| Show FALSE PRIDE an eastern friend sally harbaugh by name writes a weekly column for norfolk virginia newspaper and among other things she presents some interesting talks to boys and girls in an article of recent date she says education is a fine thing but theres nothing like knowing b how w to do some of the simple necessary things to give you poise assurance and a feeling of adequacy at al 1 any age learn to do things whether its is hopping chopping wood tending the fur furnace nac weeding the flowers wing sewing sweeping in or having a paying vegetable garden or a rabbit ot 01 poultry farm of your ow learn french spanish algebra or I 1 nv frics if y you ou cai ro go to srboui that long for or its good mental exercise even if you dont put tham in in use keep up your english history and literature even if you have to 40 stop school for the cultural arts will vv ill add to your preparation and of life but dont let anyone convince you that you are better than other people 4 1 e even yen if your forefathers came over with william the conqueror or signed the Declara tn of independence tr or if your parents are the richest and most prominent people in town if your people were fine and great let it il inspire you to live up to their ideals but dont become weaklings wea klings by turning your assets into liabilities life worth with a million dollars if nobody liles likes you suppose your people cant speak english correctly or have to struggle for the barest necessities suppose you arent as good looking or as well dressed as some other boys and girls just such handicaps and worse inspired abraham lincoln george washington napoleon disraeli Dis rali and others to become the greatest men of their times make the most of your assets and your liabilities for whether you realize it or not they are the particular problems you were meant to work out for your individual no matter what your people have or are make a place for yourself at for you can become what you want to be if you make up tip your minds and po go to it 9 |
