. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . apital M. This indicates the kindof men wanted: not mere male bipeds inbreeches; but capital men—men withphysical, mental and moral capital. Stop and read the sign, son; and thentake a day off from fun and frivolity—and sit down, all by your lonesome, anddo some old-fashioned, common-sensethinking. Itll pay you; believe me—itll pay you. Mother Earth has always needed men—but never so much as today. In thelong, long ago, life was a simple any hairy-faced human beingcould hunt and fish, build a hut of mudand sticks, and smite an enemy with
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . apital M. This indicates the kindof men wanted: not mere male bipeds inbreeches; but capital men—men withphysical, mental and moral capital. Stop and read the sign, son; and thentake a day off from fun and frivolity—and sit down, all by your lonesome, anddo some old-fashioned, common-sensethinking. Itll pay you; believe me—itll pay you. Mother Earth has always needed men—but never so much as today. In thelong, long ago, life was a simple any hairy-faced human beingcould hunt and fish, build a hut of mudand sticks, and smite an enemy with astone axe. In pastoral times life wasstill almost wholly lacking in complexi-ties. It didnt take much of a man totend grazing flocks or scratch the surfaceof the soil with a wooden plough. Andin the days of mediaevalism—To drink and fight, in a wild delight. Was the order of church and state;And Man in the game was the moth in theflame— And the pitiful fool of Fate. MEN WANTED James Ball Naylor By Permission of the Ohio Star. But its far different now, son. Life atpresent is full of perplexities and com-plexities. Men Wanted! is the adver-tisement universal. All over the globeyoull see it. It glows as a pillar of flameby night, and shows as a pillar of smokeby day. Men Wanted! And no weak-lings need apply. The law of the sur-vival of the fittest is still operative—nomatter how much mushy sentimentalitywe may indulge in. Get down to busi-ness or get off the globe. Its the law ofnature; and mans a part of nature. To-day the affairs of life are before were such opportunitiesoffered; but never before was such fit-ness required. Its up to you to makegood, son. The whole world hails fromthe Ozarks right now; it asks to be ready to offer you a job, to try youout; and it propounds but one questionin the preliminary test: Are you fit?It doesnt care whether your ancestorscame over in the Mayflower—or on acattle boat; whether youre a Jew or G
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