Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-15
WHY People Cannot Find EMPLOY
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The great want Of The present age Is thor
oughncss Most people arc content with
smatteriDg Of what they profess to know, be 1t
much or little, and 20 through life doing Just
enough to get along with. 1t is this that ii 'ods
:he market with mediocre work OF all kial.;
this that disheartcns employers with tho dill
Guilty OF obtaining labor upon which they Uaa
rely.
Even in the scvcrest c!isis it is not The
thorough workmen who go by the board. Al
long as work, however little, is to DO done,
thoy arc certain to be in demand. This is tho
case euuaIly with women and with mon. The
favoli!e drcsSmakcr OF eghborh0od must bo
engaged in the spring tor the fa and 10 The
fall for the spring, whilo efficient and faithful
servants arc ncver at loss to obtain homes,
and parting with such Que Is always regarded
as domestic misfortune.
Every woman who wGuld help the poor to
help themselves knows how difficult 1t to
iod needle woman who really knows how to
sew; who can make Z decent buttonholc, Or
who is careful TO finish of the seams which she
does On the sewing machine. lndeed, any
scw!ng machine agent will bear witness that
only the smallest lumber Of scamsresses take
the trouble or pains TO learn their maohlDo
properly, or TO acquaInl themselves with lls
construction, and that among the hundreds
who buy few en- be consc!cntiou9y reooIn-
ncndcd as skilled operators.
Tho housGmaii who sweeps IN the oornefd
and under the lnat Is q rare treasure. Ihcre
is ca old story OF how druggist advertised Tor
boy to assis: 10 the business, and selecting
those ten or fifteen from among the applicants
who pleased him best, sci them all to put up
each package Uf salts. Among tho number only
one performed tho task quickly aud neatly
10 hm the pac, was gwen, and the result
iasliticd the choic:. That whatever Is worth
doing at all is worth doing woll, ia al adago
growing only the brighter for muoh using, and
those who are content with well enough Will
mover excel iu anything.
Nothing en- be gained in this Lille unless ons
is wiling to take soma palns Tor 1t. Inc giri
who at school has her drawings rctouohed by
The obIglng master, can scarcely wonder Ut Eci
Inability - prnduco satisfactory skntoh alter
she has left oit her lessons. Shc who, studying
music ncgeots her scales and Ignores thorough
bass, will have only Il smattcrIng OF luncs with
out even sh adow OF their science. HlGjt
failures in life are tho result OF wasted opror-
tunioa.
Many spling from the lack OF knowledge
which it WAS too much trouble to acquire. TO!
long since, iu house furnishing store, wo were
locking At baskcts, "IIurc," said tho mar.
chant, "is ono | can recommend. Gao sci!
you enc cheaper, but this is we'll worth lht d,t
itrcuce. See, aud he set the two side 10y Side
The difference in workmanship was rcad' " ap
parcnt-lhcro we're twco as many Wltncs Ia
the ono o. ia the other, and they were hrns'y
aud we'll woveu--a basket to stand rough wear;
Il take every basket this man brings me-,
he Continued, "aud sell thom easily; his woIs
can always be counted upon "Pauc1t con
liuuance 10 we'll doing" ncVor ials to brInS Its
reward, aud he or she who, 10 any department
@: work, may always bo expected to DO their
part well and thoroughly, need never loar that
SCORER or later, their merits will not meet with
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