The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11
ONE REASON WHY PEOPLE CANNOT
EASILY FIND EMPLOYMENT.

EASILY FIND EMPLOYMENT.
II The great want OF the present age 10 thor
oughness. Most people are content with q
smattering Of what they profess 10 know, be IL
much or little, and 60 through life doing just
enough to get along with. 1t 10 this that floods
the market with mediocre work OF all kinds
this that dishsartens employers With the din
Guilty OF obtaining labor upon which they can
rely. Even in the severest crisis, it is not the
thorough workmsn who 90 by the board. As
long as work, however little, is to be done,
they are certain to be in demand. This Is the
case equally with women and with men. The
favorite dressmaker OF the neigbborhood must
be engaged in the Spring for the Fall, and in
the Fall for the Spring, while efficient and
faithful rants are never at loss to obtain
homes, and parting with such one Is always
woman who would help the poor to help them
selves knows how difficult it is to find needle
woman who really knows how to sew; who can
make decent button hole, or who is careful
to finish on the seams which she does on the
sewing machine. Indeed, any sewing machine
agent will bear witness that only the smallest
number OF seamstresses take the trouble or
pains to learn their machine properly, or to
acquaint themselves with its construction, and
that, among the hundreds who buy, few can be
conscentiously recommended as skilled oper-
ators. The housemaid who sweeps in the cor
ners and under the mat is rare treasure.
There is an old story OF how druggist ad-
vertised for boy to assist in his business,
and selecting thoee ten or fifteen from among
the applicants who pleased him best, set them
all to put up each package Of salts. Among
the number, only one performed the task
quickly and neatly. To him the place was
gwen, and the Jesuit justified the choice
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth dong
well, is an adage 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
ID 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 a satisfactory sketch
after she has left off her lessons. She who.
studying music, neglects her scales and ignores
thorough bass, will have only a smattering of
tunes, without even shadow of their science.
Most failures in life are the result Of wasted
opportunities. Many spring from the lack of
knowledge which it was too much trouble to
acquire. Not long since, IN a house furnishing
store, we we're looking at baskets. Here"
said the merchant, "is 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 really spparsnt-there were twice az may
wthes in the one as in the other, and they
were firmly and we'll woven-a basket to stand
rough wear. Il take every basket this man
brings me, he continued, and sell them easily:
his work can always be counted upon" "Pa-
tent continuance in we'll doing never fails to
bring its reward, and he or she who, in any de-
partment OF work, may always be expected to
90 their part we'll and thor oughly, need never
Tear that, sooner or later, their merit will not
meet with ecogniton.-Colorado Mountainser.