Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . rson,Webster, Clay and Cal-houn were all early risers. Henry VIII. breakfastedat 7 and dined at 10. John Jacob Astor and Cornelius Vander-bilt were accustomed to rise at set timeseach morning, and to retire at definitehours, even though they had company. Walter Scott was a very punctual was the secret of his enormous achieve-ments. He made it a rule to answer allletters the day they were received. He roseat 5. By breakfast he had broken theneck of the days work, as he used to to a youth who had obtained asituation and asked him for advi
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . rson,Webster, Clay and Cal-houn were all early risers. Henry VIII. breakfastedat 7 and dined at 10. John Jacob Astor and Cornelius Vander-bilt were accustomed to rise at set timeseach morning, and to retire at definitehours, even though they had company. Walter Scott was a very punctual was the secret of his enormous achieve-ments. He made it a rule to answer allletters the day they were received. He roseat 5. By breakfast he had broken theneck of the days work, as he used to to a youth who had obtained asituation and asked him for advice, he gavethis counsel : Beware of stumbling over a propensity which easily besets you from nothaving your time fully employed—I meanwhat the women call dawdling. Do in-stantly whatever is to be done, and take thehours of recreation after business, neverbefore it. Not too much can be said about the valueof the habit of rising early. Late rising isone of the first signs of family hours is enough sleep for any strange misfortune befell them. A fragmentof their allotted time was lost. They cannottell what became of it, but sure enough, ithas dropped out of existence ; for just liketwo measuring lines laid alongside, the onean inch shorter than another, their workand their time run parallel, but the work isalways ten minutes in advance of the are not irregular. They are never toosoon. Their letters are posted the veryminute after the mail is clos-ed. They arrive at the wharfjust in time to see thesteamboat off. They comein sight of the terminus pre-cisely as the station gatesare closing. They do notbreak any engagement norneglect any duty ; but theysystematically go about ittoo late, and usually too lateby about the same fatal in-terval. Some one has said thatpromptness is a contagiousinspiration. Whether it bean inspiration or an acquire-ment, it is one of the prac-tical virtues of civilization.—Pushing to the Front. Salada Tea Cos New Buildin
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