The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-04-14

WOrk IQmSell, so tndL ne may nave
money with which to pay his doctor
bills after he has broken down as re-
suit of overwork."
This may have been written by doc
tor, but the supposition is that it was
written by "practical" man of the
Cyrus Elwood stripe.
Cyrus Elwood was successful man
who started in life with no capital, who
never had any unusual advantages in
the way Of education, and who was COM
PEELED to acquire his first capital by the
scrappy savings from his salary as
clerk in country store. Hence he al
ways held that any young man who
would be successful Chat is, accumu-
late large sum of money! must be de-
prived of capital early in life, set to
hard work at small salary, be kept
away from the communicating influence
of books and teachers and be denied all
social pleasure.
II have succeeded" said Cyrus FL
wood, of Chicago, "and my son Burt
shall succeed according to the same
recipe. I shall compel him to feed on
poverty, abstinence and hardship, even
as fed, and, as a result, his fiber will
be strengthened and he will develop
into an admirable and rugged character
in the same manner that developed"
1t will be seen that Cyrus Elwood had
sincere admiration for himself and a
great mans contempt for the wide
spread opinion that he was skinf1int
and slave driver.
He had seen too many young men fail
and come TO naught through the indulg-
ence Of parents. In particular he re-
called the case of young Duceby, son of
his good friend, Amos Duceby, who had
shown immense business capacity by
robbing the other stockholders in the
tallow and suet syndicate of nearly a
half million.
Young Duceby had been allowed
spending money. and had always worn
good clothes and gone to parties and
had good easy time generally. When
he was old enough he had gone to col
lege. During vacation he travelled, often
going on hunting and fishing excur-
sions. After he graduated from the
university he was sent to Europe and
spent two years loafing at the capitals.
1t was inevitable that the young man
ccrding to Mr.. Elwood's Judgment.
When Amos Duceby died the degenerate
son, having no sympathy with the tai
low and suet trade, and never having
learned how to rob stockholders, sim
ply sold the entire business to an Eng
ish syndicate, put the money into good
securities at low rate of interest, and
then, having established an income, he
resumed his travelling, his studies of art
and music and his writing for the mag
azines, and became, in the eyes of Mr.
Cyrus Elwood, an outcast on the face OF
the earth.
Burt E]wood was taken out of school
when he had passed the grammar
grades. He was rapidly approaching
that period of life when little learning
might corrupt him for all time. Cyrus
Elwood feared that perhaps his son was
already tainted with Latin or few
germs of art and music, so he put him in
the shipping department of the whole
sale store at six dollars week, and told
him that he would be expected to clothe
himself. 81 g II d. 81 s.s !,
you may board at the house the
same as before said the father, "bu,
B I expect you to clothe yourself and save
at least three dollars week. It seems
to me that $3.50 a year ought to buy al
u your clothing and pay incidental e
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