| Show 1 sorry he didiot did not learn a trade A young man well dressed and of appearance called at our office recently and inquired in great earnestness if we had bad employment of any kind to ave him for but a few days if no longer as he was a str stranger stradder anger aDger in the city out of money and unable to pay for a few days board and lodging he further stated that he wab was a bookkeeper but after a diligent search he had found no one who wanted any help in that line nor could he obtain em at anything that he felt competent to perform in a satisfactory manner the positions of clerk and bookkeeper he remarked were all filled and applicants for them far iu in excess of the demand 1 I am sorry sald bald he that I 1 did not learn a trade 1 the appeals of the young men excited our sympathy but requiring nu no farther further jn in the office we were compelled to reply to his eager questioning that we could not employ nim bim the door closed after him and he again went out to continue COnt IDUE what in all probability proved to be a fruitless bearch for employment Buthi but bis swords worda lingered behind and as we sat musing on them thew recalled to mind the oft repeated expressions of the mechanic in which he re proves himself for want of foresight in selecting an occupation here I 1 I 1 am doomed he says bays to toll toil in a shop at work which Is ia hard but bul poor pay like a dog I 1 must camu at the call cali of a whistle or like a servant obey the summons of a bell had I 1 studied bookkeeping book keeping or entered a store as a clerk I 1 might have been leading a much easier and more pleasurable life in the cases cited we find each ono with his selection I 1 and wisht g to exchange places and an d t he the difficulty at once presents itself as to how we shall decide for them and the classes they represent so that the seeming mistakes in selection may be remedied we acknowledge we are unequal I 1 to the tast last food clothing tools machinery houses ships and an almost endless variety of other things are continually in demand which require the labor of farmers and mechanics while that class which makes exchanged merchants is of necessity comparatively few in number and therefore needs but a small force of assistants the necessities of the millions of earth require by far the the largest number of persons to be employed in agriculture and manufactures whenever then through pride or any other motive parents disregard the law jaw and encourage their sons bons in seeking after situations situation as clerks book bookkeepers keepers etc rather than to engage in pursuits for which there is always a natural demand there must be a corresponding amount of suffering as a penalty hence we find the so called respect respectable bable babie occupations are glutted while the mechanical ch cb anical branches are suffering through the lack of skilled laborers an advertisement ti for a cerk will quickly bring to the office door a small army of applicants of all sizes and ages while the want column may plead several days for a good mechanic and fail to meet with I 1 a response res ree sorry he did not learn a trade let apprentices and journeymen who may be bewailing their lot at once resolve to thus th us repine no longer but by hard bard study and close application master their trades and having done so demand a fair compensation then by adding to skill ishill honesty punctuality and economy in expenditures there 1 need bo be no fear that they shall be compelled at any time to beg for sufficient employment to for a daya days board and antl lodging coach makers Jour journal nat rat the new york star has this I 1 personal it if the young female in a blue tarleton overskirt over with a violet corsage and black hair done doneux up a la sat in a box at thomass last night ha has as bad a cold tonight to night sa na she had then and goes to the same place will kindly carry a large pocket chandker chief with her and aud use it she will oblige an admirer the duke of Welling tons prize for the best essay on tactics has fallen to lieutenant F maurice son of sor hor or maurice royal koyal artillery lit hn 1111 1 work is described as by colonel hum ley a first class authority as an essay about which he doubts whether any eway emay in any lau iau language guage has handled the subject with a more comprehensive and vigorous grasp or discussed discus sed sod with more logical precision |
