Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-24
BREACHES SERMON ON
IDEAL MAN OF GIRLS
Pastor Cautions Men Not to
Speak SIightingIy of the
Young Women

DR.. Brougher preached Sunday night
at Temple Baptist church to a crowded
house on the subject, MY Ideal Young
Man" He presented some of the
characteristics of the ideal young man
as described by young women who
have written to him on the subject.
Among other things he said:
"It is a difficult matter to present
ALI the characteristics of an ideal
Young man as they are set forth in the
numerous letters which have re-
ceived. One writer suggests tnat 10
make one ideal young man II would
be necessary to run about billion
other men through kind or sausage
machine, grinding them up all togetner
and letting that which is good run
off in one direction and that which is
worthless in another. Possibly out OF
a billion men she might succeed in get
ting enough good qualities to make one
ideal man. She says, 1 am not
pessimist-just a woman she THINKS
this question would not have been SO
difficult for Mrs. Eve to answer as she
no doubt thought she had the ideal
man.
at will do the young men good to
know what some of the young women
think their chief faults are, ana at
the same time to learn the ideals OF
manhood which these young ladies'
consider essential to be true man.
1.-THE ideal young man would De
man of noble purpose and untiring IN
dustry. In nearly every letter received
it was suggested by the young women
that their ideal young man would be
one who had a definite purpose in life
and put forth untiring energy In the
accomplishing of this purpose. one
writer says: THE ideal young man
have a work to do and will be busy
seeking to accomplish it. He will not
loaf around street corners to pass re-
marks about the women who go Dy,
and waste his time doing nothing. TOO
many young men, she continues, seem
perfectly satisfied with themselves ana
are conceited enough to think that the
young ladies are satisfied with them
also. But the young man who is willing
to live on the money that his father
and mother have made, and who does
nothing for the advancement or the
world himself. is not worthy OF the
name man. / have heard many young
ladies express themselves on this SUD
iect. and we have decided that your
suggestion is a good one for all SUCH
Young men-call them Its.
"Another writer says: A common
fault with many young men is the
lack of enterprise and energy. They
seem to have no ideals and no inclina-
tion whatever to work. She adds, God
save us from being tied up to such
things!
"This is a pretty severe arraignment
and would seem to indicate that the
Young women of today feel that no
Young man is worthy the name man
who does not have some honest pur-
nose in life and seek by untiring energy
and industry to achieve it. There is
no denying the fact that 1t is better
for a young man to fail in noble
struggle inspired by lofty purpose
than to be the most successful loafer
the world has ever known. There IS
no secret to success but work, work.
work. If a young man would be some-
body he must work.
"The ideal young man will be one
of honor and answering integrity. The
true young man will consider 1t be-
meath contempt to speak slightingly
or in any way injuriously of a young
woman. Nothing can be condemned
more severely than the habit that some
classes Of young men have of standing
ON the street corner and saying unkind
things about the women who pass them.
A Young man who loves and honors
his mother and his sister will treat
another boys mother and sister in the
same way that he desires his own
| treated"