The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-29
TIE AMERICAN IN
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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fellow, while a Observation-Disclosures
before he had sense enough TO kHo"
the value of money, would have mace
him a sport
I've Americans are overturned
socially. This highland shaking Is
one of the unfortunate deVelopIiieht Is
of our civilization. Most OF u.s. III
the ant variance of the enticing game
of poker. are four-fushers. L took
dinner with an old schoolmate OF mime
the other evening, and the occasion
called to mind surroundings of very
different character LiZzIe's tolhS
lived in Indiana Her Pa was a sort
of cross between a horse-doctor ana
an auctioneer. Between COOKING Iol
boarders and scolding the OLD man lol
shiftIessness her Ma was the puslesl
woman in town.
"Too MUCH OPPORTUNITY"
'"Then the social craze came on, ana
I.izzie's Ma took it at first exposure
She used to go sailing around town III
a low-necked dress, carrying a two
pound card case, making calls at ten
O'Clock in the morning. Lizzie was
given OPPORTUNITIES and finished by
Irl,rrying an army officer who is now
stationed in the Philippines. Lizzie
has been around good deal anu
knows all the kinks and twists of smart
life. | asked her the other evening IL
she remembered how cute her IA was
in auctioneering off coW-ba1tS IN the
court house square on saturday after
Moons. but Lizzie's memory is not very
good about things in Indiana she
and her husband have held up IheH
end III society, but he told me they
couldn't save dollar. Lizzie would
doubtless have been better OH without
so much opportunity.
mo man or woman should spend all
they earn. To live up ones income III
an effort to keep abreast of eXtraVa-
giant social standards is absurd. Young
people. married or single, should live
modestly and save part of their wages
If they think they are boosting them
selves they are mistaken. The employ
er is always suspicious of a spendthrlft,
and young people would be better OFF
without the acquaintance of those VINO
are attracted to them solely by the
entertainment they offer. L am
strong believer in the greatness of my
country, and am sure that most OF
our national faults are more than over
come by our tremendous energy ana
adapta bility, but the improVldent ex-
ence our young people manifest Tor
thrifty ways, alarm me. / would rath-
er my boy should be a clodhopper all
his life than to have him develop into
a polished ne'er-do-well 1 suppose L
am prejudiced. but a man In blue
overalls looks healthier and more sub
stantial to me than one dressed in
pair of modern riding breeches- Their
cut may be comfortable and practical,
but they seem to remind one of clubs
and games and drinks, which are
things that young men starting to oulid
the foundation of their careers had
better know nothing about 1 dc not
deny men who can afford it the right
to entertain themselves as they please,
but I want to assure my young friends
that they do not have to hold up their
end in sporting or social extravaganza
tn get on in the world. / employ
hundreds of men, but the dude nor the
sport never stay long with our firm.
FRONTIER IS PROMISED LAND.
1.-The west has always been the zone
of chance for the young. 1t is the
trying ground for manhood and wo-
manhood Although the frontier has
always been a land of promise, 1t re-
quires strong hands and brave hearts
to turn it's crude riches into wealth.
The American has a clean record OF
success up to this time, but he is now
facing the most trying test in his his
tory Heretofore he has planted our
civilization in a new land, but here he
must graft it onto an old one. That
he will succeed I do not doubt, but it
is a proposition of work and not play
Those who lend their substance to the
frippery of social pretense will accom-