The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1909-01-22


ain nhIoh there IA strength
"A house divided against itself osn.
not fall"
I'VE arc not dlvldsd, ~ ono body
W, one In nopc and 6pctfine, one 10
chafity"
"so they strengthened tnefr hsnds
together for good WORK and the work
went forward /"
Al ~ these old time proverbs and
quotations, taken ffom the stofchousc
Of memofy, emphasize and Illustrate
the necessity " following out In onc's
own individual life the line that heads
this column, bring your whole self TO
your work.
L. Il the law of life that IN the
sweat of the brow man shall earn his
bread. 1dleness is a mans greatest
curse; work IL his greatest blessing
But work entered Into balf-beaftedly,
simply with view OF putting In the
time until pay day, becomes menace
TO happiness, clog to ambition and
q drag to hope.
Only as man recognizes that as a
worker In the working world he must
work and bring his entire strength TO
his work will be approximate any.
thing like success.
Many q young man falls 10 his en-
frances In life because he brings too
much Of the playground into the
working hours Of the day. One reason
why many employers are unwilling to
give yUung collegian an opportunity
10 their places OF business Is because
they are fearful that the collegian
will care more for outside sports than
be does for inside business
When you as worker sell an en-
ployer your time you have the right
to give him the very best time that is
in you. When pay day comes around
you would be mighty angry II you
received part OF your pay In counter
felt, or Confederate money. You
would say that such money was only
half money, no money, that II war
worthless. And you would be right
/ You have q right TO demand from
your employer every dollar that h'
has contracted TO pay you, and thav
10 good, honest coin OF the republic
In; like manner when you agree tt
give your employer six, eight or ter
hours OF your time, lie has right u
demand OF you that your time sbal
have 10 II full sixty seconds to tn,
minute and full sixty minutes to th
hour. II your employer holds bacl
from your pay envelope that whicl
you have honestly earned and refuse
to pay you, you say be is rascal,
cheat and dishonest man. An,
your employer contracting for you
time has the right to say, and prot
ably does say, that you are rascal,
, cheat and dishonest man unless yo
give him the full time you have cor
Itracted.
II When q man employs another ma
] to do any piece OF business for hir
that man has right to demand tha
b the employe bring all the strength
j his body, heart and brain to the wor
i 10 hand. M man can bring all til
strength Of his body, heart and brai
Z to his work who dissipates his enere
. 10 high living, csrousals and doing I'll
: things that are diametrically oppose
: to the Law OF health.
81 To bring his whole strength to h
d, work, . young man must take care
9 his strength. He must develop II al
p refresh II and build II up during Il
:. hours that he is away from his wor
- After . man has been cooped up 10
- stufly Office for eight or ten hours
- day IL won't help him get back
strength to spend eight or nine hot
~ IN back room full OF smoke IN
y poker game. 1t woo't help h
np gather strength to lean over q n
= hogany bar conyersiDg in famil
terms with the "barkeep" or tell
=. stories with every Tom, Dick a
itl Harry that comes 10. "All work a
be | 90 play makes Jack a dull boy" I
~ one IL to really and truly build
snI the body, the heart and the brs
70 the diversion, the amusement, 10