The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05
I Must Meet Dem ands 81 A1e:.

E siSS Must M cot gDemAnu0 OF lAD0: Bg f8i
n IA politician Is Use to cultivate an ana BILE
n tanner, Il a memory vi for names and faces
4 business man must VI cid to the reau g
aof business, and be pun ctual at his once.
though he feels, In Ing SO, a sense q serSi
$Stude An aut hors must " rite forlthe present
4 genera ton. must meet tho demands Of 1the
age though 1t may, be more pl easant TO follow
q his own sw eet will, and wrd te as his fancy
8dtctat es. S8 But where Is the public that would
H read d hfltonian po em Of dern pr oduc ton.
4 OF essays on abstract themes They belong
Y Is d day that Is gone, s 81
n An office man may dislike to pay q tentlona
Is the small etalls Of dress, but he cannot be
successful if}he goes about in slovenly attire
He must either give up the idea OF being an
Office ma n, or he m ust NEE 1.-THE requirements
Of the position he hold 8. sss
Failures w no Detest Small Things.
a woman lost money In lsee ping boa ders.5
She said she just couldn't bear to oversee the
N Sc wants B a tbookkeeper didn't dvance as
! he knew his abilities demanded But ;WhenSit
Was pointed out to him that his " Ing was
sillegble, he sdlsdainfully replied that poor
writing ran In his family, i'd II vase
small ma ter. anyway.
Many people fail becau use they refuse to do
me small things, and these mount up n the
I ma reckoning !, forming q barrier betty eel
them and their hnpp!ne ss. If 2s;553 &
F One Of the first lessons to learn Is to conquer
every duty for hich your pro feHs1 On OF pusl-
ness calls that some day 70 v m ay be In q
ms tion8to choose tina I W hich you shall do.i
THE sinking Of respons! the g read q
failure u cad many g man q KeeI cong
those duties only which he n.
stands and likes. 31$s nj (.
I Wand erbilt's8 Lesson to Rutter.
5} h story is told OF James III. Rutter Of the
Nav Y ork Central railroad, who beg an his
- raerS as clerk Tor the Eric raj II DAD wing
sts,,ch exceptional service that he was pros
mrnoted rap idly VANDERBILT offered him $ 70 600
wear to go over to the N ew Z ork Central
nm as general manager; he accepted the po.3
sItIon, It was a place Of gr eat resp
and often Rutter was perplexed as TO Just
what course he should take, Or one OF these
occasions he called upon Vanderbilt nd laid
the matter before him,
Vanderbilt demanded w at does the.
New York Central pay YOU $40 600 q year
for?"" * ~ a
",To manage the freight business, y replied
Rutter. 5s5i sd s..F is5
&Tsi,'The manage IT, was the gist Of yan-{
derbIlt's answer. SD N gEs 81
Rutter went back to his office and worked
out the problem; and he never a led again z
for$help in matters pertaining 70 his own
position. IA ny NJ x h III S5
All Positions Have Draw backs,
Every position In the world has Its draw
backs, every line OF work has its dtsagreeable
sid q, and failure many times car be traced TO
this Sinking. from attending to the dlsa gree
able. seemingly & unlmportant, or difficult
task. a mother breads to punish her child 4
She can't bear the scene It Will cause, and she
lets the small error so uncorrected until Il
grows great, n & l} {sS 81
4 An employer thinks 1t mean and smalltoa
sneak to his help about being on time; and SO \
the few moments are lost each day, other
leaks are not stopped, and his business Is &
ruined l1lG! sss ig
Failure in Neglect of'SmAll Things :
4 writer loves to dash on inspirational
..cems," but ne refuses to 30 through the
drl,dgery Of rewriting and pruning. SO lie falls
to get INTO print. i g iSSs
Y Ii you have not met nj ia the success YOU
think your efforts merit, Just cast bout for
tho disagrecable portions Q 4 your work from
which you have shrunk. You. vii find them
ana you may not attach any Importance to i
them; but be asslred they are lust that inl-
iportant that they have kept you from the sue,
cess you might otherwts Use have achieved. ~ s
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