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-7- . V1 . , rT" ' - , ' GUI XTMdD Hi I MechonicsHave Chance to Enter Business World By Jonas. Howard. -, HILE It U a. fet that fh trade I are not M att ractlvs to the younjf - a: man of today aa thay were -to bis i , ia-mer.-invrr as suu rant: a nwm nu '."oppqrtiinlty 'for the right young1 ' man in many 01,40 samea crane, Asia '" fromth quratton of pay that mar be earned aa a (Journeyman tradnman. the journey man an' not without hla chance to make 1 something else of himself beside a nwrt, . workerfar day wagea H can In- mim trade , work tap Into position of worth and reppon. "; 'lblllty;ln .other he" can get Into buatnees. ' for hlmevMf directly through hla trad. Per haps In this direction lie th solution jot . the euocms-problem for th. worker In a ... 'trade rattier than in th lino of promotion, with hi employer. . ';;V' V . Tho roust; man who II determined to en ter a trade) and who la possessed of on iota -.'of ambition ahould consider flrat of all what hop a trade offer htm In the way of even- ' tually Iteooxnlng a business msn'through hi effort at tlie line of work chosen before he .make a decision. If he doe not. apd goes- - Into track almply because It la eaay to gt Into, eaay to learn, and oneJn which the -pay after -yar or so-to hlffher than! In other, ha. is throwfcig away-bls golden opportunity. ; t'' tP',v';'i;.;':::ro"v-:' -ii: BCmreful , in Choosing a Trade. , There are trade and trade. In spin a. wockman can hardly . hop to be anything k but ' wag earner, no matter hoar long or ' how hard he work., Economic- "condition ' ruHngaonve lines of Industry are so adjusted that .the) young man, entering them become nothsnsr mors or lea than an Intslllssnt'ins- :: chine, a machine. pbMt will cam good wagc.- for scOorg as It can perform It duties wtthT 17 Y.V entire-satisfaction to the employer. These, -or"' ' v-' - i. ' . conditions absoluwly forbid th man In.the " P. Cook, general superintendent of the tradeonop for anything better than wages 'Western Union Telegraph company. Chicago. as his portion of the work, for the great fining, presioem oi me vaicsao. capital naoeatary to make even the smanetM,!wM n 8t- raUway.---,-. beginning lapronlblUve to any worker. .. Henry, RT Williams, general manager Chl- s, Then therera other trades where the maa p.' "k'n 8,hui?,,w'; ' with lnduatry. economy, and a good .bar - f.BenJamlo U WUiohell. president Chicago,. of business can readily become a buslneaa fa m nun xw - . works. Th UM man 'houh 1(7 if he is ta yl should shm tory as a i f"I conscsanttoi man . an a small scale alter several year ' works.' Th .are the trades that a young. '.should.1 be careful to pick for hlmseif to learn a trade. ;: Th others he, shna, .for they offer nothing satiafac- . . reward for good. Intelligent, and conscientloua effort. , They offer only day . wages, and, to th Isolated exceptions, the chance to become a foreman r but the intelli gent, fairly educated American of today la ' net satisfied to work for another all his Ufa 1 ; He wants to be In I uslnsaa for himself," and this certain trades offer him a chance to do. -.. . " - :. i "::'.; v- J1- Building LiMg. h Daat. ' .Which trade Is the-bsst to entar for a man .ambitious to secure bis own hon or bust- F lie tli mug h a trsste. tioeii would TjaV th , temerity to say absolutely .There art sev eral oc a nature similar that will run strong favorites n this question.1. A a.chu they .tAd.QUlte separate from those In which th. chance for the worker ever to become any thins- buts workerla reduced to a mliilu. uiil, : To the writer the) trade wKfth might .ba classed as th"ealt te become independent of an employer In are: Carpenter, plumb- - era, painters, printers, ana agarmsjters. , ' Th other class may' be said to Include ' . machinists. . metal workers, ' architectural Iron workera boot and shoe workers, slec trlcal workers, tailors, and woodworkers. These are only the principal lines of eaek class, there being several minor trade which . might be included In on or the other'. - But - - , - man Who wishes to learn a craft. They In- . chide in their rank th greater share-af skilled laborers In th country. , They are th most Important., -. ' 1 .-.-V v ;;.,,.':,. ,' .1 . JCeonomloal On aa rind Opportunity f -In.the first claa the plumbers, carpenters, ' and. painters undoubtedly will lead. In.theA P number of men who worked an from iournex c 7r,t 7J":,',7zr; . .1 - k- -.1 ,k- i. I . ' ' get Into business in a small way through them. The reason ar that little capital la required to stsrt In them and that ther are always plenty of small Jobs to be picked up that ar beneath the notice of the large ! contractor In these line. The pay in the first two to good. In the second it is not sb good, still It ahould b enough to allow th economical worker who la working with an object in view to save some money. . ' -. , :. That there la a chance for the Journeyman to become contractor In these trade Is shown by the fact that nearly all th employers In thes lines once worked for wages at a trade : themselves. This means that It has been ' done and can be done again. ' Through work. Ing at the trade for several year th work man become acquainted with th men who have such work to be done, and often they i leave their- positions to work for themselves through the suggestion of others, ' , ' . . .. v .;.r..rv"' -y -TTCV'Cr' 5 a Larga Caplta,l a Datarrant. . . '. A a printer or cigarmaker it will require mere capital to get a start than In the three trades Just mentioned. .Still there are hun dreds of men In business In either of thes Una who were once day workera Tbey, saved some money whjl working and ven tured out for themselves, when th oppor ,' tunlty offered. The starts thus mad are. necessarily small, sometimes for awhile yield- ' -Ing -the beginner even less' than th pay - aarned while at work, but they are the first atep toward something bigger. : Tn-th other euus of trades her cited th chance for the worker to work out of th rut of th tradesman Into something better are nearly nothing.. A tailor may eventually , ' come to own a shop of hla own, but In thl day of the sweat shop and fierce competition " In this line no one will maintain that his chances are brilliant. . ': - In th other th conditions that prevail , scarcely allow any chance tof the employe to become employer. Th business Is f or th , ' most part In th hand of men or combines with great capital, and to eompet wlthxap-. ttal require capital. The man entering a trad ahould bav something befor him be- sides the prospect of fair wages and eaay . work.,' He should look forward, beyond th ' . limited' borlson of the sbop, and prepare for ! the day when he will be " In business. M for . himself. With this end tn view th selection or a trad that, offers som ckanc for this 'L U of utmost Importance to the beginner. '; - M&&rkri&rx 'HE next tim a little blue clad messen ger boy comes to yon with a message treat him with great consideration.". Twenty "yeara from now. -or -lees, he may be a power In Ah world of com- . marc and you may have to deal with hlra. ' For be It known that te teleg-raph messen ger boy.-he-wbo f urnlshe so much Jneplra- , - tlon for. the humorist, th. wits, and the cornle artists, does on occasion com to be 'a power In' the Mmroerciat world, and that with frequency which suggests the messen ger's bench in a t els graph pfflc aaon of the favored place on which to plant the foot of lit ladder. : -f V?.'v.:'v;' 'v''? The number -of men who have risen from ' the rank of " the leaden heeled Mercury of the street '1 to magnates of th first .power , in the world of telegraphy, railroad, and busi ness lea ts no Question aa to the chance the . . ' boy jhae i Also It leave no doubt that the '' youngster who answer messenger callaand f deliver message aroof te klndthat aee their chanoea, accept them, and. thu rise.. ; ' " -t ' -Oo to the general office of any large rail-. road, even (nto th president's office, and ' ; 'there will be found the ex-messenger. Any : main office of th large telegraph companies ' "will yield up a large number of official, from , 'the president of th company down through ; ' the;various grades, who own that they one ;' wor!a urtlfonn and badg and ran errands :' In th street. . . ? " : Her 1 a partial list of the men who started" ; as messenger boys and made good:. . 7 4 ' .C Andrew. Carnegie. Iron master and patron -of Hbrarlea. y ' .V: ' j etr'TOlliara Van Horn., president of th Canadian Paclrte railway. ''.v.'.;,-..,,,:);1, . .'Marvin Hughltt, president of the Chicago and NortllWeaern railway. , 7.:".i ' v ,y.,'AJ Gardner., general manager -of the Chicago and Northwestern railway. W Col. Robert CL" dowry, -p reside ntof th. Waatern Union Telegraph company. v - William Brooks, gnerl auperintendent of ' th Western Union Telegraph oompanyf New iW.i C.', Brown, 'rice president New ITorfc Central .and take Shore and Michigan South ern railway- ' ' '-- i. ' Thl 1 not a bad record for th messenger . ' boy.. He stands before th country amply vindicated of The slanderous charge unfeel- Ing Jokesmlths havs hurled at him and hi alleged, penchant for moving slowly.' He Is," on to be reckoned with; and apparently he has better chance for success than th young men In many other lines of occupation. - " ' . Andraw Carnogt St rikaa a Job. - About fifty years ago a puny,'' spindle shanked Bcocli lad stepped Into the man- v ager's office in a Pj tuburg lelegraph-offlo and asked for work. He was a 14U1 over IjJ years of age, and h was given employment as. menger. wnnia i isa Tw this ex-messenger has given away $55)00,000 to found libraries and otherwise Is trying his besl to avoid the J dUgrao,of dylngteh." '.( ' I liked the boy's looks. said the man who nn srarsw warnesi ni nrt 300 as a teleSTaphbOy.He was'small and roun but' be was-full of spirit In a month h aked m to teach him telegraphy. , I adopted, him- as a pupil and h mad rapid progress. ' h always was practicing at hla Mora when be" was not actually at work. He displayed remarkable skill as a telegrapher within' a- few month."- - -... , . .... It was not long before Cameaie was htoldlna . down a key In the Pittsburg offices of the Pennsylvania railroad. H s tnn tram taleara. i j. ii, m'Vm turn unnn;, innnm 11 la 0n .-a coal lands, and the rest of hi hlatarv i i. to wail'knoani fn nesd H.n.titi M.f . .might have attained to the great wealth and ; poalUon he poMeaaes today by , starting in .7rr. w C;ib..mn.. I,,., . tk. fact remains that It was through his posi- ' tlpn as measenger that be faecame'a teiegra- I I 1 . . . - pner.iand from teiegrapner mat a began us climb to richea - . ... li- .,' , i f ? b; 'aaVmc; zzzz k7t: abTh.L" .A lima OiniMl, mtmA In IltahM I ( has not been told what salary .Andr beau '. wlth.ibut It Is certain h did. not earn les I than Hughltt, who was given a couple hours of Instruction In the art of sending Morse a Soto remuneration. '. He was an operator at 15. Went to Chicago, becam superintend-: ', ent of a small, telegraph company, and waa mad superintendent of telegraph of the Chi cago and Alton. . H la now bead of aa army of employe and with 9,000 miles of track to preside over. ; V; ,- j ; if I .. .' -'V. ''V-- j , '' r! -' . , ...i from $120 to $45,000 a.Yaar. . Albert J. JSarung aarned hla first pay as a, messenger boy in th Wtern ynlon office at ROBABLY th coldest work In all civ- " " 1) "lxd comparisons falls, to. .the air fz brake man repairing cars on 4he re ; l ' pair tracks provided by the railroads. .' 4e.fH.jLt. .-.'a cold Job means something more . than physical exposure In a cold place. Aj police patrolman who has a windy corner f1 when th mercury I far down- In th. bulb may have on warm overshoes and 'Such ' depths of flannels and top coats as to be lm--pervious to th eokt-But when the air brake msn -creeps In under a stretch of freight or passenger car that' ridge a section of raw, wind swept prairie or lake shore, stripped to his working Jacket and with his bands bar In any kind of weather that blows, th cir cumstances of bis work multiply th ther. mometer records by at least three before tbey begin to apply. - AH car repair men a a class have cold Jobs, but th ah brake men bav, th refrigerated Job of Job. As a setting ta this work. It may be said that th ordinary railroad or car company has Just as little csr repair, trackage as It has to have,' and that In either ease the company wants its ear re paired Just as soon as Is possible to th re pairers. This means that In all weathers th car repairer 1 on th go, while for tha air brake man It may be added that the severe cold of, winter make accident to th air brake much more ' likely than tn . milder weathrs.'.I...-;.......'.-wi - - , --. --' v j - , '.:.';. -' '- - v- V. ' ; Repair Tracka in Coldaat Spots. ' Ordinarily ; the. repair track for the aver ag railroad or car company Is la Just a little ''.' :-'V-- - , i ''. Who iWon: 4r&, i .....I' (l iiK 's7 n ..4,. - - .- - 1 ; " 't :-: it's t-1S- Watertown. .Wis., St 14 years 'of aga ;tlng. .as-dld most of U who rose from th rank In this Una H waa an expert at the key during the war .time and at 21 years ot age was a train dispatcher. He wiiimim -n nm umtoinTruwiis m " payrolls of the company, i , : .. v Benjamin L. Wlnchell began life a a me- acnger in a littl tetegrsph office at Hannibal,- So- at 110 a month, Mr. Wlnchell perhaps ; " peuer ump oi ww wis messenger ' oy'ot to!Uy can do UUn any man hitherto menuonetv is oniy year oio and began his career about thirty yaars ago. , Ha went tnv? c.erjo.. aeparanoni oi meytannioai n-8t--l Uroadand -waa ;chief clerk, Ithln a few years. . Prom then on his prbg- ss wss gradual until recsntly, when h WM raaoa president ox ue road at a salary van. , n . . .u,ly p"e1 rt tnm W.OOO.tO .$45,000. . j .Mr..WlncheU .Is -enthuslaatlc wver th . c1OOT " "TT " Z. . 1T' - "' f OT.,C,kl T " ta lmpr Ln - ' Don t think you haven't a responsible rhlMM Af ni Tin Anil mivmm Vf reapanaibl !,ltto" LU. Promoted, c Do every., .F lu 't om mr .eMr a"- niuou vonna-msn tn rnilow ' . . tT . - - , -"-. -""-".'-'--.v"-" f nest repreaentauve ot tne messengers Who "-- th. y-r Old aOH Of g poor widow. h entered th m-. P'o"- the company be now heads as messenger in a small omc in illlnqla t He; was a good messenger, the beat la the office. his manager said, and In addition to his work - of . delivering telegrams he learned telegra '' phy. . At 15 he was a full fledged operator and " was seat to take charg of the company's 'office In Sprlngfleld.-IIL . ' ' .'- . ' - ?- C S At thesODtbrak of theclvli war . ha was - placed In charge pf the military telegraphing ; ; and for his work was given the. title of brevet lieutenant colonel ' He went up through th "many grades between him and the presidency - on sheer merit, -for he was a poor man despite '. ' his title and had no Influential friends to push . him. on. -HuccededPreaidat Bckeft a p .-..w '-mff-' --r .-vu.-.- jDV .vttlO "Air rrtV it& r IWl t.n.r.vi r V :l.0J.?tTti V?u. f' j ki .i." . .v- 4...S -A-.v. .-J-. iiw wivm vivi vi u kiiiu jiunivH u int f4 roiuimnr nsui vi way. ii seems io o one vi m iiDwmim requu-emnu oi iq wora , inmi iaw wino snail ei a goaa swipe as you," ' particularly from the northwest. In order to , facilitate this. th cars to be repaired ar , set an average Of half n ear length apart to - 'allow' th trucks, jte b trundled out from ' ' under fejJfa$4UoVand overhauling. These '. . ' . . I 1 - L ; n th winds, and a Maims; of light snow on th ground. makes In each place a bllsaard of Bad Lands Intensity In a moment.'. Ther may be two parallel track of -cars, and If t th wind be Just right and cold enough, th -' lot of th air brak man 1 put beyond th , posiblUty tf envy. -. ... : ! , . ; ( When the air brake. man appears at his '' , track for work he must prepar to "shuck? anything approaching an overeoaL H will . need to hav th freest posslbl movements, . and In order to bav thes b mud alt down . on hi tool box, which rest scarcely four . Inches off the ground or enow level. If ther b soft anew between th rails, of coursa, ' th box will sink Into it until at tiroes the .repairr.rts on virtually nothing but snow -.' and lea.,... , ':. .i.. , ,. , . rinfarp Thwa4 Whlla You Walt. Bitting on". a. shallow box. burled la the snow, with bis arms raised above th band. ' '' , .'" ;.' i Fortune. Pdsitidri. liitllo. A.T1 if Ullf f. 171 f '.' ' 'TV. yfii ,W . I i: Tsiw vxj rm mwa rwisi iiwm wim wvs i rial nni rrva ra occupy 1 th nlaca. i ; : ' . . 1,'and thus. sometimes strikes the fancy soma V v - v '"-' blowrv asss t,ninc lor All. t r.. i.,. rri n-il formi ttn look' to their ehief employer and amnle lnsnlraHon to do thslr best. CoL. ciowry of hla career said' ' v v '"' " I can't say ther was anything peolally .intereatlnaln mv career aa a messen see boy.:' I guess I waa in no way different from th hundreds of -boys Who ar running messages in the street of th grant oitla today. Ther Miwmym,m a'chance for the messenger boy to ,tUdy telegraphy-a i far btur chance now - than, there wss when I began-and there U ; .. . chance for him to rise." : .-JMmt .'Atii' imiriMB mMaBnMi" Knv tihAuIaf i come Ao hoJdtllha Utle of " Sir "eetn hardly - probabl wwill co probable, yet Bit William Van Horn raa msM fmm a small telesranh office In vwui coUuty'.jn to earn bis first dollar. This was 1h 1803.- Twfenty-sarsa. year Jatr th,.1,,oyL vryx official, "from Col.-Clo Wry directors of : th Canadian Pacific mad him .-down, 'got! his" start' thrbughtinir er- president of their .system, at a salary of geo.000 a year.'. In tb meantime he bad been , telegraph 'Operator, train dispatcher, super. intendent,' swneral manager af the Southern Minnesota -railroad, '.wbich h' lifted out of bankruptcy -to propertty,and.prident pf the IfAlcago. Milwaukee and SU Paul rail Way, Recently an Interviewer who' waa quit Ignorant of the manner la which Van Horn got. hi start suggested the idea that his early .experience In' Illinois must have been of great help to him when h cam to head th Canadian road.';"-,: t - -y , " No." said Sir WlUuim. quissically, " yon see I waa a little too old when I went to Can ada to make-.use of. my early training that of delivering telegrams." ' . ? ? . But It, is not only In the railroad and tele graph -qompaales office that th messenger wno nss vuunmi'w win wyim mv w luuna. In many ; business houses in Chicago and . , . . y - i 1 i.-L.' r .. 7 fiviiwin paur tucr nuur, mu'.Uiies inf uira- cuiiws m a proper Circuiauon in a manner. ina. can do appreciatea Dy any pne.wno wiu s oui oi uoors on ipe, oaca stoop, in tni fsshlon for five minutes only. . '; ve'.v But the position I only- a part af th trlaL. When th brake cylinder, 'is expoeedi It to filled with hardened' grease, which -must be removed. To cut this It is necessary to'waah A... W n..f I W.M 1 111.- uZttZ&uTi&ZZ low aero It I necessary to remove th glove, ' otherwise they would be wetted' sad frosen useless. Numbers or UUW haljf 'Inch nut hav to be tkken off and put on again, and these make1 the bare hand necessary to th work, Occasionally a man 'discovers that a' finger or thumb Is frosen; White. ' Th rem dy to to plunge tha frosen member Into th snow and mov It taround until th frost la out of it. '; -.'f-r - Frequently, In the exigencies of the work, the wind comes directly Into th face of the 'air brake man, bringing scurrying snow, or at th next change of position, perhaps, th midi gust tosses a handful of flakes dowa inside th collar of th worker's shirt. . N ... 7- , . ' "r .;t-Li: w-;.v..:;. la Pray ot vary III Cold Causa. Consldring thl average repairs to an sir brake, th repairer must count upon at least , thirty minutes lying, prone ; under -.the car. with his arm ovr bis head. - riv mlnuu la to be found In numbers. Thi hov hrtt imoni uws irmuvj mm un ex.-inessnBxr irIeitnV.apparana In thtaaorMui the 2Tr, -y on attract theesr ; They belong wmmmwm mi- nMun rna nen nr minv nrmi liiM..lli;rjfM-ii ipitWtl - --' i - Chicago Staff All Measandeiw - Ia Chicago offices of th Western fnlon comP,LnT 11 tradiUdn that every man- bolOing an official posltlod began messen ; iwa.swiwna; example or tnes wien ' wn nv-worea up are roung uAslstant Superintendent E. J. Uod and John Fits- : Patrick, s Lloyd began work a a messenger boy in Dubuque, U.. at a salary of W a , ' month longer .ago .than he cares lo admit. In the course of tlra he becam an operator, and after that hard work and perseverance i placed him In tha position h now hold.' H I quit certain that-the 'messenger boy of -today can da th amjuvh iieW.-f 'f - 1 company oraws its heads or,epart- - ment from ths ranks of 4ts pperatars. ,wm usually once )were messengers,'said 'Mr. ?- r- . if., ; , -.V I i . - -' -Mr..yitspatrica I an example of one of. , "vnicagos owp, ,wno pne ran messaere ' nnd now hold dowif an official:, chair. . Mis v,1 shows, the'opportunitlee that are open ' .wi wi.. ."i. .nmrai jmim - la auuiai.ii requireqiorMr. ritspatrlck to . ;;",;:; ..,.;: Z 1 T"VH ........... m. iv hw iwi HWIlU),: ni,,v ' ' . went through all the stsges of th messen-;. A story Is told of! Jamea H Butter of th , ger' progress, operator, -office man, - and - New York Central railroad, who began bi confidential employ. -He sUU is -a young man, with many years of effort befor him.' The story of his success Js on' that says"' plainly to any boy running with messages ' -,". Do thou .likewise,' .for jroo'V got tha ) chance." v;. , 's. ST' i : Bo. yon grown , tips. remember to treat,' courteously' th next mi nger witp whom; you com In contact.; H may b another vu mil vi . uvwi, i o qurii i . - i f or enovlng from on braka-tevanother-ln the next car Is about the only rbpportunity 1 lk? kjnks'out of leg... anaaniisafiawoiwinecircuiation, pecaus OOmpany ' Want those car! -Because of ck of cifcWatldn. rom almost very ..possible'. ' . , crfmped positions and lack , jnt tft brake man suffer from in mat guju ana ciiii nwafjwssiiiie, .l , The air brake man has not ,bad the con sideration that he -should -have'' had as a r worker. Just a be hasnot bad the considere tlon that hi wort deserves. It Is more than ' human natur la capable of to turn out the" !"a!!l of a northern. winter. Under. the stress of wind, and cold, and snow even th inspectors miss; many-things which they should catch, and with thes condition prevailing th poa Ibiltty of accident to th traveling publle la Increased. ,'".. . : -h ' .i . . .- --.a- . .'. r.;'i v-i..-' Much of tha Hardahlp Vnaoaaaarv.: A portable abeiter for car repairer could b.;pTovldd at a co.t of $ia and hou.ingth. rtoie crew, it could be provided wuh a tov. at .which a man Juat'qut from under ' a ear could "thaw out" and' restore th - feeling to hi fingers and . toe. - The com- . pany would get more and better work done by reason of It, and th traveling and ship ping publle woald.be safer by all odda. '. Leglslators have done worse than to pro- por. alaw,that might meet these require. ment1 of the car repair gang, and certainly they might do something toward softening th ,ot of lb air brak man, who has on . o.tfce eoldistJobs oa earth. - i i ? '- .' ; ,w ', 41 -. If You X7oiId Succeed ;Eotho Dy At S. Monroo. ,I3ANK president was asked to whatVi v i 1 ... ana -this more than all others nauM h attrtbut ilu success.' He minted ' to a' small printed motto Wkfch hun aoovo ni aesu; it reaar .. . ,, "I tame across that motto year ago," he said, " at 4 pivotal point Inmx life, I had ' for some tlme'felt burdened by my position. That, motto waa-a flashlight-to my. Inttlll- ' gence. ' I, suddenly realised that I had been In ; tb. habit- of pitting oft the disagreeable, t duties, of evading t he-unpleasant task, and , they had formed a ghost which haunted m l and held me' back I tacked up'that motto "and settled down to work on the disagree , able duties I had pushed aside; soon I had :.t hern' out of the way, and over afterwards l attempted the hardest thing first; .1 gave my freshest efforts to th work I dreaded moC and I owe what is called my success largely to thl awakening and changeOf tactic. - :'l Coniquar JCHaagreeableg of BaBaatan - If there Is a requirement t6 success: In ; V your business for which you have an antlp v athy, conquer It, or t' win bexthe'rock on which your ship wHl founder.- -Overcome th.-' t'ldeal hat .certain things sj-e disagreeable In : I ;rjer mat your iire may contain no oisagree ' able duties. ; Bend kefor th wind that you , j b not broken. ,', ;, ? . -: H A man In business or following a profession ; must , be wlltlnartoNpo .th legitimate things : '1 reaulred in hi tine if '.h hone to attain ' recognition ajAoAg successful men. A preaqh-. '. 'er who neglecta te make pastoral calls, hold- . Ing lhaVms main dty W to deliver sermona. 1 '-will fll in gaining th loyalty and confidence - ot hi . congregation,- and :wlU -not;-win-. the I highest ktfcces In his chosen work. A doctor y -; who ayJr ,What''fs. th use or.showing. 1 tympaHyf toftWy pntlenU when it only ,;. 'rnakes It barder-ftM-rn?" wHl soon find him-' i self without patient.. A merchant who dls- likes to advertise, protests that th merit of ' - his goods win aavaruae tnem, ana refuses to "acoede' te maderti demands,; will have the r qiiesUon settled' for: Kim out of 'hand by" bis ' .customer going elsewhere. y,.-;-' Must Mt Damanda of Age. -- A -politician is wis to cultivate an affable ' ' manner, a memory for name and fscea ' A- ' bustnes man must yield to the require men ts .' - " of business, and be punctual a his office, , . : though he eels In doing so, a sense of servl "r tod.; An author must writ for th present y generation.! must meet the7 demand of the 7-age, though )lt may be morJileaant to follow ; : bis own eweet wBC and wrHe as ftl fabcy dictate. ' But Where to th public that would. read g MUtonUnlwraotlBodeMt to a dsy that is gMfe. , ; wer . - y"tt r . r' - i? w-w'wwfM" Iothim)lrtaUllafoaastbuina mall dstatlsof an uoceeafuMf h goeaaboutin slovenly aTtlre. He must either give .up the idea of being an offlennsn, or a must meet th requirements of th poeKlon he holds., mm : railuraa Who Dataat Smalt JTh'tnga. 4 r A oian. lot money In keeping bokrder. , 8he said ah Jut couldn't bear to oversee the. -servants, - A bookkeeper aidn't advance a; .' be knew his abllitle4enMMidd.But when it y was pointed out to him that hi writing was Illegible, he disdainfully replica that poor writing." a in-hi iamU'," and It waa . - emaUjDaAU anyway. v ;..,- v 1 nI JKP",faH boutnejr rru to ao. th mall tilings, ana tne mauni up in mm , final reckoning, .forming's, barrier between'' them 4n4t .thlrbpplne. , - f . .' - One of the first lesspns-to team I to conquer "ever . nes cajis.-.tpa, suoiw ur m position-to, choc, that whicj you snail ap.m Th hlrklng ar respoMimuty. tne areaa oi failure-. ' lead many a mart to, keep doing. those dtrtle only wWohhe thoroughly under , .tanas ana uses. i - . i- a ; W Vandorbllf. laaon to Gutter. career ks clerk for tn Jsne raiiroao. gnrina such exceptional service that ha waa pro-. raoted rapidly. Vanderbilt offered him IIB.OOO a year to go over to th New York Central . road as general manager; he accepted the po sition. It was a plies of great reaponalbUlty and often Butter, wa perplexed as to Just . what course ha sheutd take. vOn one of thes ''oecaion b called upon Vaaderbllt and laid . me matter, oeior aim. Vanderbilt demanded:) "What doe the, New York' Central. PW you.llSiOOO a year forT"; ; .' v " To! manag th fright busines,"r replied.;", Ratter., " i ...,''.' ,.- i.r.r ' ..' ',' ' " Then" manage U.S waa th gtotaf Van, i derblit'''anwer.'V.."' ". " '- ""'' Butter went sack-to Ms emo ana woraea - i , out the ornMetn: and he n ever asked SXlIn -'or halpj la, taattam--prUlnta. OWD "V "Position. ,i : ;K. j.,.;., J-Vi .'-n-,, J ... - ? '. ....s-..-.-, . ' : All Poaltlona Havo Drtxwbaaka. . ' All Poaltlona Haw) Drtxwbaaka. (very position In the world baa Its draw- backs, every Uneof work has its disagreeable ' side; qd failure many time can be traoed to this shirking from attending te the disagree-'; able, seemingly unimportant, or difficult task. A mother dreads to punish her child. 8h can't bear the scene It will cause, andsh . : .let th small error go uncorrected until it ' grows great. iV. , .-"V .' ';;'-. An employer thinks It mean and small t- apeak to .his help about being on time; and so ' the few motrienU are, lost ach dajtothcr -Teaks are net stopped, and his buslnea Is : ruined.,, .V'-' :'' "' llX r.if... L tlL.1t J.UTUt-. rai. r - r;r-r A writer Jove to .dash off inspirational " gem." but he refuse to go through th drudgery, of rewriting and pruning, so h fails , to get Into print" - , ; ' V. if yon .have net .met with th auceess yon .think your fforta merit. Just cast sbout for the dlsagreeabto portion of your work from which yoa hav shrunk. '. You will find, them and you may not attach any Importance lav item; btft be assured they a r just that Ira-, porta nt thkt they hkv kept you from th sue cees you 'might otherwise hav achieved.' ' j ,Vv'r, v' 1 TC, .
