| Show Unco minon ilse duse ays eys bu BI J john blake 0 bell syndicate service the thing that may count mosi most against young people hunting jobs la is Is slovenly lo venly speech slovenly there can b be e no speech sound objection to slang if it Is smart slang and used in moderation but bad grammar and the constant use of expressions which are constant ly employed by young men and women who are trying to be bright are a it positive handicap it Is easy to say that you inherited your speech from parents who had no chance to get an education but it Is nonsense some of the ablest and most brilliant men and women of the time came from parents who spoke english very lame ly others from parents who spoke with foreign accents do not try to speak elaborately or to use big words speak directly clearly and forcibly know the exact meaning of every word you use associate as much as its Is possible with people who use correct speech read books by writers who know how to use good english 0 make it a practice to read the die flonary by that I 1 do not mean to be begin in with A and end with I 1 mean to study pronunciation and meanings and to make sure that you will remember them whenever you are in doubt snout about aard a word look it up otherwise you are going to be em barr assed some time when you floun der through gh a sentence and awaken the smiles of those who hear you good talkers a atvars start with an advantage but they must be good talkers not merely glib talkers they must know what they are tall ing about and where to find the words to do it 0 ioffe effective s As for slang it Is often n effective but it must be used with great intelligence the person who employs the same slang phrase over and over again is going to weary those with or to whom he speaks before long and be put down for a hopeless bore it if possible learn another language it will help you with your own tongue A foundation in latin Is good but by no means necessary your own language Is quite SUM dent for all the necessities of con vers atlon and for many of the orna ments read and listen read and listen over and over again pity the person who Is not an ad the rhe cautious person may mav be safe but he Is rarely ra h happy adventure the little boy running away for the first time feels a thrill that he may never know again for to admire and for to see Is one of the real objects in life never having had the opportunity to run away aay to sea I 1 am not sure if it that Is a pleasant and profitable under tak ing but I 1 shall always regret that it was not numbered among my expert ances I 1 often wonder why people who live near high mountains are not ally scaling them I 1 notice that those who hane climbed mountains climb them aaen and again when they have a chance A relative of mine whose business Is rather a dreary one tal es two tho weeks off every year and spends them in climbing the tall peaks of oregon and california not long ago having no new moun kalns to scale in his own section of the country he made a trip to switzer land and climbed some of the steep est of the alps the last time I 1 saw him he was regretting that he was nas too old to try to cross the himalayas in a plane most of us are adventurers at heart and it Is too bad that we all do not have the courage or the opportunity eunity to go forth now and then and take quite unnecessary chances ours Is a race that craves excite ment of some sort or other to be timid Is to be miserable I 1 would not advise young men to tike take up the business of lion Ilon laming taming or of stunt flying but I 1 would advise them if they are living humdrum lives to go out an I 1 find a little excitement ever so often to search for ad ventures that hold some sort of a thrill and they will remember happily for all their days I 1 am sure that it Is more the ex of the he game than the desire to get money and still more money which leads so many men to the stock market A memory that Is filled with adaven ture and experience Is the kind hind of a memory I 1 should love to have this is a world that is well worth seeing travel is J worth many times its cost since marco polo s time and doubt less long iong before that men have gone into new and strange countries just for the pleasure of doing something th that at others have not had the courage to do there is of course no place like home but there are many other places worth seeing and the cour age and curiosity of many adventurers Is well worth emulation I 1 |
