New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-11-07
The Stroller.

III may DC paIuoneu AoA n 1aA i nAAAnts Os
to an old subject would like TO call
the attention of the proper city author nor.
tiles to the present condition OF our
streets. There is no better season Of
the year to make street improvements
than in the fall before the final winter
freeze up. Before snow comes the streets
should be thoroughly cleaned and made
as smooth as possible. IF this is done
it will be found that when spring comes
the expense of putting the streets in
condition for the summer traffic will be
materially lessened.
Now that election is over it will be
in order to settle downl to business and
see what can be done to help the city
along in the way it should go. And
about the first thing 1 would like to see
IS the organization of a 9Knocker's Club
Don't think that I mean a club for the
perpetuation of the knocker, for him we
have always with us. No indeed! What
I want is an organization having for its
object the reduction of the number of
fault finders, or knockers as they are
most expressively termed. hate to
hear business man in speaking OF an
other man say: ooh, yes, Jones is a
pretty good fellow, but! If you
can say good word of your nelghbor
say it cheerfully and then for Heavens
sake, don't spoil the effect by insinuat-
ing that there is priviso attached to
your favorable comment. The best rule
that I know of is the one which says if
you can speak no good of your nelghbor
be sure that you speak no harm.
Apropos of the above is the following
from the Saturday Evening Post:
The Booster Club, of Chicago, is a
club for the promotion of helpfulness.
Its motto is expressed with breezy West
ern forcefulness:
eff you can't say anything good of
man, keep still' The object of the club
is expressed as follows:
1.-The encouragement of unKind critic.
ism, and the encouragement and boost
ing of everything that is philosophical
or praiseworthy."
Each member wears Booster button.
and this token, wherever seen, is intend
ed as warning that harsh criticisms
gossip and evil speaking are offensive to
its wearer. Most of those who display
this little badge of helpfulness are sub
stantial young business men, for it is
this class which furnishes the greater
portion of the many recruits who are
joining the movement. It has already
begun to spread beyond Chicago. The
president of the club is John A, Heus-
ner. He was also its founder, and his
most active helper is A. ]. Olsen. In a
conversation between the two men they
talked of their struggle IN getting foot
hold in the business world.
"My bitterest appointments said
Mr.. Heusner have come through people
on whom, from friendship or relation
ship, 1 thought I had the most right to
depend upon for encouragement, if not
for add The discussion of this state
ment resulted in the organization of the
club.
"My experiences have caused me-"
said President Heusner, few days ago,
"to classify men under three heads
Boosters, Knockers and Rangers. These
are not very elegant terms, perhaps, but
most men of the world will understand
them, and I can illustrate by my own
experience:
"Fathe1 died when I was barefooted
youngster. My two older brothers were
accepted by the people of our little New
York town as promising lads, but there
was a certain element, which ranged
the community, that gave out the inn
preston that my mother would escape
easy if / failed to land in Jail or in some
way bring disgrace upon her head.
Meantime l vas working like a beaver
and earning six dollars a week. Ali but
seventy-ive cents of this amount was
always and willingly turned over to
mother. Finally, the whisperings of the
Rangers became SO rasping to me that |
determined to quit the old home town,
make good big stake, and then return
in triumph to put their suspicious to
confusion and hear them forced, for
once, to speak fairly Of me.
borrowing twenty dollars from my
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