Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-07

nd opno ,G WITH school ays snes pT With yGSy J
Tfr1 p MY & psrssps ns
manhood. drifted into the, house; decorating
TO SP'sr n 'ss nd
ssnser sSs and haNs eoT,nssd in the business
and do not excel in fSe the work H'' but IL in spite
OF this hsndleap and with the help OF a
OF, Ave children and given them all a high
school education.
like hs 4ss my own can hope "c S
whole world in the face. FOR owe not
For many mar, yssrs have Zen cSntrISu,oT
is destined to make me famous on one
occasion ! saw mysef referred to as the
was two years ago, when, Bob Jones. q
a six weeks .'heh, with thc, devil. :, -.
was there and assirncd as critic by ths
services, iThe Srst and on1 !sal mGne%
wav,. And each day during the evanselist's
stay had brief sketch in ths I,sper oyer ,n
serted direct'y at the end Of the lengthy
write-up given to the evanselist's daily ser
Bah Jones himself came to the ori,c q
wa was due Guecrins m HE HE campstsn and demanded
that his articles be refused pub,ication but PVT
same right to the columns OF the paper as az
any other writer. and. fprthermore that +. his us
thc. sermon brief Consideration.
Re patien, With me, Mr., Whitehead, for
story % W tru,hfuliy. il boa .tfuily, bu, have tod
IT. only. that YOU may have a clear kno"l-
Now Tn try to get down to brass
tacks,"
arr doing office work OF minor nature. bp,
think their, duties too strenuous to PERM,
them to take un some study that may 'ead
1t is dtricult to make. them realize how I
sns GmT take tS has fn 'ntm TrTn Of hs M
opportunities that are before the American
youth Of today.
As a last resort T an determined to take
considerah bic leisure during the winter months
my own stock OF knowledge. but nrove to
the boys that one Is never too old to learn
bo T ren '1H nrc h ", the
situation and are sa listed that | am netther
%Tank nor ranri' d b, r"tse t 10 te bnm, m% W"a'
! Letters such as yours DO not so into
i tho waste-paper basket. ! read It through
! with much interest.
! believe I appreciate YOUR nosttion and
cannot help but admire the courage
| which prompts YOU to want to go ahead.
! infamous> forty-ycars-of-age limit Of
| usefulness.
/ Have YOU thought Of the POSSIBILITY Of
getting into the advertising feldc With
your clearness OF expression and inter
esting presentation. | should say that
you could develop skin as an advertising
man. If so. the three lines of study
which 7 would suggest "a you are Ad,
| vertising. elementary accounting and
salesmanship. All these subjects may be
taught at the local Y. NJ. G. A. Secure
resident education. If possible. but II that
is impossible. there are several good cor
resnOndence courses which would be OF
! help to you.
Elementary accounting would enable
YOU to get the dollars-and-cents view.
point Of a business; salesmanship will
teach YOU the psychology OF selling. ana
sdyerttsins would help You to . rmdSr- md
and how best to make them
cannot close this without risktne
hurting your feelings by speaking OF
your two boys. Young men OF the'r age age
of a busness training really do not de-
serve any help. You have done your
duty by impressins upon them how nee
essarv it is, but of course. who ever
heard of boy believing that his father
knew half as much as he did?
The fact Is, in ten years time they
will still be holding second-rate posi-
tions--still be peEging a long on sor,e
/ minor clerical job and bemoanlng tht
fact that they do not know enough abou
business to get into bigger positions.
| know several young men of thi:
age. but who cannot study in the sum
mcr because it is too hot. and the!
cannot study in the winter because |
IL too cold, and at Christmas time It Il
Impossible because there are parties tt
GO to, and in the early part Of the Yeal
there are some good movies they wan
to see.
Isn't it easy to find ex'uses for be
ing thoroughly idle and blind to th'
need of preparing for future careel
or success? When hear of young me,
VINO are stupid and so eaten up witf
Snug self-satsfaction ] feel inclined tt
say God help Them" and I'm atra'd
he won't, for God only helps those wht
help themselves .,
/ Iggest you go right ahead witt
your own studies and. having told you,
hcys what it means to them to gel
business training. let them go their owl
way. You will certainly have nothin;;
to reproach yourself with If they stii
feel tnat pushing a pen burns up al
thei" phys!ca energy. e..
should like TO hear from you tur
ther on the development Of your plans