Show uncommon sense sionne Lohn bohri make BiA a 0 hell bell syndicate W XU service I 1 always liked the old phrase with all its dips spurs and angles which was to be found on dips spurs the he sales capeis paper em cm and angles aloyed in selling gelling gold mines it seemed to me that this we was as inclusive a clause as could be possibly drawn dips spurs and angles meant sit all of a gold mine that lay directly under the surface of the ground clear down to the center of th the e earth the man who bought such a property knew exactly where he be stood and nobody could entrench on his property without falling foul of the courts to me the words signified more than that it bennt a complete knowledge of ones property and a man who knows exactly what he owns it if it is valuable is pretty sure sura to possess before long a pretty fair knowledge of himself his assets and his liabilities before you can increase your mental assets you must understand what they are before you can sell your services you must estimate their worth with times as they are you yon cannot expect to get lucrative employment unless you can with confidence t tell ell your prospective employer what you have done what you are capable of doing and what you are convinced you can do if given the right kind of an opportunity port unity there are a gerat erat many people out of employment not because there Is no opening for them but because they cannot point definitely to any one thing in which they have hare specialized and which they understand under thoroughly if you are lust just beginning your career the wisest thing for you to do lg Is to make a specialty of one particular thing confine your study largely to that thal make the acquaintance of people who are doing the same kind of thing As a rule everybody likes to talk about his bis business likes to interest other people in it prove that you are interested in it too tell what you have done and how you TOU have done it dont be hesitant or shy A job hunter cannot an not afford to be diffident but bus remember that unless you have more knowledge kno k no uledge edge of a given task or series of 0 tasks than most people you cannot talk yourself into any kind of a pay situation you will be questioned you will be put on ahe 0 grill you must list past performances if you can get recommendations so much the better 0 0 1 I once heard woodrow wilson say in id ills his campaign that hat it was not as important for a bandl 1 important date to corry carry an a a business election as it was to get the people of the country interested in an election those who take a real interest in a presidential campaign learn every day something they ought to know about the issues that are involved and the men who are asking the voters to put them in a position to carry out these issues i it is undoubtedly a good thing for the people of the united states that the old party prejudices are dying out when I 1 wits was a child a man who left his party to support a candidate from an opposition party was regarded as a kind of a traitor when long years ago my father announced that although lie he had been a life long republican he intended to vote for grover cleveland all his friends were filled with indignation or sorrow a that a man who hid been a republican since the civil war should merely because he admired cleveland vote for him instead of supporting the regular party candidate seemed incredible to them but I 1 am glad to say the old gentleman stood his bis ground and in after years the strict party loyalty that was demanded became not quite so necessary to ones standing in the community today in the united states there are not anything like the stern party divisions that there used to be men leave the ranks of old parties in which they have served faithfully and go over to the other side without being branded its as I 1 suppose there Is nobody in politics today who knows what will happen ten or fifteen or twenty years from now but I 1 am sure that the old personal politics are wearing out and that new standards are being set up dp in their place arid and I 1 am convinced that this Is all for the best interests of the country the tha party system Is not what it used to be the expression turn coat litis has passed out our As long as you are honest and si sincere nobody will call you a rat for leaving one party and joining forces mith another that was proven in the last election all you need to do Is to think and talk and read dullni during a campaign and then support the max man you think Is best fitted for the job you may make mistakes but men have made mistakes on election day ever since this country was organise org anise on the basis of supporting the bac man |