Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-24

can afford to endure the Wilderness
march if it is going to end in the vino
yards and orchards of the promised land. I
But you say Twill the womanly
clerks in our stores have promotion?'
Yes. Time is coming when women will
be as we'll paid for their toll i'll mercan-
tile circles as men arc now paid Tor
their toll Time is coming when wom-
al will bc allowed to do anything she
can do well. 1t is only little while
ago when women knew nothing Of te-
legraphy and they wero kept out of a
great many commercial circles where
they are now welcome, and the time
will 80 OH until the woman who at one
counter In Il store sells so, 600 worth OF
goods in year will get as high sal
airy us the man who at the other coun-
ter of the same store sells So, 900 worth
of goods All honor to Lydia, tho Chris
tiau saleswoman.
Submission to Rules.
The second counsel have to give to
clerks is that you seek out what are the
lawful regulations of your establish
ment, and thon submit to them. Every
we'll ordered house has it's usages III
military life, on ships deck, i'll conf
mcrcial lifo, tliore must be order and
discipline. Those people who do not
learn Vow to obey will mover know how
to command. Twill tell you what young
man will make ruin, financial and NOR
al. 1t is the young man who thrusts his
thumb into his vest and says: Nobody
shall dictate to nc. am my own mas
ter. | will not submit to the regula-
tons of this house Between all estab-
lishment in which all the employees
are under thorough discipline and the
establishment in which the employees
do about us they choose is the difference
between success and failure.-betwecn
rapid accumulation and utter bankrupt
CIV. Do not come to the store ten mill
utes utter the time. Be there within
two seconds and let it be two seconds
before instead of two seconds after. DO
not think anything too insignificant to
do we'll Do not say, Its only just
once. From the most important trans
action in commerce down to the partic-
ular style in which you tie string
around bundle obey orders. Do not
get easily Disguised. While others III
the store may lounge or fret or conf
plain you go with ready hands aud
cheerful face and contented spirit to
your work. When the bugle sounds, the
good soldier asks no questions, but
shoulders his knapsack, fills his cauteen
and listens for the command of
"March!"
Do not get tho idea that your inter
ests and those of your employer are an
tagonistic. His success will be your
honor. His embarrassment will be your
dismay. Expose none of the frailties of
the firm. Tell no store secrets. Do not
blab. Rebuff those persons who come
to find out from clerks what ought new
er to be known outside the store. Do
not be among those young men who take
on a mysterious air when something is
said against the firm that employs them,
as mDch as to say, 81 could tell you
something if I would, but l won't"
Do not be among those who imagine
they can build themselves up by pull
ing somebody else down. Be not
ashamed to be subaltern.
Again, counsel clerks to. search out
what are the unlawful and dishonest
demands of an establishment and resist
them. In the 5000 years that have
passed there has never been all occasion
when it was ones duty to sin against
God 1t is never right to do wrong II
tho head men of the firm expect of you
dishonesty, disappoint them. "Oh,
you say, 81 should lose my place then. "
Better lose your place than lose your
soul. But you will not lose your place.
Christian heroism is always honored.
You go to the head man of your store
and suy: Sir, want to serve you. l
want to oblige you. 1t is from no luck
of industry on my part, but this thing
seems to mo to be wrong, and it is a
! sin against my conscience, it is sin
..inst God, and beg you, sir, to ex-
cuse y He may flush up and swear,
but he will cool down. and he will have
more admiration for you than for those
who submit to his evil dictatioD, and
while they sink you will rise. Do not,
because of seeming temporary advan-
tage, give up your character, young
man. Under God that is abe only thing
you have to build on. Give up that,
you give up everything. That employer
asks young man to hurt himself for
time and for eternity who expects him
to make IL wrong entry, or change all
invoice, or say goods cost SO much when
they cost less, or impose upon the YER
dancy of customer, or misrepresent
style of fabric How dure he demand OF
you anything so insolent?
a Few Trials.
Again. counsel all clerks to conquer
the trials of their particular position.
One great trial for clerks is the incon-
sideratiou of customers. There are peo-
pie who are entirely polite everywhere
else, but gruif and dictatorial and con-
temptible when they como into store
to buy anything. There are thousands
of men and women who go from store
to store to price things, without any
idea of purchase. They are not satisfied
until every roll of goods is brought
down and they have pointed out all the
real OF imaginary defects. They try
on all kinds of kid gloves and stretch
them out of shape, and they put Oh all
styles of cloak and walk to the mirror to
see how they look. and then they sail
out OF the store, saying. II will not
take it today" which means, i don t
want it at ALL" leaving the clerk amid
wreck of ribbons and laces and cloths
to smooth out thousand dollars
worth of goods-not cent OF which
did that man or woman buy or expect
to buy. Now, call that dishonesty
on the part of the customer. If boy
runs into a store and takes a roll OF
cloth off the counter and sneaks out into
the street, you all join in the cry pell-
nell, "stop Theft When l see you go
into store, not expecting to buy any
thing but to price things, stealing the
time of the clerk and stealing TIL time
-eL o,,o o1o-ar cov ron tStOD theft