The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-05-12
SENSIBLE TALK TO
BOYS
Grit and Honesty Necessary for Bus-
insss Success. Says Gesarnsx.

Daring 4Boys' Week" Governor
Hyds ssnt out the following sensible
msssAgs 70 tie boys Of Missouri. It
10 worth reading aad trsAsuring by
svsry boy whs visAss 70 win ssersss
IN Itfs:,
Your DAD and IL other ftlIows'
called "BoyT Wsok.v Duriur this
week ysn Ar tAs hsrues, hNt really
your dad wants 70 watch yuu march,
and 70 look you over, and f. ri real
ly acquainted With ron, and TO be
proud Of You, and to pray With some
thing gripping his throat TIA you
Will grow Up TO b. the man ~ and
your acthsr want you to b, and the
man God wants you to Be. That's
the men you can b. It's up TO you.
Science says you are . new man |
every sevsn years The cells Of your
body are constantly changing and in
seven years from now evory cell |
In your body Will b. ruplAced BY =
new cell. That 10 the way Nature
keeps you alive and develops you, and
lets you grow. Your brain changes
and develops in the same way, and
IS you store away information and
knowledge in your brain cells your
brain grows and develops, and you
have = new brain, too, every seven
years. And then your character -
after all, Il nothing more
than the sum total of your habits.
Some fellow said: "SoW . thought
and reap an act, SOW IN act and reap
q habit, SOW Z habit and reap . char
acter." And If you think you want
to do the right thing and then do it, !
and do 1t again, you first do right,
and then have = habit Of doing right, ,
and then before you know It, you !
nave the right kind Of character.
Simple, Isn't it. You can make
FOUR own body, your own brains, your !,
,wn character You can be the :,
lind Of = man you want to be. :
know you get . lot Of advice.
Dad tells you TO be honest and indus
yious, and to have courage. Dad .
wants you to be like the soldier in No =
Mans Land. ION your own" He
wants you to be self-reliant, and to
vim not by crooked work, or by pull,
ut by your own brain and your own
fort, and Dad is right. Many
nan has started at the bottom and
,orked up, but nearly all the fellows j
rho started ut the top worked down. HI
won't hurt you to start ut the bot
pm. If you have grit and honesty, v
nd keep hitting the line hard, you'll f
lin in the business world. T
Mother talks more about the finer
lings Of life, about character, and
've-and God. Don't think it is just
'omanish weakness--it isn't. Dad pl
'ould talk to YOU about those things tn
Dad gets knocked about in eli
he business world, and sees the ar
amy side Of things until Dad gets at
sort of crust on his heart, and he he
shy about talking over the finer, 9TH
lcred things ds
But mother is right. The might if
It forces in this wide world are tr
lseen spiritual forces. Abraham Sc
lincoln was no bigger and didn't 81
eiRh any more than thousands Of de
her men; he couldn't run as fast on
: lift as much as tens of thousands m
others could do; he had less mon Dc
! than thousands Of others--but he
liked God. principles of human lib 4
ty and his life was \ blessing to n
'ashinRton. And, after all, the on
al aAIlOH8 I'll AllCh NHOoC Al4C t0xt
mightier impress upon humanity ! I
an all other men put together was Of
imnelf nothing more than incar- ttc
tied spiritual foFee-He was poor, IS
ID small physically, and almost tn
iendlesa - and yet wherever His -
Achings have gone in the world CO
u find schools ard hospitals and 20
rlixation: men are kinder to each CO.
hnp and az rn1nd rrora hv 1a~a no
d less by hatred or brute strength. e
. principles He taught, and is the -
use, with all its mistakes and er-
n. It comes nearest to living up un
thosA principles. That Man 10 col
out every day nearly since you me
Re = k;d-the Nan through whom COZ
the greatest blessings Of life come
the earth--Jesus Christ. se'
And 10, boys, you who are to be ma
make tomorrow good or bad, give 70.
4, but don't be ashamed of the PA
ngs mother taught you from the -
IDLE. They are both right. Indus
>, hustle, honesty, loyalty, sympa-
?, love, character, Christianity -
'se will open the doors of useful
IS and success to you.
Think the right thing.
Do the right thing and you VIII be
, right kind of men.
That is what dad and mother and
lr country want you to be and
at God wants you to be.