New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-19


Va Var si Iisnds C sTo Pr a3E Akron: The saai
field Publishing Company.
This book is addressed more especially 10
.voung men and 10 their parents, but IT must
prove interesting 20 a much wider circle Of
readers. While essentially a book OF good ad-
vice, Il is also a work shedding light on the
whole fabric OF American life. illustrating the
methods by which our civilization is kept going
Here q score and more Of representative Ameri-
cans survey the chief callings Of the country
and in showing 70 our young men what they may
nchieve IN those calliGgs. show 10 them ana TO
she general reader the spirit IN which the pro-
LESSONS and various lines Of business endeavor
have been pursued TO the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the
individual and the upbuilding everywhere Of the
body polite. When this symposium was origi-
mated by The Tribune. contributors were sought
only among those qualified to write with author
sty on their respective subjects. and the results
as printed IN our columns provoked immediate
recognition Of this fact. The publication Of the
different articles within the covers Of a single
volume gives permanent form TO matter which
has already demonstrated its practical value.
The range Of the discussion IS wide. The
volume opens with n paper on the Army by
Colonel Mills, OF the Military Academy at West
Point, and closes with one on Authorship by the
popular novelist, Cyrus Townsend Brady. Be
tween these two chapters come others on Teach
ing, by President Rush Rhees Of the University
uf Rochester; On the Navy, by Rear Admiral
Melville: Commercial Life. by Mr.. Charles
Stewart Smith: on the Church. by DR.. George B.
Stewart, president OF Auburn Theological Sem
Gnary; on Medicine. by DR.. D. B. st. John Rosa;
on Life Insurance. by Senator Dryden; on the
Stage, by Mr.. James X Hackett. the well known
actor and manager: on Electricity. by Mr.
Thomas Commerford Martin, and so on. Run
uing through all these pages IS an idea which IS
perhaps most tersely expressed by Mr.. L. Il
Bailey, director OF the Agricultural College at
Cornell University. in his paper on farming
Success" he says. is a question OF teTnpera-
1znent and ability" Every writer in the volume
has kept the importance Of these two factors and
their interdependence constantly in mind. No
one in the list has any encouragement for the
youth who fancies that ell he has to do the
threshold Of working life is TO pick and choose
as he might pick and choose from a trayful Of
Christmas gifts. No one asks, either, that the
youth should make an memorable decision while
Gttl In his teens. But there is general agree
ment On the necessity OF starting with some sort
OF conviction that the start is being made in at
least q congenial path. How often we hear
from The young man who thinks OF being an
architect" says Mr.. Thomas Hastings. writing
OF architecture the question TO whether he
must be born to it, This same question might
DC asked OF q DlaCkSL11In or q tailor, or q man
about 20 enter any profession. II is difficult to
kHOW until he has tried It," OF course It is diff
cult TO know until one has tried H. and no man
IS blamed for making an experiment IN good
faith But the testimony OF this book is all IN
the direction OF showing how much surer man
Sc Of success Il he puts his heart into his choice
and follows a career for which he is willing 10
work from sheer love OF the work You must
make sacrifices IN every calling II you propose 10
get on-sacrifces Of self.
The rewards are numerous. Mr.. 7. A Rick
ard. Editor Of The Engineering and Mining
Journal" remarks IN his chapter Of this book
that an American mining engineer has recently
closed a contract with a financial house by the
terms OF which he receives salary Of 100000
per annum for term Of ten years. Mr.. Thomas
Commerford Martin. Editor Of 1.-THE Electrical
World and Engineer" states that salaries run
ming from $500 to $500 are paid at the lower
end Of the ladder IN electricity, that one CHIEF
electrical engineer OF a large manufacturing cor
poration is understood TO be receiving $4,000 a
year. and that a young manager n the selling
department OF electrical house has beer
known TO clear over $4,000 IN a single year
The last mentioned individual Is described as
being about thirty" Now, where these ex-
Rmples are concerned efficiency goes vvitbout
saying, but the men who have won success re-.
alize that efficiency implies character as well a,