Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-16

SS is to get your hShlng pole anu
carry the question along with you. Near the shores
of old Sandy you will find schools Of polliwogs.
Learn a lesson from them.
"These polliwogs are their way to froghood.
You fellows are on your way to manhood But the
polliwOgs are not in any particular hurry. don't
think you'll find them trying to leap around and lift
their voices like frogs. AS matter of fact they
are going to assume several different shapes be-
fore they settle down into froghood. For the
present, however, they are content to go right on
being powogs.
you fellows are in the polliwog stage. Your
powers and abilities only half revealed. Look
around before you decide what you want to be or
do. In few years you may become aware of quail
tiles in your makeup whose existence you never
suspected At the same time abilities that you
think you now possess may fade away Take your
time. You may yourself from the fate Of a
misft You've heard Of them-the doctors un-
happy because they are not lawyers, the chemists
who would be of service to the world
newspaper men,"
have passed on these wise words to many boys
And pass them now with new application
to the small-town boy who dreams of achiev-
ing success in the city.
His mind is crammed with Horatio Alger, Jr-
stuff. He has read the picturesque life stories
of some of our big men who left the farm for the
city. The whistles of locomotive among the hills
makes him yearn for the city, bristling with op-
portunities He looks upon the glistening rails
as the one avenue to his opportunity.
He is short-sighted.
few years ago. big city was the place for
an up-and-coming young man. 1t needed him, and
1t prepared to reward him with money and po-
sition. Today. however, the story is reversed.
America has grown too fast" say deep think
ing economists and publicsts "She has spread
herself thinly over a large area. The future of
the country lies in its undeveloped small cities
and towns"
Arc Won loolrino for onnortunitv9 Examine that
little old "onehoss" town of yours, before you
think Of buying one-way ticket from it. There
many ambitious, and very wise. young men
who deliberately leaving the larger cities and
moving into towns such as yours.
few months ago visited country store in a
typical small town of the West. The owner is
young man. Ten years ago he left the town and
went to Chicago for real job" But he had not
worked long before he realized that it would be
many years before he could get the kind of job
he wanted. There opportunities for fore
men, managers, superintendents and other
"bosses." But they were purely administrative
jobs. He wanted TO create and build up busi-
ness of his own.
The death of his father called him home to care
for his mother, and he got job in general store
Of the town. 1t terrible grind. The work
itself was not back breaking. But the daily round
of little things to do-the same dull routine, hour
after hour, day after day, week after week, got
on his nerves. Weighing out a bagful Of this,
wrapping up handful of that--it was hard work
simply because it was not interesting.
Did this young fellow settle down and wear him.
self deeper and deeper into the rut2 He did not.
He simply began to look around to see If he could
liven things up.
He suggested to the owner that he advertise.
advertiser" snorted the owner. "What fort
Why-p'tu Everyone round here knows we're
here. And open for business all the time. P'tul
And carrying almost anything in stock that they'll
ever want ADVERTISED What for?
He suggested specializing. "Why not throw out
some of these sIow-moving articles and put in
goods that sell more quickly"
mo" said the merchant. 1--WE depend on the
farmers for the bulk of our trade, and we've got
to carry general line-a little bit of everything.
No-p'tu -weTl go right with our line Of
staples"
The next year the young man bought out the
old man and started in to be business-builder.
His first reform was to get rid Of half the stock.
You know what collection of junk the average
country general store is with its haunting odor
of harness grease, calico. soda crackers horse
liniment and cheese.
He had observed that the women did most OF the
huving. So he nodded his stores service to meet
their needs. He investigated their buying habits.
He learned that those who could afford to buy
finery patronzed the large city stores or sent
away to the mail order houses.
The young man visited the jobbers and manu-
facturers in the city. He brought back large
consignment of hats, SUITS dresses and other
stylish things that women wear. Then he htted
up a special department in the space from which
he had thrown the gun oil and ten-penny nails