Mercur Miner | 1904-03-02 | Page 6 | Bright Boys Scarce

Bright Boys Scarce. A man got a boy to help him carry ' bundles to a railroad station. The station was used by four railroads. There wero two stairways, each loading load-ing to two trains for two roads. The-man The-man knew better, but by easy error bo started up tho wrong stalrsa-foilO-- . cause bo was thinking about earner, .lVl othor subject und ho nearly always- I usod that stairway when taking trains at that Btatlon. Tho boy instnntb corrected him and he told tho boy th ho needed a manager man-ager as well as so. to ono to help him carry bundles. An cmploymi it bureau bu-reau says that tho right kind of bo, are dlfllcult to find Thoro nro a plor' of neglo'.cd hoys which might ha necn taugL. to enjoy doing things ai.. do thera right also. Some tlmo ago people w ,h forethought fore-thought bow that thoy must begin, . v, to grow ability and earnestness the ' same as they grew wheat and corn, so thoy Btartod places for doing this kind of work. Many chlldro are so situated they havo neither opportunity nor Incentive Incen-tive for any kind of useful work without with-out which tho end Is poor Judgment and Indolence. In somo homes there-is there-is so much "civilization" the children are tho last to be thoupl : ot and for.