The age-herald., 1900-01-21

1t was an idealized office. At the center table sat the proprietor. But he was not lolling, nor taking 1t easy. Upon his taole lay type-written manuscript, the leading editorial for the London Mail, ana MT. Harms worth, who is the editor-in-chief, was going over it carefully making correc- tions in it by hand
 This is my pleasure,'' said he, looking up "and you will excuse me If finish. man must have some pleasure In life; mine is journalism. I enjoy 1t; 1t Is my fad, my recreation my joy. I never tire of work upon newspaper. could personally take up the editorship of any one of my publi- cations and conduct the next number suc- cessfully though they are so numerous that I cannot always examine each issue.
 That Is the secret of success, concentra- ton! There Is no other secret, provided of course that man does not do it In a one-eyed way, so as to become crank. He must look at a matter from all sides.
 '"There are men and business men, too who regard their work as one thing and their play another. As soon as they can escape from work they go and play. Such men rarely make a fortune. They may be happy but they do not get rich
 "A man should put all his time and thought into thing if he wants to sue ceed. After he has won success then ne can put all his time and thought into play If he so desires.
 NOW, nlHu you, po lioe ody Siine A'@ VI won success. That would be saying too much. l only claim to have won a meas ure of it. l have managed to come up from nothing to the ownership of many pertodi- calls and have made a fortune.
 How would 1 advise man to go to wcrk to make fortune, similar to mine or to any other great fortune? By work ing for 1t. Save your money, work hard, think a great deal and concentrate Don't be half-hearted in the matter.
 Another secret of success and riches is the willingness to experiment. l do not mean to change your line of work, for the ability to stick to thing Is one of the se- oress of success but to experiment with new things In your own line of work. Try to do better things and to do them more quickly than your rivals If you have laid in lot of new machinery and you see that by throwing it out and getting another set of machinery you can do the same work quicker and better, don't be afraid to try it; it will pay for itself
 My brothers and I have long since adopted tAes policy of trying every new thing. We pay men large salaries all the year round to experiment for us. They try new presses, new sterotyping apparatus, new everything in journalism, and when they find thing that works quickly and well, we adopt 1t. In-our newspaper office there are pieces of machinery that are practically unknown outside, because oth- CTS are not willing to try them. Mind you. I am not boastirg; but you ask me how get along. and continue to get along, and I am giving you one of my secrets.
 Do smarter men than I fail? Yes, in- deed. And there are many reasons why they do so. The principal one z drink. am teetotaler, though not Ogot nor fanatic. Once, when very seasick, took quantities of champagne, and l should do so again. I do not think drink is a good thing for a business man, as 1t makes him stupid and clogs his brain. That is the reason why do not drink.
 "Other men fail because they are lazy; they would rather play than work. That is all right for them'if they do not care for success They may be happy in their own way, but we were speaking of success.
 Any man can have anything he wants if he is willing to work for 1t. Concentration is the keynote to success. That is all.
 My methods of work? Why I haven't any. work late at night and have fallen into the way of reading my mail in bed in the morning. At the same time I dictate an article or two I write little along ev-