Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-18

They are right. It does not matt
ter where the slackness or shiftless-
ness manifests itself, or what its
nature may be. 1T will reappear IN
our work, in our manner and in our
person. Many people from a care
less habit of neglecting some part
of their toilet, as when they black
only the front part of their shoes
and leave the heels untouched. The
same incompleteness. the same lack
of finish will appear in every letter
they write and in every piece OF
work they attempt to do. 1t Will
prove detrime nt to character
growth The consciousness OF IN
completeness, or ''slipshodness," tends
to destroy self-respect, to lessen
energy, and to detract from ones
general ability.
You cannot estimate the influence
of your personal appearance upon
YOUR future. THE consciousness of
clean linen is in and of itself a
source of moral strength, second
only to that of a clean conscience.
A well-ironed collar or fresh glove
has carried many a man through
an emergency in which wrinkle or
a rip would have defeated him
No one will ever know. no statis-
tician or sociologist will ever be able
to find out how large q percentage
of the great army of the unemployed,
of the denizens of the slums, of the
might have-b eens, the paupers and
the criminals who make up the dregs
of society. have fallen to their pres
ent pitiable condition because of their
disregard of appearances when they
first started out for themselves
Poverty is no excuse for a bad ap-
pearance.
To save money at the cost of
cleanliness and self-respect is the
worst sort of extravaganza 1t Is
point at which economy ceases TO be
a virtue and becomes a vice. In TINS
fercely competitive age, when the
law of the survival of the flttest acts
with seemingly merciless rlgor, no
enc can afford TO be Indifferent TO
the smallest detail of dress, or man
ner. or appearance. that will add TO
his chances of success.
Most large business houses make il
Il rule not to employ anyone who
looks shabby or careless, or who does
not make a good appearance when he
applies for a position.
Neatness of dress. cleanliness of
person and the manner of the appli-
cant are the first thing an employer
r.
his clothes are unbrushed, his
trousers bagsy, his shoes unblacked,
his tie shabby, his hands soiled or his
hair unkempt, the employer is preju-
diced at once and he does not look
beneath this repellent exterior to see
whether it conceals merit or not. He
is a busy man, and takes it for grant
ed that if the youth has anything in
him, if he is made of the material
business men want in their employ,
lie viii keep himself in a presentable
condition. At all events, he does not
want to have such an unattract1ve
looking person about his premises; it
would injure his business reputation.
If the applicant is girl, she rs
judged by the same principles that
govern in the case of a young man.
If she applies for a position with
rips and rents in her coat, several
buttons missing from her shoes, holes
in her gloves, a dark line showing
above the edge of her collar, her hair
unkempt-in fact, with any evidence
of slaekness or slipshodness about
her-she will not obtain the place.
The shrewd employer is always
looking for earmarks Everything
counts in his estimation of you, and