The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
STARTING IN LIFE.

You are soon to leave and break away
from all the tender ties of home, and go
out to seek your fortune i'll the world
Let us whisper few words of counsel.
We suppose you wish to be rich; most
people do. We don't think riches desir
able. We should be sorry to have in
herited wealth. But competence is very
desirable, is indispensable. Well, the
way to get il is by forethought to plan
industry to execute, and prudence to keep
the earnings of your work. Get what
you honestly earn, but never take more
Money is by no means the best thing in
life. You are here in this world to be-
come good man, wise man, a Just
man. an aftectlonate man, a religious man.
Work for your manhood as much as for
money; take as much pains to get and as
much to keep it. Keep clear of vice,
especially intemperance, gambling and
licentiousness. These three ruin thou
sands OF young men every year. Be not
gloomy, sour and stiff. Cheerfulncss,
gayety, liveliness and mirthfulness belong
to your period of life. You will find little
real pleasure in anything your conscience
forbids. AS you have opportunity, cult
vate your mind and forethought, prudence
and industry will help you here as much
as in getting money. And now would
you prolong the sunshine of life forever?
We must say to you there is no real hap
pincss in life without religion. 1t is a re-
straint from doing wrong, an encourage
ment to do right, and great comfort at
all times of life. And finally, remember,
though absent from the sight of the dear
ones at home you will ever live in their
hearts; and their highest earthly wish will
be that you may prove yourself noble
man.
THE COMFORT OF BEING A BOY.
There is a comfort to be a boy in the
amount Of work he can get rid of doing.
1t is something astonishing how slow he
can go on an errand; perhaps, he couldn't
explain to himself why, when he is sent
to the nelghDor's for Yeast. he stops to
stone frogs. He is not exactly cruel, but
he wants to see if he can't hit 'em. 1t is
a curious fact about bows, that two will be
great deal slower about doing anything
than one. Boys have power of helping
each other do nothing. But say what you
will about the general usefulness of boys,
farm without boy would soon come to
grief. He is always in demand. In the
first place he is to do all the errands, go
to the store, postoffice, and carry all sorts
of messages. He would like to have as
many legs as wheel has spokes, and
rotate in the same way. This he some
times tries to do. and people who have
seen him turning cart wheels" along the
side of the road have supposed he was
amusing himself and biding his time He
was only trying to invent new mode OF
locomotion so he could economize his
legs, and do his errands with greater dis
patch. Leap-frog is one of the methods
of getting over the ground quickly. He
has natural genius for combining pleas
ure with business
The parents who rear their sons in idle
ness are doing them an nunspeakable harm.
Every boy is entitled to know by actual
experience what hard manual labor
means, and TO get the blessing that comes
from toughened muscles and tanned
skin.
The boy who takes his hat off when he
enters the house is the one who usually
has his hair combed and his face clean,
and the girl who says please" and
"thank you, )" is always prettier than the
one who forgets these little things. You
just look around and see If this is moi
true.