Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-01-26
DO Unto Others as You Wonld
They should DO Unto YOU For
One Whole bay.

cOuSluer Ourselves we, IN our TURN
are quite ready 10 do our share OF
the treading and abusing when the
opportunity comes our way.
Take. for instance. the girLwho
works in q factory. As rule she
is down on the foreman. Shefhinks
he treats her u1lsf5s dAmands too
much Of her 90 does nee speak as
ciyilly as be sk0nId.
When that girl goes shopping. is
she always polite and patient with
the girl who waits On hsrs
Being patron OF the shop. she
stands, for the time being. in posi-
tion to command attention from the
saleswoman, and very often, / am
sorry tosay, she abuses the privilege
by being disagreeable and impa-
tient.
In other words, is behavingexact-
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 We would they should do unto
you"
Just try that rule for one day and
see il at the end of the day you
won't have happy feeling of salts
faction.
A true lady never treats those
over whom she is placed in author
ity as though they were her infer
iors.
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 SER
vice 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 inmost heart you Know it to
be true.
Then, if you honestly feelthat 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 rea-
son why you should treat others 10
the same way when you have the
chance2
The stenographer who is most in
dignant at the manner in which her
employer treats her, treats theoffice
boy in exactly the same way, and
the Office boy in his turn is equally
harsh with the little street arab.
II 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 a sample, 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 un-
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 wo-
men in general who brought her 10
this state of Irritation by being dis
agreeable 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.-Nesc York journal.