The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-12-27
CHRISTMAS AT THE LAMBERTVlLLE
RUBBER WORKS.

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All the Married Men Get Turkcys-Pres-
ents for Others.
Last Saturday afternoon the Lam
bertyille Rubber Co. gave Christmas
presents to all its employees, as has
been its custom for years Ia more de-
tailed account of which is given by
our First Ward correspondent.
This year the men thought that
turn about was fair play" and planned
to make a nice present to the general
manager, Warren A. Greene, Esq,
whose genial manners and kindly
treatment of the men have endeared
him to them ALL Every employee of
the mill, we understand, heartily en-
tered into the plan, and Mr.. B. H.
Taylor was chosen to purchase the
gifts. All agree that he showed ex-
cellent taste in his selection.
At about o'clock the employees.
nearly four hundred in number, were
summoned by whistle to meet in the
large room of the main building. Mr..
Greene started into the room to say
something to the men about the COM
pany's presents to them, but when he
arrived in the centre of the room,
somebody had something to say to him.
Mr.. Lambert Reed stepped out and
addressed him in the following neat
and well-timed words:
Mr. GREENF:-I want to tell YOU a
little story this afternoon and ! want
to tell it to you in the presence of all
assembled here. About thirty five
years ago there came to this town Il
young man. He came to take charge
of this factory, Mr.. Greene, at that
time neither you nor the factory were
very large, but In the intervening years
both have grown, and especially have
you grown in the esteem of the people
of our town, and in the hearts of the
employees of this Company there is
deeper feeling than can exist in the
hearts of those who do not come into
the relationship that we enjoy. Dur
ing the years that we have been in
your employ we have seen your face Mt
each successive Christmas time, beam
ing with pleasure as you were planning
for our happiness. AT this Christmas
time we have conspired to appropriate
some of your happiness, SO | now take
pleasure in behalf of the employees OF
this Company in presenting to you
this beautiful Davenport Lounge, on
which Mr.. Vanderbilt or Mr.. Aston
would feel perfectly Mt home. Now,
Mr.. Greene, beautiful as this is, we
did not feel that it fully expressed the
good feeling that exists in our hearts
for you, so We want TO emphasize it by
presenting to you this handsome Lii
brary Table Knowing you to be an
active man, and thinking that after a
rest you would feel that you must be
busy, we thought it an appropriate gift,
and we hope you will spend many happy
hours ut this table.
In presenting You with these tokens
of esteem and affection, ] assure you
that we wish you n MERRY CHRISTMAS.
At least for once in his life, Mr..
Greene was taken aback. But.he soon
recovered himself and made the fol
lowing apt response:
My DEAR FRIENDS: i call you friends
because | have never regarded You as
EMPLOYEES alone, but rather as one
family, working for each others good
assure you this is n genuine and very
great surprise. How among SO many,
you all kept this affair such profound
secret, is indeed mystery.
Thirty five years ago came here and
started with twelve employees. Since
that time we have increased some thir-
ty-fold, and our relations have been
Of the pleasantest nature. The good
book says, cit is more blessed to give
than to receive" but | feel to-day rs
though it was very blessed to receive.
/ don't believe in monopolies of happi-
ness, and am very glad to share with
you in this thank you everyone for
these beautiful presents and moro than
all for the kindly spirit that accom-
panies them. ! sincerely wish you all
a MERRY CHRIsTMAs and many happy
returns.
1t was an exceedingly pleasant and
happy day at the Lambertville Rubber
Company's mill.