The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
ADVICE GIVEN TO YOUNG MEN
STARTING OUT FOR THEMSELVES
Well Known Business Men of Richmond Tell How
They Made Their First Dollar, and Give
Some Wise and Helpful Precepts
for Their Juniors.

uvse,f. and i had nothing. My first dol:
lar / dug out of the ground by farming,
and IT did not come as hard as dollars
made nowadays by filling the soil.
My advice 10 q young man starting busl-.
ness, is to select, with thought, some caO-
ing, for which he has natural aptitude
and. ma wing once made a selection, to suck
to it through thick and thin.
4. Won n. Roscncsk.
Editor OF The Times:
Slr,-Twenty-five years ago I came to
this country from Germany, where 1 had
beer, fortunate in no way being compelled
to earn a living. Unluckily l arrived here
penniless and was forced to earn my first
dollar driving a street-car. believe that
honest labor Is an honor to any man, but
have the confidence of those with whom
You are associated. Never misrepresent
or prevaricate and as you advance IN
service and earn more, affiliate Win
good charitable organization that teaches
morality and practices charity. With
these determinations in view, there can De
mo such word as fail
Alexander II. Meyer.
Editor OF The Times:
Sir,-I have been in harness SO very
long fol-, so young a man. and have had
so little regard for the dollar, that could
not trutlfully say how my first dollar
was made. But have some very pleas
ant recollections of fve-cent pieces which
/ received weekly for d good report from
school. If ii will be of interest to you 10
know how hard it was to be good enough
to earn these tive-cent pieces, 1 shall be
very glad.
j. NJ. Fourqurcan.
Editor of The Times:
Sir,-Nhen a boy twelve years OLD living
in the country and being very anxious 10
own gun, made and sold cigarettes uil-
Ill l made Ito me little fortune) 81 ana
bought the much-coveted gun After the
close of the Civil war and my return to
Richmond. ] possessed 50, with which
bought a few tooth brushes. combs, etc.
sold them to friends, adding a few dol
lars to my capiIal, when 1 borrowed from
an old uncle $50 and bought out the camp
stock tskillets, ovens, frying pans, etc.,
OF northern settler, sent them TO ule
country, taking IN a partner and IN eleven
months from that start. we made Si,3eo
each. My advice to the young man con-
ienplating business. IS TO put his Whole
heart and soul into whatever. he under
takes, determining that it shall sue
coed. Friends and others seeing bis de-
termination. viii soon come TO his aid
he should have the ambition to advance
himself and gain the confidence of the
people by being strictly honest in his
every transaction. When entering busi-
ness a young man should attend closely
to his duties and carefully observe the
advance and faults of his competitors.
Julius Stratus.
Editor of The Times:
Sir,-At the age of fourteen I assisted
nv father in business and one OF the
SIDE issues was the purchase of furs. l
became interested in the work, and be-
lieve the first dollar 1 earned was from
This source
First of all, get a good training from
reliable person or firm, then start at the
bottom, and ascend by hard work and in
dustry, make yourself generally useful. be
prompt in business hours. do your whole
duty, avaoid bad company, be truthful.
never go in debt. and always save a part
of your earnings. BE polite to all, par
tcularly to an aged person, and make
yourself generally useful. SO you will
succeed.