The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

To Succeed, Learn Self Up-keep;
How to Make Most of Yourself.
By C. S. MADDOCKS.
By C. S. MADDOCKS.

lost OF OufSclf.
ADDOCKS.
same. These prevent others from in5uring
your health. In time you may not be a.
lowed to do yourself physical or mental
injury without state attention.
Lack of Up-Keep Costs Job.
When q men " goes stale on his Job he
loses out More than likely he IL niled With
anger at those who have put him out instead
of with himself for losing out Yet II he
has any real sanity. any power At all Of see
ing himself - others see him. deep down
in his heart he knows that 1t was his own
fault He had not been keeping up. and
after events often show that he has 90 de-
Perforated that he can't keep up. But II in
any part Of his life there has been an up
keeping this little part may save him and
start him on q new road.
We are more keenly analysing such sit-
uations today TheS have psychology.
Thsy also have an element Of tragedy in
thsm like other decays and deaths. So sure
ly and newly and strongly 10 this realized
that these have become the subject oe the
short story and novel and other current
forms Of expression. Such Q story 70 :. The
YesMen" in the Century Magazine for
July.
In the story the sales manager. Fisher. OF
John Shawcroft & Co. tells Edward Marsh
that his services srs no longer needed in
the business where he has been twenty years
at the same kind Of work and fifteen at the
same desk.
The discharged man Is % dsxed as the blow
that he leaves the ONCE without word " Il
was only when Marsh was seated at hs
desk and fumblins nervousiy with the nttsr
Of correspondence that he began to comprs-
hend the situation why" 10 the word
that seemed to be whispered into his ears
from everything about him and he goes back
to ask. trying to pull himself together.
Fisher starts to ell him in general what
is the matter. trying to spare him. but yst
speaking frankiy. The business has been
going back, sales have been dropping OF
steadily for ffve year,. and It isn't the fault
Of the goods. The owner long did aii the
thinking for the pIacs. and h1s nAithfui and
honest employees said yes to sverythtng, 90
had lost their individual force and powsrs
OF initiative When confronted with the d.
rect evidence Of his own failure he can but
murmur Of what he had been going to do. or
he can md no excuse at all for hat he has
not done.
Did Work Mechanicsfly,
Yet Marsh could not understand He
knew only the years Of service he had
given; he saw the company a. sreat shell
terins institution. housing an amiabls fam
lily. In which he did his share Of work un-
stintinsiy-and mechanically" He was IN
prepared for what had happened. sndhs wa
Al. He IL In a passion Of indignation, and
believes this sales manager. this man With
the youthful, clean shavsn. sensitive face
but with eyes that give the lie to the youth
full face, tell his actual age and witness to
his experience-he considers this man, 10
much better preserved than himself, his
enemy.
When he believes his employer IL party TO
what has happened. he turns on him in what
he believes to be righteous Indignation, tell
ing him that he has squeesed him dry, al
though he had worked hard and done his
best He later boasts that he will " show
them" But he does not. There had been
no more system in tho management Of his
life. bis expendatares than In his wosk. He
tells his story without seif.oontrol a. he
hunts for work. which he fails to ind.
Once, when he asks why he y not Given the
place. he gets the answer, stagnation; no
action. You'd make . good man for routine.
I guess. We're not booking for them, thoush.
We need . live wire"
This 10 not the IND of the story. but the rest
shows how behindhand habits and deterio-
ration had fatally pulled the man down. even
while he seemed good. honest
There are also stories Of this sort which
show how the man does puH himself together.
There have been some from real life in the
last month. In the periodicals. and last. year
was published q book called "A Lavtnr
Without Boss" The author, who couc>ala
his name, is city discard. goes to the coun-
try, and. after a struggle. wins out
This story shows that while the man had
recklessly and foolishly worked himself out
there had been certain elements Of upkeep in
his life. His wife had been a rarely devoted
one. as she continues to be. But whether
or not there had been these elements, this
particular man realizes. when he is down
and out. how necessary It Is to maintain nice
ways. He dstermines to keep the consddera-
ton ofSnen and Of himself
-
Maintain Self Respect.
He and his wife intend to keep properly
dressed. And besides this he lys: And
there was something still more important
than this matter OF clothes. II ives that
although we were ready to sconcmiss and
dc at times almost nercely ecooomise. wa
never let ourselves fan INTO careless tsb,s
ways. or st and eat in the kitchen, or wan
up CT the back porch. although II would
have been very easy and almost natural 70
have done % IN the hustle and makesl,dfts Of
our new life.
: After all. It b by paying attention 70
snch things a. these that one keeps up M.
self-respect- To lower oneself in one's own
eyes Is but preparatory to lowering oneself
IN tfe eyes OF others
In smother part Of his story. which on the
whole is brief one, he takes pains to tell
of the slightest details Of the upkeeping Of
thsar lives He says: " We got It down to
a rystem; We Strengthened up the little II
hrary whsn We left It in the evening. folding
the papers. putting books and chairs In