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Show CHOOSING A CA1.EEH. A TINSMITH DISCUSSES THE OPPOR TUNITIES OF HIS TRADE. ... i. ,...., X rinrtkAl Talk Tlit phouU Intrmt lliuuM(ul rarnU-I.Ki lUjr )Uj Uil.rct In Work Mini WMtfci-ll.lalU of Him .tiiriili.'v!iI,K Matthew linrr la tho wulkliif i.elc-Rnto i.elc-Rnto i ( the Tin and Hluwt Iron Worltera' union, rniil worlM for many jwiratua UiiMiilth In a ahop and lu huitlurw fur lilmtclf. "Tho tlii4mith tr via," imM Mr. U irr tu u ti'ort r, "U lit Info aov cral bruucht1, and to boAhlotudoall ktiidit of work lu tlu an) btl-ou r i qnin4 conklderubla timo pcntlu(iu iU partment. tSliett Iron work, tM it 1. ' uiuIoHtootl In tliU city, la carried on lu wliut uro known iu urunce ahop,,' j while tho mnnofut turo of tin good U rektrlLtetl towlint nro cAllttl 'uawrtment itli op,' Apirt from theao them ur the cornice inuker and alito and imtul roofera, which are lncludeit among the brauchea that tlnimltln must kuow to round out their know ledge. 'Tho boat i. for a Iwy to begin tlw tiiimtLilli trada la about aUUvii. IU onftht tolwvuplcko.1 up .mflUitf.it hUc cation from tho iMinmon aohoola at thU UJT' tuRl.o Mmu f ilratuit in l!fo. No boy U bound out uaaii uppreutlco ton tiitmnith in thU country, but Iwfflnuira aro imt looked uikhi aa full I1(h1kh1 juurue) men until tlwyrmiU thoiuoof manhood, no matter how rotkhmt they may lw. In wnm ahopa a Iwy lifw very little fchoM , berauao there li a a atein i f cuipbjuitiut lilt.lt practically wxcludoi him "Thh Is tna result of a aurplua of hlor tu other nonntrlva. Tinamitha land livn from other laudawtth but little U., edgo of whattlie trudu rwjulroa here, hut with a KtmcrU kuunlwli'e of tho Itnulnoaa aud th uae of tofda, Tla up 1 ly for wurk in ahopa and thuy are tub, u ou lu preference to tho natieu born lya who iluairo to Uaru Die trade. TheM forci(n tucchauica can leuri. (jnlckor ,thau a bo uiKmlly,oiul whllo they are liirttl for low wm(.a, they in n ajiort time aroablu todoulinuktusmnch work atuti cxpeit tiuMniliu Tina ayattui U lU'jliT-t tin .in k m buy. hut aoloiiK aa thoie U inoii y In It fur tue bo&ited It will bo kept up. "Ti la tntdu h u t am U n Inlvori ti ct o that tt rtuul.f, un unusual amount f atrentlb A tu a u li 1 nil U ti ' atron.r ni A n r, hluiuimitli r liritllayer, bur h t line mr tf (iiduranro. lb uibt to bo vptv.'i1 Ititillcctnally.lMirkiiM. ho la not a Uirs iiMthlne, but i ft n required to mal,e entirely now thh jc which van onI be don wtOi n fair degree of in. entire akilC.UaHea au rtU knowleUK of tho uae of tovtla "A bdy will tit. r Irecnne a fiod tiu-amlth tiu-amlth If he la nut h-nt and patleut lie will uae to do wtue frimpl thing orer o many tliu- that life will U-cmuo U-cmuo very wury in the ahop before lte iaaot to work uptm Muiethinif t't l lara to bo (inpnituiit tohiin. Iu the niMortment liop a buy will flnt bo tmght iHrtf to o o the Mieara. He will be i tm n tot of ! I acnipa to out up, anl Wfort hli inu-i lei et u-al to lia inortnirntlw will think that hi ami will drop iT. Ha will receire about three dollar n week nn tho atart. "Tlie foreman nUha the boy rare' fully, and If lie 1-m n.d take hold of tlw ahenra and uth r tooli handily In n few day, he will probiUy remind him that ho hits m H a Ml-tako in hie cnlllng. Home In . are put nt thi and other trades by tl tr piiient who would raako Kuod clerks and ktleamen, but nover w llllw w mechanics. To ao-tuatusi ao-tuatusi the boy to tho uo of tho mallet aid hurauior, he (a kepi atrnitfhteiiintf ol I I-ipo. When tin knowa a little about toula and how th" proprr aplrit la doinc hta work, hi la eoiit to the jonr neuian'a bench i hold thintra for him, anl in this way (.tu an (deaof the prae lic ll mo of tuvla. He may be kept at thta for a lonff time, and thta La tho liriod that will tt Ida iKtllenoe. 'It Ualwayaand hitter day for the liogimicr when () foremin tfiree him a ptuce of metal mid t 11a him to nuke a ilrtnktug cup. He ha aeen it done many time, but w hen ho cornea to cutting oat tho tin mil getting It Into ahiipe his .In-Kera .In-Kera leein to le all thumba. Ho wanti to make a good tup, but bin anxiety will knock it out of h.tpe hen it la all biitfhtlj- polUhvil it la taken to tho foremin fore-min for t,fiLt.ftu Nine titneeoutof ten tho Uftlntier In tol I to t ike It home as n memento. He fools prj happy, but he would nnt think to much of hia work If ho knew that the real reoou that it waa itut taken by tho foreman vraa that it coal 1 u it bo hold. "Tlie boy will aVNiiiflm. tlila out when tho foreman kevpa him umlrin,, cu; mt til he geta a pirfett one, Tropi u ci I o goo to other tilings of minor linuor-Innce, linuor-Innce, which ho in k pt at until he grad-nally grad-nally ncquiroa nkill It dependa upon tho boy hinueU h w miioh timo ho will waato Ijcforo he Numieaan expert. If ho i tlvll and ohluuuc the journeymen will teach him i.itiiru draw injf, and lu thia w ay the ln will learn how to 1 lock out the model-, of e.erykliid of work and cut Ut patterue ft.r hlmealf. "Durfn;r the U at thirty ymra there hao btnii man oha.iKW in the tin-ainith'a tin-ainith'a trade. Machinery hnatiVeti the plate i f hand lal" r in the luauufiv tum i f m urly all utfiislU, but thta lu rnale ItothaiiKe in tho titwimth'a coudltlin. 0auixel JaUr haa pruttt toil the work man. The princijxil laachlnca In the aa-ewirtment aa-ewirtment ahopa are proeoca glvins tho tu nerul outline, of manufat turod (foovhi, uud lathee, which aro turd to pt rfeot the linen of Hninjc, An imjiortint ; fait In the trio U tho w heellntf ma , chine, w hiUi Kivea tho brlht uilfah an 1 i putatin th Uuldilnj touihti.,Tln) id-lIUa id-lIUa iimmI to lm dime ht hanTuitni on un ntivu, but mo wiaiiimcmacntnecau do Utter nnil mgro wurk. J)urinif the fivo yi .ir that u Imjv ought toaprnd in learning thia trade ho ousht tu betomo cxitcrt lu tho .woof nil thuiaarhluiry, If lo luta h-vl tho proper inat ruction. A boy will Ifsirn the trodo Iwtter in a alii t than lu a trade achooL" New York lte-curder. |