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sion, who has cultivated artful intonations, who has taught his face tricks like a pet monkey." But even this wretch of a snob is not as depersonalized as he seems. Hard as he may try to make others and himself believe that he is something different from what he really is, the snob is not less transparent for that. Once his snobbery has been pierced through, he is as unable to hide his real self as any professional actor. He may pose as an artist, but he will only succeed in proving to the real ones that he is not one of them; he may impersonate any hero, but somehow the stuff he is built of will always show through.

I never cease to admire the indelibility of human nature. It does not wear off. Whatever they may do, men are and remain what they are. They may deceive themselves; they may deceive others, especially the short-sighted ones, those who cannot look from the proper distance. Thus the surface of the sea seems quite dark when you are very near to it, but if you climb into the crow's-nest, you will see how clear the water is; and the higher you go the deeper you see.

am talking with people, I two voices: the materia the symbolic sounds of the n happens to be the vehice s-and another voice, i undefinable but, if you her ore distinct and, to be sure thy. And for all the word ces may contradict one ar xample, one speaks to his disinterestedness. It him: his words always an erous, yet I descry his ug ne the less. Another cale talked business and mote He is very poor and as i knack of making his g imself, he finds it very bar practical problems of E would the editor pay hin contract fair to him?" it have thought that he h rest in his work, but his s ry word. Any shrewd s ist see that as clearly a ould be easy enough for tr end talk business, and att › take full advantage of k of business instinct. ith all the dream and un away with most of marrow." This other a mendicant, speaks of eems to enjoy his self-abs is immoderate pride is se very hole of his garment isant surprise to discover hind her mask the inte f a society woman. She it herself, or else she w ife away as she does, but i oo clearly to remain ent Some must hear it, this p voice, and maybe, some d it herself. This silly b ottom a good woman, 3 she is handicapped by more wealth and leisure she needs only poverty and bring to light

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If you have learned to contemplate life in its true perspective, how transparent, how beautiful it becomes! This transparency is, indeed, the very spice of life. Among the many splendors of nature, what could be more impressive, more delightful than the infinite variety of the men and women who pass, mix, and play before our eyes? Birds are pretty enough, and there seems to be no end to the beauty and fantasy of their plumage, but what of women! what of men! Can there be anything under the sun more complex, more varied, more full of problems and enigmas of all kinds than the soul of man? The mystery seems bottomless, for even if we were to understand each soul in itself, we would still but be at its threshold. For we would not yet know how each of these souls would react upon the others. Each possible combination, each pair of souls, opens a new vista of endless secrecy.

How beautiful is life seen from above! How innocent and lovable are menevery one of them-from a distance! To be If one comes nearer, one finds that

gets it easily if one has enough understanding and love. From a higher point of view, sins are like spots in the landscape; they are not necessarily ugly. Each of them contributes its little share to the picturesqueness of the ensemble; a few small dissonances are of no account in the grand harmony of the world. I remember having read that in the Near East some fountains along the country roads are contrived in such ingenious fashion that while the passer-by pumps a drink for himself, a hundredfold more water escapes on the other side into the thirsty fields. Is this not a good image of reality? Does nature not use every man in a similar way? However selfseeking, no one can accomplish his petty aims without helping and serving others.

Some men have a definite purpose; others pursue a will-o'-the-wisp; some go straight, others change their course at every stage. Perhaps it is better so. If all had a reasonable aim and went straight at it and never made an excursion, if all pursued the same wise course, without any sally or truancy, without relaxation, the human comedy would be far less interesting and life would become intensely dull. Such danger, however, hardly exists, and, thanks to God, there will always be enough fools and rogues to play the odd parts. The purpose of mankind is sufficiently fulfilled if the main caravan travels in the right direction, however slowly. There is no reason to hurry, for the journey is very long and each of us can but do an infinitely small portion of it.

Sometimes we travel in the dark, but the darkness never lasts very long. We are soon surrounded from everywhere by brave little souls shining like stars in the sky. Many of the stars that we see may have long ceased to exist, but they are not less brilliant for that. They guide and cheer and help us wait for the sunrise and the joy of a new day, of a new hope. How beautiful are the starry heavens of a summer night! The brave little souls of the millions of good men and women who surround us and help us by their very presence, are not less beautiful. I wish I could thank and love personally every one of them. But this is the vainest of

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you say: "Where is the you promised to disclose magic did your friend teac Well, if you have folore dear reader, without think I can tell it to y magic in it. It is exceede world will be transpare: xtent of your own transp andid and candor wil round you. Be trustful will trust you. Be ge s will run away from you approach. If you wa insist on more light. De dle-headed people who t r ignorance in obscurity ou. Do not subscribe to do not accept vague ide rship unknown gods adays lots of well-mea se main business is to neighbors. Theirs is pos intention. For my part. eing uplifted, but I do not the air. If they must it, I am only too willing give me something that old to, something tanghe t transparent people are le. Be simple and your Do not try to be some !pose as being better, you ter, but worse. The gre > our transparency and ur happiness lies in our pleased with ourselves ve approve of ourselves, a al should appear in o , after having done some at yourself on the shou If you reach th

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e elimination of needless more most advantageous distribca k and rest, (iii) the reductioni ase in interest, etc., (i) the d temperature, humidity, stati ulation and introduction i tific methods for the traig er in his vocation. oration and application of size nd psychological tests, so efficient and scientific selectin i) more reliable guidance for ub hoosing their occupation. rovement in incentives to vid ; between management and la y of the human factors influenc ducts, e.g., advertisement, desp vision of suitable lectures t for employers, managers, forent orkers, and for workers general ouragement and co-ordinatin in the above-mentioned subje e United Kingdom, and the pe facts established by research Il indicate their practical vale ance with the constitution , its entire income has to xtending its activities-t t of dividends to its membe itiation many firms and luals have offered it oport, and the trustees of ited Kingdom Trust have e a generous grant from 1 are used to assist unders as their aim the well-being tute arose out of a letter le in 1918 by Mr. H. J.W the well-known firm of H field, Ltd. I was at that reparation of certain Fore the Roy

All of them have joined the council and advisory board of the institute, several showing active interest in the institute by attendance at the monthly meetings of its executive committee.

The impartial scientific methods and objects of the institute were likewise appreciated from the side of labor. Conferences were held with representatives of the more important trade-unions, the Industrial Council for the Building Industry, the National Industrial Council of Painters and Decorators, etc.

Special interest was taken by labor in that part of the institute's work which aims at vocational guidance, and in the attitude adopted by the institute in regard to industrial efficiency. It was explained that the aim of the institute's investigations is not to "speed up" the worker, but to discover the most effective

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the worker's confidence and to result in greater efficiency. Thus an investigation. conducted by the institute into packing resulted not merely in an increase in output of over 35 per cent, but the packers at the same time expressed their gratitude spontaneously to the investigators, because they returned home so much less tired than before at the close of each working day. So, too, in an investigation in a coal-mine, the confidence of the miners was so fully won that they consented to be trained to the best rhythm of movement by wielding the pick to the beat of the metronome; and quite spontaneously they suggested the application of similar methods of training to other operations in the mining industry. Again, in an inquiry into breakages, the co-operation of the workers was so completely obtained that they freely gave the investigators valuable information as to how the broken articles came to be broken.

The interest of labor in the aims of the institute is also attested by the following names on its council: Mr. John Baker, assistant secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation; Mr. Arthur Greenwood, M.P., Labor party; Mr. D. T. John, of the Ministry of Labor; Mr. J. J. Mallon, warden of Toynbee Hall; Mr. Thomas Shaw, M.P., international secretary, Textile Workers' Association.

In actual practice, less difficulty has been experienced in allaying the suspicion of the worker than in persuading the employer that the investigations of the institute can only profit both himself and the worker. The employer is apt to raise the bogie of trouble with trade-unions; but no such trouble has yet been encountered. Or he will express a fear that his managers or foremen will resent the introduction of outside help. Or he will ridicule the notion that investigators, untrained in his industry, can give him any help. Perhaps he has already had experience of the numerous "efficiency engineers" or "experts in scientific management," to one of whom he may have paid a huge fee for a few days' inspection of his works, and from whom he has received merely a re