Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25
THE YOUNG MANS AGE
Not How Old He is But the Oppor-
tunity He Has Now.
From Philadelphia Evening Ledger.

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Charles D. Joyce, a Philadelphia
and president of the National Associ
alton of Credit Men. says that this Il
the young mans age" In his opin
lon the young man of today hal
chances such as his father or even hi
elder brother eve had: and whetheI
he succeeds depends on himself. H.
makes or breaks his own future.
From his own experience of a thirt
OF a century in business, in which HI
rose from SIS a week as office boy tt
the presidency Of a nee employ.
ing 500 men, he offers this advice t.
one who would get ahead:
know your business. Put punch
into your work YER minute. Study
your line in your home hours. Do az
well as your fellow workers and JUS
a. little better. Don't let the bigges,
smallest business duty. Don't have
too many dates"
There is a magazine epidemic today
OF advice to those who seek to raise
their salaries. One is offered a charm
ing personality by mail in 16 lessons
increased efficiency in six weeks or
money refunded, a varied assortment
Of accomplishments (from playing the
ukulele to plumbing) at minimum
rates for the summer months. BY
reading 9. costly textbook every man
can increase his price. By purchasing
a new suit and talking fast enough
one may demonstrate his value to
the skeptical.
MI. Joyce proposes the work cure
for such fantastic notions. He does
not propose any royal road to the
eminence of business success. He
knows that a man must sweat blood
to get ahead. He has been there.
His advice is plain, prosaic, direct
without frills or flounces.
The theory Of delivering the goods
for which n is paid will come to
many with the refreshing force of
novelty. Hundreds kick at their
salaries for a dozen who kick at
themselves. Any day you like you
can hear the "gabfest' of those who
know one thing thoroughly--and that
is, that they are underpaid., The anvil
chorus that knocks" the man higher
up, merely for being higher UP,
works in night shifts, as though it
had a government contract. We think
we have improved on the .cannibals
Of the South sea islands. but we still
bite hands that feed us, right and
left.
No man cares to admit that any
ldulI lS MS. we I'LL are iona OF
praise as a cat likes fish. If someone
dilates on our good qualities we try
to look as meek and unassuming as
st. Cecilia, while we disparage and
d~eprecate, but only we glow with the
assurance that at last we are rightly
evaluated. Now here is somebody
with sense-somebody who sees and
knows What a lot of time we
waste, either in approaching ourselves
or in ratifying the appreciation of
others!
Did Mr.. Joyce say that old men,
or middle-aged men, were shut out
of this era in which youth finds its
golden chances? He did not. Every
man has his place, and his chance.
If war has taught any one thing it is
that all sorts of persons who thought
they were shelved or sidetracked have
discovered they were badly needed.
The men who have made good are
being called on to make better. The
captains Of industry are being showed
ahead to c~olonelcies and general
ships, Turn out, with your brains as
well as with your toes, and you will
discover whether you are wanted.
This is no time to browse and dawdle.
This is indeed the young mans age
But youth is susceptible Of definition.
There are in III midst certain spry
young fellows between eighty and
ninety who are as young as Uncle
Sam himself, and as fervently patri-
otto, in deed as we'll as word.
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