Show I Advice to Young Men i By James fames J. J Jeffries es I I Now New York March 6 Tho L-Tho Tho following by Jamos James J. J Jeffries Joffries for tor The Republican Is la tho the second of ot the tho series aeries tho big fellow tellow will write BY JAMES J. J JEFFRIES By D permission of William n lam Morris Inc Copyright 1909 During tho few tew dl days dars s I have haYo been hero here I have havo noticed that most moot of ot the tho young oun men I seo HO uso use ele Look everywhere everywhere every every- where and you OU are aro suro sure to seo Beo a boy with a In his hla mouth Im I'm not a preacher and I dont don't behove be- be hove e In putting a no on our young fellows but Im I'm going to give tho the boys bOs some somo advice It Is this Cut Cutout Cutout put out the If you OU want to amount to anything Every you OU smoke Is II a n nail nall In coffin The dont don't your our They do o you any good and they ore nrc bound to I wreck you OU physically and morally sooner or later Its It's bad ball enough for grown men man to use uso them The They sap Bap tho the strength th of or a abor aboy aboy boy bor check his growth e and leave leavo him hima 1 a a. physical and mental menial wreck w before ho hoIs hoIs hois is old enough to vote Thoro There are thousands thousands thousands ands and thousands of ot cases Ses of this kind I throughout tho the country countr I havo have read rend stories about my smoking habit but theres there's no truth In them I admit that I do smoke e occasionally but never enough h to harm inc me I remember the first I smoked My Iy Lather father learned of ot It and that night I was wa In Invited in- in to tho the woodshed Even en an hn occasional occasional oc oc- cl aret Is bad for tor a fellow tellow who w-ho has nn any ideas of becoming an athlete The They Tite break tho the wind vind steal away your our ambition and leave leavo you OU an nn old man It was tn my plan to start training yes yes- OB I didn't get home until late however and rather than loso any sleep I decided eu to put It off oft until toda today Will ne ln Light Work Vork orl For Tor a start I Intend to cut 0 off all heavy work worl Today I expect to skip tho rope awhile take a few tew cracks out of tho the bag and If I 1 can find a victim put Ion on the tue gloves for a little while I tried I to unlimber a a. a bit In less tune than It takes toles to tell a 0 whole army of bell hops and clerks were at my doorStop doorStop door I Stop stop quick the they shouted ex ox- ox Tho Thio whole hotel will tumble down own I wasn't going to mind them but my wife viCe butted In and so 80 I quit Iguess I 1 Iguess guess Kuess Im I'm too heavy henvy for tor that sort of work worl now anyhow I hn have havo 0 been beon asked many times how ho I came to take tako up tho the lighting fighting game It was this wn way As eYer everyone everone one kno knows knovs s I at one time time and and It wasn t so HO Yer very Ion long n ago o either either earned earned my bread and butter butter buttor but but- ter tor by y tho the sweat of or m my brow I was as a a. boilermaker and I can cnn tell you ou that Ive I've had m my share shore of or hard work One da day luring during the luncheon hour a n bunch of or the tho fellows wore fooling i I mixed It with them and In less lesi time timo than It takes cM to toll I had bad cleaned up tho the pack ck of them Get Gab tho ho 1 ig Men iden This was tho the first Idea I had that I could fight Tho The fellows began telling mo me that I was wa a fighter lighter but 1 didn't fall for any ono one of ot that stuff sturt I kept plu plugging plugging plug plug- ging along alons at the tho old Job and tho the fellows fellows fel tel lows kept plugging at nt me inc By ny and b by the they talked so much I began to think there might be s something In It About that time thoro thero was a a. big bl colored follow fellow lot fol low on the coast whom everyone call call- called ed ell tho Knockout Kid or F. Everyone one was waR afraid of ot him You can n lick him m my friends told i me Dont Don't be afraid Just Jus got get ct out nn and cop some oC or that easy coin cola So out ut I got ot That night ht my m- challenge was on Its way and In less than a week I was hooting hoofing It to the coast What happened In that ring Is a a. matI mattor mattor mat- mat I tor of or history I beat that fellow follow so I II bad ho never fought again and rye Ive I licked every one ever eyer since I I Everyone Everone seem seems to be bo Interested In I tho question of whether I 1 can con get et Into sha o again or not My Iy friends say I Ican Ican II can cnn m my wIfe thinks I can What at Is there thero for tor me mc to say Tack Jack Melville ono one of m my best friends told me IDe when I reached New York that I could lick lIel any anyone anyone lone one who was waR over eyer born It would be bo Just baby's pIa play he told toll me and he's hes i had tho gloves on with mo mc some |