The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-01-28
Advice for Boys.

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since George Washington and Ben
jamin Franklin were youngsters, and
after all that has been taught and
said, it is by no means certain that
the average boy is as good today as
his grandfather was at a similar age,
nor that our knowledge as to what
to do with him has been materially
increased. We know that he should
be taught to work and seek an occu-
patton adapted to his talents, but the
problem seems to be to induce the
young man into a line of work where
promotion shall continue with the de-
ve%lopement of his brain and body.
The New York Sun makes some very
excellent suggestions on this subject
when it says:
cit is to be regretted that so few
of our American boys learn any
trade, orare willing to serve an APP
premiership for the term of four or
five years. Almost any good and
smart boy can procure employment
in some one of the hundred skilled
industries that are carried on in this
city, and the boy who serves his ap-
premiership faithfully gets a training
that will be advantageous to him all
through life, and that will surely en-
able him to earn a living as long as
he lives. We should suppose that
any real sensible boy would like to
think of becoming a skilled work.
man in a good trade; would like to
look forward to the time when he
could stand up as an independent
journeyman, for example, in the car
penter's or the brassw orker's or the
tailor's, or the stonemason's, or the
watchmaker's, or the bookbinder's,
or the frisco painters, or the weav
er's, o r the printers, or the machin-
lists, or the locksmith's, or the gild-
er's, or some other trade worthy of
his manhood. 1t is a splendid thing
for a young fellow to start out in
the world with a good trade. He
can be IS stiff as he pleases, and
doesn't need to knuckle down to
anybody, neither to the boss mol the
foreman, If he minds his business
and steers clear of g%allivanting. He
can nearly always get a job at fail
pay, and can often have a chance Of
travelling to some other part Of the
country to look for a job at highel
pay. What long-headed American
boy would not like to have such &
show in life?
Yet a vast number of our Ameri
can boys don't want to learn a trade
They are anxious to be Office boys
or counter jumpers, or s%alesboys, o
clerks, or something of that kind
Stupid fellows, when they can get
t chance to become skilled mechanics
} Why, we were told by a gentleman
the other day that he knew of tire
youthful Americans who were serv
8 ing as door boys in a large uptown
, %six-story apartment house. VIVA
: show for promotion have they? The,
can hardly hope even to get a JAM
torship.
We say that boys who need t
earn a living do we'll to learn
trade, and then strike out in life, fire.
as the American flag"
The same advice applies to Mon
tana boys fortunate enough to hav
been raised in the west instead G
I going there as Horace Greedy sug
gested. The opportunities for learn
: ing trades in this country are not S
many as in the east and for this reas
y ON the boy who learns a good trad
in Montana and sticks to the stat
will have a decided advantage owe
a new conner, because he knows tn
conditions of life here and has til
acquaintance.
There are other occupations to
learned which will offer many oppo
tunities for future prosperity. TT
Montana boy, for instance, can 8
out on a ranch and learn the shee
business. If he is quick, activ
honest and industrious he will fir
r, men willing to avail themselves
ID his talents which combined wi
g their capital will give the boy
is chance to own something. This is
IN great big state, full of resourc
t. which must be developed by brai
Ne and muscle as we'll as money al
es the boy who will learn an occuT
Sc ton will get along if he stays with
or So we say with the Sun, lea
how to make a living, and tn
tb strike out free as the Americ
Va flag" Don't follow the example
re broken down wrecks and depend
mt your wits or the turn of forum
ed wheel for an existence. Where {