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 manent knowledge. She was distinctly superficial, and yet she always made a good appearance in her class. Teachers shook their heads and said it was a pity to see good gray matter wasted, but fellow-pupils envied her the faculty for securing results without real work.

For a time these tactics will make a good impression in business, but the time will be short. The girl who remembers orders for two or three days, but has to be reminded of them thereafter at regular intervals never scores a permanent success. The girl who writes instructions on a dependable memory, with an indelible pencil, lasts.

The girl who listens to about half the suggestions offered by her chief and then interrupts him: "Oh, yes, I understand perfectly. You want it done so-and-so," makes a very good first impression. The chief says to himself: "There's the sort of girl I like to have around. You don't have to furnish a diagram with your explanations."

But by and by he finds that this girl has only half grasped his instructions, while another girl who asked for fuller explanations was reinforcing her memory and had fully grasped the meaning.

The girl who "just slides through" never knows her stock if she is clerking; never has her employer's business terms at her finger-tips if