Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-24
Ipg JUNIOR CLERK.

These very sensible remarks are IRON
the New York Commercial Bulletin,
Their application does not by any means
stop With the Insurance clerk, nor With
any class Of clerks, but In q general way
apply To all who are at work where there
L. any opportunity for promotion:
Where win the hfty -dollar-a.monii
clerk one secs In fire Insurance Offices IL
twenty years from nowt
This j. q question which the IRE un'
der-wriier asks himself as he passes
through the large fire Insurance Office.
In this city. II IL, however, OF much
more Importance to junior clerks, al
though but few Of them appreciate ".
To the Junior clerk, therefore, Ne ad-
drrss ourselves In the hope of bringing
him 10 a clear realization of his position
aud the peces.ity of be.tiring himself "
he wishes ever To amount Ia anything.
What are you doing to qualify yourself
for q better place than you now have
and on. which will bc In line Of pro-
motIont The day has gone when mere
"pull" could be all powerful. Your
father, uncle or friend may be direct
or, or an officer of the company, but
that will aid you little " YOU are not
helping yourself.
IA YOU sit at your desk do you think
about your work ar lawn tennis, th.
furnishing of your mind with insur ince
information az the decoration of your
feet With tan .hoc.f Are YOU booking
forwsrd more anxiously 10 pay day than
for opening "a do more aud better work.
In what general direction do your
thought. turn linguis,. .ay that a
man Who wishes rapidly 10 learn q hn'
guage must no, only be In the country
where II !. spoken, but must think In ".
You are In the hre Insurance country,
bat do YOU think In IT," The average fire
Insurance clerk carr- more for base ball
than business, aud gives II high place
la hl. Thoughts. n asked whether be
would like q chance to 60 on the road " is
ten 20 one he thinks you mean he can take
the train Ia his home Ia the suburbs.
Doe. II satisfy YOU Ia forever register or
file the daily reports somebody el.. has
pa..ei, or Ii pride doe. not stlmulsi.
YOU, have YOU M desire Ia get better
salary than half what good carpenter
receives,
The man Who come. In at the last min
ute In the morning aud leave. q. early
az permissible In the afternoon, think
Ing meanwhile of everything but the
company's Interest, !. dlscouniing his
future. To 90 In the field under ~ eS-
pcrieuccd special agent '. elianrc 10
be earnestly sought for aud pt'Sed u OBJ
taIned but how few among the clerks of
to-day try for any of these openings, or
would appreciate an Offer of one. The
various inspection bureaus, whhh give
notably good training, have d'rl 'nliy
In securing really promising rccruits'
Wake up, our any dollar friend. Tine
4. rying aud soon the period Ia which
YOU could have learned rapidly aud east
iy will have slipped by. In few years,
perhaps this year, you may wish Ia mar
~ and settle down. Your pre-ent sal-
ary woli not 60 very far were YOU to
leave the parental roof and attempt To
establish a home of your own. Possibly
the gentleman whom YOU had selected
for the honor 81 becoming your father
in-law might be such q boor q. To con-
.lder your slim prospects rather than
your tasteful apparel. Perhaps even that
fellow who started by carrying The
mall bag and gradually got out cn
the road, only TO BE- In time brough,
back Ia al an agency managing deck,
may meet With more favor just because
he gets better salary aud hold. more
important position, while YOU, Ia all
your elegance, are Disseminated against.
.But," YOU say, .'he wore bone collar
buttons aud rrady-made neck ties, and,
we'll, he was not on 10 the latest things"
suppo.ing It's 80; the man who can
keep the domestic bread and butter MILL
satisfactorily occupied IL q better eth
,en than he whose chief claim Ia dl.tinc-
,lou I. the ability To tie an ascot" scarf
In a .'perfectly lovely" manner. Each
day you waste I. another nall In your nn-
der-writing coffin. The chances OF pro
motion are nsrrowlng down, s the firc
bu.lne.. !. concentrating Into feser
hands. DO you Intend 10 be- newer OF
wood and q drawer Of water all your
life, or will you try to be somebody