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Editorial
February 11, 1897
The Advance
Jamesburg, Middlesex County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
Editorial exhorting young boys to avoid bad habits like tobacco use, swearing, loitering in saloons, and keeping evil associates, warning that such behavior leads to becoming a tramp or criminal and prevents gaining respect or employment. Emphasizes self-respect and proper conduct for success. Signed Morris Sun.
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Look here, my lad, you, with a quid of tobacco in your mouth, an oath on your lips, a cigarette between your teeth, who loaf about saloons, or are prowling the streets at all hours of the night, you are the kind of a boy that grows up to be a tramp or a criminal. Just stop a moment and think who, among your companions, as well as yourself, could get a job of work in a single place where your habits are known, or who know enough to do any kind of work but that of the commonest kind of cheap labor. Everybody in the town where you live knows that you are lazy, shiftless and unreliable, and they know just enough to suspect and think very probably that you are a good deal worse than you probably are. A boy to be respected must have self-respect; to be trusted he must conduct himself properly; and to get along in the world he must prove that he is worthy of confidence. A lad who wants to be something must have neither bad habits or evil associates, for the one pulls him down and the other keeps him down. No one likes the boy loafer a bit better than they do the man tramp. —Morris Sun.
Look here, my lad, you, with a quid of tobacco in your mouth, an oath on your lips, a cigarette between your teeth, who loaf about saloons, or are prowling the streets at all hours of the night, you are the kind of a boy that grows up to be a tramp or a criminal. Just stop a moment and think who, among your companions, as well as yourself, could get a job of work in a single place where your habits are known, or who know enough to do any kind of work but that of the commonest kind of cheap labor. Everybody in the town where you live knows that you are lazy, shiftless and unreliable, and they know just enough to suspect and think very probably that you are a good deal worse than you probably are. A boy to be respected must have self-respect; to be trusted he must conduct himself properly; and to get along in the world he must prove that he is worthy of confidence. A lad who wants to be something must have neither bad habits or evil associates, for the one pulls him down and the other keeps him down. No one likes the boy loafer a bit better than they do the man tramp. —Morris Sun.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Bad Habits
Boy Loafer
Self Respect
Moral Conduct
Idleness
Tramp
Criminal
What entities or persons were involved?
Morris Sun
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Warning Boys Against Bad Habits And Idleness
Stance / Tone
Moral Exhortation
Key Figures
Morris Sun
Key Arguments
Bad Habits Like Tobacco, Swearing, And Loitering Lead To Becoming A Tramp Or Criminal
Lazy And Unreliable Boys Cannot Get Respectable Jobs
Self Respect And Proper Conduct Are Essential For Trust And Success
Evil Associates Keep One Down
No One Likes Boy Loafers Any More Than Man Tramps