| Show uncommon sense john biake 6 06 nell Ser service vict woo the thing that may count most against young people hunting bunting jobs Is slovenly speech slovenly there can be no speech sound objection to slang it it Is smart slang and used in moderation but bad grammar and the constant use of expressions which are constantly employed by young men and women who are trying to be bright are a 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 of the time came from parents who spoke english very lamely 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 Is possible with people who use correct speech read books by writers who know how to use good english 1 0 make alake it a practice to read the dictionary tio nary by that I 1 do not mean to begin with A and end with Z I 1 mean to study pronunciation and meanings and to make sure that you will remember them whenever you are in doubt about a word look it up Ot otherwise herIse you are going to be embarrassed barr assed some time when you flounder through a sentence and awaken the smiles of those who hear you good talkers always start with alth an advantage but they must be good talkers not merely glib talkers they must know what they are talking about and where to find the words to do it As for slang it Is often effective but it must be used with great intelligence tie the person who employs the some same slang phrase over and over again is going to ueary meary those with or to whom he speaks before long and be put down for a hopeless bore 1 it if possible learn another Ian language guage it will help you with your own tongue A foundation in latin Is good but by no means necessary your own language is quite sufficient for all the necessities of conversation and for many of the ortin orna ments read and listen be read ad and listen over and over again pity the person who Is not an adventurer the cautious person may be safe but he Is adventure rarely happy the little boy running away for the first time feels a thrill that he may never know again for to admire and for to ito see Is one of the real objects in life never having had the opportunity to run away to sea I 1 am not sure it if that Is a pleasant and profitable under tak ing cut but I 1 shall always regret that it was not numbered among my esperi ances I 1 often wonder why people who live near high mountains are not continually scaling them I 1 notice that those who have climbed mountains climb them again and again when they have a chance A relative of mine whose business Is rather a dreary one takes two weeks off every year and spends them thea in climbing the tall peaks of 0 oregon and california not long ago having no new mountains to scale in his ov own a section of the country lie he made a trip to switzerland and climbed some of the steepest of the alps the last time I 1 saw him lie he was regretting that he was too old to try to cross the Ilima himalayas layas 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 to go forth now and then and take quite unnecessary chances ours Is a race that crai craves ves excitement of some sort or other to be timid Is to be miserable I 1 would not advise young men to take up the business of llon lion taming or of stunt flying but I 1 would advise them it if they are living humdrum lives to go out and find a little excitement ever so often to search for adventures that hold awe sort of a thrill and wl which icci they will remember happily for all their days I 1 am sure that it Is more the ex of the game than the desire to got get money and still more money which leads so many men to the stock market A memory memary that Is filled with adventure and experience Is the kind hind of a memory I 1 should love to have this is il a world that is well north seeing bratel is w iroll many times its cost since marco time and doubtless long before that men have gone into new and strange countries just for the pleasure of doing something that 0 others have n not t had the bourn courage go to do there Is of 0 course no place like home but there are many other places worth seeing and the courage and curiosity of many adventurers Is well worth emulation |
