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Show oo IN HONEST WORK THERE IS PLEASURE. Had we the power to impress one great lesson on the school children of today it would be thi "Do not aim to attain ease. Train ourselves tn find enjoyment in work. Be up and dome, all the time." A somewhat similar thought for old er people is expressed by the editor of the Washington Times, in this most conincing editorial: There is no greater mistake than skimpinc your work because you are working for another and fear you may do too much. For your own sake remember that whatever you do in the way of honest concentratted work you do first of all for yourself. Only one thing in the world can improve im-prove you and better your condition, and that thing is your own effort. You begin life with certain mental faculties, and with certain muscular faculties. Their development or decay depends entirely on yourself No work that you do is worthless. It will never pay you to neglect or slur the task that you have undertaken. You may be idle, in the thought that you are indulging yourself at the expense ex-pense of your employer It is a dishonest dis-honest thought, and it is a stupid thought at the same time. You may rob your employer of the time that he pays for, but when you shirk our work you rob yourself first of all. You may say that your employer pays you too little Perhaps he does; but that is no reason for hurting your moral character through dishonesty, it is no excuse for failing to develop yourself. The store, or factory, or office in which you work is to your mind what a gymnasium is to your milSClea You enter a gymnasium and pay for the privilege of working there. You do not say to yourself: "This gymnasium belongs to another man. The profits go to him, and so IT1 not work hard." On the contrary, you realize that the owner of the gymnasium gives you the chance to develop your muscles, and you thank him, although he makes you pay for the privilege. And you do your .very best, an, the trapeze, rings. parallel bars, or in any other direction. direc-tion. Act in your work as you do in your gymnasium hours. There is no kind of work that can fail to make you a better and more successful man if you work at it honestly hon-estly and loyally. If you sweep an office, sweep it well. And be punctually each day. rememberlnc that punctuality acquired in sweeping an office may be used in governing a city. Train your mind through your work, whatever it . I, Study the lives of those who have succeeded. You will see that they did whatever they did as well as they could Edison was an ordinary telegraph operator- but he was not content with merely working as others worked. He worked very hard, devised means to make more valuable the instruments of his employers. Soon he was an employer himself, and what is far better bet-ter than being an employer, he was a creator of new Idea and a benefactor of the world. Intelligent readers will not misin frpret this advice to mean that they should overwork themselves, or work regardless of their own physical we!-, fare. The right course is this: Do as much as you can in the present, pres-ent, without drawing on your future re&erves. Ion"t work all night and then to on the ret day. Such effort impairs per manently your store of vitality, and that -vitality is your capital. But never form the habit of neglecting neglect-ing work, of shamming and lying instead in-stead of achieving honestly You may deceive one employer, or ten; hut you can't deceive nature, and you can't deceive yourself. You can form good habits only through regular work. You can devel-op devel-op : our faculties only through exercising exer-cising them honestly and ystamati-cally. ystamati-cally. oo Over 5,000 union musicians are serv j ing in the array. |