The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-12-03
'TO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD THEY
SHOULD DO UNTO YOU FOR ONE
WHOLE DAY.

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1t is strange fact that no matter
how downtrodden and abused we
consider ourselves, 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 unfairly, demands too
much of her and does not speak as
civilly as he should.
When that girl goes shopping, is
she always polite and patient with
the girl who waits on her?
Being a patron of the shop, she
stands, for the time being, in posi-
tion to command attention from the
saleswoman, and very often, l am
So SSTEx Bsg fR sahHsss and tff Fils
In other words, is behaving exact
ly in the other 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
won't have happy feeling of sat
isfaction.
A true lady never treats those
over whom she is placed in author
ity as though they were her interiors.
AS long as you are doing the work
appointed you in satisfactory man
ner 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 un-
less you can give an adequate re-
turn for it.
Don't grumble and think that you
are not being treated fairly unless
in your innost heart you know it
to be untrue.
Then, if you honestly feel that you
are being put upon, try and better
yourself.
Don't always feel that the person
in authority over you is down on
you; if you work in that spirit you
will never get on.
And even supposing that such
should be the case, is that any reason
why you should treat others in the
same way when you have the chance?
The stenographer who is most in
dignant 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 equally harsh
with the little street arab.
It is like travelling in a circle, isn't
it? and don't 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 MORN
ing say to yourself, "For this whole
day I'm going 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.
It's an experiment worth trying,
you know, and / wish all my girl
friends would try it, and then write
and tell me how it succeeded.
Especially remember to try it when
you go into one of the big 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't know what they want and
insist on having dozens of drawers
and boxes opened, laces unrolled or
dresses tried on, only to take SAM
pie, or murmur vaguely that they
'don't quite know-they'll come back
again." and then walk out without
having bought one cents worth.
So, when the shop girl seems u1-
interested or cross when you ask
her for something, don't think the
feeling is directed toward you per-
sonally; it is directed against the
women in general who have brought
her to this state of irritation by being
disagreeable to her and not realizing
that while they have one to deal with
she had hundreds.
A sympathetic remark or smile
will brighten her up wonderfully.
Try it.-Ne1V York Journal.