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Show j IN THE REALM OF WORK SMSM wJflSJ (2J3l lency expert In office. In D&r'J ifl In count- MTCM?)fl lni- li",Mc. th. ep'-rt Is I" PCa.7iv ' ' ' lenct . and It Is he or frequently she the top-notch salary, whllo tho less specialized spe-cialized worker, even whon more Industrious Indus-trious nnd perhaps more brilliant, has to remain content with a salary cheque of lesser denomination. It does not seem quite fair, does It. that the efficiency expert should crib the higher high-er wage when wo are Just as capable. Just as hard working and perhaps far mor' conscientious? And sometimes we. find ourselves saying, with flno scorn: "Expert! "Ex-pert! Expert camouflag r." And we turn up our noses In flno scorn. .( I EFFICIENCY EXPERT. 2 ; But. while there Is much humbug being paraded under the guise of xpert-ness xpert-ness and efficiency In these modern days, the specialist In efficiency has his well earned place, as In other lines of work, and when he Is real his value Is high and his price fur above rubles. We cannot all be efficiency experts, perhaps, per-haps, but wo can all train ourselves to be efficient If we have courage, Industry and vision Err we must bo ablo to look beyond be-yond the present If wo are really to prove ourselves worthy of promotion In any lino. Or.o voting woman, timid hy nature, shrinking In manner, lacking In Initiative. Is now earning one of tho highest salaries In her section of tho country, und Is looked upon as an authority in her lino of work. When that young woman entered business sho was extremely ambltlouH and brought to her work high Ideals of service. Sho wanted not only to cam a good salary, but to bo of real uao In the scheme of things. When she had been with the company for one month sho had applied herself so devotedly to her duties that i'ho was given an Increase In work, with a .slight tuIho When sho was called In thu manager's desk she said to him timidly: "I am very anxlo to rise, and T am willing to work hurd. i went to learn nil I possibly ean about tho business, nnd to do this I am willing to nelp In any branch of the work, when I have time. In order to lenrn nnd place myself in line for promotion. pro-motion. Of course, I do not expect any pnlnrv for this It would be ft sort of ap prent Iceshlp." The years went by and her salnrv did rot Increase to anv grent extent, and her associates as-sociates wondered that she did not seem to rebel against the additional duties which he was o frequently called upon to dl"- harge Put the girl worked away at her appointed tasks, learning a bit here, ab-"r.rhlne ab-"r.rhlne nomethlng more In another direction direc-tion ard drcnmlng of the time when her reward would come. But the law of compensation seldom. If ever, falls'. It wa perhaps a vear before her opportunity oppor-tunity came. And then one dav one of the ..trie- '..!. . w.m III and she offered to help With the work In that department Hoi offer was accepted and her efficiency proi en I ler rapid rise since then has been much commented upon. People speak of her brllllancv and her Initiative nnd her efficiency. And she is fast becoming more than loenllv fnmous. But If you speak of ier as an effloJeney expert she win laugh at vou ami at all the other terms or approbation appro-bation which you use. "Whit I did any one In the world can do." she ?ald. "It was not anything re-markahle re-markahle or brilliant or startling. 1 simply sim-ply worked nnd studied, learning a Utile hit here an 1 there trying to rerfect myself In this nnd In that. " NO ROYAL POAD. .. . J "There Is no royal road to efficiency in more than to learning. I used to study hard to Ret good marks In school, and I found T could nlwavs get them If I did study hard enough. It Is tho same 1n business busi-ness If you work hard you will make vour mark, and If you don't work you will not That la all there Is to efficiency, as I SCO It" BEDSTEAD SETTEE. A very attractive hall settee was made out of an old wooden bedstead as fol- lThe head of the bed made the back. The foot of the bed was cut In half and made the sides. The sides of the bed were cut down and made tho seat. With some sofu pillows t.. help useful and beautiful t,ie,o of furnlturo was thus provided for the reception hall. |