Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-12
THE SCIENCE OF KICKING.
A Decided Advantage in Creating
Pubiic Sentiment when Living
in "a Fiat House.

"The ianitor is not attending to his
business, John" she said, when they
had finished dinner and settled down
for the evening.
isn't hc?" he asked.
"You know he isn't" she asserted.
Giles never to be found when he's
wanted, and some mornings he doesn't
begin to get the steam up until after
seven o'clock"
"yes; l believe l have noticed that"
he admitted.
"And the outer hall is in shameful
condition." She went on. Il really think
you ought to complain to the agent
about that"
Ought -" he returned.
"Yes, YOU ought" she said. They're
Just letting this building run down.
I'm sure they're using n poorer grade
of coal than ever before, and the smoke
and coal dust are doing all sorts of dam
age. On wnshday il seems to me the
clothes get dirtier when they are hung
up 10 dry than they were before they
went into the tubs. You ought to
make q vigorous protest against the
contiGuntion of existing conditions"
"liut | don't like to get the reputa-
tion of being kicker" he answered.
"lts mighty annoying to be so re-
gardcd, and after n time all kicks from
one who is known us Il chronic kicker
lose force and are ignored. i tried it in
the last fat we occupied, and was in
hot water all the time. When n 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 if you don't stand up for your
rights you never will have things us
they ought to be-"
"Oh, don't know about that" he re-
piled. 'There are good many ways
of bringing about desired results. Just
let me alone for few days and will
| see what l 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 incl
dcntnny asked him if he had expert
! enced any trouble getting heat in tie
morning and il it did not seem to him
that the heating plant turned out an
| unnecessary amount of smoke and coal
dust. The man in the next fiat admit
| ted that he had been thus annoyed,
and, his attention being 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 o1fhGnd 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 e
I days the wise man succeeded in direct
/ ing the attention of two other tenants
/ to the condition of affairs, and these
/ tenants talked with others. The more
/ they talked the more evident it became
! to them that something ought TO be
/ done ard that the agent ought to do ii.
! They had been mildly dissatisfied be-
! fore, but by the end OF the week they
/ were indignant.
| Meanwhile the wise mans wife be-
came impatient, but he reassured her.
Don't worry" he said. ut 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 kicker, and il
he had anything to say about it he'd
give him reduction of rent if neces-
sary TO get him TO renew his lease next
May.
And that" said the wise man, sis
what GENES OF creating public senti-
ment instead of making nuisance OF
! ones scl.."-N. Y. Sun.