. Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. ANNETT, Winner Second Prize in the Saw Con-test of What Would You SaySeries. by Hardware and Metal, in the nearfuture. It is that more attention bepaid to high-class house furnishings, abranch in which much interesting andvaluable information is to be feels convinced that the day is com-ing, when hardwaremen will be com-pelled to study these things, in order togive the proper sort of service to theirpatrons. HARDWARE AND METAL PROMISING YOUNG CLERK. The second prize winner, in ourWashing Machine contest, was theyoungest clerk yet to come
. Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. ANNETT, Winner Second Prize in the Saw Con-test of What Would You SaySeries. by Hardware and Metal, in the nearfuture. It is that more attention bepaid to high-class house furnishings, abranch in which much interesting andvaluable information is to be feels convinced that the day is com-ing, when hardwaremen will be com-pelled to study these things, in order togive the proper sort of service to theirpatrons. HARDWARE AND METAL PROMISING YOUNG CLERK. The second prize winner, in ourWashing Machine contest, was theyoungest clerk yet to come inside thehonors. As may be seen from his por-trait, on this page, Norman D. Nairnhas many years of hardware experienceahead of him, but he has made such agood start that Hardware and Metalfeels safe in predicting for him a pros-perous future in the hardware trade. After receiving a good public schooleducation in a country school, spent a year in the St. MarysHigh School. He then accepted a clerk-ship in the St. Marys Hardware Co.,. NORM AN D. NAIRN, St. Marys, Winner of First Prize in WashingMachine Contest. entering upon his duties on April 1st,three years ago. A young man who makes his debut inthe hardware business on All FoolsDay, is likely to have his ignorance ofhardware technicalities shown up ratherglaringly, and in such a way as tocause much amusement among his fellowclerks. However, Mr. Nairn passedsafely through the ordeal, and, judgingfrom the contributions he has made inthe What Would You Say contests,he has imbibed a lot of hardware loreduring the past three years. ONE THING AT A go at your customer like a cy-clone, or you may spoil the whole many times we have heard a clerkrush over everything from A to Z inless time than he should really devote toONE article, ne might just as wellhave saved his breath and his customersnerves. Take one tiling at a time and doit well. A HARDWARE STUDENT. Through an error, the write-up of Hanwell, w
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