Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-03-07

nesses which that employer Is confirm
ally showing TO the sicS and the trou
bled IN the city. He should tell how
his employer Is one OF the directors 0i
the Young Mems Christian assOci1tiOl
and how his word Is as good as his
bond. But that is not what the aver
age clerk does Instead Of singing the
praises Of the store he Is talking every
where about his employers faults ant
weaknesses And. though may bt
making very broad statement. ! firm
~ believe that can enter any large
store ID this city and hear enough
grumblng aud fault finding and mis-
representation by the clerks 10 damage
that store seriously. The average CLERK
does not know what loyalty to his EN-
ployer means. although he himself Is
entirely dependent for his bread anc
butter ON the salary he receives from
that store.
What Is true OF the mercantile worlo
~ also true OF u lDrge percentage OF
the beneliciarles OF charitable institu
lions one OF the loveliest ladies'
ever knew was left widow WITH
rare financial acumen she doubled and
quadrupled her husbands estate Thee
with nearly $J00.OOO she erected and
endowed an "old folks home" There
In the most beautiful climate Of the
world upon a site which Is unsurpassed
IN beauty in all southern California
she has reared this institution as
memorial TO her husband, ! suppose
there would be 10000 applicants TO en-
ter that institution this year II the re
strictions did not bar all but inhabit
ants OF California from entering. As II
Is. the waiting list runs up into the
hundreds "Oh, II could only become
an Inmate of Hollenbeck home"' Is the
pleading prayer OF many who are IN
the twilight OF life. Yet have been
told that. though all those who enter
there 90 with thanksgiving song
upon their lips. yet as soon as some OF
the inmates get thoroughly established
In their rooms and walk for little
while amid the flowers In the gardens
they begin TO grumble about the meals
and grumble about the superintendent
and grumble about the people who are
living IN the rooms next 10 them. The
average person. care not in what de
partment of life you may take him
does not know what loyalty means.
A Good Notice
think the best notice ! ever saw
hung upon the walls OF a business es
tabllshment had written on II these
words The more | have read them
over the more their honesty aud far.
reaching significance have appealed &c
me. Listen and ponder well: If YOU
work for man. In heavens name
work for him. If he pays you wages
that supply you bread and butter
work for him, speak well Of him.
stand by him and stand by the instltu
ton he represents. II put to II pinch.
an ounce of loyalty is worth pound
of cleverness II you must Willy. con
demn and eternally diSparage. resign
your position and when YOU are out
side denounce 10 your hearts content.
But as long as you are part of the Ia
stltution do not condemn II IT you DO.
you are looscning the tcndrlls that
hold you TO that institution, aud the
first high wind that comes along you
Will he uprooted aud blown away IN
the billiards. track. ana probably you
will never know why" Woman. have
you ever thought Of that when as q
servant girl you are talking against
your mistress? StenOgrapher have you
ever thought OF that when YOU are
talking against your employer: Clerk,
have you ever thought Of that when
you are talking against your employer
Beneficiary. have you ever thought OF
that when you are talking against
your benefactor? Are YOU loyal to the
men who feed you and put clothes on
your back and give you home in
which to live? II you are. you are the
exception, for the great masses of PEG
pie cast mud at the windows OF the
homes In which live the men and the
women who support them and who
should be esteemed their best friends.
In the Spiritual Life.
What Is true of the temporal life Is
emphatlcally true OF the spiritual Dc
you know why you have so small a
spiritual harvest? In the first place,
some OF you talk against your minister
who is trying to build up your church.
Then you talk about some of the peo
pie who are in the church. You com
plain about your superintendent OF
about the president of your Ladies' Aid
or Missionary society. Then you ind
fault with the church people because
they do not call upon you more. Then
you grumble against God because he
does not let you live In better home
Then you get angry because your hus
band was not elected an elder Then
you find fault with the choir. Then
you will begin to sulk because your
little girl was not asked to lead the
procession al the children's day serv.
ice Then In high gee you go around
spreading the scandal ef some domes'
tic Preside and call the members OF
that marital catastrophe "hypocrites
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