Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-14
EASY JOBS AND
UNSO|LEO HANDS,
BANE OF YOUTH
Rev. DR.. ETA. WATSON Tells of
PrOpensities That Spell.
Ruin.

SO many Young MEN, from the age
when they start out to work. are
frivolous hat one becomes discourage
for the future of society" said the
Rev. Dr. r. A. WATSON, rector of st.
Stephens Episcopal Church, recently,
while discussing the traits OF two kinds
OF young q who go TO make VIZ o
large percentage of our nearly $50. 900
population.
The frivolous young people Of both
X are severely condemned for wast-
ing their lives in seeking after easy
Jobs that will not crime their hands or
spoil their chances for getting into the
social swim.
Good clothes. short hours and not
much responsibility form a cornbina-
ton said the rector. that many a
young man cannot resist, even though
it will have little more to offer in
twenty years than It does now.
These young men are looking for easy
and clean jobs, and will refuse one
that is not easy and clean.
Neither will the American boy work
in n butcher shop, for the hours are too
long and he cannot wear sporty clothes.
The American boy has also turned his
back on the iron foundry on account
of the dirty clothes and hard work.
Il am speaking now only OF the bet
ter element of this class. who have no
pernicious pleasures. Mann of these
young men come from the middle class,
whose parents send them through the
high school.
They have. or could have, all the ad-
Nantages needed TO make successful
men. By the time they are in their
twenties they ought to have something
saved, and early in their thirties they
ought to be paying for . home OF their
own. But they take II easy II spend
instead. They will be no more useful
to their employer at 40 than they were
at 80. and at As they viii be looked on
as back numbers. till at last they are
crowded ont.
WRONGS society and Harms Self.
Now, the young MAJ who could fill
his place, if he would work hard enough
but who does not, because he wishes
to lead a butterfly life from the start,
is not only w%ronging society but he is
preparing for himself a disappointing
career.
What ] have said holds good for
many girls who enter business. Girls
at work now number nultitudes and
their numbers are increasing. Many
do not set out at the cost OF toll and
self-denial to master their job and thus
advance themselves.
when one secs the numbers of
young men and young women belong
ing to this un%progressive. frivolous
class, IN wonders who will do the
serious work OF society when the real
workers Of the present have passed
away.
But again, you may drop In at q
public night school; perhaps Of the
grammar or high school grade, and
what you see and hear is a revelation
The buildings are filled with young
men and women studying every practi-
cal subject, Their great thought is to
get ahead. to subordinate most other
things to business success.
These young persons of serious mind
are more in number than first impress
Slolb WOulu intricate, anu wien we See
the facilities for useful instruction n
training so generally utilized to their
full capacity and new extensions called
for. our encouragement for the future
is removed. We may still regret that
so many are foolish for themselves,
but we can feel that the future does
not depend on them.
TT is safe In the hands of the multi
tudes OF young people who believe in
serious work as the condition OF nfe's
best satisfaction