St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-24

the individual and the community.
you will also be called on to as
sist others. Never ask another to do
for you anything that you are not
ready to do for him under similar
circumstances.
Be Courteous and Orderly
I'm your daily life and intercourse
with others always have proper re-
gard for courtesy, orderly appear
ance and the conventional laws of So
ciety. Conventions are the unwrit-
ten laws of society, the result of un-
told ages of experience and are laws
of personal action for the personal
comfort and convenience of the in
dividual both as an individual and as
member of society.
Disregard of conventions, lack of
| courtesy, disorderly appearance, dis
agreeable bearing towards others and
breach of good manners may attract
attention, and when backed by ex-
traordinary ability get you a notori-
ETY. and a questionable reputation,
but can never afford you real salts
faction.
Personal appearance and bearing
are good letters of introduction; they
will get you hearing, or opportunity
which you otherwise could not get.
Among the very few things which
J are the very fundamentals of sue
cess and happiness, perhaps the first
is contentment and a determination
not only to do your best, but make
the best of everything.
Not that thriftless, shiftless,
| senseless contentment that is salts
| fed with anything; but that healthy
contentment that only comes after a
| consciousness that you have brought
into action your best ability and ap-
piled your best efforts. Morbid dis
content is the source of nine-tenths
of the unhappiness of this world. In
| almost any condition or in almost
| any possession there can be found
some good.
"It is hard to determine or say
where content or satisfaction might
dull or lessen effort or ambition;
that, each man must settle for him
self, but be careful to settle it hon
estly and not make it an excuse for
inactivity or abandonment of effort.
Desirable Habits
Acquire the habits of prepara-
ton, concentration and application.
Whatever you want or have to do,
prepare definite idea of what is to
be accomplished, concentrat upon it,
and then apply yourself to the doing
of it, and do it thoroughly. In this
way you will make yourself master
of yourself, of your time and work,
and will have opened your life to, and
have time for, the proper enjoyment
of the results of your efforts, as well
as to the acceptance of greater OPP
portunities. Dawdling, which is
lack of application and concentra
ton, is very ineffective. 1t consumes
your time, accomplishes nothing,
and is in every way unsatisfactory
to either yourself or to your employ
ers.
"Try to do whatever you undertake
little better than you have ever
done it before and a little better
than anyone else does it. While you
cannot always succeed the effort
brings its reward through its inf1u-
ence on your character and the salts
faction afforded you.
mo matter what you may under
take, forethOught and organization
will help you to accomplish it bet
ter; this applies as we'll to your own
efforts and your own labor as it does
to the management and organization
of the labor and effort of thousands.
Ordinary results come from or
binary methods; the great results
of the world are the result of that
organization and efficiency, which
produces more, with less effort and
work than can be produced by ordi-
nary methods.
No Magic In Great Results
at is the elimination and utiliza-
ton of waste, waste effort, waste
time and material, the minimizing of
destruction and damage, wear and
tear, that produce the great results
in the industrial world, there is no
magic in these accomplishments, the
leaders in action or thought are not
magicians but steady persistent
workers.
take two lumberman. One goes
into the woods in advance, looks ov-
er the ground, lays out his plan of
operation, starts his men in with de-
finite instructions. His operating
force is properly balanced so that all
are equally employed. Each man
knows just what to do, there is no
chance or excuse for standing around
discussing how and what to do or any
waiting for instructions. He sees
that everything is properly cared for
and kept in good order and repair,
and when the seasons work is over,
properly stored and sheltered for
another season; his force worked
no harder, if as hard, and are
much better cared for than those not
so organized; there is a minimum
of waste.
"The other neglects all or part of
these things. His possible profits are
wasted.
1.-THE normal prices of all products
are based on cost of efficient produc-
ton plus a profit. The man who does
not produce efficiently cuts into his
profits; they have been dissipated,
wasted without benefitting anyone.
Whichever activity in life you IN
dertake, do not undertake anything
beyond your limitations, natural or
acquired, and before undertaking be
sure that you have fair understand
ing of what you are about to under
take. Do not have over confidence.
Have just enough lack of confidence
to recognize that there may be some
things you do not know and that you
could not accomplish and thus avoid