WHY SOME YOUNG MEN DON'T GET ON

New Zealand Tablet, 20 September 1906, Page 37

WHY SOME YOUNG MEN DON'T GET ON

Of the dozens of young men who are idle in nearly every community of any size, the ' Catholic Citizen ' says : ' Many of them are idle because they can't find work of any kind. More are idle because they can't find work that suits them. The trouble is that there are too many of the latter kind. They have certain pride that demands a fancy job. Which is all right, _ of course ; but idleness ought, to a right kind of pride, be even more galling than employment, even if it be beneath them. The reason so many young men of your and my acquaintance " don't get on "is because of their habit of indulging in spells of idleness. ' An idle young fellow is going to school to a master who will ' soon graduate him into the army of '"no good for anything." He acquires a loafing spirit, a slouchy manner and an utter lack of perseverance. A young man can not - hope to get on in the world if between the ages of twenty, andthdrtyfive he- spends about a fourth of his time throwing up one jab while waiting for another. Steadiness, industry and perseverance, are what compel success.' ~