Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-06

Royal hive No. 40 is publishing neat
little paper called the Sunbeam, which is
edited by Miss Daisy Danvers. The fol-
lowing is clipped from the editorial Of the
paper:
''The difference between success and
failure is not so much difference of
ability and opportunity as method In
planning and thoroughness in the execu-
tion of ones work. Without method and
system, and thoroughness, no matter how
great the talent or opportunity may be,
positive success will be impossible. This
applies in every walk In life. There is no
position so humble but tnat thoroughness
and method may be employed in the per-
formance of it's duties. In the more re-
sponsible positions thoroughness is the
first and most important step. and with
out method it would be impossible to
achieve success.
1.-THE chemist as he bows over his ex-
pertinent must be thorough. The sculp-
tor, as he applies his chisel and, seeks to
transform the rude block of marble to
thing of beauty, must be thorough. The
artist, as he copies from nature, her most
beautiful tints must be thorough.
at is a mistake that one says. / have
not talent To trust to talent or natural
ability without patient thorough effort
would end in failure and bitter disap-
pointment. What man has done man
may do Earnest, thorough, conscien-
tious activity will accomplish miracles.
Results are only obtained by genuine,
methodical thorough labor.
1--WE read that Duty is too often per-
formed in perfunctory way. The quit
ting hour is of more interest to the aver
age worker than the work in which he is
engaged, and the thought of the wage he Is
earning stronger than the thought put on
his work. While this may be true. as we
gaze upon the hundreds of wage earning
young men and women working in the
sweat shops, toiling with thankless tasks
from early morn till dark, for mere pit
tance we cannot condemn them that their
work becomes a drudgery as they toll
and labor for, daily bread. Perhaps an in
valid mother, or fatherless little children
are dependent upon the labor of that low
ing, self-denying elder sister. Not hav-
ing been able to secure the proper educa-
ton she must seek the maintenance that
is found in the shops of the large cities.
Day after day she is found at her post
Life becomes a monotonous grind. The
sunbeams seldom play across her path.
The wage she earns, so insufficiently pro-
vides the necessities for her loved ones.
AS she realizes each day, that the step
of that loved and idolized mother becomes
slower and weaker, the dear face loses
it's rosy bloom, the cheek or the Daby
brother or the tiny sister looks pinched
and starved, because, upon her, whom so
early devolved life's heaviest burden.
does not receive sufficient recompense for
her labor to keep the wolf from the door.
Can we say to such sone, dear, loyal
girl, you must think more of your em-
ployer's business? You must give more
time labor and attention to his interests,
that his store may become larger.
whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing WE'LL Let such a thought
characterize our work, and let employ
ers see and appreciate the efforts that
such a. one is putting forth in his behalf,
giving an occasional word of commenda-
tion or encouragement, paying salary
that a girl can support herself and those
dependent upon her moderately upon, and
I guarantee that there will not be, in
many cases, any necessity for preaching
a sermon upon indifference and lack of
interest and thoroughness in their work.
System, promptness and thoroughness
are the stepping stones to success, and
few are the girls who do not strive to
reach the topmost round of the ladder
of success.
"Deep down in the heart of every girl
lies hidden some ideal; some plane which
she longs to reach; some goal to be won.
If this spirit is not crushed by disap-
pointment, encouragement and failure,
she will use her most skillful efforts to
establish her usefulness, and success will
crown her efforts"