Show DONT KEEP BUSY TO BE WORKING BUT KEEP BUSY TO BE BEI douso SOMETHING this thi is another success atory a plain unvarnished talo talc of a man inan who succeeded in an ordinary way it is 13 tho tile story of tho success of 0 robert al fair abo lin lias 3 recently retired ns one of tho the man ag aging in 0 partners of marshall field co of chica go worth A or more at the age age oc or 13 yews young fair went into the office of a dry goods store his salary was one dollar por week asked the tle other day why hy lie ac nc cepter buch such a wage vago he lie said it was mas all I 1 could got get I 1 tried to L got get 1 ra 0 but I 1 you see I 1 wanted to learn tho the business tho boy ft nas us willing and anxious to begin at tho the bottom round of the ladder the young mans wages were slowly increased and ho was getting experience finally ho lie quit tho the now york firm und went to chicago that was in 1803 1863 ile landed fu f chicago 0 with i no dollars in his pocket bat tho the next bearlie ear ho had saved his first one hundred dollars in 1873 ho lie was v as taken into tho the office of marshall arshall Af field as a young man acquainted more or less with the conditions in chicago ho he had beon been keeping his oyes t ves open P fair aur became successfully credit man maa ma a member of the firm and managing part partner nor ho he made himself indispensable the firm could not get along 0 vry well i without him mr air fair says tho the greatest lesson ho be over ever learned was wag ni when hen as aboy his employer gave him this motto dont keep busy to be Nor working king but keep busy to be doing something ho he made his work count his story is is simply ono one of hard work intelligently directed his career contains no splurge or shrewd doings ho ile did not get rich quick ho he got rich bo he improved his chance and came up ip rAtu naturally rally tho the only safe way nay his motto would woud bp be a very good one for any man to paste in his hat hit dont keep busy to be working but keep busy to bo be doing something 0 |