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THE OREGON- SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER j 8, 1907.
Am6ngi Men wha Work with Hand or Brain
.MR 1
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COLLEGE GRAD AS MILKMAN
Jot Ends With. All Kinds of Trouble
By Horace Zbllers
s
OME time ago I told my unci that telephone bell aroused mo about 4 a.
wm willing to' give any Job. no m- 1 vo'ce r " cnecicer aKea me
matter what It wm, a thorougn n, ,, ,,., lnh y
any other nation in the world,
trial until I had a ehanca to ludea I told him I was waittna for Bill,
whether or not the lnh emotlv ' answered that 1 ws supposed to
a.,l i.iL.. T? ,, .f . , the route by thla time! In fact.,
suited my talents and limitation. Now I n re,,iy WM H0 emphatic that I did a
had not beon working at anything alijce fire department Greening and hurried
I graduated from college In June, o "tableward.
that my umia waa skeptical about my
wanting to work at all. Ha auggoatcd Treubles of Routes Are Many,
that the Job that exactly stilted me wax At the f)rlt no)JM i came t0 tn.re was
assisting- young and beautiful maidens I10le loliinK me that the mistress of
to hang mistletoe at $45 a day. but th house could not put out the empty
If I really wanted to work. Holmes, the bottle, for she wanted to put Jelly In it.
manager of the Purity Creamery com- nut that I should leave the milk any-
pany. was looking for a good man. Be- wnJ. another house there was
mg of sound Itopubllcan principles and neither Imtlle nor ticket. - In tho town
believing In my country and In my alma where I waH working tickets still are In
mater. I thought perhaps I whs that j supposed that the woman had
good man. and accordingly went around forgotten to leave them out. so I left a
to Mr. Holmes in order to tell him so. pnt 0f milk anyway. After a while I
Mr. Holmes listened, I hardly can noticed that there were a number of
say sympathetically, while I explained places where neither bottle nor ticket ,ry soon will equal tho bill for strong
to him thst having graduated from a had been left out. drink.
well known college I was seeking my Flnslly Nancy stopped in front of a The manufacture of confectionery Is
niche In the business world. During saloon that I did not rocognlse. That now subject to the strictest food lawn,
rUhensk n . ni an 'p i which VrhWln was not strange, for in learning the nd candy has become a considerable
mis not a good choice of expression. I route Hill hud not encouraged me to ac- part of the regular diet of thousand
Sill knew nothlnir of any practical use. company him I'tto the saloons. In fact, nf noonle. Tho hem cn,n..S ur o.nitii-
for Home reason, he much preferred to , . ,.,,,, . , ,,
have me wait for him In the wagon. I ful Hml delicious foods. I here is one
gueaeed that they would want about a woman In Chicago who lives almost
gRllon of milk, so 1 left that much and wholly upon the caramels of one simp,
went out. , ,
1 had quite a morning mall that day. whose candies are of the purest
Among- other things 1 waa asked to do and best.
was to leave a dollars worm oi rioic- r,hl,n. h.. .. i - - i,,
I ..tll , . . .. .... ........ I , ' ' "r" " 1 n H"h" ' .it-.-,
, will i'n t iiirni ii At lui'fiiii.
DONT BE TOO HARD ON BOSS
He May Not Be Acquainted Wrtk Rules
By George Vayloutll
W
UNCLE SAM A CANDY FIEND
Has the Sweetest Tooth in the World
By Caroline S. Maddocks
A
ile aeemed more, although not favorably.
mierestea in my knitted tie than In, my
Ability or lack of ability. TMh won
natural, for While I spoke low and
earnestly, the tie was loud and bois
terous. Willing to Work Hard.
When I reached ' my peroration in
which I declared that I would work
hard nnd for low wages If I thought
the Job was the particular one that was
exactly suited to me. his attention re-
MEIIICAN8 oat more candy than meet th io.mIm of an extravairanl peo
ple Our hisi kuuwii and lougeHt on-
1 ;i 1,1 11,:. ,1 I'ni. I . ,.,,, tl.lnl'u
and they make the most and cxiiavaKai , . in, ok he calls it.
beat. At the present rate of ln-t"tlie lain,, .sp, pi jini; nf Ihe Americans."
crease the candy bill of the coun- !"",' '" why .-at h.. imich candy.
ii,i i iv inn j n iri,' i ii ; 1 a mi pn y h n ii i 1 1 .ii
reason lur It In n n- ..miniiio tcinpei .i
ini hi nnd i .!,.- j 1 1 . nt I.iikc lu td fur
i anion.
The recent ref I re on ii ! s In enndy nuilt
lnn. .n vel as il,. Liu--; governini: us
rnanulai t hi e. i.i, ,., ,;rially the
outillt v e en ,,f 1 1,,. , ),. .,) candles. New
i oiiibinal ions a i l ' inn n re very day
discovert d and .,;d .t!,s made inure ill
ra J it" pennv
.sin k, r" Is
fruit colois
i match I'cr
favorite of
e doesn't
iple that
ikh nun
inker Is
U W ' , 1 1 1 , 1
I I'.l. t l
i andli s tin- i i ;
inw tu.ide in m
that an estnet
dalntilv shaded
Juveniles.
ill
111 I'M pi
' . I lid ,
ill'''-., ill
ets.
as largo a 'high
"Leave a ouart bottle. I have onlv 2 '"""V inine its any city in the country.
cents, but will pay you the rest tumor- and Its wngort and Jobbing trade Is emir-
i 'mrnK';Tnlt,;n;et1,,LTn;"tVehl " Th" '"" " - ' "'K"er
Mr. Kennedy that his wife wants him to grade establishments bus increased 100
All Flavors Much Improved.
Th'1 inipi oven:' nt in II i, nii
come home."
turned from the blatant tie to my own Betrayed Habits of Horse,
low but forceful arguments. The words
Hut the worst tnini or hii was mat
when I was nbout three fourths of tho
way around the route I found I had no
"low wages" seemed to be the turning
point and lie exclaimed: "I've Just the
place for you. You can get tho general
outlook over our business and at the
same time study business methods gen
erally." "I'm not particular." I said. "Any old
lob will do for me to start with at
least."
"It's a job driving a milk wagon."
said Mr. Holmss. "You are Just In time.
Number eixht Is going to ipjlt and you
nn take out the wagon."
Now 1 failed to sea how I could get
such a wide outlook from the window of
a milk waKnii, hut 1 hud prnnii.'ed
myself to take any Job that was of
fered. Fi thai to he honest with myself
I HKreed to hci ept $7 pt r wc k for the
llwht and pcntcel work of steering a
milk wagon.
I started out Hint nlcht to learn tho
route with the old driver of the number
8 wagon, and with the promise of Mr.
Holmes that I should b-nrn the cream
cry buslneHH from the uround up, or at
le.i.:! Iron) the wagon up.
Learns Milk Driver's Hours.
The first thing I learned was that
the driver of a milk wagon keeps un
godly hours. If early to bed and early
to rise makes one a Sandow, a Rocke
feller and un Aijstotle, then the milk
wagon man ought to be a wonder; for he
goes to bed early and rises before tho
lark bus heard the first tinkle of his
alarm cluck.
Maybe the drivers weren't a grouchy
lot when I found them assembled at
the stuhle In the wee sma' hours of tho
moininn Who wouldn't be? They hud
been awakened from a sound sleep by a
phone call from the checker and any
one that has had the unpleasant expe
rience of (jetting out in the middle of
the ninht will recognize the reason for
the grouch.
Hlli and I found old black Nancy
standing in the stall with her harness
on placidly chewing her dessert of hay.
As Kill said, we "hitched Jezebel on
her," Jesebel being the wugon. We got
our load aboard and set out upon our
way.
1 started to work before the dawn's
early light on Monday and by Friday
had a fair knowledge of the route.
Kvery morning thus far Hill, the old
No. 8 driver, nnd stopped at my house
and his .4 1 calibre voice would cause a
sudden ending to my courtship of gentle
slumber. I'ntll Saturday Bill had awak
ened me regularly at 2:30. On that
morning the persistent ringing of the
per cent a year for three, years. Kx
penshe candles ate coming to be paid
for without a murmur, or. as one enndy
liinn put It. "ChlcaKn people ai! getting
where they will pay.
Henry James, after HvInK many vents
In Kurope, came home two years i;.i
and epf-nt many months studying .'m
native land. And one of the spec. ,1
things that aroused his a mti z, men t was
"the wondrous cmtaum pi Ion by the pe .
pie' over Ihe land of the most elahot mi,.
solid and 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I sweets, sin h prmlu. ts
as form in other count! lea an cxpcn.-tve
and select dietary."
more milk. This seemed xtrange, for I
li.'.d taken out the same amount as Itlll
was In the habit of taking. Hurrying
back to the creamery I explained mat
ters to the chtiker. Then I found out
that old Nancy had betrayed me.
' SI.e had stopped at Ho- house of any
body that had ever taken milk from Sweets Classed as Luxuries.
the creamery, whether they then were
customers of the film or not. Further
more. Hill not being on the "water wa
gon," had been In the habit of buying u
bottle In many saloons where he could
sell none. Nancy of course stopped til
fronl f thet- places and I naturally
great Tak
alone, there Is
these over Ihe
and wafer, vvlil
had a innul) . i
tl at of the I i
t ;i'S of i . ..'.I.. .
It v..,..
i-n j i o t .hi,
id car-1
I'nited Si
1,
d
Ii
II in j
a i'i
I Ii
to
1 s litis lieell
I I m 1 1 1 1 r : I candles
! I il, 1 1 r-' t-ill i ii t In
s l.f the InZi live
t 1 1 1 ; I s eat o ! tell
i i it llllli'll l , 1 1 ! I k
I pastes and pat-
.f nut an imi"
' ev many kneli.
' t ii', -d In th
. oid kinds aie
left mlik"theri
The next morning being Sunday of
ionise I didn't g'i to work. Hut again I
wan awakened hv the checker who t.il l
me in no liiieeitaln tones that holldava
didn't exist in the milk business
lnlngs seemed to go a little better
this morning, f'.r I watched the rout
cle.ser and did nut depend so much o;i
niv treachero.is friend. Nancy. At nn,.
I lace, wnlle I was running around be
hind the house to leave a pint of milk.
Nanev was huppnsod to turn around i:i
the street and wait for me at u house
on tho other side.
Wagon Tips, Spoiling Food.
I got out from behind the house Just
in time t i see hi r make the tnnneuvet.
Sic started to make the half elide all
right, but a rapidly moving wagon ap
proaching on her starboard side dnrPd
In between her and the opposite intb
thus lausing l.er to turn too short. Tin
craft keeled over on Its side, there was
a moment of suspense; then tli" weight
of the bottles carried away tee whole
upper works. The bottom part, light
ened of the weight, righted Itself.' h it
the upper nart. where the bottles had
been stored after It had parted cuia
pany with the rest of the wagon, turned
completely over, mo that It was lying
with t lie top down In toe middle of the
streeet. Though not exactly flowing
with milk and honey, it was flowing
will) milk, cream, buttermilk, broken
glass and boltle caps.
As for mo. 1 straightway decided that
the peculiar combination needed by a
miik driver of regularity, capability of
lining hard physical work and semi
lioi, kkei -ping ami the possession of the
greatest tact demanded more varied tal
ents that 1 had.
THE BOOZY TRAMP PRINTER
GONE Mack ines Sound Their Knell
By Charles F. Smith
, , Vf 7"!
M
rEN can't be made good by law
or reformed by legislation."
has been the statement of
many, but at that men have
been made good by machin
ery, a whole trade being reformed and
made over on another plane by a mat
ter of mechanism, and cams, and levers.
To the introduction of the linotype
machine is due the elimination of the
tramp printer. He has been driven out
of the cities where tho machines hnv
come in. nnd that means every city of
ever 10. Una people that has a daily pa
per. He can't work one of the ma
chines, for that requires good nerves,
and the tramp printer hasn't the nerves.
It reiiuiret; steady work and continuous
practice, and ho' can't have those lie
cause he doesn't work long enough at a
time.
Time was, not long ago, either, that
there were scores of tramp printers,
tourists, who ranged about the country.
They drank whenever they had tho
monev and worked when tnry had to
in order to get a "stako" to make the
next town.
Always Sure of a Job.
They were sure of a chance to get at
the case in almost any town, for the
regular men would welcome a chance
to lay off for a night or two if they
could got a "sub." and as soon as the
tramp had secured enough money for a
"Jag" he trould get comfortably full anJ
enjoy life In his own way.
11' he was a little nervous or a llttlo
'Jagged" he could lean on the case
and stick enough type to make out a
Job but witli the linotype machine he
cannot hit the keys straight or fast
enough !o keep up the speed.
Gradually the tramp printer has
found Ids territory lessening. The cit
ies were eliminated, for the only offico
offering a possibility of work Is tho
Job shop, and for the most part these
cannot stand for a drinker unless they
are pressed for work and need help
badly.
Wanderer Driven to Reform.
The tourist thus hns been driven lo
reform and becomes steady, buckling
down to work In one place for longer
periods than before.
Another . thing that lias forced a
higher class of workers in the news-
expense of u typesetting machine Is
such that the office must secure a cer
tain definite amount of type from it,
and except in the great dailies the num
ber of machines bears a definite illa
tion to the amount needed for the pa
per's cnlunins and unless that Is forth
coming there Is a distinct loss
Extra machines do not stand iilnni'
for ihe tramp printer to come along
and operate. Kvery machine has its
regular man or woman and of neies.ly
they are steady and temperate, not giv
ing place lo sumo unreliable who mav
want a job for a nigju.
Raises Standard of Trade.
The result has been marked In the
standard of tho printing trade. 1 Ii
man who drinks to excess cannot li -M
a steady Job In these days nnd has turn
pushed down and out In favor uf hi.i
temperate brother. A'lth this natural
n -leetMn ep rating over a period of 10
years the printing trade has come to be
probably the most temperate ill the
country, and the drinker Is the excep
tion. The i nly thing that keeps the oc
casional drinker in his place is the po
session of some unusual talent thi
makes hi- set vices of such value thai
his lack of steadiness must be borne to
secure the benefits of his ability.
Thus tlie machine has made one class
of m-'ti heller than they were, lias
raised the plane of their morality and
sobriety, and eliminated what formerly
was u nuisance of no small proportions.
In other countries fine pastries and
sweets are riot within the m, ans of . the
majority of the population, but Mr.
James finds nil the people Jn Aim rlc.i
eating candy. He takes this fact as on .'
of the several proofs ho found thit
money and well being uri more gencr
ully diffused among us than in any
other country of the world The pair
share more tilings with the rich than
anywhere else. if everybody couldn't
'buy rundy. he says "the sol 1,1 tat ion nf
sugar couldn't be so hugely and arlfullv
oranis:ed.'' And finally ho sums up the
situation: "The wage earners. tic
tollers of old. notably In other clinn '.
wec known by the wealth of their
songs; arid has It. on these lines, been
given t.i the American people to b
known by the number of their candies '"
The "artful organisation" of liquid
sweets has hugely Im reau'd within half
a decade. One candy shop In I'hlcago
offers over 175 kinds of these and their
consumption has I nine a great social
diversion, especially during tin summer
months. Another place has over 100
Urals.
Winter Is Candy Season.
While the varh ty of liquid sweets !s
far greater In summer than In winter,
the artful organisation of sugar Into
audit's reaches a climax In ,!. 1
weather. The most expensive, tiunn r
ous. and fine candles are ma n u f.ot n .
fur the holiday trade, and a great num
ber of feature candles ate made fur tic
national nnd special holidays of th"
cooler months. Hut even in the sum
mer season three or four tons of sugar
Is dally made Into candles by a l iv.e
t'hleago manufacturer, and from il.tci)
to 8,000 -pounds of candy Is sohl (very
day at his retail and wholesale houses.
The best known candy establishment
in the country at large h is. In si.i, s
Its fifty-four branches. agencies in
ewry town of any considerable size m
the fulled States. Its h'.f factory
covers a whole block and Its busbies ,
amounts to millions yearly. Within a
ear It has established agencies In all
the large cities of Kurope
The candy trade In Kurope has b. -n
insignificant in the past, and even mov
Is mainly supported by Amcricii
trnveli rs, yet it is growing r . 1 1 i ; : .
Although it Ik rare to find an Kng I ish
mnn who i ver heard of a ten pound
box of candv, yet London is blni; In
vaded, and the manager of one of car
own big shops, in company with n Urit
tsh consul, bas a project afoot of open
ing a store there.
Florence Bonbons Are a Menace.
There hns been for a good'numbir
of years a tine candy shop at KJorcra e,
Italy, but its candles are so nauseatine
Iv sweet that the travel, r going on to
Venice Is no! sorry to find that the ants
of Venetian palaces have appropri'ie,t
the fine box he carried there. It was
pos- ihl ' a few years ago to wander up
and down the Ring strassc in Vienna
and not Ilnd a candy store.
Strang" as It may seem, it' is msn
brought up on the continent of Kurope
who nave largely developed tho manu
lacture of candy in America. The let
mans have always made a great num
ber of small sv cet cakes, and, I'imic.e;
io America, iln-y have turned their skill
in making tliesn to the manufacture of i
pure sugar Into expensive forms io I
in.
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I I b lands, .and
I f i:e v pa h
. I. s of pl'e.s-
detoltdllte.
OltKEKS who lire Inclined to
hltiino the boss because his
brutality or t limi i; lit b ssness
make tlielr work hard and
their burden grievous, should
he charitable. They should make al
lowances I'm- the peculiar systems or
business which promote, untrained men
to the position of boss. Most of the In
dus;rii literature Is addressed to th"
worker, telling him how to treat lie
boss, lie Is inlvlsed to be Industrious,
respectful, loyal, mat in Ills person,
tub din I In manner and careful of the
hoss f. (dings. There are schedules de
void to tho wok. .. and the books on
su. oi ss all tea. h him the et hjuette of the
busliHSs world lb knows from much
I 'lllug Just how to tie, it llie boss; how
to apply for a. Job; how to s'.rlke for a
ials. ; how to be diligent and diplomatic.
ll.lt the i.oor boss In -s been llt gleet. d.
lb meaiiH lo be a good 1 . 1 1 o w and to
t !' at the w orker del . ill ly, l.u I ll
always know his duty lo 11 p..
wml; for hi in.. However the In
act. at hcait ho kn..,ws th., w
human, and if be know Imw h
h" last alwajs a:o.l gen. i . us upon occa
sion It's lime somebody sjmk a word for
the hot.-, -and a lew wmd-t in I nn it
Is too Li d 111 It III. I" IS I." HaUli!.,
hello.. I .. boss, s. CI, I !!...! the lit. la
tilii. upon lie- i -1 Liu. ',. of the en.,h,y. r
ba 1 been all too scant; Th. b. -t In-
l 'it'OIie ! b'.S. I II .13 "fall d V tl' I." -
1 a ise of lindane.. 0r thoughtlessness.
Parable of the Grouchy Boss.
A good hearted jouug Hyde I'arker,
who woiks in u whobsilo h"us. lias a
griev.it en against his boss b. i.ause the
latter was grouchy the other day.
Tlo ileik went In shyly and said:
"I would Uke to have a . ouplu of .lays
cfi', if you please, Mr. lllank "
"What's the unit te 1 '.' Kick'.'" asked the
boss, u frown gathering upon his brow.
"No. sir. 1 111 going to bu married,"
said the Hyde l'arkci. blushing like a
10-. in-old girl.
"Humph: All right. Hut soi that you
ire oa k in two daj s. " said 'be boss
grufl'lv. Then be turned back to bis
hi ll, and the young man. aft- r waitne;
,, moment, sneaked mil.
V vv is that being a good bo,
1 1. 1 1 t i .'.it ins a f 111 1 ill u I eiupb j .
N . von sa. hum if tin bos!
i.i..- w hello r tie- clerk ma I I led
1.. sin-Io he should hnv e
Numerous Kinds of Dainties.
So many
eo. ...as, on ains
frull Juices a;
that one k.nd
11 ai jett. s.
ilnjui dill' nn;
Stan. I. iii I coiil'.
The variet
jel
11. 1 k:,
e the 1
catalh
, , . in t
gats,
drops.
then- a
w 11 fi rs
11: u;rt.-
Tlle I el I ...
rose and V .
with 1 -u'i ' -g
o . 1 . i ' : . .
!a-d.e lied ,,
ke. ,,:;,g u.
el I list 1:
.'. .noting ail
and kind
she p. - t
p. nsl v c
lit:", rent c. en bi na I long of
ii:a rs. nuts I mils, a nd
1 ss. a eS 111 possible
a :;d 11 o u. c may ha . .
1 ate more than a
s of pti King up thai
ai, the J 01 , la n a I in"! 1. '
bo: i ii, ins, c r. ams, 1.1 u -
luai i lima il. 1 w c, pa 1 1 1 -'.
. ar- n.a 1, ; . And ts.i 11
I y, s - h h.s. I .a 1 ;.. st l'a w s,
II 1 ts and fruit , and t he
Hyde I'.nke
of A xi 1 ( il -on
vp.-r!-
I
of
cryst.
Kit ins
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. so man u t a . !i:i
1 to
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K..rvl.o.lv '"its candy. 1 'rob.-. hi y in.
iinti pounds is ccoaniol at inalini.s
, a, ll v, , 1 k K on I he t ,. I I . r o t a f.ui.iiv
1: ,., to the tl eetia a; 1n.1l with 11 I...x
of inmly. It used ; v.ais ago t,, I,,
1 on-: bled bad matin, is to .-at 1, u y 1 ! 1 in g
In public, but now wall, the habit is all
but u 11, v t 1 sa I.
Now Served as Dessert.
fun, lies are servel for dessert or at
the tnd of a meal to 11, ct tne 111 .pured
habit of hav ing "jt st a Ic'c mure." The
oth.i social uses of 11 ,n I ', c t b hi. 1 v are
lu.inj. IniMiiess men a 1 1 ,111 ly. Yi,oii-i-atid.s
of them have tin. bag ia tiie pock
, t habit. founiry people eat r.m.ly.
They ,uy it with their soap orders, they
send to the.r fivorite mall order house
lor it, l)., buy it at the nearest eitiis
or at the home fcLore.
The old fashioned row of jars of Ml k
ouiulv ni a shelf bcsldn the calico, s has
Is
1 1 1-1 . t
,::la t
of II''
show n
.- u.i. 1 ill 1 1 i est In the ma tt.-i. Ills, ap
pi o., lung ma 1 1 la go was Just the bigg, si
1 lung In the world to that lo k 1 1"
bid 1 011 11. 1 his one woman and 1.. r shv
' v - had made liis life M; .' lb' f, . Is
that th - b'.SS tie, lie I l hko ll dog
an, I he il never 1m- able to gt n;, any
1 niii'islasm for th. film a- h-:: as
flank is the head ..I his depailin. nt.
Lays Off to Get Married.
I'ontrnst th
em . w lib that of A x. 1 ( l -on. vv h
an in West flili ,ij,i iiii-i
I. : - aiu,! Ihf' "ne woman and he i,.-ci,le 1
recently to take the fatal step His
I.Ik: and her f"lls w.-re making .lab
..rite a nn n gene 1. 1 s for the wedding.
A -.el is 1111 aitili.tr In brass, .and
v : V. i in a big ihoe over on r.mal
st'e.i The other day In- went into the
"front room" to sec the boss
"Think vou ruuld spare me n couple
if .lavs"" asked Axd.
"We're pretty busy now. Axel. What's
I he mattci .'"
' v hv. I'm going to get married. "
"Tiia: so. Axef Why, sure yi.11 can
Cet off. I 11 make Martin do vour work,
'lake .1 week If i 011 need it. (i.-tung
married Is soiuetbii.t that doesn't hap
pen in a fellow inure than once or Iwi.-e
a I f 'time. And who's the girl?"
"11. she works up at s, and her
p.- ( . 'e 1 i ve out in y way."
' Will, well' I thought you were
sn,:i;ng a good deal here lately, vaui
rascal A n.l so that's If.' Well, getting
ma 'lied Is nil right, steadies a fellow
nown. lie go'd to her, Axel. Hope vou
will be happy.1' Arid the boss smiled
and A-Xtl went out with a shining
lac.
New. do you suppose there's anything
in the world that Axel will not do for
that boss? Anv lime the firm (fets In
1 lunch and those pattern shops get
lots of rush 01. h is -Axel will work his
finger nails oil. If necessary.
That boss knows how to be a good
boss.
Worker Tries to be Reasonable.
Ifs these Utile touches of sympathy
thai count with the worker. He likes
t i li.- lie ited an if he was free and at
I. ast half human.
The f... man ..r be head of the de
railment may not be his own boss In
regard to general conditions of work.
He probably has certain limits within
which he must keep the salaries, while
Ihe union ir the customs of the shop
legulate the working bouts unit the
length of (lav.
1'nually the employe realizes this. He
knows that he can't have 1 1 5 n week for
ilolnn a certain kind of work for which
the firm only pays $12. He would like
lo have a lilgg. r pay envelope, but he
doesn't get soro at his boss for things
the boss can't help. He tries to ho rea
sonable.
The pinch and the unpleasantness of
the workers life usually eouoi in the
minor things, some of which arc neces
saiv for office discipline and some of
which are needless tyrannies. In large
shops workeis du not export to use the
t. b phone except on office business.
They know the rule which forbids It Is
I. wise and necessary one. yet m esse
f sickness or necessity or unusual calls
they f et I iiKgrt'ived when the phono is
forbidden. There are, 111 fact, u thou
sand little iinnoianccs of th working
life, different In em h shop and office,
which gall the worker's pride or fret his
soul. Many of these could be softened
down If the boss would only take the
palm; to look udu them.
Courtesies Gladden the Heart.
r.cing bossed is a tough proposition
any way. an I the man that has to take
orders knows it. Every little courtesy
that Is shown him gladdens his heart.
His position as nn underling Is appar
ent enough under the most favorable
In uni itances, nnd becomes almost un
bearable when the boss "rubs It In."
The Ideal boss Is the one who says,
"fleas. , Mr. Jones, will you do this,"
or. "Miss Smith, would you mind doing
that for in.'.'" He Insists upon good
vvnii,, ihu.e promptly, but when he
knows an employe Is doing his best, he
will not n;i; at him. He knows how
10 get obedience without using a club.
He k. fps Ids department running
smooth!.' gets enthusiastic and falth-
II. I kervlcu irum all his men. and will
not have a bi.tfer or shitk around htm.
The worst boss Is the one who bullies
your g girls and boys, ills words fall on
sensitive souls like the stinging blows
id a whip. He "rushes" the worker at
a critical time, causing mistakes and
b.ss of time. He U the man who would
kn k a dog or su p on a kitten's tail
for the pleasure of liearni" its cry of
pain.
Good Boss of the Track Gang.
ltd ween the best and the worst are
all kinds ami degrees of bosses. The
oilier day a gang of track laborers were
at work on a railruad line In the city
limit. There were foles. ; reeks. Ital
i .lis and two Chinese In the party. The
to: email was a rough fellow, as he had
in 1 d (o be to handle such a crew. He
went from place to place crying his
orders, making Ihe men hustle. Ha
t ilkcl to the laborers as If they were
1 utile.
Vet he was a good boss. There was a
note of geniality In his voice. His
rough words were full of good (.)1e,.r
an.' sf ried Ihe men to mighty deeds.
They lifted the heavy steel rails as If
I hey were pine scantlings, with a
"Heave, now. hee-up and over," with
three swift and easy motions, following
the rythm of his command.
He talked to tho men as If they were
cattle. Yes. but as the farmer talks
to his own cattle that he loves and will
take care of 11 1 all hazards. He was a
v;ood Isiss He was "bossy" without
being Insulting. Some bosses are In
sulting without being good commanders.
HOW TO BE IDEAL FOREMAN
Give Every Man a Square and Just Deal
By William A. J ones
giVcll p
fill .-to
le.llllt V
ope!,, , I
Ihe tw
the pl.o
ue In ihe country .s'.oic io a
kid showcase. A More at a
.loss rott.la In New Kngum-I
11 la.-t
Can.
of in.
try. ,s
111 IP..!
dies
mils
the
yea r In coirp, t it ion w i : a
ic.al nierehn inns,, stores of
S won out bciiiil.-i; :t in ik .
of ( and v.
sold with almost every kind
Use, lroni diugs to mlllii;-
Hoii-e of tin- in st business corn, is
it lain and Jfoston are o. cupi. .1 by
- h..viiig tr. at piles of mu.ssv 1,111
in the vvn.li.vvs whn n son-eboov
is; buy At .0. iv pop 11 ,r n.oii 1 in
. fuited States .and.v is sold bv the
pall or bartil. Kv-ry imlwuv station
of am size has a catniy and lows siand.
lintels sell candies, but the til's! thing
hundreds of t ra V b t,-; do open reaching
Chicago Is to tellphone to their favorite
so.I'e for a box ..(' candi. The mails,
tile express, the inesselig. r buys arc i ho
currier:' of laoi'v In large .(tiantities.
The young mail who understands thu
fin- nit of making himself an aeccpt
nhb! culler is t' c purveyor "f the box
of chocolates or bonbons. It Is a big
isiiKss, is the candy trade.
Nf day recently I was conversing
with the composing room l'oie
mmi of one of our largest and
busiest printing offices, and had
asked him bow he managed to
himself In such uniform good Hi
nt all times, when to mo It ap
,1 that his was a most trying posi
llis answer was simple. yt t
"fife :s too short at best for
an,- man l i shorten it by giving way to
d' t..-apir. I never let little things an
te v me. and. as a consequence, ulwavs
11 111 orepared to meet the big thing-!
il.'.'i .',i:ll.
1 believe the successful foreman or
man ser is born, not made, for my own
car. 1" wiiid seem to so Indicate. As .1
wo; l,ni 111 at my trad.! I never was par
ticularly noted, yet as foreman I have
vneee, led ill surrounding myself will
"workmen of the highest grade, and, by
ac'lng only as their governor, hace
produced such results for our employ. i s
that we never uncu have felt our po
ailions In jeopardy.
TO QUIT TRYING IS FAILURE
By A. M. Starfortk
Mr. Malajirop Just Home From. Homo
A regular Mr. Malaprop recently
came homo from his first visit to Ku
rope. He grow enthusiastic about
Koine.
"It was fine," he declared, "to ro into
them churches ox-er there and see the
old tombs" -clRitrophagussi s, they call
'cm. Ami then the Sixteen Chapel Is
great, and as for the Vaccination, when:
the pope lives, well!"
But his stock of compliments gave
out when he got to the subject of beg
gars.
"'I always refused them pennies," ho
said, "because, you see, I didn't want
to set a bad prestige!"
Hf, man who succeeds chooses a
certain path and then clears tins
way through it. In spile of all
obstructions; nay. stumbling
blocks are buf stepping stones.
His motto ever Is "I can," not "I'll
try," or us a result of thst belief he
climbs to the top of the height while
other men are woighim; th" pins and
cons of the ihiiigi rs In the valley below
hesitating till the sun goes down and
they rannot ascend.
All successful men cnncentre.t
ciallze. The, learn (pili-My the
merits and the number of their talents,
then the cry ever is "f xcelsior: f.x.,
slorl" Not stopping by the way to dab
ble In things of which they know naught
but a steady pursuance of the ideal
which they have raii.td.
It Is said (hat what
ii 1 1
1 1
I
-spe-own
that we
III. doubt
arc ( 1 1 to w ii tor i 1 , i
C, 1 vvolk for 1!
'I N- 111- l Is .10. th.
bill I a.' last is . o ei all
itlj; that 111a u v 1 1 I by 1 :
Never so, ,1 "I -'".I He
f:i i I u ! c cm', pi in 11 . h.n,
in
W ISO
Itlll f
to be
el" is
lid l.'SS -:o
,i uuiieitiU
iimes T. ISiwers of "The Blue. Monti"
fame started out in life with very little
prospect of his present fame as 11 com
edian. His first berth was with tho
Van Amberg circus. tra-ellng from
town to town by wagon, and his artistic
repertoire Included driving stakes anil
paper printing trade Is the fact that the helping anchor the big top.
Told Him to Turn His Shirt.
The late Ciovernor Parsons of Ala
bama was one of those few southerners
who espoused the union cause during
the civil war. After the establishment
of peace he was rewarded for his fidel
ity by being made provisional governor
of his state.
At the time of secession, however, ho
was a member of the Alabama legisla
ture and to th- 'e.'icr.'i a
t ni t'rb id w h.. cad
office, h. v nt. d against
Soon a fit r !., vv rot c f
as his supply if shirts
1 of his vouth
.. ed him to
1 e.Ssioll.
ids Wife that,
1 , s ex hail: 1 i d.
he d.-sired h.r M send him .some ran '
as soon as pos: iiic. Mis, 'farsons, :i
zealoin-i soul hornet ', auswa d m a note
remarkable tor its brevity end point
Without prelude or foimaliiy she wrote.
"You have turned yuur tout; you may
uuu youi shirt."
No Fear of Losing Job.
"At no time in my many years of ser
vlo. as foieman nnd manager of some
of our largest and best concerns have 1
I'eaici losing my position through any
underhand scheming on the part of am
bitious men whom I might employ. I
conceal nothing from t he workmen, but.
011 the contrary, strive to m.'Lke it pos
sible for any one of them to stop into
my shoes should I be called away at
any time My greatest difficulty, how
ever, is in selecting from among the
men a successor, or ven a worthy as
sistant, for I am sorry to slate thai
ult-. .-deem, lack of consideration for
olio rs. irresponsible tempers, dishon
esty, or a tendency to graft, and 11 gen
eral overbearing nature seem to belong
to most workmen of today. If all of
ihi.se ua h. -arable altiibutes are not pos-:.,.ss.-d
by ore man, at least one or the
othii n: lliein Is, and each, in my opln
n ii. is sui liei nt to disqualify any man
lor the position of foreman in any largo
Shop.
' Ivindn. ss, but firmness, is my dally
motto and has been throughout my life,
and th" instances wherein my kindness
has be. n mistaken for weakness are so
lew that I refuse to recognize them.
plover, the foreman is no more demon
stiative than are the other men.
Trying to Please Customers.
"1 never insist upon my ideas being
carried out in the composition of any
job. If tho customer has any prefer
ences and so expresses himself, I try to
impart his desires to the compositor,
and nt all times lend my aid and coun
sel to the end that there ever Is a min
imum of work to he done over at the
expense of the employer.
"An even disposition and good com
mon sense, coupled with natural ex
ecutive ability and a thorough knowl
edge of his business, are qualities of the
successful manager and handler of men.
"While good foremen are born, not
.nade, I have seen develop under my
guidance some of the best foremen In
my line of business today, and I honest
ly believe that with a proper training
under a careful teacher, many an or
linaiy vv, 1 km.'i n could be developed tnto
a fot: man whose influence, for good
could not be computed.
"In my most self-satisfied moods I
never t..rgct myself so far as to con
sider my services to be indispensable to
my . vployers. and civility Is first be
fore argument w ith me -plain civility,
not servility by any means.
"In our establishment with Its more
than 4"h employes there probably Is not
one wlm will say that 1 am not a gen
tleman, and that I am in the position
I hold today and have held for some
years, at advancing salary, proves con
clusively ihat my employers are satisfied."
Joo JeflVrson's Stage Fright.
"I'erhaps," said a New York lawyer,
"the little story I am going to tell will.'
he as much of a comfort to some other
nervous speakers as It was to me. (.
"At the farewell dinner given, tft
Israel Zangivill," the lawyer went on,
"I sat 11. xt to Joseph Jefferson. For
the sake of opening the conversation, I
said. 1 wish 1 were you tonight.'
'Why'." he asked. . .
f.e.Muse you don't hav' to rpealc
and 1 do.- ; '. '..--'. '.'.
)ii.' said Jefferson, but I do have
to, and I feel just as uncomfortable as
you possibly could."
" I supposed, said I, you had be
come so used to that sort of-thing, you
wouldn't mind tt a blU
"'Indeed, no.' he ans were ', 'Vr.it
know I have been playing Hip Van
"A favorite, commonly called a net. la, Winkle for more than 30 vears: vat
unknown in my shop, unless it be an every time 1 kO on the stage my knee
aged or ailing employe, in which case, knock together. If they did not I should
tuid with luu full knowledge of the cat- know that toe fir hadj gone euU"
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