VALUE OF PERSISTENCY.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 696, 3 January 1922, Page 2

VALUE OF PERSISTENCY.

'• tFhfoiiifi' th-ve are 'a'griMfr' many; *I&: - »» d go to 4 arJc the- business man; boihe have others •'iionl mfife energy,••ami so-on. But to ■ , tho. relative y Valua, of the'Sd:|ciaract^'stic s is a mqlVuh-,. ¥#£ r^.teA great crfe upon the man who ( ' l '* this. In hisjVremavkable 'book. “How to Get and'Keep a Job,” ■ Nathaniel C. Fowler ion., has made quite .plain tho actual Vjuo of persistency.■ He : did this by talking with or writing to two hundred and ninety-eight examples of men who have made a great success w life a success that put them really in . the’ leadership of their class of work, whether it’were trade, business .or profession. v" . .. ’ Mr. Fooler’s question was alike to each one df these, men.' It was, “To what one thing. or to what two or three thinly do you attribute your success?” ;; _ When all'these replies were rounded up and tabulated, Mr. Fowler found that neliifcce led, ■ the list, . That ■ the ability tb 'persistently stick to their task, whether it was selling cabbages or finding new' microbes, was pha* made thqm successful was the claim of sixty-six of these men. This is tho manner in wltich the author tabulated his. list : \ stick-to-it-iveness and constancy ••• •• 66 Application .d; . »• •• Hard work, etc Industry .. ',}. .. •• 28 Faithfulness 22 Concentration'; 20 Earnest dcsirolto succeed l Diligence El Detumjmi'ionf. ° Energy 3 Total .. y:. : 293 Tins shows, Hot only, that persistency is tho mlp -valuable thing for a man to have who would succeed, hut ' that 'those ohrivtoristics which are cl-pselv ;; ; 0 y ;|: 1 it-, such as constant \ ;vu ! dpnli. aticn, are a close second-yin valuer To a. yixmg Ar who would honestly succeed, first thing to toll him i«, ‘jjSHswTsist'ent.” The- writer explains t!|ll|ls§!* cam- in contact with thousands JHHwWssful business men, men who the common phrase, “self-made.ujHd who. achieved something worthJHi&b*: through their own efforts.: ’ not JHfc'ih capital inherited or otiicmviMmlli/-. them, and that he found evew®§||,ef ijffse men to be persistent. Nearly all thesoMpn say they selected their walk in l«befoye th'\v reached maturity, hofoS t’-'-y w'"'e out of their ' “teens,” al that by sticking' persistently to V.ttsm plhns they built up successes. * ,

THINGS FQRBiaaEN ISM WAR. it is.not generaliW-aiised that the game of is round by as many restrictions contest under ljueensberry Jijis. These regulations, which lire uwkr the sanction of . all the civilised Wuntrics 'of the world, are designed to ensure fair play for the combatafflS. When it is httendli to bombard’ a place, due notice shffldd be g'iven, so that ail tfomcn and <4'ildrcn may be removed to a place df safety; and every care must be taken to spare churches and hospitls, as well as charitable or cducatiodil buildings. All chaplains, doctoß and nurses are' protected in cVcr\| .possible "'ayi and arc not to be talc® prisoners or in any way injured. 1 Any soldier robbingfiof mutilating an enemy is liable to ll shot without trial; and death is tbjL penalty for wounding or killing a |p%bled man. The bodies of the cn|:my\arc to be carefully searched befor^-burial, and any articles found onj them, which might lead to their identification are to be sent to the proper Quarters. Explosive bullets mus| not be used, and quarter must be *iven to ,ithe enemy whether he asks for it or not. in an attack on the enemy there most be no concealment of tljfc; distinctive signs of the regiments; ;and the use of poisons for polluting diipkmg water is strictly forbidden. '•(