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Show The Rise of an 11 Expert H The caso of an a. istant superln- jf tondent In one of thn biggest steel IH mills of America h'ib been cited by tho Chicago Trlbtmo as an lllustra- IH tlon of what ability will do. Ho la H tho youngest man to fill Uio position, iH being only 22 years old. Less than a decado ago ho was earning a living IH by selling papers and blacking ihoos H In Pittsburg. H It was his ability to do theso two jH things at onco successfully that got jH lilm his opening. Ho was shining jH shoes and selling papers In front ot jH tho Diiqucsuo club when a man tH walked up to him. "How do you roanngo to do both liH things at pnee?' 'ho asked. Hl Tho reply was ready. IH "I keep me eyos open and me bands IH "Well," said the man, 'If that's the jH way you do It, I can llnd uso for you," H and with that he boro tho youngster H off to a stool mill. H Tho boy was started In at wheeling jH Iron; be was put Inside later and be- H camo a bolpcr; still later be bad help- H ers of his own, and all the tlmo he H kopt his oyos open and his hands go- H Ing. H He studied at night, so that when he H was suramonod Into the superintend- HH ent's office and Informed he was to b sLH that ofllcer's assistant, ho know the H business from tho ground up. Ha Is recognized, too, as one of the most promising of the coming men In the- steel industry around Pittsburg. |