Arizona silver belt., 1892-10-22
GETTING soMerAINe ro po.
A Few Practical Hints for Those wh,
 Are Hunting for Work.

Few Practical Hints for Those Who
 Are Hunting for Work.
 There is hardly large establishment
 of any kind, whether 1t be newspaper
 office, d manufactory or trade estab
 lishment, thal has not applications con
 stantly from young men who want
 something to do. It is often painful to
 see the hopeless look upon the appli-
 cants faces as they turn away disap-
 pointed, and the scene becomes the
 more painful when it is reflected that
 many of them doubtless have capacity
 for rcmunerative work. and would
 faithfully attend to it if they had the | chance.
 The truth is that thn world is slow to i take any man entirely on trust. The i greatest singers, the greatest painters,
 the greatest writers have had to con ! vince the world that it had need of them 1 before it was willing to give them Il 1 subsistence. So true is this that it
 might almost be laid down as an axiom of success that it is only to be won by
 hard struggle It takes the attrtion of poverty to bring out what IS brightest
 in man. It may be hardship, but it seems to be law of the social economy
 and being law it must have justice and compensation ill is somewhere.
 The question of "getting position resolves itself into two grand essentials
 first, proficiency of some sort, which stands for dollars and cents in the worlds market place, and, next, tact 10 demonstrate this proficiency in way to attract the worlds attention
 It IS mistake to depend on 'iu. tiuence' 10 get work in legitimate call- ing; influence belongs moro properly to the domain of politics As a rule, too 1t Is mistake to ask or to expect em- ployment on the ground of charity-not that charity and business are iucom. patible, but that each should stand OF its own bottom. The best recommends ton is sample of your work; that, with q frank address and neames5 of appear ance-for the apparel oft prociains the man"-may often prove tho "open sesame" to success.
 While it is good to have due appre citation of ones abilities, it is not good to be too exacting aS to the field for their display Tine distance between the foot of ladder and the top is but B short span to him wbo has within him self the power of rising
 The writer heard of a young man who | being in needy circumstances, wen, i brayely to work at the first thing at hand-trench digging for a contractor. | That was his first opportunity One day . his employer-uot a well educated man :. needed some one to keep time roll Of . the men. The young man volunteered | The contractor took fancy to him | found him increasingly useful, and the young man Is now well up the ladder.
 It is another requisite of the success. ful worker that he shall be in love with . his work If he is q mechanic, be will take pride in his tools; if he is book keeper, he will plume himself on the merits of his pen and on the ncataoss and forwarlneSs of his accounts. Julian Hawthorne counts among the pleasures of authorship the satisfaction got from good writing materials As the late Colonel FOney once said to youthful member of the staff, "A mau must work con amore to have his work worth any thing"
 \ young lady who wished place as typewriter got it iu common seuse way She wrote out half dozen re plies, so to speak, brief busiuessike and respectful. setting forth her expert ence, qualifications and ideas as to pay. putting her figures rather above the market rate. Next morning there were tuur advertisements for typewri!ers She promptly mailed her four replies di- rectiy at the main postohice, inclosing q two cent stamp in each. One of the four shots brought down her bird That evening her position came to her by mail.
 It IS not true that the world is Ia better market for muscles than for brains. The difficulty is that brain matter, whatever its native brightness, is practically without training and experi snce For one play produced by a man lger thousand arc rejected. Tho ac- ,epted one may be inferior in many re. 5pects 10 many a rejected one, may have  less talent in it, but it is from trained head and it suits the managers want. md that is enough 1t Is so with story Hriting-w headworlt of every kind. is the quality that gives pc. ,uniary value.
 Men and women who, with certain brilliant qualities, fail to realize this ruth often fancy that the conditions 'f success are hard and limited. Yet heatrical managers, magazine pub ishers and many others are subject 10 he very same law themselves. They in urn are employees of the public. They nnst suit it, or it will turn elsewhere or what it wants Finally, it is not necessary that a want hould be proclaimed in order to exist it may be anticipated Some ines it may even be created. Whoever an create want for his wares or his york is on the way to masterful succass. Philadelphia Ledger
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