The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

hundreds of men in various business
activities said 10 Us the other day:
"Employers are always lookidg for
The KIDD OF people that can be de-
pended upon in season and out OF
season, who DO their work thoroughly
and reliably, who are not afraid TO 20
outside of their regular duties once
in awhile if it is for the good OF the
service, aud who are Johnny on the
spot day in and day out, year in aud
year out" 1t is just as true That
men who are employed regard with
great appreciation the business mana
ger whose "word is. as good as his
bond,n who has we'll defined plans
and works toward them with stead
fastness and patience. If there is
one abOmination aboye another IL is
The boss" or manager who is fiuicky,
whimsical and uncertain In his moods
or purposes from day to day Such
man is spoiler Of tempers and a
ruthless destroyer of business posi-
billtles.
Let us value those things more
which are veritably precious. Relia-
bility is one of the fixed stars in the
ornament OF achievement. 1t may
not shine IN the forefront of the hea-
Yens as conspicuouSly as some other
qualities, but il is there when want
ed with the goods. The spectacular
aud the brilliant may blind and daz-
zle US by their peculiar appeal TO our
senses, but ia the hour of our real
need we invariably look about TO find
the man or the woman, who
without hluster or without ques ton
ing why, will meet the emergency be
cause we are sure we can trust them
implicitly.
If d man would succeed ia his cali
Ing he does LOT want to be ashamed |
TO be intensely In earnest; he needs |
TO be concerned "a great deal more
doing his work than he does about |
the hour hands of the clock; he wants
to do the things that are unseen by
the publict-the routine and the druid
gerry with the same spirit he does
that which is more attractive-this
it IS TO be rellable-aud IN the long
run IT. spells the truest success.
We have in mind two men in pnb-
lie life both Of whom have been high
ly honored. They have been marked
ly different careers. A dozen years
age and more they were attendant
upon a great national convention
representing as delegates the
different states in which they lived.
Tue one had natural gifts as an
orator of an exceptional order. He
thrilled the great audience by his
respleudent e.0qu5nce aud one of tue
great new papers Of the land declared
that "his matchless powers placed
him 10 tie front rank of our public
meu, and made him tremendou'
possibility for the highest honors to
be bestowed by a free people. The
other was scarcely heard of ty the
public at that time, although lnhu-
entail ia the councils Of his party
Bat today the man whose name was
on everydody's lips has passed out OF
notice and his public career is over,
while the other man has steadily pur
sued his path upward AID no man
on the floor of the United States
senate commands more respectful |
attention aud no man has more fully |
the conf1en,e OF the people. Why? |
Because while the one was brilliant, |
he was lazy, erratic and self con
sclOus: he became eGamoured with |
the goddess of Ambition aud sought
in devious ways to gain her good |
willard she forsoOk him and fed.
The man who has won cared not for
fllttery, had few gifts, hut plodded
steadily along doing his duty, attend
Ing faithfully to the wants of his
constitutes cy and by the aid of the
midnight oil the great questions OF
the country. And now he is honored |
and trusted Que was gifted, the
0Jher is reliable-and the reliable
man has won.-Nebraska Workman.