The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-11
DISHONESTY I'M LITTLE THINGS.
By MARGARGT z. SANGSTER.

hlEVER a week passes that We do not
read in print the report of some
young life that has made shipwrc>e
of fair prospects through the lack Of COM
mon honesty. Temptations ABOUND. The
temptation to speculate, 10 spend more
than one earns, 10 borrow in the hope or
paying the loan promptly, although the
hope may not be well founded, attacks
many young men at the turning point OF
their careers Chauncey Depew some
years ago gave young men bit OF plthy
advice by way OF telling them how they
might get On-stick. dig. save. These
three words in the opinion of one Of the
most successful men of the day epitomize
a whole volume. "A rolling stone gathers
no moss A boy who has no appilcatiOn
and who shrinks hard work will. of
course. be a failure in whatever he under
takes. One of the best lessons BOY can
learn is how to save, lesson that we
Americans are apt to scOrn preferrlng 10
make money by great strokes of GCod Tor
tune If we can. rather than by slow acre.
tions of frugality and tine savings bank.
Something is lacking fundamentally, or
so many boys and men would have a
higher ideal of honor The hem Fly distich,
1t is a sin
To steal pin,
should he early implanted Straws show
which way the wind blows. heard the
other day a lad in railway car boastinG
70 some comrades how clcverly he had
the fact that he had been cheating HIM
self He related with great giec tine va
riOus tricks and devices by winch ne
cvadcd the scrutiny of the professor.
Little did he guess that the school room
dishonesty would probably be business dis
honesty later on. As the flower from the
bud youthful stiffness in tdSks may
prove manhoOd's ruin.
Another boy in ii public CONVEYANCE Was
the other day explaining To -rtCnd that
he had received from well known firm
three very desirable coutriyances of
mechanical order when he had really
purchased only one.
telling me that there Was an express
package for mo at the station. ! called
tor il and found so and SO 4 week
later along came another card, and Ia ana
behold, a second express package. n few
days aftcrward came a third, 80 nave
three. when ] actually paid for only one.
But" said the friend did you not
return them or notify the firm the mis-
Not l.. said the young man. with de-
cision IF they choose to be 20 careless
its their lookout. not mine.
Personally would not like 10 trust that
young man with his loose ideas OF hon
rs'y very far.
\ friend was sitting in her nciehbor' 5
house one day when boy of S rushed in
with a diSmayUd count cnancc.
oh. mother. lac sald. 'oonlebody mas
given me bad quarter. Wnat shaH 1 DO?
don't know where ! got il.
3Ii YOU can DO Wis TIC mothers re-
ply. lis to pass that quarter off an some
body else, Just as quick IS ever YOU can.
lou have been very careless indeed.
The child disappeared and presently re-
turned ju5lant.
Il Jumped on street car, he said,
''and the conductor changed that bad
quarter tor me.
He proudly held up five nickels. Whetp-
er OF not the conductor was deceived
whether or not in turn he ioiste0 me ba0
quarter on somebody else. who could tell2
The end of that counterfeit piece may
have been in the home Of . widow TO
whom it meant meal for hungry chill
dren: il may have brought real misery to
someone who was ALREADY almost penni-
less. Whatever became OF it. the ultimate
loss was rot so great as the loss in honor
TO the boy whose mother sent him out to
commit a practical theft. She unblush-
lngly gave him a lesson in shameful de-
ceit and dishonOr Child or man. Who
ever knowingly palms off "A counterfeit
piece on his neishbor is "A thief A little
piece on his neighbOr is "A thief little
ihlet may become colossal one in future
years.
n
No one who has ever had 10 DO with
boys in business house has failed 10 OBJ
serve how different are their standards
and their practice. Some are exceedingly
scrupuOus; they perform every duty with
eXactness. remembering that their time
IS paid for; they, are punctually in their
places when the day begins. they go
briskiy on errands. and whatever they do
is done we'll Others are chronic ,aggardS
without tie faintest idee of either hon
esty or honor.
We talk great deal ABOUT the tremen-
dOus competition Of the day and about the
pitifuliy small chances there are for poor
bows TO make Roadway. Yet character
tells as il always has. The person whose
standards are high. who sccrns 10 take
what is not his o--n. and -shO IS not
afraid Of hard work. seldom fails to make
the right impression. lie is to be trusted
and when vacancies occur he is there 10
TIL them.
Honesty goes deeper than the super
fetal strata Of the mind. The thoroughly
honest boy Viii In no case StOop 10 pre-
Varication or falsehood. An instance re-
ours to me of boy who was employed
in bank and 10 whom one day letter
was given with q direction TO hard il TO
the president when that gentleman should
come in The boz was sent on several
clrapds and esltireiy forgot the letter IL
his rocket. II haraened that the preSi-
dent Of the bank and the hos both lived
in suburb some miles from the city, the