The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-11-04
'sDO UNTO OTHERS Az YOIJ
WOULD THEY SHOULD Do
UNTO YOU FOR ONE ).
WHOLE DAY. Il.

1t is strange fact that no matter
how downtrodden and abused We con.
slider ourselves, we, in our turn are
quite ready to do our share of the trad.
ing and abusing when the opportuni.
ty comes our way.
Take, for instance, the girl who
works in factory. AZ rule she is
down on the foreman. She thinks hp
treats her unfairly, demands too much
Of her and does not speak as civily az
be should.
When that girl goes shopping, i.
she always polite and patient with the
girl who waits on her?
Being patron Of the shop, she
stands, for the time being, in a posi-.
tion to command attention from the
saleswoman, and very often, l am
sorry to say, she abuses the privilege
by being disagreeable and impatient
In other words, is behaving exactly
in the way in which she complains the
foreman treats her.
Most of you know the Golden Rule
of the Scriptures.
Ii 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 satisfaction.
A 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
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 a.
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't glumble and think that you
are not being treated fairly unless in
your inmOst heart YOU know it to be
untrue.
Then, if you honestly feel that you
are being put upon, try and better
yourself.
Dent always fell that the person in
authority over you is down on you;
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.
1t is like travelling in 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 exact.
ly the same way as 1 would like them
to treat me-"
It's an experiment worth trying,
you know, and wish all my girl
friends wonld try it, and then write
and tell me how it succeeded.
Especially remember to try it when
you so into one Of the big crowded
shops. f@i
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 a sam
pie, or murmur vaguely that they
"don't quite know-they II come back
again." and then walk out without
having bought one cents worth.
So, when the shop girl seems unin-
terested or cross when you ask her for
something, don't think the feeling 10
directed toward you personally; it 10
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.
-New York Journal.