The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-24
THE EVILS OF IDLENESS
ny LADY COOK. NGu TENNESSEE cLAplLS
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II ia somewhat singular that id'cnesH
and gontiiity pholfsi bo popuarly syn.
onymua, "rha butcher. the bakor, the
uadlcpllclt maker" and other trnhoHmcn
an well ~ Tho upper runkn u buslnsH
men. generally cook forward 70 the day
Tho happy day a. they fondly dream
w'hen they shan hnya made enough
money to retro from work and can sn-
Joy their o,ium cum diguIIate, There
h nomrghing natural about this, They
ara then sCf-pcnsloned They have
ss,fncd tho rigm 10 rupoae. They have
fought tho battlo Of lfe ana come On
victorious In pocuniary sUHe. wheth.
cr they oan east aside their old habits
with caae and nnd onJoymenI In now oneH
Ia for their own consideration only,
Anyhow. they aru emitted TO make ,he
experiment And wors tho matter to
rest hero ii,tle or no mlrlhlef would
onsue
Unfortunately, however uho nuoonAa Of
tho parents uauaiiy bcgvts particular
ambition IN tho minds OF tho children.
Tho daughters dcvilre 20 bc ladies. the
sons To 10 gentlemen, This. of courae,
wouhi bo praisowor,hy II connected with
some usef,h career. when. however. 40
Ia too ufIon The caso. Il mcanu Simply
a. llvo an idls ne uauattinE .aaAy upon
Tho hardened fortunes " ,hvir tathcra.
:, becomes a calamity tor al. concerned
iim whon Il ioadp them u2so 60 bu
ashamed Of their origin. and of the honest
methoda by which their afiiurnoo has
boon soour~i. lI is atue shor, OF do.
pfayIty poan. dospioaiar. ropuiuiyc
Such falso views Of Ito and OF what
Ia brcoming. mus, noosia load TO dina stor
iiecauas 20 mako up FOR want Of birth OF
breeding ,huy launch out into vulgar
cHuttyaEane" cndoayofihg To daEnc
wbsrc they cannot c,nvncc. Yachts.
Fao"rs sisi hounsis. expensive cstal.
.iahmrutn. gambling ana Nmupinun nv.
ing, aru Few of tho mvana by which
fho carefully gathered wealth OF sue.
rosaful merchants OF profrsai.nal mon
is dinaipatrd by their heirs. Vrry fcW
ut thono oarv 10 walk IN tho a;Ws- OF
tL"lr fathers. or 10 cngaRv In tho occu.
paiiona which made them rluh. And
probably the first lcsaonn In wild on.
pcndiiuro on 'hg part OF these prodlgai
u,'m were learnt aS our uu,orsi,lrs
where. for d .onT period. generations o.
Nain or Woak.miudoi youth have ucra
hop+va7.y corrupted
Z, ls cad ,o reflect how often the iac,h-
"1s ny wtiioh sucr,ssni man .udra,-
orf 300 odtanc" the position % hls child
ron horom" the m,ana OF ,bclr ruin. lie
roncr.s 8, may br. on bls own scan,y
eiursuon or other disadvantage In car.
ly No. ana determines tha, hia sons
s'l0, ,aro better They shah go TO SOME
gt,at puh.ic schoo or 20 oxford OF Cam.
Ur.tgc They shalt l,am al that may
ho learnt In thcac homoa OF the muses.
They shall mix with gcnC,mcn aud no-
h,mcn mako superior acquaintance.
und catch their tone, And. ,hn, they
may not boz prcludlccd by his status. hc
supplies them moa, ilborally with pock.
.i-moncy. and encourages them to shine
In the display OF "a, After Il, long
course. during which parental hopes have
boon excited. they o0tcn return to the
o-i roof with only Thin veneer OF
aatohhtic requirements. hut deeply on
GRAINED with al tho Vices which. lt Is
wet known these scmiuarics arr able TO
teach. rhcir ostentntion whEc there IL
aecrcuy rdic'Ecd hy their companions.
their morus are ruined and they come
baok with appciltcs whottod Tor pron-
rocy dcrplplng business, ovcrsc to use
fn occupation. and impatient Of their
FAMILY and home surroundings,
In those cases however whcro these
OWLS have been mlnlmised or even avoid
rd whore they have rojly studied, and
ihclr habits and conduct have been FAIRLY
decent, they are us sull ayorso as the
former to tho occupations OF their par
cnta. and aro occasionally prompted TO
ondenvor to distinguish themselves In
fashionable society, This ls often very
dlnicut. Nevertheless. youth, money.
and perseverance, can accomplish mrh
In time. And Il they succeed, what IL
Tho result? A moro reputable mode OF
sqmndonng than that OF others, but
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