The Breckenridge news., 1920-02-04
BOY WANTED"

Boy Wanted" used to be a FIVE
dollar bill every Saturday night. In
these days OF high wages it may mean
SO and it may mean $25. Man power
has been modified by industry even
more completely than it was by war
and high wages are dangled before
the eyes of boys The boss tells his
| head clerk to pay what he must but
to get somebody quick" The clerk
usually closes with somebody who
ought to be in school
No wonder the boys are trooping
into town. No wonder they ask an
applicant for their services only one
question-"How much!" Boys are
gregarious animalsl. They go about in
gangs. and what one member knows
is common property. 1t is lots of fun
to be able to walk into clothing
store and ask for something classy"
and then to pull out a green roll The
present seems to be the boys day. He
isn't even afraid of his boss. AS a
matter OF fact the boss is probably
fearful-and with good reason-that
the boy will not show up on Monday
morning.
The average boy is going to live
good many years. He must look out
not only for today, but for long sue
cession of tomorrows Probably he
will marry and beget children. When
he arrives at 40 it will not make any
particular difference what he earned
in his teens. His niche will be deter
mined by his commercial value as a
man of middle lift
The saying "All that glitters is not
gold" applies emphatically to jobs
The boys who are going to hold the
prize positions 25 years hence are
only, in the rarest cases, getting big
money now. Some of them are going
shabby on pay which covers little
more than lunch money and carfares.
But these boys are on the ladder
which leads to success because they
are really qualifying for something
better. Some OF the leaders of 1915 |
are supported entirely by the "old |
gent" who is keeping them in school |
and planning now to pinch himself |
in order to help them through col |
leges where they will be put in the |
way OF becoming experts. The sur !
geon who will be the leader a score
y
one of the big hospitals He has his
room free, also his board His white |
duck clothes are laundered for moth
ing That is all
The dollars and cents of the job |
question is that experience counts in
hnitely more than money at the start.
1t is the man who gains experience in
early life and uses it later who reaps
the golden harvest.
The great tragedy of youth is the
blind alley. Such multitudes go gayly
up it, lured by few dollars more In
the end they beat out brains and am
Dition against stone wall. 1t is too
ate to turn back when they see there
IS no exit, for a woman and some
have come into their lives
and there is nothing to do except to
brave it through.
Ii it is financially out of the ques-
ion for boy to take one more year
)f education il is possible for him to
ind job that has a future. But he
must look carefully. 1t is almost a
'ule that the fat envelopes should be
lvoided. mo future" is the real rea-
son that they are SO big.
If advancement is promised by the
OBJ, it is just as well to make sure
hat the job can keep its word There
S reason for doubt if somewhere in
'ide the works there is a miserable
group of seedy old men. By picking
advisors with care boys can get good
ldvice, but they must make a point
II seeking out men who have really
scored and of asking questions until
he answers are convincing
Salary is only part of a job. A life
work should be something TO which
! life may be gladly given. Many a
nan with satisfactory, income is
lick of his work. The boy must look
ar enough ahead TO see whether
here is promise of the solid salts
action of achievement and conscious
-. ol -. Z. IL. 1921 IT, -