Part 32 (1/2)
Says Mr Deady, who has charge of the depart froe, of all nationalities and beliefs, fresh from the influence of questionable home environment, boisterous and brihtless to a ree--this is the picture of the ordinary boy who is in search of eht, if he has one, is to obtain as high a wage as possible It is safe to say that of the thousands of boys who apply annually at the ehteen years of age Before going further, we can safely say that twenty per cent of the youngest lads have left school only a feeeks before applying for work
Approximately sixty per cent have not corae seems to be more in earnest, more ambitious, than the American boy (not to quibble over the definition of the adjective ”American”) Walter L Sears, superintendent of the office in Kneeland street, tells this story:
An Aster came in
”Gotta job?” he asked
”Yes, here is one”--referring to the card records--”in a printing office; four dollars a week”
”'Taint enough rocery store--six dollars a week”
”What ti?”
”Seven o'clock”
”Got anything else?”
”Here's soht”
”Saturday afternoons off?”
”Nothing is said about it”
”W-ell-l, maybe I'll drop around and look at it”
A for work He was told of the printing office job
”All right I'll take it”
For what it is worth, it e proportion of the boy applicants carefully scrutinize the dollar sign when they talk wages Moreover, they are not unacquainted with that phrase concocted by those higher up, ”the high cost of living” The co, or the appeal of the phrase--which?
The youthful uneood-sized vote in favor of ”shoffer” A youngster comes to Mr Sears
He wants to be a ”shoffer”
”Why do you want to be a chauffeur?”
”I don't know”
”Haven't you any reasons at all?”
”No, sir”
”Isn't it because you havea corner in an auto down the boulevard at sixty ht up with the picture
”Isn't that it?”