MAKING A MAN.
Hurry the baby as fast as you can, Hurry him, worry him, make him a man ; Off with his baby clothes, put him in pants, Feed him on brain foods, and make him advance. Hustle him, soon as he's able to walk, Into a grammar school, cram him with talk ; Fill his poor head full of figures and facts, Keep *on jambing theip in till it cracks. Once boys grew at a rational rate, Now we develop a man while you wait ; Rush him through college, compel him to grab Of every known subject a dip and a dab. Get him into business, and after the cash, All by tho time he can raise a moustache ; Let him forget he was ever a boy, Make gold his god and its jingle his ■joy, Keep him a-hustling and clear out of breath, Until he wins—nervous prostration and death.
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 20, 18 December 1906, Page 2
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