The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-06-07
HAVE YOU A WAR
BABY" In YOUR HOME
If So, Find and Develop Him
or Her and You'll be Mighty
Glad-World Loves Bull
Dogs, Wild Colts and Bad
Boys

and riches to hundreds OF thousands.
In this country many new millionaires
were made principally by the cost
plus" system. The owners Of little
machine shops, saddle factories. shot
factories. clothing factories, etc. re-
ceived single orders from the govern
ment that made them wealthy. One
old fellow, learning that he was rich.
said. This is so student" Those
who held stock in these concerns
awoke to find themselves rich. Such
investments were called War Ba-
bies."
Let me tell you of some war ba-
bies' tina, are still being born. There
may be one in your village. in your
office. in your factory. in your store.
on your streets selling papers. or in
the rcformstory Find AMI develop
him or her and you will be mighty
glad that you did
a singer once discovered boy who
gave promise of having rare voice.
He was not related to the boy. but
he took money out OF his own bank
account aud paid Tor the youths ed
ucaticn. That boy developed into
tn. grandest. sublimcst tenor that
ever sang His name was Caruso.
Inlsl7 John Rowlnnds. "a small or.
phSn hoy. was consigned to IL work
house in Wales. The superintendent
Of that institution was quick-tem-
pered. overwhelming old humble bee.
He knew as little about managing
boys as he did about the Chinese
language Just because he was big
ger and stronger than his charges. he
delighted IN beating aud kicking them
ill the blood flowed Time went ON
and John Rowlands grew. One day
ne was sent to the village and on his
way back stopped to cat some black
berries. When the superintendent
saw the stains on his hands and face,
he beat him with a stick until he could
hardly walk Young Rowlands re-
solved that that would be the last
beating he would ever take at Ia.
hands OF that man one day the SUI.
perintenicnt bought q new table
which some of the boys accidently
scratched. blinded with rage. he
lined all the boys up before him and
demanded that the culprit step out
and take the severest whipping he
would ever receive When John
Rowlands' term came, the tyrannicnl
superintendent was seen to take a
few quick turns in the all as he was
msn-haniled rs Il by q young bob
tniled Wild cat, In less time than il
takes to tell the bully was mut,tring
something about being Kicked by
lightning and struck by mule" lie
didn't know which oil, Of his moth
er's boys he was. Let me explain
right here that did not See that hgh.,
and If any Of my readers saw it, they
will kindly correct any mistake |
might make about it
Now, boys tell the truth. tel Uncle
Snhppy the truth, because I'm hard
to fool is this September or Christ.
mas week. And after while he
added, Boys. il don't get well, tell
my mother and my country that |
died a hero. Tell them that was
thinking abou, them when that Ford
truck hit me" Then he began to
quote his poultry" twist, thou
dark blue oeean-twist."
In the eyes OF the law criminal,
IN the eyes of the boys hero, young
Rowlands escaped to Liverpool from
where he shipped to New Orleans.
Ragged and penniIess he applied 10
a MI. Stanley for Il job. There was
something about that boys honest,
fearless face that appealed and he
sot the job and incidentally good
education He changed his name to
Henry NJ Stanley and made the name
of Stanley ,llustrous.
We 10y, huh dogs and Wild colts
and bad boys and can, help it. They
have pep and appreciation and power.
II all the great and good works that
have been done by men who were bad
boys were undone. civilization would
sag back one thousand years at leas,
snd then some