THE YOUNG MAN OF THE PERIOD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 15, 14 October 1879, Page 3

THE YOUNG MAN OF THE PERIOD.

The Hawkeye gives this good advice to the young man of the period : Remember, son, that the world is older than you are, by several years ; that for thousands of years it has been so full of smarter and better young men than yourself, that their feet stuck out of the dormer windows ; that when they died the old world went whirling on, and not one man in the tea million went to the funeral or even heard of the death, lie as smart as you can, of course. Know as much as you can without blowing the packing out of your cylinder heads ; shed the light of your wisdom abroad in the world, but don't dazzle people with it. And don't imagine a thing is so simple because you say it is. Don't be sorry for your father because he knows so much less than you do ; remember the reply of Dr. Way! and to the student of Brown University who said it was an easy enough thing to make proverbs such as Solomon wrote : " Make a few, " tersely replied the old man. And we never heard that the young man made any. Not more than two or three anyhow. The world has great need of young men, but no greater need than the young men have of it. Your clothes fit you better than your fathor's fit him; they cost more money, they are in©r« stylish, your moustache is neater, the cut of your hair is better, and jou are prettier, oh, far prettier than "pa." But, young man, the old gentleman gets the biggest aalary, and his homely, scrambling signature on the business end of a cheque will drain more money out of a bank in five minutes, than you could get out of a ream of paper and copper plate signature in six months. Young men are useful, son, and they are ornamental, and we all love them, and we coald'nt engineer a picnic successfully without them, J*ut they are no novelties, son. Oh, no, nothing of the kind, 'lhey have been here before. Don't be so modest as to shut yourself clear out, but don't ne so fresh that you will have to be put awaj in the cool to keep from spoiling. Don't be afraid that you merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are hunting for you, and i{ you are worth finding they will find you.