--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 4 number: 5 published: 1901-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "The Universal Cry: Wanted, a Man," *Improvement Era* 4, no. 5 (March 1901): 345.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0405unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0405unse start_page: 345 end_page: 345 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0405unse publication_year: 1901 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # The Universal Cry: Wanted, a Man — TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT OF MISSIONARIES. 846 attributes it will almost surely follow that he is a cultured man; but of ttimes he may do things which on the surface suggest roughness and crudeness, while in his heart there would be no such thought. Our boys, born and reared in the midst of these rugged mountains, partake very naturally of their environments; and to offset this brusqueness of disposition, it is necessary that they take special pains about manner and address. Let them cultivate, not foppishness, but grace and ease of movement, smoothness in voice and delivery, and neatness in personal appearance. THE UNIVERSAL CRY: WANTED, A MAN. Never did the world call more loudly for young men with force, energy and purpose, young men trained to do some one thing, than today. Though hundreds of thousands are out of employment, yet never before was it is so hard to get a good employee for almost any position as today. Everywhere people are asking where to find a good servant, a polite and efficient clerk, an honest cashier, a good stenographer who can spell and punctuate, and is generally well informed. Managers and superintendents of great institutions everywhere are hunting for good people to fill all sorts of positions. They tell us that it is almost impossible to find efficient help for any department. There are hundreds of applicants for every vacant place, but they either show signs of dissipation, are rude or gruff in manner, are slouchy or slipshod in dress, are afraid of hard work, lack education or training, or have some fatal defects which bar them out. Even if they are given positions, very few are able to hold them, and so this great army tramps about from store to store, from office to factory, wondering why others succeed when they fail, why others get the positions when they are denied. The head of one large commercial establishment says that the blunders and mistakes of its employees cost $25,000 a year to correct, notwithstanding his utmost vigilance. Success.