Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-22

whole man, the mind the body
and the heart. Education,
strictly speaking, covers the
whole area OF life. Education
accomplishes wonders in fitting
a man for success, but we for
get sometimes that it is better
to have the mind we'll disci-
plined rather than so richly
stored. A young man seeking
a position today is not asked
what college he came from
but what he can do. 1t is spec
ial training that is wanted.
Most of the men at the head of
great firms have been promoted
step by step from the bottom.
Some young men get the idea
that it is not respectable to
work and imagine there is some
disgrace belonging to toll. No
greater mistake could be made.
Labor may be a chastisement
but it is also an honor and a
glory. All that is valuable and
precious toman is acquired only
through labor. Without it civ
ilization would soon relapse in
to barbarism. Young men
should also be educated in true
economy, as this is the grand
element of success in acquiring
property. But to pratice this,
one requires great resolution
and self denial, but it must be
done or poverty will accompany
you through life. Young men
who are just starting out in life
should make it an invariable
rule to lay aside a certain pro-
portion of their income what
ever that income may be. In
early life it should be the pride
OF young men to see how little
they can spend on dress and yet
present that neat and tasteful
appearance which is desirable.
To Judge from the actions of
many young men one would
suppose that dress was their
highest aim in life. 1t is not
only dress that young men
spend so much in, but in foolish
little things that they could
we'll do without. Not long
since | heard one boasting that
he had sixty good neckties and
that he spent ten dollars each
month in candy and other con-
dictionaries. Now no one has
any use for 50 many neckties
any more than a dog has for SO
many tails. And as for candy,
his health would be better with
out, but he was probably trying
to buy some girls affections
with the candy. Premit me to
tell you that a girl that can be
bought with candy is not a very
valuable investment, and he is
liable to wish before many
wears that he had never invest
ed. 1t is all right for people of
means to have such things if
they choose, but | am speaking
from the stand point of the av-
erage farm boy, as that is what
your committee wished me to
speak from. | venture to say
there is not a well-to-do, pros
porous man in Harrison county
but has made his start by econ
omy, industry and self denial,
for, if a man has means left
him, unless he practices these
virtues he will soon learn that
his fortune has slipped away
from him.
People of sterling worth and
character are apt tohave a feel
ing of contempt for one, who,
by his faultless dress and spruce
manners shows that he is actu-
ated by a dudes view of life.
A coat with the mark of use up
on it is a recommendation to
people of sense, for the best
coats in our streets are worn on
the backs of penniless tops and
men who never pay their debts.
Rev. Madison Peters said that
"a dandy reminded him of the
cinnamon tree because the bark
is worth more than the body.
In a large open square in the
city of New Orleans stands a
fine marble statue erected to a
woman who never owned a silk
dress or wore a kid glove, but
this monument was erected by
the city as a thank offering for
"a helpful, unselfish life. Some
parents think their sons have
no chance because they have
not means to send them te
eastern colleges to finish them
up, as they term it, for some
business or profession. | know