Show DONT KEEP BUSY TO BE WORKING BUT KEEP BUSY TO BE DOING SO SOMETHING thiv this is another success story a plain untarnished dished 1 tale of a man who ho succeeded in an ordinary wa it 1 is the story of the success z of robert M fair flair who has nas recently retired as one of the managing K partner partners of marshal field ld co of chicago worth 21 2000 COO or more at the age of 13 years young fair went into the office of a dry ra goods store Hs salary was ims one dollar per week asked the other day why by he be accepted such a wage he lie said it was all I 1 could get I 1 tried to n get et but I 1 you see I 1 wanted to learn the business the ile boy was willing and anxious to begin at the bottom round of the ladder the young mans wages were increased and he m experience finally he be quit the new york film firm and went ent to chicago that was in 1863 lie ile landed in chicago with nine dollars in Ws hs pocket bat but the next year he had bad saved his first u oae hundred dollars in 1873 he lie was taken into the office of marshall field as a young man acquainted more 0 ess with the conditions in chicago t he had been keeping his eyes open fair became successfully credit man member of the firm and managing partner he made wide himself indispensable the firm could not get along very well without him mr fair sam the greatest lesson he be ever learned was wa when as a boy his employer gave him this motto dont keep busy to be vi working but keep busy to be doing something he made his work count colant his story I 1 is simply one ot of hard work intelligently direct directed d his career contains s no sensational splurge or shrewd doings he did not ret get rid rih he got rich because he improved his chanco chance and came up naturally the only safe way his motto would be a very good one lor for any man to paste in his hat dont veep busy to be working but keep busy to be doing so something something g |