The evening times., 1900-02-06

ht 10 try. This woman developed into a
sort OF faetotum for her rich acquaintance
She was to judge from her employers
account exceedingly well fitted for such
a position. She knew what was the mat
ter with the drainage OF the house, and
told the plumber So and stood over him.
with calm but infexible decision, till he set
the matter right She knew whe1 a dr1ss-
makers bill was larger than 1t ought to
be, and when a servant had been inpe-ti-
nent enough to Justify discharge she was
equal to the business. She Strengthened
out accounts. and disciplined servants and
dealt with obstinate landlords In short.
wherever good temper, tact. and hrmness
were required. she was there.
If there were any sort Of instruction
which could be depended upon to give one
this faculty Of decided yet tactful man
agement. most people would hasten 10
take a course in it, There are men and
women who have a natural gift for this.
They know what they want; they make no
fuss, but they have things their way They
are not cheated by tradesmen yet they
have the name of being pleasant custom
households. Vet their servants like them
and value their praise and re ommen -ati1n.
Their acquaintance regard them with
certain awe. yet delight in their friendship.
IL seems to make no difference whether
they have chance 10 command or not
Put woman Of this type in the position
Of housekeeper ard the house will be gov
erned by her will and not that OF her mis-
tress. Make her laundress. and il she is
only in the house for one day in the week
she will command consideration. What is
the secret Of it,
part Of this power, Of course. lies in
that mysterious thing which we call PEI
sonality-the magnetic VIII and impressive
presence. the Intuition which prevents mi=-
takes. But that is not all. Such good
managers owe their success partly T.
qualities that may be cultivated.
One of these is truthfulness. The good
menaser is usually careful to meet all OBJ
legations and keep all promises. hOXever
small. equally careful not TO make prom
ises when there is any risk OF not fulhliing
them. Another element OF such a chaTac-
ter is determination-no the fussy kind.
bur that which works in silence. When
we have known q person week or
month. and found that that person has
succeeded in all undertaking. large or
small we have iuseusibly begun TO acquiI q
faith in his ability. Still another qualifca-
tion OF the good manager is watchfulness-
the faculty Of observation which enables
the owner 10 know all that is 10 be known
about a problem before attempting 10 han
die it. Anyone who is scrupulousIy ruth
ful and careful TO do justice TO others. and
cautious enough not 20 undertake too much.
and sufficiently persistent 10 carry out each
undertaking to its end. can become a good
manager" The trouble with most people
is that they do not try to find out the ex-
act merits Of case. but are swayed by
prejudice or timidity and allow them
selves to be swiudled, or attempt to def aud
others, because they are too iudolent 10 be
strictly just The same carelessuess leads
them TO make promises which they do not
fulfill or 10 exact more than they give, OF
10 abandon plan because il is too much
trouble 10 carry il out