Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-08-13

Written for The Ledger By Fronk Cooper
Boys, did you ever stop to think Of
the important part you are destined
to play tomorrow?
The men who are filling all the re-
sponsible positions in life today needs
must with raised hats step down and
out, and turn owe the Affairs to you
tomorrow. Are you preparing your
self to ill the place Of our great men
Of today?
II mott 1t is time that you my dear
boys be up and doing. For the wheel
of time is no respector Of persons, and
it behooyes you to hustle ere Its pond.
erous wheels crush you to earth, and
leave you a mere pile Of rubish along
the high way OF life.
Tomorrow some one OF you boys
viii occupy the presidential chair,
which one Of you that does
SO wholly depends upon yourself,
and the efforts you make to obtain
this great honor. In order 70 1T your-
self to take up the various positions
OF life, you must be manly and courte-
Gus boys, for these are essential quail
ties that every boy must possess In
order TO make a success In life.
There are many men today, who are
mere drones In this busy world Of ours
because they failed TO possess these
qualities. Then, too, IL is the boy with
the push that succeeds. In every walk
OF life you will fiud that one must
have viii and ability TO do, and then
do IL. ALI things come to the boy who
waits, providing be hustles whils
waiting, so you may my boy wish Il
enact the position In an honest bust
ness like manner In which you are de
stined to fill.
You will find it worth while to take
advantage of every good and noble op.
portunity, as they present themselves
Be straight forward In your dealings
and plays with your playmates, anC
you will grow up truthful and honest
men. Show me a boy who on arising
and coming down stairs in the morn
ing with q CHEEKY ''good morning
mamma" and not ashamed to imprint
upon her cheek an affectIonate kiss
and / will show you a boy that vii
make a success in life.
In order to become men, it is ne
cessary to deyelope every par
OF the body, as well as the brain
Physical culture should be apart o
your every day training. The mar
with the brain and Drawn are the mel
OF today. All boys that are callet
bad boys, Fare not bad bad boys
There are vast difference between !
bad boy and a mere mischievons boy
A boy need not be necessarily bad be
cause be is b~oisterous about the house
or playing all manner Of harmless
pranks upon his ~playmates. So many
mothers call their boys bad, when in
fact they are only mischievous-thai
is to say when they are full Of life.
would not give a snap for q boy tina
does not possess these qualities. FoI
the sober serious feminine boy nevel
amounts to very much, and is inyerl
ably too delicate TO take any import
ant part In the affairs Of men.
Yes give me the noisy, playful ant
laughable boy, for such boys are al
ways interesting, and their ioyou
boisterous laugh fills or should fill one
hearr with joy and happiness, 81
boys as you grow toward man s estate
cultivate that joyous sunny disposition
Laugh and be as merry as possible, 70
laughing is contagious, and ever,
time you laugh, some n takes up tbr
merry refrain.
The boy who wears a sanctimoniou
look, and moves along In life as though
be vas afraid to put one foot beforI
the other, is not my kind of q boy
Too much feminine about him TO be
man Of affairs in this busy world. Ant
as the world is growing apace, AMI
those who are in the race to Obtain
success, have no time to waste OF
such boys as this.
In conclusion let Ime advise you h
have a kind word for anyone no mat
ter how low down in the social scall
be or she may be, 1t is policy to b
courteous to every one, as VI
can not always tell just what old dam
fortune has in store for Us.