The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-20
The LAXington DisDaTGI1
Wednesday. November 20. 1901.
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streaming down the baby face.
Edith was three years Old before she
learned to walk-frst, because OF
weakness, bns afterwards because
she had made up her small mind
that it was much plessanter to be
carried. When her father saw what
was the trouble be made up his mind
TOO, and every morning spent an
hour in giving walking lesson.
Standing Edith firmly on her feet on
the broad Hat stones in grandmas
pleasant yard, he would go few
steps away and tell her TO come. At
irst the only result was that she
would fell helplessly down. There
would be another black-snd-blue
mark on her poor little head, and the
eomical vail would be heard:
ssYou ought to look out for me"
"She will have to lesrn," said the
father, gently, to the pitying Do'her;
1.-The doctor says she is strong
enough, and we must not let this
habit of dependence grow"
Then Edith would be left TO her
own resources; and when finally she
saw that nothing was to be gained
oy tears or protests she made up btr
mind to stand up herself. That &C.
complished, the rest followed EASILY.
But how many there are wLo have
shis small girls feeling; even if they
are too worldly wise to give express
sion to it! It is so easy and so
natural to blame other people for our
mistakes. So soothing to think that
our falls and hurts ard failures are
the result of other peoples lack
rather than ourrown.
"Uncle Tom might send me- to
college if he only would-he would
never miss it, whines young man
who is in full possession of health,
and has no one depending upon him.
eFsther might let me foish my
musie-he knows how my heart is
set upon it," complains a young wo-
man. who already has had enough
money spent on her musical e6uca-
tion TO enable her to earn, for her
self, tie rest of course she so much
desires. s'If there had only been
some one TO set ne up in business"
walls a shiftless man when he hears
Of the so-called good that falls to
the lot of some young SON Of rich
father. He forgets, does the shift
less one, that the rich father was not
himself set up in business-2ot by
any means; also, that tbe highest
type of success does not slways
crown the business enterprises that
are ''set up" for inefficient sons by
overload fathers.
What the world needs is young
men who have the backbone and the
perseverance TO take themselves
through college: young man who ran
set themselves up in business grow;
young meu who are so necessary to
their profession that the profession !
IS glad to make room for them with !
IN it's exclusive walls.
The world needs young women,
zoo, for positions OF usefulness and
and responsibility eVerywbere-not
the sort who must be excused from
aay 'e1tra work." but those who
have shown by their faithfulness to
duty that they are ready for advance
ment. Never were there so many
fields open to bright girls as at
the present. The question is to get
tie girls to fill aoceptably the posi-
s!ons waiting for the right persons.
4 certain business man in a large
Western city found it impossible to
leave his Office one summer for need !
ed rest, because OF the twelve young ;
w,men who do his cfice work not :
one had shown herself sufficiently
trustworthy and accurate to be !eft'n !
charge of bis enormous mail for that !
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