Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-06-06

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To be quite honest Hester was star.
ing shamelessly at the man opposite
her and the predominant sentiment In
her mind rs she stared was one of adj
miratlon. The man sat IN a posture Of
dejecton-his shoulders slouched for
ward and his chin sunk down on his
chest This was not the remarkable
thing for II was n natural posture for
a man begrimed end smudged from
his days work NJ the Kingdom foun-
dry. The remarkable thing to Hester's
keen insight was that the young man
did not look as n he were mentally
slouching at all. His rather large.
rudy face. unshaven and blackened
grotesquely. showed alertness and
none OF the set lines that came from
long. sense-deadening drudgery IN the
foundry.
That night after dinner Hester
sought her father. the owner and man
ager Of the foundry. In his study. He
held an open magazine In his hand. but
his far-away. determined expression
showed 20 Hester at a glance that his
mind was not In the magazine but on
the foundry.
mo fair having troubles you don't
tell me about" she began, drawing her
low chair up TO his and folding the
magazine that rested lightly In his
hands. "If you must think about bust
ness. think out loud. I'm enormously
nterested-always"
Mr. Kingdom little by little admitted
TO his daughter that the greatest
source OF worry In the management OF
his business was more or less OF a
psychological nature. 1T isn't flaws In
the metal or shortage OF fuel or trans
portation troubles that give me my
greatest trouble. It's finding men
can trust. Sometimes. Hester. mis-
trust them all. They are pulling away
from me. and the man l feel the
most confidence In Is always the man
that shows the telling weakness. II
there were only a way 10 test the
quality Of men as there is 20 test
metal then l might find men 10 help
shoulder the responsibilities
Hester's animated expression show
ed the interest she felt She told her
father that this remark led up directly
TO the very thing she had In mind 10
ask him. Her only hobby outside OF her
beds Of spring flowers was the study OF
faces. She had worked up for herself
a system by which she thought she
could interpret men's and women's ma
lures and characters through their ia
ciRl contour. To be sure In her TWEEN
ty-two years Of life In a restricted cir
Gle OF associates In the town where
her fathers large foundry was located
abe had but little chance TO test her
theories. but though not extensive her
study had been intensive. Now she
asked her father for an opportunity 20
try Il out She told him that she could /
help him 20 ind the right man for the /
right place In his work II she could be /
permitted 10 study the men in the fac /
tory and 10 test them by the standards .
she had worked out
Let me have a job m time-keeper-
something 30 that l can see the men
every day when they come 10 work.
They won't know who l am and they
will be on their guard. know there
are men there that have the ability
needed 20 take the positions Of trust.
but because you have no way OF dis
covering them they are wasted. They
remain In the rut. doing something
that Is not big enough for their ablli-
ties. and other men without 20 much
ability, through some accident or q
more pushing nature. take the bigger
positions. That Is why they 50 often
prove a disappointment Why. this
very afternoon l got on a crowded
street car az closing time just 20 study
the mems faces. There was one young
man-shabby enough and apparently
doing the crudest sort OF workout
any one could see that he had ability.
There was an expression about his
mouth-a rugged determinatIon-that
showed me what sort OF a man he was.
know III be able to help you. Won't
you let me tryf"
During the two months that followed
Hester's assumption Of the Job of time.
keeper In the foundry there were sew.
eral surprising promotions and more
than one enforced resignation. All
that Mr.. Kingdom would say when
asked for an explanation was that he
had been advised by an authority on
personal efficiency 20 make the
changes, and that Il was due to no pre-.
judlce Of his own whatever. save. OF
course. a perfect confidence In the
ability OF the efficiency expert.
Who was the efficiency experti II
was admitted that he must be a man
Of some shrewdness. More than one Of
the underlings In the once knew that
the young bookkeeper who was dis
missed At the time Of the first change
had been padding the pay roll for