The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27
BY Margaret E. sangster.

BY Margaret E. sangster.
ssGS,Tfe!H 1894 ae SSsss sss most po fsF e
| IEV fayorins oprorillnity helps e |,
FE1STtal doabtiess agar, there are those
lsslSssSs44:sssO who never get on. whether or
| mot circumstances seem propitlous. A
little poem BY 70. II. Sill sets forward
the truti;. Somewhere a battle was rag-
ing and n coward, skulkinE alone and
| hiding behind others, said to Himself:
I#"If only had such a sword as the kings
son carries should be IN the thick Of
Blunt Blu I 1hinig7s Thereupon lie throws away
his broken sword. which Inter the
Kings som hard bese nnd sn " ~, !,
hcwing down tie enemy and winning. the
day. There is here q lesson 70 take
home. sss
there is character back Of It, md the
great trouble With many boys and many
r6 rn t9e urn evsnts ana do not
boldly take hold OF their fate and con
gncr opposition, 800.
That taken at the food leads on 70 for or
g5sS t a ht5f me- e Sho ays a1ena
ndod tide has come atter they had left
you come 10 examine a life history You.
generally lind that thosnppArenily lucky
person, at, some stage or other,l was eS-
please whether from the ranks OF bust
ness Or from the professions, and you
VII that hard work 1, and an IN
In a tho everyday matter Of looking for
4 Business position. the boy who secures
a foothold on the ladder where he may
such aTiad may 70 from the high schcol
into All office, and may make himself: by
cxactness. nbligngness and espo9innsibllitty
lnent. One bright, little chap entered 9
pu1l'shers otilcs IS bell bpiE i'll ha ,hn
the highest grade in the grammar school.
He was alert poctful acconmodati =,
at tho Office ana s1cver. In haste to ieaye
It when his day work was done. lies
cultivated II memory for faces and names;
artists who were hnbltues OF the splnct,e;
he TENDED evening classes. improved s: MS
education studied Stenograp1hy n s,ep
literary adviser with g knowledge Of fhs
was little short of intuition. q, sR i,
go to West Point. put was 4 ilttle below
tary ' career and began life In the Office
of merchant In grain. From the he outset iiss,.
chance to be useful. but Of every chance
to serve his elnpl oyer and 70 learn al 1hat
he could % Of IT the Rashsas y S sill
young man, not near the meridian, and Is
himself a grain broker: with an cnvia DIG
seat on the produce exchange In large
city, H$5 81 5i, 55} 5s4 81 !
The third boy, a widow son. entered a |
bank when very young DONG w, %n in,ynsr
wages In the hank. lie rose step by step
through several grades until he WAS cash I!
icl,F anu he Is now president OF u ba nk, |
and looked up to by scores of men IN his
own ana ncighborng towns. Instances
like these may be multiplied. They are
not due to luck NOR wholly TO PLUCK, DIV
to n combination Of sterling qual1tles.-
which are in the reach Of every boy in the
land.
housewifery was Ill one summer with
nervous exhaustion: she umented that
she could not. rs usual make her pre-
serves and jellies and jams. ana more
shelves that would be emptyIin the COM
Ing winter. Her son. a youth Of seven
teen quietly said to his father: 81
may have the fruit. the sugar and the
l. . y
this summer, The father consented
The boy did tile work with the deftness
judgement and tiloroushness that distin-
gu!shed his mother and so astonished gllnr !
that, when another year came around
and lie proposed making q start In the !
business OF fruit prcserv:.t ton for winter
use. no objection vas made 70 the trial:
With a friend and II blended capita! OF
less than Il the young fellow began. He
and his friend I ook orders G. O. p, and.
TO make long story short filled evely
order so well that the people in the little I
village grew proud ,of the local prodigics.
Last year they had q business netting
them thousands of dollars in profit. They I
have 4 factory; a. salesroom and q force
OF trained employees and have arrived at
the beginning of what Will prove IL very
large success. ! { has been almost q JACK
and the Bcan Stalk progress, but II Is
duo not half so much to luckgas to conf
summate pluck.
The boy who would succeed in anything I
must have some of the quality Of the man
in the famous rhyme OF Mother Goose:
There was IA man lived In our town.
Who was so wondrous wise,
u IIc Jumped into bramble bush
And scratched out both his eyes.
And when he found his eyes were
out,
With ali HIS might and main
IT, JIe Jumped into another Bush
@l And scratched them In again M
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