ments must work themselves out through practice, and doubting and criticizing isn't going to solve the problem. Naturally, some big corporations have been to blame for present conditions. No one is perfect. Some firms and some men have seemed to prosper out of proportion to their worth, while others have appeared to toil beyond the limit of their strength to earn less than a decent living.

"But as a result of criticizing these conditions, public opinion has jumped at conclusions. People seem convinced that men engaged in great affairs are all selfish and greedy and conscienceless-that they are not to be trusted. Other folks think that the whole business system is not moral and cannot be condemned too strongly.

"Then you'll find the group that deceives themselves by trying to believe that work is a curse to mankind, that working hours should be as short as possible, or, if possible, some scheme

should be worked out by which labor could be abolished. These folks want to get rich at once -to get something for nothing-they believe that the world owes them a living. But they forget that the world is notoriously remiss in paying debts of that nature!"

"What would you suggest my doing?" Rufus asked him.

you.

"Find yourself," said Harrington. "Go out to the Sellersville plant and tell the foreman I sent There's more work around there than an army will have time to do in twenty years. Pitch into it-make your own job and work. Stick on the job and you'll find it'll grow. All good healthy jobs are hand raised. Don't spend your time in front of the looking-glass admiring the new suit you're going to buy, but don't forget to buy one and get a suit that will make folks think you're about the best, cleanest-cut individual who ever held the job you're on!"

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HE editors of "The New Success" desire to take its readers into consultation.

We want criticism on what we are doing, suggestions of ways by which improvements can be made, and new ideas of all kinds which will tend to make "The New Success" more nearly fulfill its mission. So far, our friends have been good enough to send us only words of praise and commendation. These have been pleasant to hear, and we appreciate the kindly spirit which has prompted them; but what we want more than anything else is honest criticism even to the verge of fault finding. Selfsatisfaction is a dangerous vice, of which we have never been guilty. We want to grow,-and in the direction which will best satisfy our readers.

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ing success, the lack of them is a serious 'stumbling block in a man's path. Three of these habits seem to me to be of great importance, and the rules on which they are founded are very easy to adopt and carry out.

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EEP in good physical condition. Much of one's success depends upon his energy and his energy is dependent to a great extent on his physical condition. If he is blessed with good physique, he has a great advantage, but he is not necessarily at a great disadvantage if he is not strong physically. Theodore Roosevelt, as a boy, was a weakling, but he became a man of powerful physique. So, if a young man has a strong physique, he must keep it strong. If he is not fortunate enough to have a strong body he must begin to build it up.

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E must have care for his personal appearance. This may seem superficial, but it must be remembered that when a boy seeks employment, practically all that the prospective employer has to judge by is his personal appearance. You may have the finest of mental and moral qualities, but these qualities may be nullified, in the mind of another who does not know you, simply because you present a slouchy appearance. If you had started in business and your employer realized your real worth, that is no reason why you should neglect your personal appearance. The first impression you make is a lasting one.

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E thrifty. It is not a mere act of putting away money for future use which makes the habit of thrift so valuable; it is the other characteristics which this habit involves. A man who thinks far enough ahead to set aside a small part of his weekly pay as insurance against the uncertainty of the future, is at the same time cultivating in his own mind powers of self-control, foresight, orderly thinking and business acumen. These qualities furnish a direct road to business success.

These three rules alone will not lead to success in business, but they are strong helps, and, in

these days of keen competition for every worth while position in the business world, no helpful hints should be regarded lightly. The man who does not care need not pay attention to them, but the man who does care ought to follow them.

How F. A. Vanderlip Personifies Initiative

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By FRANK WINSLOW

OST people think of Frank Arthur Vanderlip as a power in finance. This assumption is natural-since that is exactly what he is. But he is more. He personifies initiative. Few people realize that Vanderlip started at a salary which a modern office boy would scorn, that he has risen to a position which is allotted to very few men. His early life is interesting and his progress is inspiring.

Fifty-six years ago, he first saw the light in Aurora, Illinois. His father was a blacksmith, who, by dint of striving, made himself the foreman of a wagon factory. In 1878, he died, leaving young Frank Vanderlip, then aged fourteen, as the eldest of the supporting family.

The present financial wizard worked on the farm and attended a district school between his labors where he acquired the foundation of his future financial ability.

His first job paid him $12 for a whole summer's work. Look over his attainments. Frank A. Vanderlip has been successively assistant secretary of the Treasury, vice-president of the National City Bank, of New York, and, later, its president—was one of those far-sighted men who devised the Federal Reserve System and was a prime mover in the successful conduct of the Liberty Loans.

Mr. Vanderlip is a typical example of what may be done in America to-day-if the will to do is behind the ambition to succeed and if the brain is capable of inhaling and absorbing the lessons which are learned from hard work.

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RS. ETHAN DOWNES who has spent the years of her long married life on her New England farm where her two children, Jim and Mary, now grown, were born, and where her husband died two years before, is told by Miles Humphreys that he holds a ten-thousand-dollar mortgage on the old homestead. He agrees to give her eighteen months in which to meet it. Realizing the impossibility of securing such an amount from the farm itself, Jim Downes decides to accept an offer from his

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CHAPTER XVII

HEN Jim Downes departed from Tony Lajoie's, late that night, and aroused the slumbering Tonetah, snoring in the depths of the blankets that filled the dog sled, Corporal MacGregor had disappeared. But Tonetah had not forgotten the officer's remark about hoping that he would not have to arrest Jimmy. Tonetah again made sure his knife was ready for use, and smiled to himself as he thought of the difficulty the big policeman would encounter in carrying out that task.

"Are you going back with me?" Jimmy asked the Indian, but the guide shook his head. “Tonetah stay here for night; come out early in morning," he replied, and as Jimmy cracked the whip over the restive dogs, and the sled shot out into the frosty air of the bitter night, Tonetah made his way into the heavy air of the saloon.

Apparently preoccupied, he made his way to a vacant chair close to the elbow of Caleb Waters and threw himself into it, calling to the waiter t bring him a hot drink. Waters and Thurston paid no attention to the Indian, and both men, now considerably the worse for liquor, were talking together in tones none too low.

"How did you manage it?" Waters was asking his companion, and the apparently dozing Indian pricked up his ears.

"There was a rip in the lining of his mackinaw," Thurston explained. "When he was not looking, I slipped in the package of bonds and he went away with them and is now none the wiser "

friend, Ronald MacGregor, a corporal in the Northwest Mounted Police, to join him in Canada and journey to the new gold country north of the Fraser River district. Jim leaves his sister, Mary, to care for their mother, and departs on his quest, intending to mine sufficient gold to satisfy Humphreys's demands. Meanwhile, Humphreys, who is unscrupulous, secures the assistance of Caleb Waters to gain the affection of Mary Downes and to persuade her to sell the farm.

Waters laughed. "Well, you couldn't have them in a safer hiding-place. The chances are he'll never suspect they're there. Then, in good time, we can run out there, get the bonds back and travel on our way. We may also be able to turn a few honest dollars by helping him work the claim."

"I hadn't thought of that," Thurston mused, "but it might not be a bad idea at that. If we were both seen working for Downes, it would give us a reason for being in these parts. You would be able to keep an eye on him as you came up to do, and the police would not think of questioning my being here. If they do-well—our friend, Downes, will be in possession of the bonds and I sha'n't know anything about them."

So it happened that, when spring came, Waters and Thurston were working side by side with Downes and Tonetah-working the newly found vein. Overhead there were flocks of wild geese, flying in their V-shaped formation, and robins, swallows, and black-headed chickadees were fast returning after their winter stay in warmer climes. The last remaining patches of snow were disappearing, and the ice in the river was slowly melting under the warming sun of softer weather.

Jim Downes worked with a song in his heart, a happiness that echoed in his letters to the folks back in West Rockland. For now there was no need for the gentle deception he had practiced throughout the winter, rather than discourage his mother and sister. Old Simon Duroc, the dean of the northwest prospectors, had come out