The Democratic advocate., 1904-11-19
Try Doing Unto Others AS You
Would They Should Do Unto You >
For One Whole Day.
Beatrice Fairfax in New York journal.

Beatrice Fairfax in New York Journal
1t is strange fact that no matter how
| downtrodden and abused, we consider our
selves, we, in our turn are quite ready to do
our share of the treading and abusing when
the opportunity comes our way.
Take, for instance, the girl who works
in factory. As rule she is down on the
foreman. She thinks he treats her un-
fairly, demands to much work of her and
does not speak as civilly as he should
When that girl goes shopping, is she al
ways polite and patient with the girl who
waits on her?
Being a patron of the shop, she stands,
for the time being, in position to com
mand attention from the saleswoman, and
very often, am sorry to say, she abuses
the privilege by being disagreeable and I'M
patient
In other words, she is behaving exactly
in the way in which she complains the
foreman treats her.
Most of you know the Golden Rule of
the Scriptures.
IF not, here it is: ''Do unto Others
as ye would they should do unto you
Just try that rule for one day and see
if at the end of the day you wont have
happy feeling of satisfaction
\ true lady never treats those over
whom she is placed in authority as though
they were her interiors.
As long as you are doing the work ap-
pointed you in a satisfactory manner you
are no ones inferior.
The girl who is in domestic service must
realize that her mistress is the recognized
head of the house, and as long as she is
treated fairly she in her turn should do her
work to the best of her ability.
You should never take money unless you
can give an adequate return for it.
Don grumble and think that you are
not being treated fairly unless in your in
most heart you know it TO be untrue.
Then, if you honestly feel that you are
being put upon, try and better yourself.
Don always feel that the person in
authority over you is down on you; if you
work in that spirit you viii never get on.
And even supposing that such be the
case, is that any reason why you should
treat others in the same way when you
have the chance?
The stenographet who is most indignant
at the manner in which her employer treats
her treats the office boy in exactly the same
way, and the office boy in his turn is equal
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1t is ike travelling in a circle, isn't it ??
and don you think if you are one Of the
links in that circle it would be good thing
to break away from it =?
When you get up tomorrow morning say
to yourself, For this whole day | m GO
ing to act as though | like every one and
every one likes me and the world is all
bright and beautiful. I'm going to treat
every one in exactly the same way as
would like them to treat me.
Its an experiment worth trying, you
know, and l wish all my girl friends would
try it, and then write and tell me how it
succeeded.
Especially remember to try it when you
20 into one Of the biz crowded shops.
The girls behind the counter have to be
patient and polite all day long to hundreds
OF women who half the time don know
what they want and insist on having dozens
of drawers and boxes opened, laces un-
rolled or dresses tried on, only TO take
sample, or murmur vaguely that they
don't quite know-theyn come back
again. and then walk out without having
bought one cent 5 worth
So, when the shop girl seems uuinter-
ested or cross when you ask her for some
thing don't think the feeling is directed
toward you personally it Is directed against
the women in general who brought her to
this state of irritation by being disagreea-
ble to her and not realizing that while they
have one to deal with she had hundreds.
4 sympathetic remark or smile will
brighten her up wonderfully. Try it.