Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-01

vital. living, throbbing thing fhe how
swept Ger the strings, and melody had
Joy. slrrolg, fear, and anguish and despair
Thlsc were the chords he touched, and
Was as heart that breathed forth poignant
sound
Put when the master smote the chord of
Came one rapt cry. then silence, for what
TO loves ilIimitable bounds may give a
Clinton Scotland in Harper's Bazaar.
$3.50
The Philanthropy of Kind Words.
An Inheritance from our savage es-
tate is the universal tendency to pick
flaws in our fellow man, and although
If does not express itself So vioIaptIv
as il olden times, because the veneer
Of modern civilization tolerates nothing
more than tongue Standings, the spirit
is often as cruel. So widespread is tnis
habit of hostile criticism, that he who
makes practice of refraining from I'm
kind comment not only becomes a marked
person, but one as rule, universally es-
teemed, and in many instances dearly
loved. Indeed, it is difficult to name
a shorter cut to popularity and respect
than the exercise of restraint in criti-
cism of Others, and he who would win
high praise from his associates has only
to make 1t a practice to commend, with
discrimination, gracious attitude
toward life, wIich, however. is as rare
as it is noble.
One particularly unlovely characteristic
OF humanity is its habit of selfshly ac-
cepting things when they go smoothly.
without ever giving a thought to those
whose fidelity and efficiency make the
smooth running possible. 1t is too often
forgotten that they are human beings
g7A n fha e
couragements and other trying expert
ences of living. and that most of them
suffer from the deadly monotony of I'M
inspiring tasks. Think what a word
Of appreciation for good service would
mean To these workers in the midst, or at
the close of trying day; and yet how
often do you say the word?
An object lesson in humanitv's prone
ness to censUre. and its little inclination
to commend, was unconsciOusly furnished
by the man i'll charge of several depart
ments of large retail shop. woman
who had just made some purchases, ac-
c0stcd him and asked if he were in
charge and if he attended to complaints
With n resigned air he replied in the
affirmative to both questions, but his ex-
preston changed when the woman then
asked him if customers often took the
trouble to commend good service. and
when she further stated that her purpose
cheney and courtesy of a certain young
girl, he said with deep feeling, Madam,
| am extremely grateful to yOu. 1t is,
indeed, IA rare thing that a customer
takes into consideration the trials of
clerk POSITION, or appreciates good serv
ice ST. &c. ntly to commend the clerk eli
Their pHrSO ally or to her SuperiOrS' Sup
pose in + I'D of exaggerating every error
of service or defect of manners. as is
now the rule. the whole world of shop
perS should mend its own manners by
cultlyating reaSonableneSS, and giving
some sign of appreciation for the faith
full performance of duty, would NOT the
inevitable result be to improve service
generally, and to bring positive happi-
ness into gray lives made up largely of
over toll? So much for the workers.
Now as to life in general. Since the
appreciation of our fellows is one of our
dearest ambitions, think what fame and
love, to name nc higher motive than self
seeking, must surely come to him who,
although he scorns fiattery, yet possesses
the sympathy, the intelligence and the
taste, To- commend with discrimination.
This is a species of higher philanthropy
which is urged ON all those who call
themselves Christian or who believe in
the brotherhood ideal of human society.
The cult of the appreciatiye word, be-
sides shedding joy, might become an
educational influence of great power
Vogue.
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Speeding Up" and Running Girls
Rheta Childe Dorr in an article en-
titled Give the Working-Girl a Chance"
in the January issue of Hamptons Mag
azine uses the instance of certain
cracker factory to show the evil results
of the present working girl system. She
says:
found girls in numbers on the pack
ing floor, large, low-ceilinged loft three
stories up in the air. In front OF 4 girl
packing "lady-iingers' stood a large
truck piled high with frames bristling
like so many prOcupineS with long steel
spikes or points On each point was
suspended a lady finger, choC0late-iced.
The girls hands fairly flew between
the frames and the box she was packing.
Back and forth so tirelessly and as au-
tomatically as machine her fingers
travelled, plucking the cakes, half a
dozen at time, and packing them pre-
clsely in the box. Working steadily at
this rate she could pack six 5-pound
boxes in an hour. If she kept up her
speed, never stopping a single second,
she earned Is cents an hour. If her
speed decreased she soon ceased to earn
anything, because she lost her job.
Fifteen cents an hour would mean
SIP in the nine-and-a-hlf-hour day.
but no girl in the factory earned that
+AICh btCduSe Tune udu " ne sdCIluCcu
going after the cake-laden trucks, and
4ustling the frames off and on the trucks.
Work of this kind was not paid for.
The cracker packers were not losing
any time. The endless chain of fiat pans
loaded with hot crackers, descending
from above, moved at a smart pace, and
the line of girls standing on either side
had to work at top speed to keep the
trays clear. They grabbed both hands
full Of crackers and flashed them into
the big wooden boxes beside them. They
seldom broke cracker or made a mis-
lake in their methodical progress. The
packers moved their arms, shoulders,
spmes continually. 1t must be splendid
exercise, l reflected only they get good
deal of it between in the morning and
at night.
The cracker packing girl attains a
higher speed than the cake packing girl,
because she has a pacemaker-the ma
chine. As fast as the machine moves
She must move. She earns cent a
dozen. and she can pack a hundred dozen
IN a day.
Here is another significant fact The