Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28

I'll slip you nice little piece Of mon
ey too. Now, what do you say?"
'I say you're a great big stiff! What
do you think I am? 2" Aggie wheeled
on the detective. "Say. take me out Of
here. I'd rather be in the cooler than
here with him."
(To Be Continued).
WHEN MAN GIVES UP FIGHT
Age When the Human Failure Be-
| comes Derelict.
Thirty five, according to experts. Is
the age when most men who have been
loosing their grip upon life give up the
struggle and become derelicts. says
the New York Sun. Charles B. Barnes
special investigator for a number Of
charitable institutions, when asked for
his opinion on this subject, said:
Yes, 35 seems to be the deciding
age for men Of the class with whom
am dealing. UP to that age these men
try to keep up a good appearance, but
at 35 they commence to sag.
Take, for instance. the Bowery
derelict. At 35 he begins to think of
himself as an old man and feels that
all effort Is useless-life for him Is
practically over. Then commences In
earnest the process of degeneration.
There are no born derelicts, but
more than half Of the homeless men in
New York city are naturally feeble
minded. This, together with the influ-
ences which have been at work
throughout their early life, has made
them what they are. At 35 life becomes
a serious proposition to them Their
natural disabilities and many failures
begin to crush them. Then comes the
final collapse-the mental and moral
breakdown.
Another thing that strikes me with
considerable force is that 35 seems to
be the commercial dead line. Many
firms will not hire man after he has
passed that age"
| This last statement was confirmed
1 ny u VIM OthPiSSo heh
dreds of men. He admitted that there
is considerable hesitancy on the part
Of employers to take on men after they
have passed 35.
There are many unframed men In
my plant" he said, "and the unframed
man is always a big problem. Up to
"a or 35 these fellows knock about
from one place to another, living sort
of hand to mouth existence. Men Of
this class are generally more resource
full when they are under 35 than when
they have passed that age and hard
knocks begin to assume a more seri-
GUS aspect.
"They then realize that they have
not another S5 years Of active life and
are more impatient of failures and
more easily discouraged. They are also
much more inefficient and less depend
able. That is the reason we do not like
to employ them"
| A doctor connected with one Of the
city hospitals, who specializes in the
treatment Of inebriety, says that 35 Is
the age when many men become con-
firmed drunkards. He states his case
as follows:
Man is primarily biological being
and the drunkard is simply a normal
man plus alcohol. If a man begins to
drink at about the age Of "a or 25 and
continues to do so steadily he general
ly becomes a confirmed drunkard at
about 35. If he passes that age in safe
ty there is little likelihood Of his ever
being sent to a psychopopathic ward"
The principal causes Of inebriety,
this doctor said, are malnutrition, ner-
vousness and nagging wives.
The man in charge Of the deprecia-
ton bureau Of a large charitable insti-
tuition which handles approximately
$4,000 acres of homeless men a year.
says:
by the time a man reaches 35 his
permanent habits are formed. He is
either we'll started on the road to sue
cess or he has arrived at the point
where deterioration begins.
Most Of the homeless men. vag-
rants and tramps, are congenitally
weak. They cannot be classed as fee
BILE minded. but are simply mentally
unfit to cope with the conditions of
our present day civilization.
"A large number of them are what
may be termed casual workers. and as
they grow older they become less and
less efficient, until at 35 they lose con-
fidence in their ability to make liv-
ing.
After 35 these men became less
able to adjust themselves to conditions
and people about them and are not at
all cordial to new ideas and new meth
} DDS"
Another explanation Of the magic 35
is given by Chicago psychologist:
"Thirty-five is the age of degenera-
ton may be explained by what I call
the theory of the cycle seven. 1t has
been said that the body changes every
seven years; this septennial change
: may also be said to be true Of the
mind. Thirty five, you see, is five
times seven. That gives us five men
tai changes to account for.
During the first seven years of
child's life heredity plays the most i'm
portant part, from to IA environment
is the chief influence, from IA to 21
education is of prime Importance. AT
: 21 the man becomes an individual and
begins to think for himself. During
the next seven years politics. love af-
fairs and his work occupy most of his
thoughts. From % to 35 is the period
? during which most of his permanent
habits are formed.
, 1T is about this time that he mar
ries and begins to be settled In life. AT
35, If he has not made good, he real
!, ICES that his chances for success are
!. very small indeed. The enthusiasm of
youth is gone and there is nothing to
bear him up against failures and he