The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18

FIND EMPLOYMENT.
The great want of the present age is
thoroughness. Most people are content with
smsttering of what they profess to know, be
it much or little, and go through life doing
Just epongh to get along with. 1t is this tast
foods t ne market with mediocre work of all
kinds-this t1at dsheal tsns employers with
the difficulty of obtaining labor upon W hich
they can rely. Even in the severest crisis it is
not the thorough wor kmen who go by the
board As long as work, however little, is to
be done, they are certain to be in demand. This
is the ase eq ually with women and with men.
must be engaged in the spring for the fall and
in the fall for the spring, while efficient and
faithful servants are never at @ loss to obtain
homes, and parting with such q one is always
regarded as q domestic misfortune. Every
woman who would help the poor to help the M
selves knows how difficult it is to find needle
woman who really knows how to setc; who can
make a decent buttonhole, or who is careful to
finish off the seams which she does on the sew
ing machine. Indeed any sewing machine
agent will bear witness that only the smallest
number Of seamstreeses take the trouble or
pains to learn their machine properly, or to
acquaint themselves with its constr uction, and
that among the hundreds who buy few can be
conecien tiously recommended as skilled opera
tors. The housemsid who sweeps in the cor
ners and under the mat is rare treasure.
There Is an old story of how q druggist sdver
tised for boy to assist in his business, and
selecting those ten or fifteen from among the
to put up each package of salts. Among the
number only one performed the task quickly
and neatly. Te him the place W as given, and
the result justified the choice. That whatever
is worth doing at all is worth doing well, is an
adsge growing only the brighter for much
using. and those who are content with "Well-
enough" will never excel in anything.
Nothing can be gained in this life unless one
is willing to take some pains for it. The girl
who at school has her drawings retouched by
the obliging master can scarcely wonder at her
inability to produce q satisfactory sketch after
che has left off her lessons. She who, Study ing
music, negects her scales and ignores thorough
bsss, will have only a smattering of tunes
without even q shadow Of their science. Most
failures in life are the result of vast I'd oppor-
tunities Many spring from the lack Of know
ledge which it was too much trouble to acquire.
Not long since, in house furnishing store, We
were looking at baskets. "Here," said the
merchant, els one can recommend. / can sell
you one cheaper, but this is we'll worth the
difference. See," and he set the two side by
side. The difference in workmanship was
readily spparent-there were twice as many
withes in the one as in the other, and they
were firmly ard we'll woven-a basket to stand
rough wear 81 take every basket this man
brings me-" he continue land sell them east
ly; his work can alway be counted upoo."
" "Pe etjeDt continuance in well doing" never fails
to bring it's reward, and he or she who, in any
department of work, may always be expected
to do their part we'll and thoroughly, need
never fear that sooner or later, their merit
will not meet with recognition.