Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-15
GREAT MERCHANT TELLS
HOW NE Won SUCCESS
marsham Field 4 Co. Aead VIII
Chicago Firm More Than
Fifty Year,.

chicago. AUG. is.-yeAn q. shedd.
vrsoooent q AAroAau yss,d Z Co.. has
og0hlte idsAa On how business success
= to be achieved. He believes that
every young perDon starting out on "a
business career can b. succcssful n ne
live morally. nnds the work for which
Ae n best fitted. throws himself into It
with wholehearteA energy and cnthusi-
Aan and sticks to Il.
'Chocsr your vocation wisely" aays
Mir. ehedd. "Never take employment
just for the money II pAys you. II you
want great success. choose that for
which you arS cure you are best ntted.
Better by far he GOOD workman with
. hoe than poor ono with an artiAt's
brush.
Too few young mon are really de-
sermined 10 achieve frst place. They
DO not want II enough TO do the ncces-
cary work or make tho necessary oac-
r1f'cc. There IL ~ much room at the
top IN evN'y branch OF business &C
tiviiy that the men there can scarcely
md their ncishhors. why not help
settle up som~ OF this vacant space ?"
Sh~dd recently celebrated hia fiftieth
Anniversary of service with Maruhall
Ffed q Co. With q luncheon to 81
others who also had been with the
house half a century or moro. The
combined ages OF the veterans who ga,
down at shcdd's table totaled e,2oC
years.
Here are some n ehedds spixram-
matte bite OF wisdom:
A.
mind young by now and greater In
tsrest In Zach day
consider intensive and purposefu
activity the chief business. tho chief
opportunity and the chief cnjoymen,
or life.
Courage. both moral and physical
In A. necessary In solving persona,
problems a. II 10 in eolvinG national
problems.
l like the sAYn6! ia a fountain
and not . ciNern." Better bubb,,
over With enthusiasm than be smother.
ed with ennui.
sure II In a star Of the nrst nagni
tude.
Think we'll Of yourself. sef-respcc
never Injuries your standing with you
employer. Without II you are liabl.
to fall into timucus haoits.
IL In "a IRENE ndously mistaken ide:
that In organization one loses indi
NidhAlity. Organization really give,
the1ndividual opportunity for the full
ct expression.
have Awayu pr1cticed careful saw.
Ing and frugAl spending. Even whe,
q poor hoy somehow managed 70 pu
something In tho eavings bank, n,
matter how little. every pay day,
Keep your life clean and upright
80 live that you WIFI have nothing I,
f~ar from publicity.
Ono OF the most Important requisite,
for a happy and succes.ful bunne.
career In clean mental and phypica
concept OF life.
I ain = great believer IN the three
siGhths division OF the 24-hour day.
eight hours for work. eight hours fc
sleep and eight hours for refreshmer
and recreation. II have varied niue
from this, !; haa been TO work a llt,l
Longer and to use less time for recrr
alton.
Learn the value OF time. II il
pr~caous asUet To waste 4; in indc
ience - q crime The boy who is a
ways little late never gets a plas
In the great race OF lie and does N,
deserve Il.
The man who - continuously ,
work Is tho man who is happy an
continuously successful
Keep busy. Idleness is the devil
trump card. ]; means ruin TO tho
fascinated by H.
One Of the most important points ,
. young man Ia charscter-once Ia.
nished. Il 10 hard to clear. shun iquo
tobacco. strange women and all la
companions. They are too heavy
loSd 10 carry. A little poison Will soc