The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-08
LEAKING OF BOY-THE ANIMAL
= editorial from the Washington
Times.)

discontent'
THE schools open Monday. Thou
ads Of children will return to their
locks some eager to gain an educa-
zion most of them sorrowing that the
glorious vacation time is at an end.
they have romped through the
,,er in old clothes, shoeless, hatless
rhev have communed closely with
mother nature, and have come home
9TH much of it adhering to clothes
and persons.
And now-now the Shining morn
10 face" five times a week, and
o,othes-the pestiferous stockings.
,be irritating shoes, the CALLING col
lor the bothersome necktie. Clothes
how they hate them!
And from the parents viewpoint
eypense-shoes and hats and neckties
and collars, stockings that wear out
of the knees for Thomas and Richard
and Harry cost lots Of money these
DAVIS. Some of us don't see how we
are going to make ends meet.
Consider for moment the animal,
boy. He seems to be all feet, hands,
noise and stomach. He apparently
has little heart. He wears out his
stockings, he tears his trousers, and
doesn't seem to care that such actions
make deep dents in the family f.
nances.
The truth is, the boy does not know
the limitations of income, or the value
of money. He has always found him
self supplied with the necessities, and
sometimes luxuries, from the family
purse.
We should not blame the boy.
Rather, we should blame ourselves,
if we have failed to make the boy un-
derstand the limits and the value Of
money.
In order to understand these
things, he must earn money himself.
He must be taught to make it. before
he can learn the great lesson of saw
ing it.
Many parents give their sons al
lowances" money. The
boy should earn his spending money,
and more, if he can do it without de-
tracing from health and natural boy
ish development. allowances breed
reliance on others; earning money
breeds self-reliance.
Parents who don't want their boys
to work for others, should give them
definite work about home and pay
them regularly for such work-so
much for cutting the grass, sweeping
the sidewalk, etc. And then the lad
should be required to pay a certain
sum, no matter how small back into
the family treasury for board and
Lodging.
Such an arrangement makes the
boy think. He learns that it costs
the parents money to keep him. anu
that he has tangible financial re-
lation to the household and to the
world in general.
He finds that honest people get
money by working for it not by ask
ing father or mother or some one
else for it.
Many boys, after they have learned
how money is earned, will not be con-
tent to take money from their par
ents. These boys should be encour-
aged to obtain revenue from some
other source, either in wages or the
fruits of minor business enterprises
There are many ways for young
sters to earn while they go to school,
In Mt. Pleasant a few lads operate
newspaper and make money. On the
road to Ridgeville, farmer boys sell
honey to automobiles.
In Washington many young busl-
ness men earned more than enough
TO supply their clothing, school books
etc., and to help some with the lam
lily finances by cooperating with The
Times.
Boys of good character are selected
by The. Times, and are placed IN po-
sitions where they may earn money
while attending school. They are
placed at the heads of their own olsi-
ness enterprises, with Responsible
ties, duties and prerogatives OF busl-
ness heads.
They learn self-reliance. They
learn the value of money, how TO han
die it to best advantage. And they
earn while they learn. Natural BOY
energy is directed into a productive
channel.
The work is healthfu!. taking an