The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-07
SCIENCE OF KICKING.

Advantage of Creating Public Senti-
ment When Living in Flat House.
1.-THE janitor is not attending to his
business, John" she said, when they
had finished dinner and settled down
for the evening.
Isn't he? he asked.
You know he isn't" she asserted.
Hes never to be found when he is
wanted, and some mornings he doesn't
begin to get steam up until after seven
o'clock"
Yes; believe 1 have noticed that"
he admitted.
And the outer hall is in a shameful
condition" she went on. Il really
think you ought to complain to the
agent about that"
Ought I?' he returned
Eyes you ought" she said. They re
just letting this building run down.
Pm sure they're using poorer grade
of coal than ever before, and the smoke
and coal dust are doing all sorts of
damage. On wash day it seems to me
the clothes get dirtier when they are
hung up to dry than they were before
they went into the tubs. You ought to
make a vigorous protest against the
continuation of existing conditions"
But don't like to get the reputation
of being a kicker" he answered. 1t S
mighty annoying to be so regarded,
and after time all kicks from one who
is known as a chronic kicker lose force
and ignored I tried it in the last fiat
we occupied, and 1 was in hot water all
the time. When a man once starts in
trying to keep things up to the stan
dard there's no end to the worry and
bother and I'd sort of like to live in
peace here and keep on fairly good
terms with the agent and the janitor
and everyone else. It's so much more
comfortable"
But If you don't stand up for your
rights you will never have things as
they ought to be"
"Oh, don't know about that" he re-
piled. There are a good many ways
of bringing about desired results. Just
let me alone for few days and l will
see what can do for you"
The next morning he timed his de-
parture so that he went down town
with the man in the next fiat, and in
asked him if he experienced
any trouble getting heat in the morn
ing and if 1t did not seem to him that
the heating plant turned out an I'M
lGCGSSdly dlllOullC VI ollAOtNS oeAl0 SVebA
dust. The man in the next fiat adj
mitted that he had been thus annoyed,
and, his attention being thus called-to
the subject he talked it over with his
wife that night Then the wise man
found an opportunity to ask another
tenant in an offhand way what he
thought of the condition of the main
hall The other tenant thought it
ought to. receive attention from the
landlord or the agent. In the course of
the next three days the wise man sue
ceeded in directing the attention of two
other tenants to the condition of af-
fairs, and these tenants talked with
others. The more they talked the more
evident it became to them that some
thing ought to be done and that the
agent. ought to do it. They had been
mildly dissatisfied before, but by the
end of the week they were indignant
Meanwhile the wise mans wife be-
came impatient, but he treasured her.
Don't worry he said. 1T will be
all right"
And it was. The agent said it
seemed to him that there was only one
man in the building who wasn't kick
err and if he had anything to say
about it he'd give him a reduction Of
rent if necessary to get him to renew
his lease next May.
And that ;" satd the wise man, sis
what comes of creating public senti-
ment instead of making a nuisance of
ones self."-New York Sun.