Show 1 Pluck I luck in ft l Y sli sticks ks HE with which young THE cub reporter amidst amidst nIlI nil to his profession profession profession-he he is a reporter the allurements of his surroundings 3 excites interest according according ac ac- tC- tC I cording b to viewpoint Putting asido aside a n life of ease and luxury which his share in the family millions would supply supply sup sup- ply sup fin finds s commendation in the minds of the thc sensible and a practical practical-a a heroic c example they say for fOl all rich young men Inen to follow rh The class to which by bv lJ birth rth and breeding breeding breed reed reeding ing he ho naturally belongs b regards his exploit as an eccentric eccentric adventure with the possibility of f getting a new senin sensation sensation sen sen- of or it which in a life of just one ennui ennui after another an nn- other is at least cast a variation and his associate reporters whose slavish life he prefers to opulence agree that the I young man should be he e examined for sanity But Bat after nearly n a year on the staff of a n metropolitan tan daily C Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr seems undismayed extremely interested in his work and thoroughly re- re resolved solved to continue In Ili the tale Peoples azine Magazine in an article article ar ar- tide entitled Why rhy E T Am a n. n Cub Reporter he explains ns his fon fondness ness for newspaper work lie He finds it interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing to attempt to discover or divine the secret ret thoughts and purposes of 01 a n financial ma magnate nate one day interview inter ew ewa a Bolshevik the next nest and then flit from a n. wedding to a funeral All 11 of t this is he lie declares he lie likes immensely Furthermore he says sas that he lives live on his salary of 30 a n week eelk and tries to say sa e a son something thin and nd though there is no mention of how ho likes that he m means to stick it out having lu definitely abandoned the ordinary social career of the rich young Joung young man for one of service to io country country country coun coun- try and mankind His creedis summed up in the follo follow follow- I ing paragraph My fly ambitions m my hopes m my desires have e been cent centered cen cell t red on one thin thing In this life Ufe to be ho of some sorno service to mankind to Co something constructive c for Cor m my country countr tc r I love my 01 country far beyond the empty emoluments that might come through hl high h social standing Yes standing yes oven even be beyond ond wealth class distinction and everything else He is still on the bottom rung o oL the ladder and anel asserts as ns- asserts that he lie means to stay there subject to the slow- slow moving mo promotional processes of merit that he lie didn't take lake it n up p pLot with the tape idea he lie was falling falling- into a sinecure Lot but with tho the full understanding he had to face hard work in a n fearless manner If f the young young- man succeeds in making a man of or himself himself himself him him- self by y the thc hard bard knocks of experience he will in lit reality be entitled entitle to 10 sweater greater credit than tho the poor boy hoy who succeeds succeeds suc suc- for in addition to pluck and perseverance young Vanderbilt will be e subjected to the strait jacket of self-denial self and sacrifices which arc sometimes more difficult difficult difficult dif dif- to bear hear than the privations of adversity At any rate his course is entitled to respect respect not not ridicule emu ridicule emu emulation lation not discouragement It t harks back to the earliest of tho the V in in iii this country for country for they were not al always always al- al ways wa millionaires to millionaires to to Cornelius the elder who a hundred hundred hun hun- dred years ago was a ship captain caplain on a small hoat boat carrying carry curry carrying currying ing b passengers asset J ers and md between Staten i island land and N New w York City Cil |