Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-05
AN OLD STORY.

Inc news columns Sunday carried
this story from New York: "A roll
of $3.50 was picked up yesterday by
Chas. Morales on Fifth avenut. Nor
ales is 16 years old. He was on his
way home, tired, hungry and dis.
couraged. He didn't have a cent in
his pocket and he could not speak
English. He had been hunting work
and failed. Morales had never before
seen so much money. On the roll
was a band and on this the boy de.
ciphered the words, Fifth National
bank. The lad went back to the bank.
He shyly told the cashier of his find
and showed the money through the
window. While he was talking to
the cashier the telephone rang and
the information came that Miss Il.
E. Boyla7d. cashier for Richard H.
Forschner & Co., had lost the money
soon after leaving the bank. When
the firm was advised that the boy
had found and returned the money
the manager told the cashier to let
the boy peel off the roll as many bills
as he wished. He also said, send him
around to US; we've. got a job for
a boy like that. '8S'T 70 which the bank
er replied, Well give him a job if
you DON'T"
A Severe Test.
That was a mighty severe test for
a 16-year.o!d JOY. but Morales came
through with credit. The,a ISN'T a
sound thinking man in THE world who
does not know that this boy chose
the wiser course. He might have
kept the money, but he would have
gone through life with scared con
science. 1t might have led .im to
try getting easy money in some other
way. 1t might have led him into dis,
sipation and thus laid the founda.
ton for a wrecked body and soul.
He resisted all these temptations and
chose the straight and narrow way.
In doing this he had opened before
him a whole world Of opportunity.
With unflinching integrity of that
character the chance Of his ucces
In life with only a fair degree of in.
SOAiI6OASC 10 d HuuUl GU " OIc.
Boys Are Wanted.
The country lis to-day looking for
boys like that. The supply is no.
where equal to the demand. Hun
dreds of boys have Jobs and some
OF them are making good. But in
thousands of cases employers never
feel perfectly free and easy with ref.
erence to their helpers. They feel
that they must be constantly on
guard. They doubt the ability of
their employees to resist temptation.
Possibly they have noted the dispo-
sition to shirk, to do only those
things that are absolutely required
and to find anything to do that
Is not on the fixed program.
The best asset any boy can have is
the confidence Of his employers.
This can only be secured by exhibit
ing at all times the quality of
honesty displayed by this young Nor
ales. How many young ment there
are in this country today who fail to
understand the value of integrity?
The lighted cigaret, in itself so in
significant, reveals in a boy a whole
volume Of indifference which is a
complete negative to that confidence
the employers must entertain If pro-
motion is to be won.
Morales opportunity to demon
strate the merit he possessed came
In a spectacular way and he used it.
Every day of every boys life there
comes similar opportunity to do
something which will count might
lily in reaching the same end-a
chance to climb the ladder of sue
cess.