This is one of many images my grandmother cut and pasted to construction paper to use as (I assume) a teaching aid. Though the artist's name has been removed from this sweet illustration, or was never printed on it, there are clues to where she found it on the back.
See the note at the bottom of the image above? "Say That You Saw It In The Juvenile Instructor" - The Juvenile Instructor was a Mormon Periodical in the 19th Century. It was originally founded and edited by Mormon Apostle George Q. Cannon in 1866 in Utah Territory. It consisted of catechisms on the Bible, Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants along with images, stories and teaching to aid in gospel instruction. The last year the Juvenile Instructor featured black and white covers appears to be 1914 after which they switched to color. I found a website with all the 1915 covers, but have been unable to locate covers for the years that follow. (I feel like Nancy Drew trying to uncover some of these things!) The publication ended in 1929 and was replaced by another called The Instructor.
So... the image she must have clipped between 1916 and 1929.
Here's what is written in the ad for the Deseret Book Company Salt Lake City Utah:
"Do You Want to be The Successful Man of Tomorrow
Every boy dreams of wealth, happiness, fame -- success. But how few, comparatively, achieve it!
Drifting--aimlessly drifting--into "a job" and then sticking there, is one of the perils of the age -- the reason why 763 out of every 1,000 workers are not satisfied with the work they are doing.
There are 9,326 gainful occupations--9,326 possible choices for you to make. For which one are you best suited.
If you can be a better farmer or a better lawyer than anything else, BE IT. But don't be a 'round peg in a square hole.'
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Call or send for it today; read it and be the SUCCESSFUL 'man of tomorrow."
Happy Hunting!
What We Left Behind
