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Show B ) THE HABIT OF B , i IDLENESS H v I In tho testimony being given tho fl I Federal Commission on Industrial BV t Itelations, tho original ideas of Hen- B ry Ford, tho mllllonairo automoblllo fl ,. mnker, nro prominent. Tho basic fl - - princlplo In Mr. Ford's philosophy fl I is tho gospel of work, and ho nttrlb- Ba , utes most modern ovils to Idleness. B In ovory town whero tlioo aro fl sons of porpottial rust, who ornament B j curbstones and park bunches, and H j slousli around uuloons and rullroad B H btatiouii. It tutos only a little man- B 4 "' to huauco theBo shiftless children fl of tho lazy Huushluu. Handouts of H 1 old clothes cover their nakedness, B 'J . and odd jolm now and then keep fl them from starvation. B Work Is usually an uciiulred tasto. fl 9j Hoys rarely bavo It. As manhood fl II comes on, tho youth perceives that BM ' tllu Prized of life uru reached only B9 , through persistent Industry. Tho H , drouo has a different, stundard. His BM ' contemplatlvo ruminant lolsuro suits BM 1 ''''" UCst of nil. Ho would Ilka hous- fl j l's n"d hinds If they caniu ns a free B j! gift, but ho would not pay tho prlso B 'I of labor and effort. BM I,3 nuiy a!cu ,iav trlei1 to (altu BV his placo among tho world's work- BM ' urs- 1!llt "over having formed the BM j habit of liuliutry, bo became easily fl d'bcouragod at a few failures. fl , Mr. Ford is right, and human tlbor BM decns fast on tho park bench. Man BM wns built to toll and eervo and climb, B , against dlllicultlos, 'and against tho Bv natural human lovo for oust. BM How to put ambition into boys who BM by temperameiit tiro idlu and indol- BM flit, Is tho heart of tho problem. Hack H on tho farms tho boys nover used BM to i.oqnlro tho habit of Idleness. BS Work hccaiuo a second nature. In Bff , towns there Is often no wor:; easily Bk. i flvnllablo for a boy to do. Hut work B t C1U1 uu 'uul ''V those who aro doter- B r mined to find it. B n Parents who allow a boy to grow B ' up without rogular tasr.s tako B I chances that bo may drift Into tho B kj croy decay of idlenoss. Ills regular B v hour or two at carrying papers, hoe- B l lng tho garden, or sawing tho wood BM of" Just as Important as thoso ho H spends In school . |