The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-01

EUA sort OF superior crea
yGMV ture who moves on an
A8R other plane-always CARRIED
INT in apparent richness, with
a look of prosperity, selt.possessed
shrewd, able. The rest Of us simply
look up to him. that's ALL
And so the boy looks UP to the
bank messenger or the bank clerk
the one that comes out OF tho forbid
ding portals, with black package or
a satchel In his hand and an air oil
aloofness that makes the envious
youthful observer sort OF gasp.
And yet that same banker and his
messenger are not so far above us,
after all They are not different; II ia
we that are differant--we hive clothed
them In an atmosphere somewhat like
that which we draped round the man
that wore silk hat and frocl coat
when we were ten or twelve and lived
In the country or small town.
Anybody can be n banker, Your
boy Is an ordinary boy, say. OF thir.
teen to fifteen, and you have dreamed
dreams about his future. and, some
how, you have wondered if--no, he
could never be n banker-a banker
is SO far out OF your comprehension.
So you dismiss banking and banker
from your calculations, and decide
that tho youngster shall be n civil en-
gincer or school teacher, or take
a Job as helper to the family grocer.
or something
But II both you and your boy have
the right kind Of nerve, you hold n
brief talk with him and then he goes
on tremblingly to ask the minister Of
the church where his mother attends
and he goes to Sunday school for n
letter telling what n flne, honorable.
ambitious young fellow he is and
how he is bound to succeed in any
thing he attempts. Then he gets an.
other from the family doctor, and one
or two from the wise men he has seen
with his father-then he goes to the
bank itself
And once there? Well, he finds
that It isn't so hard to get Job after
all. That Same aloorness that seems
to surround tho banker has apparent
ly kept the boys from applying for q
grown.up individual from keeping his
hat on when he enters the impressive
doorway. The cashier OF a prominent
metropolitan bank expressed to me
the other day his wonderment that his
institution couldn't get enough boys
They don't pay much at the start.
of course-only SO or so n month
(we're talking OF big city banks). but
this is to a boy of thirteen to fifteen.
and after year managing a feather
duster, or pushing the lever Of n coin
counting machine or running errands.
he gets SIS to $50 Then he must have
q bond, because he is messenger
and goes out collecting drafts and
checks OH other banks, etc; but the
bank furnishes this. and there is no
bother about Il at all.
Then, after two years or so, he Is
assistant or head messenger. and may
get as much as sl25 month. And
from there. II he ia bright enough to
work out Of the messenger rutland
the average boy is-he goes into the
receiving teller's cage, or the book
keeping department, or the discount.
or the collecting, and gets, not s125 n
month, but only $50 or $50 a month
Quite a drop in salary, It is true, but
the ambitious boy will mako this tenn
porary monetary sacriflce-and you
will encourage him to do so-that no
may not remain messenger all his
life, but will open up before him an
occupational vista that has at It's end
a bank presidents chair
His next step, maybe, is receiving
teller itself, when he will be paid
sometimes as much as $4,000 a year,
or as assistant In the paying teller's
booth ut as much salary 1.-THE paying
teller gets more than the receiving),
and on as paying teller, then assistant
cashier, then cashier. then-vice-presi-
dent, or president, or anything az big
as the young banker has In him.
II your boy has q position as teller
by the time he Ia thirty. he has gone
on pretty fast-but not more than q
fairly bright young man ought to--and
by Eve years later. or. at the most.
when he is forty. he Is sure to be well
along and highly regarded In business
circles. Cashier at thirty.fve; salary
$4,000 up referring to large ety
banks); big man-Ahis is not at all
remarkable. for the ambitious boy can
surely get there. From there on one
Is simply realizing the aims he has
formed In the meantime. through his