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Show ftrny Ilejanla and Buslneiw. J heard a story tho ptur day which was told to illustrate the different way in which young mon aro regarded in Boston and New York in reference to their capacity for business. A middle aged man who left this city for the j larger one to go into business surprised - his friendi) here on his return on a visit I by appearing without the ftjIJ Jeard which he wore on his departure. With I his jaunty mustache, which was tho on)y relic of Iris hirsute appendtiges, he , lookivl tpiito youthful, nnd was hardly i recognizable by Ills acquaintances. Oq I asking the reason for the change ho ' said, "A man must look young in New j York to g!?t business; my full beard : streaked with gray w-'W n obstacle to my success there, though it was a help to me In Boston." ! I suppose thero Is enough basis in this experience of the transplanted Boston ian to serve us a text for a discourse dis-course on the slow going business methods meth-ods of Ibis i)'V ns compared with New York, but thero is boi nothing fq bp said on the other aide of the question. I The rush and the whirl of American life are moderated by a ."system of con- ducting business which leaves time for t interest in, soinothine besides money ! making, and it is pleasant to have tlie gray beard recognized as a sign of ma-j ma-j turity of experience and Judgment-- |