will.
Genius is all right, but it is only
through hard work from the bottom OF
the ladder upward that 1t brings success
in life to its possessor. There is no room
in the bustling world for visionary
youths who believe they can conquer
by merely possessing superior intellect.
Industry, pluck, perseverance, and en-
erey are sureF guarantees against the
ending OF your career in the poor house
than the fancy that you are a great
genius. Fortune and fame must be
toiled for.