The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-03-18
The Real Thing.

\ b. G.
When mother kisses her boy
good-by and sends him out into
the world to hustle for himself.
she says. "son | know YOU will
succeed, YOU have the right kind
Of heart beating down in that
bosom Of yours" But when he
leaves the old homestead, passes
out from the parents love, the
flower garden and the lawn. on
which he has played since in
fancy, he had Just rs we'll stop at
the gate, unload his bosom of all
sentimentaLities and erase from
his mind that picture Of a great
world IN which heart throbs,
family pride and Il mothers estl-
nation count for much He is
up against the real thing-the
business world, and it never
figures Oh the temperature of the
heart, but rather on what the
brain and hands can do. As a
matter of fact a man must have
an honest heart, or somewhere
along the route of life he will
fail. But the business world
thumps more than the heart. and
wants to see if the head is right,
and if the body is willing. 1t
never says to young man: You
are n fine fellow, your mother
thinks much of you, your 0ncts-
tors are Of blue blood and we will
give you a choice position. ;" 1t
says: Shed your coat. hit the
buck-saw, and if you are able TO
make money for us there, we will
keep You employed and advance
you as your ability demands. ="
The fact that YOU are a fine fell
low is all right for dress parade, >
but it is no good in business.
Your mother thinks you are the
stuff of course, because you are
her son, because she loves YOU.
but the business man doesn't give
a continental whose son You are.
or whether anybody on earth
loves you or not, the whole ques-
ton with HIM Is, can YOU make a
dollar for the firm? He is will
ing for You to succeed, but if you
do it under his roof you must be
of some genuine value there g..
The reputation of your ancestors
vii! not help you along; it will
take the sweat of your own brow
and the cunning of your own
brain. | do not wish to depre-
ciate the value of home training ;
the characters that insure the
future safety of our republic are
moulded and shaped AT the fire.
side: the paternal training is the
best we will ever get in tins
wvrld. But it is we'll enough for
every boy who has got to get on
: the stage of action and play a
; part in life's game to know just
what is what, to kRow that he has
got battle royal before him that
. can only be won by the use of
| grit, industry and common sense.
: This world is a cold-blooded
t affair, it is selfish and no man is
gong to pat you on the back and
say, Onward Christian brother, y
| until you are II position to re.
. ciprocrate. A smile is fine
: thing and every boy should have
one ready to cast at whomsoeveI
he meets, but to be able to loan q
FLYER" insures more friends
: These are cold realities and the
q boy that is ION" is better able fol
: the fray. | know that such thing.
/ are not generally taught on paper
1 but when we go up against the
= business world we learn the
lesson. 1t is all right for thf
orator, OF the poet to sing II
q silvery tones of success, the re
Y ward of the honest heart, but thu
: man who has been there has Il ia,
= different tale to tell. He fnd,
q that many an honest heart il
I beating beneath n battered coat
T. and above an empty stomach
= that honesty must have somethiu!
!. else coupled to it in order to in
q sure success. -OZOna Kicker,