The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-06-01
LIRE OF BIG CITIES
,xo,d tc the Man Who Yearns For
lob i'm New York.

American Magazine a writer,
IN INC words of advice to the
giving oSniring young men throughout
many .+rv who feel the lure OF the
the co oi+ias and who are consumed
gre@' dasire to try their fortunes
therein, says: ~. + .sL INV ad-
..a me other day. He came 10 NV
VIII VIII, from little Indiana to"h. ne
loi n wife and four children-ano
poor job ~, .;+h him kept pictur-
Ii,,, where he belongs-back IN the
ing t'lL town. If he had stayed there
'lu NH have worked into $1,UOo OF
ne a m1e ioh which would have been SUI
$l,-VT ~ satisfy all his needs and most
ncIIHc yants. He could have mad
Oh de a ward, savings bank account
s"i membership in the local lodge.
anu ings he could have sat on his
and held converse with his
IN the Fourth of July he could nave
some punl:ins' at the nelghbor-
oee nicnic He might have become
nG JJo,a councilman, and when the fall
'lln~ T7aiyn arrived he could have been
CAM tha committee to welcome the con-
g-aseman when that great parsonage
Emo 70 town in search OF votes. IN
otbar words, he might have mad real
nIace in the community.
Now. what does he get in exchange
,,r rho 81 900 or 81 200 that he earns IN
Vow, York? Well, | suppose he gets a
oosIv little flat with dark bedrooms,
t;ne assortment of cheap lunches,
'u.a chances daily to hang by his eye
lids in the subway, great FUND OF
iolinaes and woebegone feeling of
uselessness. -,
THAT is the trouble with these Whal-
:oo hig cities like New York and Chi
n9on They are all right for men OF
Iroun abilitv-men of force and ambi-
i'm who have learned how to direct
heir talents But they are hard on un-
triad men-men who have not yet
found themselves.
This is not said for the purpose OF
Gearing yenturesome and unattached
Young fellows of ability who want to
nv their muscles on the big town.
There is no danger of soaring them.
They cannot be scared. The morning
trains are bringing them in by the
bundreds-this very day-and all the
printing presses in the world could not
drive them back.
But il is said for the purpose of
causing every small town man with re-
sponsibilities to consider carefully
before coming whether he has defin-
tie aim in coming and whether he has
faith and conviction that he really has
something to give to the big town.
Don't come just for the ride. Don't
come except from positive choice.
Don't come Just because others are
coming The best rule of all is this
if YOU have no definite compelling rea-
son within yourself to come, don't
come until you are invited. Do your
lob we'll at home. If the big town
wants You she will call you.
A hundred kilograms went out from
New York today to various and remote
PARTS Of the United States carrying Of
fers Of good jobs to smart chaps who
have done so we'll that New York has
heard Of them.
Only last week i met a young man
from Massachusetts who had just Deen
offered i'm $4,000 year place in New
York. He said he hadn't the least idea
how the thing started-eXcept that he
had done work that had been brought
To the attention of several New York
bankers, one of whom had looked him
up and then flashed him the offer of a
yob
SO leave your name and address
with the local operator and go back TO
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