Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05

Nearly two months ago the writer here
told the story of local business mar
who delighted in placing young men n
their first Jobs.
Letters giving the names of deserV.
ing Young men are still coming in, in
most cases having been written by par
ents or friends. who felt that they knew
a deserving case,
It is needless to state that all oi
these appeals have been ignored through
necessity. since it would be manifestlA
unfair TO catapult the fine subject OF
our essay into the unaSked role Of al
employment bureau,
The article and its response show
Enthusiastically the need for a more
businesSlike approach TO the whole
problem of the first Job.
We'll begun Is half done"
Surely this old maxim holds true III
nothing more than in the lille work oil
the average man or woman Of today.
While there may be many tentative
anprcaches to the life work there must
be but one sort Of approach, and that
a good one. a serious one. II the aspr-
ant TO fame and fortune Is to get the
right sort Of start
Bows nowadays want good jobs and
why shouldn't they have them?
The careers Of such men as Cortelyou
who began as Stenographer in the
Government service and became Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and OF RaSEon
who rose from $3.50 week to become
millionaire, are striking examples Of
success.
If they did II, perhaps every boy can
OF course. time and experience tells the
how Will MT rio II
One must possess the innate ability
of a Cortelyou or a Raskob to do 1t.
Yet the vision is inspiring.
It is we'll for those who can make
only their few thousands year TO
know that another man, perhaps shy
fellow, without any apparent points
of advantage, slows away his millions,
There are all sorts of compensations
in life, and almost every man, If he is
fair with himself, can find Solace from
the pangs of envy which strike him
when comparing himself with others.
The first Job, however one may end
up, ought 10 give boy good starting
place The Army during the Great War
found that 1t was a waste OF the Ma
tons greatest asset, man power, to put
man behind gun If he could render
10 times as much service at the far
end OF a fountain pen.
The same thing more or less holds
true of everyday business life, in some
phase or other of which the vast ma
iority OF the citizens of this country
engage.
1t was fashionable for while to con-
slider business as stuffy, unromantic.
BabbttiSh but that attitude has long
gone by the boards.
There is as much romance in business
as in adventure for the young man
who approaches life as a game
Living. as something in itself. is a
conception seemingly foreign 10 the
minds of thousands of human beings.
They swallow life at gulp at movie :,
they thrill when driving a motor car at
so miles an hour; they will stay up until
late hours to enjoy the hectic hours
at night club.
feel the thrill of simple life in the living,
IN this realization the first job plays
an important part.
A real businesslike attempt on the
part of successful men, such as are
represented by the Board of Trade.
Chamber Of Commerce and Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. say. to
name only three of them. might save
industry world of waste.
Is 1t not profound waste to hire a
young man TO sell neckties who loathes
neckties?