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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

creeped cautious to an opening in the bushes and
peered through. A moment of such intense silence
followed that l could hear his wonder grow, while
his optics protruded like a double barreled gun.
Directly he sgnaled me to advance | did so, and
when | squinted at the object of our hearts
lions, l perceived something l wouldn't have be-
lieved if so l hadn't seen it with these same eyes.
Setting a grassy mound, rocking back and
forth and singing, was Nose, and in his arms was
year1ing baby
The kid grabbed my hand for comfort, and for
about two minutes lay there staring at the
phenomenon like a guilty conscience. Then l
turned beseeching to the kid.
What says |, do you observer
" I sees Moses, says he, stePfatherin' an or
phan asylum
." Pardner says l. artculating through the
of delicious bewilderments, please repeat
that welcome intelligence
He did So
Then gurgles 1 in bold relief, it isn't me to
an oculist Ell, kid?'
- No. says he; but where in thunder did Nose
get that
Ito Moses whispers l. it isn't what you
might, with reason and sober judgment, expect;
it's what you couldn't possibly imagine under any
circumstances whatsOmever that happens. At
first thought, not stopping to study the situation
careful, you'd look Nose as the most unreason-
able cuss unhung; but after the matter has had
time to filter through the cracks in your dome of
intellect, you wonder why it is that Moses never
meets up with anything really worth while. If he
ever does says l. it will be the most tremendous
sensation since the flood
Well pardner, it curious to see Nose
fOnde that there juvenile, handling it as keerful
as though it was stick of dynamite Me and the
kid was so Internally enraptured with the spec
tace that we kept pushing harder and harder agin'
the bushes until finally Snap! says something
right in front of us, and the next second we
were end-over- ending in chorus down the bank.
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kddie to her breast and stood regarding Moses in silent
disdain, her eyes ablaze, her lips scornful.
Moses looked like a jimson-weed in simeon.
He struggled desperately with a stagnated vocab-
ulary, utilized a few facial expressions that would
have been of material assistance in diagnosing any
thing from paralysis to cholera morbus, and at
last calculated few quotations from furegn
language I'd never bumped up agin' in all my wild
career.
And the woman! She stood like a queen, her
bosom heavlng her long ebony hair ripping over her
shoulders, her pretty pink caker gown trailing round
her like the mist from Devils Falls at sunrise, and
her azure eyes eating him up at ten PAGES. Then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

hat we was the inherent perpetrators
of the downfall of Moses. We sawed
that it was up to us to do something, all
right and by midnight we'd outlined
our plan of campaign and turned in to
get an early start.
In the morning Nose was still tossing
on his bunk when the board of arbtra-
ton started widderwards. We found her
amputatin' the cuticle from a painful of
spuds. If anything, she'd growed pref
tier since the memorable occasion size
first burst upon our dizzy vision. When
she raised her eyes she beheld two envoys
extraordinary and ministers penitentiary
shaking with sudden attack of chills
and fever
Well?' says she, gazing at us like an
angel of retribution.
Me and the kid took off Our hats and
stood fumbling them in mad endeavor
to corral our frisky thoughts that was
stampedin in all directions.
Leddy,' says the kid at length,
blushing like a school girl, it was our
fault, Teddy Then he looked at me for
encouragement.
Yes m, says l, scairt at my own
voice, it sure was. Ordinarily, mar M
continues l, a man that amt had no
more kindergarten training than Moses
should be reasonably expected to keep
baby right side up with care, even though
it isn't marked that way. But says I,
gaining confidence as l proceeded, when
man is taken with a sudden cramp, like
Moses was
"The Teddy interrupted with an ejac-
ulation that might have meant some
thing, and then again might not only
she broke out into a laugh that was sure
discommodin' to me and the kid We
attack of nervous prosperation the best
waited for her to proceed.
H. says she in1y, dipping her words
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
Strain often overwhelms Men.
By g. II. Clarke.

be made. He made radical changes at once
and in a short time the house was earning
money. Later he had evolved from the old
company one In which some Of the greatest
capitalists We're not only willing to risk their
money. but Of which they made him presi-
dent with a salary of $4,000
Where did he learn IT." His father had
made millions in the sugar business. but
the business experience OF the younger man
before he came west had been limited to two
years which he had spent In his father 8 fac
tories. In looking back 1t was remembered
that his course In Yale had appeared to be
for a purpose. He had been quiet there to
the point of being considered exclusive. and
had gone his own way and attended to his
own business. It was noticed that he was
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Insane Desire to Spend noney,

have one man in particular working that
never earns less than 500 per week when
lie works and have tried many times to get
him TO put his surplus earnings in a savings
bank and finally succeeded, and when I've
had saved up SOM. $500 thought had nj
last got him on the Right road When he came
one morning and asked for his bank book
from the look In his face knew what
was up, He wanted TO get his money and
blow II in. After giving him long lecture
full of more advice saw 1t Was no use and
asked him why It was that he could not let
the money alone lie replied. Your arg,.
ments are all right. but whom got to think
ing last flight what II ahould die before I
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Why the Other Twenty Failed.

The explanation for the nonsuccess OF the
other twenty men is simple enough, in the
morning when we started out to work we
mad seven blocks TO walk to get to the bust
ness section the city. and We all started out
together. but by the time got to my territory
and began work tho remainder Of the crew
would stop In at n convenient snIoon where
there were many soft cushioned seats pro-
Nlded, and they would then have drink
Ground and talk over the business and pos
s'eiy curse the manager for refusing to adj
vance them all the moneythey wanted. BY
'hat time y was noon and they would eat their
innch, and, as one usually Is lazy directly
stter eating, 50 they would consume another
hour or two In getting ogerthc lazy feeling
win tNe result they only got IN three Or four
hours work each day. To-day It is the same
way You can 70 Into places where comforta.
DE seats are provided and sou viii IND men
ny the dozens who are drawing their en-
pioyer's money for work they never perform,
II mad my way would have 81 law passcd
when would not allow saloons 10 have II chair
or any other eoRYenlence 10 SIT on, making
every one who goes into a saloon stand up,
ana people not having place u at you'd net
stay long.
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a position paying large perquIsItes, on their
own account, are extremely rare.
natthiessen Success from Start.
Conrad Matthiessen is one Of the most
conspicuous OF the latter class. and like all
such men he has shown himself constitution
ally different from the ordinary type from
the start When he came to Chicago to take
charge Of the sugar refining factory he was
only 25 years old, but he soon proved that he
knew all about the sugar business 1t had not
been considered a paying business and when
the young man was sent to Chicago. there
was not much expected of 1t. But as soon
as he took hold 1t developed that he knew
what kind of an article was being turned out
as we'll as the man who was doing the work.
He also knew how to reduce the rate of pro-
duction and to fix prices so that money could
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

The great trouble with most men is that
they lack will power: they have to have some
one driving them all the time.
Success Is Mathematical Problem.
In my opinion success Is mathematical
problem. and If every man will follow this
advice his success will he according to his
ability and not to chance or luck. The
mind should dominate the body. and In order
to succeed one must understand his weak
points. Some men succeed because uncon-
fscously they follow the laws Of nature, but
these same men. II they understood natures
laws, would be even a greater success.
In everx man there are positive and mega
tive qualities; for every positive there is q
negative and for every negative positive.
If negative qualities predominant the man
Is afailure, II positive qualities predominant
the man Is success and as to how muali
his positive qualities predominate over his
negative qualities SO is his SUCCESS meas
ured.
1t applies In every line OF Industry in the
same way. and lfevery man deslrous OF maxi
ing a success Will cut QUIT accompanying
chart and carry 1t With him and consult
1t at least once each day, and practice the
principles he Will be Just as great sue
cess as his ability will permit:
First. let him examine himself. Take, for
instance. the positive quality of Will power.
Almost every man Will say that he has will
power. 10 prove the point let him say, II
he is a smoker. I will not smoke for a
week" II he can hold out the week without
smoking he has some will power. Or IL not
smoker. let him say, From now on I will
get up exactly at o'clock every morning.
4 and. the minute the clock strikes q, get up.
II he can do so II shows that his power Of
Will predomnates. Let him continue to
practice on different things, and the result
viii be his savings account In the bank Will
have n atcady increase.
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BF young Benjamin Winchell. who is
R starting out TO learn the railroad busi-
Y ness in just the same position that his
A father did'32 years ago. makes n career
for himself, he will do a greater thing
than his father, who started in absolute pow
erty.
There are men who would refute this. But
facts have to be taken as final evidence, and
the number OF men who have succeeded in
spite of poverty show this to be simple
and everyday affair beside the success which
Is achieved in spite OF riches.
Men who work to carry on great business
which has been built and mapped out for
them are common but those who have
passed what has been done before. or have
carried an old business into new territory.
or have started in an independent business
career OF their own. or have worked up to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
BY III. F. C. Kra11ler.

spent that money. Just could not stand 1t
any longer and cannot work until
spend IT..
When started in this business six years
ago 1t was as salesman, just as start men
TO work today, and at that time there We're
tWenty-one men In the crew I was working
In Today there are twenty of these men
stu working at odd Jobs and not making
over $40 week. while my earnings for the
last year amounted to $1,000, and prospects
look brighter TO me today than ever before.
Now what was the reason for me being
tho only one to succeed? did not have a
dollar when | stTted, neither did / have
ON education having left school at the age
of 10 TO make my living, SO had no advan-
tage to start. and today my earnings amount
TO $1,000 month and not a penny invested,
80 money is not necessity today to be able
TO succeed, neither is education but If one
has one or both he has an advantage.
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What he has not had Is that mysterious COM
bination OF circumstances and incentive
which comes from actual need and poverty.
SO far this experiment has been kept up
longer than any others OF the same kind.
Not SO long ago the attempt of another
young millionaire in the same line turned out
a fasco. Others. like that OF Winchell. are
still in their infancy Alittle while ago Lady
sybll Cutting. inspired by the chances OF her
new country, was the cause of her husband.
w. Bayard Cutting, starting out in the same
way for practical experience in the sugarre-
fining business. But this was only understood
to be for temporary experience.
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4 Y is to employ men for salesmanshlp
positions, and each Insertion of an
advertisement brings from 20 to 100
applicants, and from this amount not over
20 per cent can qualify for the position they
seek. Out OF this 20 per cent not over one
fourth of them make success Of the work.
and out of those that make success of SELL
ing. not more than 2 per cent can stand pros
perity.
My greatest difficulty is In getting men who
can stand TO make money, When the men I
employ first begin 10 work they are enthus!-
astic. and work from $50 in the morning un-
I'll $3.50 in the evening, and the result Is
that their earnings run from S25 to 500 per
week. After few such weeks their enthusI-
asm wears on, and they become overbur-
dened with money, and instead OF placing It
In a savings bank, retaining only enough 10
live comfortably, they keep 1t all In their
pockets, and then they want to show their
friends what good fellows they can be. They
begin to stay out late at night, fighting King
Booze a finish battle. with the decision al
ways for King Booze. After these flrbts
theS are unit for work, and 20 at II in n
hstiess manner, with the result that they he
gin 10 proohce less business, and inyariabl,,
they blame their failure to produce blp h,,sI.
ness 70 the supposed fact that the proposl-
ton Is worked TO death, etc. while al ths
same time new men are coming into the 0e1d
TO take their places, and succeed In pet,t,c
just as much business as the first fel,ows 90,
when they started.
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became the chief figure in The public eye, but
always there was the firm OF WERNER Belt
& Co. working for profit which almost was
beyond computation.
Stillman Fought Way Upward
These are men who In different degrees have
accomplished the feat Of making money with
money. The career Of Chauncey stillman Is
an effort to succeed financially Just as any
poor man might. So far there have been only
few small promotions in which his career
does more than any other TO prove this the
most difficult OF all undertakings. He has
had every advantage OF the millionaire class.
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Throw Blame on WORKERS.


clare that time clocks and checks are nee
essary, They throw the blame upon the
workers. They admit that the time checks
are degrading and an insult to most work
ers. but necessary. They cannot deny that
the fault was with the few. and that because
few loafed. arrived late. and left early.
relying upon the crowd to hide their short
comings. the many were punished.
"A few years ago one of the big stores In
Cincinnati conceived the idea that such
checks upon their employees was distinct
affront and that while submitting, the work.
ers resented the treatment. Without notice
all the time clock keys were called In and
tho device was removed from tho store. Then
the employees We're told that tho clock was
gone for good and that the honor system
would be observed Secretly, however, for
purposes of testing the idea, watch was
kept on each department and the number of
cases of hardness was diminished by half,
Also the firm suddenly found itself able to
employ the best statesmen and clerks In the
city.
The time clock breeds dishonesty every
where. 1t becomes matter Of petty pride
with some clerks !" to beat the clock. and
tho DEVICES by which they register them
selves as at work long before they reach
the shop are numerous.
How much Of the carelessness towards GUS
toners, downright impertinenoe, and OF ABB
solute disregard, for the interests OF the en-
ployer is bred by the = system I" in business
caunotbe guessed, It 10 safe TO say, however,
thnt II la to blame for q great part Of II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
Errors Run in Groups.

These errors Of the people are made outside
the cage every day. Inside have discoy-
cred that my errors are likely to run In
groups. There are times when for threa
months my cash Will balance every night
with my slips. Then 1t may be that Til run
short $50 to $50 inside OF three weeks. Ican,t
explain the phenomenon-I only know 1t
Is 80.
In the same way counterfeits and mu-
tilated coins come IN procession for a day, a
week, month-then they are gone, perhaps
not to bob up again noticeably for six months
or year. Handling s25o0oo year at my
cage, my shortages may run from $50 to 500
year. My employers concede as much as
this considering tho character of the work
and the necessities OF the changemaklng
with all kinds of people In all kinds OF hur-
ries and all degrees OF stupidity. This be-
comes necessary, also. for the reason OF
calling back the patron whenever his own
mistake Is discovered.
In the banking house among the tellers
one mistake may right another until the min
mum of shortage is left at the end OF the six
months period OF accounting. Ateller who
is behind $50 or S75 In six months may have
the shortage restored to him by the bank. but
in these months he will have been carrying
the record Of his errors as they have accum-
ulated from Gay 10 Gay, ana tney Will DC I'M
pleasant reminders OF his Inaccuracies as
mere inaccuracies. To have paid out 81 too
much is an error which as easily might have
been 500 bill too much. Itdoesn't look good
to a bank official at the end of the six months
period
In the aggregate a big banks loss from its
tellers is not great. for the primary reason
that one error Is likely to balance another.
even in the cash windows. Again, there are
so many occasions where the teller in the
effort to keep his record will make good the
petty mistakes of q day in his cash. There
are many men who would pay a dollar out
of days salary rather than chalk an error
to their discredit.
In some of the great banking institutions
sum-perhaps $3.50 q year-s set aside to
the credit OF the teller as sufficient to cover
all his shortages and beyond which the banl,
will not go in restoring his accounts. At the
end OF the year whatever OF this sum remains
to the teller he is allowed to keep as an appre-
citation Of his services.
Strain Often Overwhelms Men.
Always the man who handles another
mans money as cashier or teller Is IN O
trying position. To be over careful may be
worse for him than to be at his ease In every
transaction. There are types of nervous
men who In handling large sums never get
away from the fear OF shortages One OF
these. who may have paid out $4,000 bills
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
By Walter j. Lyons.

cents there. II 2 cents are coming to a man
or woman out OF half dollar thereqis not
one chance in thousand that the person
will walk away and leave It. II the change
be 50 even, a dozen persons in 1000 arc likely
to be called back to take their change.
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OF denominations under $40 without feeling
a sense OF his responsibility. may go TO
pieces under run OF payments where the
bills are of denominations from $50 to $500
and 81 600 each.
I have friend in teller's window who
last summer fell unconscious from heat as
Z he was paying customer we'll known to
the bank At the moment he fell q man In
the adjoining window ran IN, took the money
from his hands, and moved up to the window
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window to get an aggregate Of $4,000 left
behind them In four years! And only ono
lone woman to return on the strength of her
own conscience So out of n cage shortage OF
$3.50. Couldn't you have forgotten to ask her
name before she got away2
OF course, she didn't stay as long at the
window as most women do who appear there
to transact business. Ordinarily one woman
will stay there longer than nine men Will
stand, though the payments made by the
men arc greater by half than those made
by the women. She has to stay, for the rea-
son that her muff and gloves and package
or two have to be accommodated on the ledge
before she gets at the cash slip which is
poked through the opening. I pick UP the
slip, hold 1t second or two. and then sug-
gest money. "O!' is the stereotyped ex-
clamation on the dot and she grabs at her
handbag and dives for the purse.
1t is full OF nickels and pennies especially.
There are counter checks In It, keys, coupons,
perhaps Some cards, and q few bills. The
cash slip may call for only IS cents and she
may have S210 in nickels, dimes, and PEN
MES Just under her forehnger and thumb,
but che digs up another bill-s2 or Sand
when change is made again the total OF
nlckels and pennies may be increased by 30
per cent But she doesn't care, of course,
for the reason that she can count the PEN
MES out to street car conductors or to the
fare takers on the elevated roads while she
stands in tho turnstile, causing four men
to miss the express train Just pulling up to
the platform.
This looks like mean comment under the
circumstances. but 1t Is too much to expect
a cashier to forget four years Of experience
with women customers at his counter, just
because one jewel of a woman came in and
restored So which didn't belong to her. This
woman, as have said. was SO business like
and quick that hadn't recovered from the
shock before she got away. am not making
the slightest insinuations against her.
Lot of Cashier Unhappy One.
This lot OF the cashier in the cage is not
a happy one. Merely that he Is put in a cage
with his money and the window cut to the
width OF dollar bill is a challenge to his
patrons outside. 1t makes the correcting OF
errors doubly hard for the customer who
gets too much. Then. the cashier himself
is cocky about errors: he doesn't like to adj
nit that he made them. The other day
a salesman for changemaking machine
came up to my window.
DO you ever make mistakes In money!"
he asked, mildly.
"Sure-and wish didn't" said sadly.
Well, you are the first cashier in Chicago
that has admitted TO mo that he ever did" he
said, smiling foot wide and reaching under
the railing to shake hands on 1t.
In my especial work. which involves only
the taking in of money In small amounts
with frequent odd cents In the sums, have
found that persons at the window are much
more likely to walk away leaving bills in
the window than they are to leave few