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Show WOKK I 'Oil HOYS. Tho problem of finding activity for Yotuu; America Is ono thnt worries wor-ries patents. Theoretically they ro-I!ognlzo ro-I!ognlzo that every boy should have i certain regular working tasks. On I tho farms tho boys do find these om- 1 ployments. Hut In the city, town, B nnd even village life, It Is often hard i to (lnd any regular labor for them. Tho odd Jobs of tho community, tho raking and mowing of lawns, caro of gardens, taking out of ashes, etc., aro apt to bo done by tho men of j tho family, or by laborers who must make a businchs of those Jobs. Tho lliuu of tho boys Is much ta-' ta-' ken up by athletic nnd school entor- prises. Many parents hato to keep their youngsters at homo sawing wood or chopping kindlings, when all tholr mates aro out playing foot- ;; ball. Tho boys' tlmo Is crowded tvi ivlth their own sports and studies. : Parent), and others who aro look ing for homo one to do odd Jobs, And j It Impossible to depend on tho boy element to perforin them regularly. Then too, most boys nowadays got :'i an exaggerated Idea of tho valuo of P .their tlmo. A school teacher was ,i speaking about this the othot day. Sho said she gets some calls from the v townspeople for hoys who nro will ing to do odd Jobs, but that tho boys n:e scornful of low pay. Formerly T.Hr - - - ' sho said you could hlro a boy to perform per-form such tasks for llvo and ton cents an hour. Considering that they worked Irregularly nnd unskill-fully, unskill-fully, It was all they woro worth ns compared to a man. Hut now sho said she found tho boys often expected as much as 25 cents an hour. Thoy aro affected by the high prices of tho age, thoy foel their work in demand, and are not willing to exert themselves unless they aro well paid. A boy really gains a great deal from having tomo little enterprises of his own. It brings him up against again-st tho hard work of tho world, and teaches him that ho will not always have parents and teachers running to wait on him. Parents should not permit bin cntlro time to bo engrossed engros-sed In sports. It Is too self Indulgent Indul-gent n life. Thoy should also show him that tho amount of wages ho receives as a boy amounts to llttlo. What ho noeds Is to form regular nnd dependable habits. Thcso acquired, ac-quired, good wages aro sure to bo secured later. |