Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-22

was able to reward himself with
well earned vacation period.
He admitted that it was a very try
ing test; but to do his best he must
keep his mind-his whole mind-oA
his work. Few of US would care to
adopt such a martyr-rule, especially
during these exciting times; but the
artist in question is at the head of his
profession, largely, perhaps from the
fact that he gives heart and mind and
soul to his work while Working;
fact which the members of his house
hold recognize, refraining from inter
rupting him during his rapt periods. OF
industry.
From the practical side of things,
it must be admitted that specializing.
pays. II
A girl student in a Massachusetts,
city was derided by the other girls be-
cause she announced her determine
ton to specialize in Greek-not a
girls study anyway, they reminded
her. When I CHANGED to meet her on
the train one day, she was content,
unworn and happy, while other mem
bers of her class, who had taken up
general teaching, were nerve-racked
and irritable.
She was instructor of a class of
boys in a semi preparatory school, a
stort of glOrif1ed suburban academy,
found little difficulty in keeping ahead
of her class in daily preparation, was
getting $1,000 year, had leisure for
study, short hours and a satisfactory
time generally. She made a profes,,
sion of her teaching, cOmpaSSiOnated
her acquaintance who were forced to
rush from one subject to another, and,
on the whole, was a good example of
the trend of modern tendencies.
The same trenda Is manifest in all
professions. The lawyer takes up one
branch, perhaps it is patent law, and
learns every single fact in that line
that is to be learned. The doctor may
specialize in diseases of the ear, the
throat, the skin. The civil engineer
possibly knows more about certain de-
partments of railroad or bridge or
road-building than any other man in
his territory. The electrician knows
his business from A to q, so that in
an emergency he is called upon to
give expert opinion. Men like these
discount the old-style fellows, both in
demand and profit. The architect who
designs cathedrals no longer tries to
cover the ground of the one who plans
model tenements. 1t is the aim of
each to be supreme in his own sphere.
Once, in the loft of a boat builders
at Bath, Maine, saw the plan of the
formerly magnificent City of Lowell,
Queen of the Sound, from the first
steps of preparation.
Here were the lines of the great
keel, laid down by an expert draughts-
man. Every dot was as near perfec-
ton as possible. Every inch had its
meaning. In the mind, of the designer
of that palatial steamer, it is easy to
imagine the completed craft existed
before one of these lines had been
drawn, just as truly as the giant oak
exists in the acorn before it is put in
to the ground to sprout. He was a
master of his craft, a specialist in his
line, an adept at his business. He
would not have been, had he frittered
away his time, strength and energy,
building, now a dory, now a scow,
now a ferry boat. 1t was his forte to
build the very best and highest form
| of craft, and to that end he worked
and aimed.
The farmer who raises asparagus
and the best asparagus of its kind,
the grower whose apples beat
| out every neighbours apples, the black
| smith who shoes horses so we'll that
| they and their owners remember him
| and come back to his shop for the
| next job of work. the woman who
| makes button-r1oles better than any
| tailor or dress-maker could demend
| the house mother who deems her
three daily meals worthy of study and
care and the top of effort in cooking,
the workman who, driving a nail or
screwing a bolt, reflects, I'LL do my