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WANTED, A BOY

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 18, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 16

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WANTED, A BOY.

A happy boy.
A boy full of vim.
A boy who is square.
A boy who can say, “No,” to wrong.
A boy who scorns a lie.
A boy who hates deceit.
A boy who despises slang.
A boy who is aboveboard.
A boy who will never smoke.
A boy who saves his pennies.
A boy with some “stick to it.”
A boy who takes to the bath-tub.
A boy who is proud of his big sister.
A boy who has forgotten how to whine.
A boy who thinks hard work no disgrace.
A boy who stands at the head of his class.
A boy who does chores without grumbling.
A boy who believes that education is worth while.
A boy who is a stranger to the street corners at night.
A boy who plays with all his might—during play hours.
A boy who listens not to unclean stories from any one.
A boy who thinks his mother, above all mothers, is the model.
A boy who does not know more than the rest of the house.
A boy who does not think it inconsistent to mix playing and praying.
A boy who does not wait to be called a second time in the morning.
A boy whose absence from Sabbath-school sets everybody wondering what has happened.—Christian Guardian.