The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

pleasure nor persuasion will induce you
TO be in the smallest degree dishonest,
Won have already one of the main ele-
ments of success. Strict integrity can
no more be hidden than love, cough,
smoke and money and commands
price in the labor market proportion
ate TO its excellence and scarcity. How
rare it is, is perhaps only reallzed py
large EMPLOYERS looking for trustworthy
subordinates and rich men seeking re-
liable executors.
This comprehensive, far-reaching
quality of unilinching trustfulness and
honesty affects all who come In contact
with if. and implies respect in the most
unscrl1pulous. OF one of my employees
who had this virtue in its fullest de-
velopment. / could tell many opposite
and amusing stories. Many men are
more brilliant, some are more aTnlao pie,
but none are more valued ana nKed;
On one occasion the giant Chang, who
had lost bv death the trusted agent
who had served him for many years,
was referred to this aide of mine by
candidate for the vacant place. On ask
ing Mr.. - as to his knowledge of the
applicants character and capacity, he
received the reply: Have nothing to
do with him: he is an INSCRIPTIONS
scoundrel.' Naturally Chang did not
Chang did not engage the man so des-
cribed Next day the disappointed APP
plicant in great disgust and vexatlon
accosted Mr.. - with ''Why did you
say such abominable things of me to
Change" Simply" said Mr.. -, "be-
cause they are true. 1t sometimes hap
pens that the canvas men of my great
show and their paymasters do not take
exactly the same view of salaries due,
and many times it has happened that
the dissatisfied person has said: well,
I'll leave it to Mr.. -, if he says 1t
is all right. it is right" The value of a
man whose word is taken unhesitating-
~ by his chief and subordinates, must
be apparent to the Neriest tyro in bust
ness.
BENEFIT TO CHILDREN.
Not only to yourself, but to your
children will your good habits, good
morals and good name by incalcuable
blessings. We know that unfortunately
goodness is not invariably transmitted
from parent to child. We see it every
day and if we were tempted to overlook
it, we should be reminded of it by pes
simistic proverbs appropos of BLACK
sheep in every fold" "clergymen's
sons, etc. But your son has just as
much chance of inheriting your moral
tendencies, as he has of inheriting
your blue eyes or black hair.
His morals may be the duplicate of
yours, just as much as his physique
Your name, good or bad, he must in
herit and be helped or handicapped
thereby. You can give him no riches
that can compare with good name
and good example. The men who
know what you are will expect the
same of your son until he has proved
what metal he is made of, they will
give him the benefit Of the doubt, and
he can get better position and more
easily than young man of whose
family nothing or nothing good is
known.
Il could give you many instances of
this, but one will suffice. One of my
mead men has two young sons. A
friend of mine who has gained great
wealth by industry, shrewdness and
that business capacity, one great ele-
ment of which is power to read char
acter and determine who will make the
best employees, offered to the eldest
son, as soon, as he left school. a place
in his office. By and by he said: I
want the younger boy also, for like
the stock The father of these bows.
an orphan and without any extraneous
ald rose in England from direst poverty
to competence. His sons, in this land
or larger opportunities and with the
heritage of their fathers good name
and the incalculable advantage of his
example and training, nSay become af-
nuent - ability commands success.
When a. T. Stewart was in the first
hush of enthusiasm over his plsn of
building model city, he sent for a
skilled architect, a relative of mine. of
whose ability and honesty he had the
highest opinion.
Laying before the man his scheme.
dllating on the beauty and sanitation
OF which he proposed to make his Car
den City the incarnation, and ended
by saying, Now I want you to take
entire charge Of this thing, and carry
1t through. Make the contracts. see
that they are correct and carried out
Alright, pay all bills, etc." The architect
heard him through, then said very
quietly Mr.. Stewart, the man you
want is doing business for himselfs
Who is hep inquired Mr. Stewart
with quick curiosity and the evident
intention of securing him at any price.
Any man." said the architect. who
has the knowledge and ability to do
what you require, is inevitably at the
head of an army of subordinates. Such
skill and executive ability never stays
in the ranks"
Phineas T. Barnum.
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