The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-09-22
GOOD ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN

SMUT time ago cornered vouno
man IN whom happen to be more
tnan ordinarily interested. have
known him ever since he wore con.
q per-toed boots with red tops. and |
propnesied then that some day he
would become valuable addition to
81 society and to the business comm1ni.
~ have had no reason to change
my mind.
He is now about twenty-three years
of age and is making SIX waep
out | get 1t from his boss that he is
soon TO be raised to $50, and given a
position of responsibility. Which
SHOWS that the boss holds the Same
opinion of the young man that / do.
Recently, however, the young man
has been in the habit of dropping in
on me and borrowing "ten" until nav
day. | always accommodate him be-
cause | know that he is on the square
and thus far he has never failed to
hunt me up when pay day rolls round
and make good the loan. His fire.
quent touches" however, set me to
wondering what he was doing with
his money, and 1 quietly INQUIRED
about him. The result was that I
found what l expected to find-noth.
ing more vicious than extravaganza
The lad was spending money faster
than he could earn it, and the next
time he came to see me sent the
stenographer out of the room and
Sasked him to sit down.
"Now, Fred" l began, 81 am much
older than you are, and don't pre-
tend to know as much as you do for
as rule you young chaps know
more than We older fellows: in fact,
you know more right now than you
will ever know again. One of my
greatest wishes is that I knew what
thought l knew when l was your
age. But l have been over the road
) quite a bit and have kept my eyes
open, and the result is that | can
put you wise to a few things if you
care to listen"
GO ahead" replied Fred, eagerly.
''In the first place never spend all
you make, because you are never apt
to make more than you can spend. 1t
is all right and quite proper to be
we'll dressed, but the young man who
is too we'll dressed is singing some
body. If it isn't his tailor it is him
self. Usually it is both. In your
case l know that you have five or six
suits of fashionable clothes while
three suits are all that you ought to
own at this time and with your in
come. l have also noticed that you
nave lately been patronizing certain
swell cafes which draw their trade
from just two classes of people-the
erich and the foolish, and as you dc
mot happen to be rich it is easy to
figure which class you belong to-
Three or more times week of this
sort of thing on SIS a week isn't pos
sible, and that is one of the reasons
why yOu are nCIS IOQdy WIN LAAS
latest touch for ten You are try
/ ing to hold up your end of the game
with set of fellows who ought tc
know more and better than to allow
you to do it, and you can't make good
with them and your boss at the same
time. There is plenty of time fol
you to spend your money after yor
have made it and after you have
made good Save something every
week. Don't be a tight-wad and don't
be a 'damfool.' When you find your
self in a position where it is neces
sary to spend money, spend it as
though you mad all the coin in the
world. Keep away from the saloons
and the cafes and never play cards
for money. You cannot make money
in that way, and the probability is
that you will not only lose your mon
ey, but YOU will also lose your friends
at the same time. Back up! Throw
in your low speed and quit scorch
ing! Postpone the joy rides unit
you can afford them, and then, per
haps, you will not care for them. IN
derstand, | want you to have gooc
time, but I do want you to know thai
you can get that good time at dis
count of at least 80 per cent oVel
what you are now paying for it.
Then Fred told me that he difn'
think he would need the ten" tina
week. after all-Beach's Magazine o
Business.