Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-27
Do Your Work Well.

From tho House Painting and Decorating.
Tho path to fame by honest merit is slow
and tedious one. A manufacturer who is so
careful about his products that he has to put
a higher price on them than his less con-
scientious neighbor can sell for, may at first
he repaid by small sales and smaller profits
1t taxes a long time to build up reputation
for excellence, but once acquired, 1t is like
the pearl OF great price L. is much the same
W ith the workman as with the manufacturer.
If every stroke he strikes Is solid work, con-
scientously performed, he will acquire a
repu putation-limited, it may be-that is sure
to pay in the end. We would not conceal or
deny tho fact that some men labor under pc
Cullar disadvantages. All men are not born
equal, either mentally or physically. One is
naturally skillful in one direction another
is expert in other things. one man may do
his level best and yet he will not turn out as
good piece OF work as his more skillful
brother who only half tries. Let him not be
discouraged because he is handicapped in the
race and may not reach the top of the ladder.
There is room Tor honest wOrkmen every
where - even respectable mediocrity pays
| better than brillancy coupled with trickery.
| The native American is distinguished by his
| ingenuity, and with half a chance he makes
his mark everywhere. Yet he sometimes
| loses the race in competition with less able
| men from other lands because their careful
training and early drill In their professions,
/ and their long and severe apprenticeship,
| have more than compensated for the want OF
natural tact and ingenuity.
Perseverance will not conquer all things,
| but it goes a. long way toward success.
| While luck seems to favor the few, most men
| have to carve out their success by hard labor
In which a full determination to do every
thing to the very best OF ones ability counts
for more than is generally supposed. Above
| all things, don't waste time In regrettng that
| another trade was not chosen. IL it be an
honest one stick to it. You will hear paint
ers decrying their trade, declaring 1t TO he al
"cut up' and generally worthless. But
| mark it. such men will usually be found, L
not actually incompetent at least with very
| little interest in their trade or in any kind o
| work for that matter, and who spend theli
| time in questionable advertisements, instead
of improving their minds by suitable read
| ing aud their knowledge OF the intricacies o
| their trade by intelligent experimenting anC
practice. There Is, In fact, very little ditier
| ences in trades so far as their emoluments ar,
concerned, but there is a great ditferenc,
| among tradesmen. House painting is equally
as good as any other mechanical pursuit, anl
| the competent and reliable workman man
ages always to secure comfortable liveli
| hood from it
One ofS the gravest and commonest mis-
takes OF the young man Is the idea that wha
he is engaged in is not worth doing wei
| That idea we'll stuck to will beat any mar
young or old. No one gains right fC
o higher work except by the way of preseI
n | duty well done. We have known boy
is | every way qualified TO become good mechai
ics go through an apprenticeship, al