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Show Uncommon -o Sense -o- y JOHN BLAKC TNI WHITE COLLAf The trouble with the whlta collar man la not hla white collar It la to be found in the region a few Inches .bov. th. white eoller A greet many young men begin lire with a dlstsets for "working with their handa." . A Job that Involves versus sad dirt they regard es below them Thev are willing to take lower pay In order to be able to appear like "gentlemen" aiwaya. But it la not the fact that he weare "enappy clothee that makee it difficult dif-ficult for the white cellar man to ad- THle'prosress Is retarded because tne eame dletaete for hard work which kept blm from starting In a rougher lob when the opportunity offered con-tlnuee con-tlnuee with him at a desk Job Juet aa many "white collar" men get to the top es overall men. There fs no mor. reason why a bookkeeper or shipping clerk should not become a gsnersl manager than there is why a locomotive engineer should not become be-come master mechanic or euperintend-ent euperintend-ent of motive power of the railroad. I There le Juet now conelderable reaction re-action against the "white collar" and many pe rente atart their boye tn machine ma-chine ehooe snd electricel ptents for f ear tbet they will be spoiled If they are made efrsld of hard work. Half of thee, boye at least are better bet-ter fitted for office work than for anything else, and will never by any chance aucceed In mechanical work, which renulree a apecta kind of adap- Tt'le'true that th. lack of organisation organisa-tion haa held the white collar man down In tbe mass, but It has never Interferred with tha advancement of the Individual white collar man who wae willing to work at hla Job aa hard aa a factory hand must work st D Whether a boy geta along or not de. pende on what he bee InsTde his head to start with, and partly on what Me pule ineide of It after he starts. The kind of clothes he wears to st-tend st-tend to hie business makes no dlffer- nc whatsver. , . There ar. more oppertunltiea for able young men In department stores then ever before, snd bigger salaMea aa a reward for Intelligent effort. The eame thing le true of ofnee work. Ambition needs no uniform. It will make Ita way aut of any eavlren. meet. But It will only do ft by petting pet-ting tn a little more time and a little more effort every day than the other fellows. That Is eeey enough, for most of the other fellows sr. lasy . tCeagrigbt. 12. by John Blake) - |
