The evening times., 1899-12-25
THE SCIENCE OF KICKING.
An Illustration of the Value of Great
ing Public Sentiment.
CFrom the New York SUM

Afi'hA lhS -NtN 1hEh suIl-)
THE janitor is not attending to his bust
ness, John" she said, when they had finish
| ed dinner and settled down for the even
ing.
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 ge
the steam up until after o'clock"
| Yes. l believe l have noticed that" h,
admitted
And the outer hall is in shameful con.
| dition," she went on. Il really think yol
ought to complain to the agent about that.
Ought I?'' he returned.
Yes, you ought" she said "They'r,
just letting this building run down. I'm
sure they are using a poorer grade OF coal
than ever before and the smoke and coal
dust are doing all sorts of damage. On
washday 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 con-
ditions."
But don't want TO get the reputation
OF being a kicker" he answered. Its
mighty annoying to be SO regarded. and
after a time all kicks from one who is
known as a chronic kicker lose force and
occupied, and l was in hot water all the
time. When a man once starts in trying
TO Keep things up TO the standard 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 il you don't stand up for your
rights you never will have things as they
ought to be-
''Oh, l don't know about that" he re-
piled. There are good many ways Of
bringing about desired results. Just let
me alone for a few days and l Will see
what l can do for you"
The next morning he timed his de-
parture so that he went downtown with
man in the next fat, and incidentally
asked him If he had experienced any trouble
getting heat in the morning and IL 1t did
not seem to him that the heating plant
turned out an unnecessary amount of smoke
and coaldust. The man in the next fiat
admitted 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
oniElnd way what he thought of the con-
dillon of the main hall. The other tenant
thought IL 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 affairs.
and these tenants talked with others. The
more they talked the more evident 1t be-
came to them that something ought to be
done and that the agent ought TO do IL.
They had been mildly dissatisfied before
but by the end of the week they were in
dignant.
Meanwhile the wise mans wife beca ne
impatient, but he feassured her.
Don't worry" he said. 1T will be all
right"
And 1t was. The agent said il seemed
to him that there was only one man in
the building who wasn't kicker, and il
re had anything TO say about /. he'd give
him a reduction of rent il necessary to
get him to renew his lease rext May.
"And that" said the wise man, sis What
comes of creating public sentiment in
stead of making a nuisance Of ones self"
Comparison of HOnOrs.
(From Answers.)
A new boy had moved into the neighborhood
He sitting the fence that separated his
back yard from the yard pertaining to the next
the acquaintance Of the next-door neighbor's boy
Il go to the grammar school," be said; II can
do every sum in the mental arithmetic. and l
always get 100 marks in my history and geogra.
phy:n
bis lower jaw, Il move my ears and you
can't."