Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 16, 19 January 1894 — Advice to a Boy. [ARTICLE]

Advice to a Boy.

In one of the large railioad otfices in this country a eoin- 1 paratively young man who is at the head of a large departineut. When he entered tlie service of tbe company five years ago, he was green and awkward. The : fir>t day of his employment by the company, a man who had been at work in the saine room for six years approached him and gave him a little advice. *‘Young i fe!low, I want to put a few words into yonr ear that will help you. ! This company is a soulless cor poration that regards its em- | ployes as so many machines. It i makcs no ditference how hard | vou work or how well. So vou 1 •.. J . ! want to do just as 1 ittle as possi ble and retain your job. That’s | my advice. This is a slave pen | and the mau who works over time or does any specially fine work wastes his stiength. Don’t do it.“ The young man thought over the “advice,” and after a quiet , little struggle with hiraself he decidcd to do the best and the most he knew how, whether he i‘eceived any moro pay from the company or not. At the eud of a year tho company raised his wages and advanced him to a more responsible position. In ! three years he was getting a ! third roore salary thau when he began, and in five years he was head eleik in the department: and the man who bad condes cended to give the greenhorn “advice" was working under him at the sam3 figure that represented his salary eleven years before. This is n»t a story of a goodygoody liUle boy who died early, bat of a Hve young mia who exists in flesli and blood to day, aul is ready to give advice to other young meu just begiuuing to work the:r way into busiaess. And here it is; “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy m igh t. ’ J — Youih’ s Oompanion.