The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-17
The Bill Clerk
Is Tipped off
About the Boss

tsT Ii tell you what his idea OF
young man Is, " said the bill clerk.
He thinks a fellow ought 10
work eighteen hours out Of the twenty
four just for the fun Of 1t and save SO
month out Of a salary Of ~ a week.
IF that's the case, my dear boy I'm
afraid that you will always be mere or
/ less of disappointment 10 him., OBJ
served the cashier. Il don't think you
vii, ever love work for the works sake.
i should say 1 wouldn't" the bill clerk
admitted.
Aren't you ashamed to own it?' de-
mauded the cashier severely.
Il do enough to earn the pay I'm get
ting and then some, said the Dill clerk.
IF you don't yOull get fired" rejoined
the cashier 90. % sensible employer is go
ing to pay a man what mes worth if he
can help IT, That would be mere phil
anthrOpy instead OF business, and phil
anthropists are scarce in this part Of
town. / don't believe you could scare one
up in an area of fifty square blocks, but
you certainly ought TO enjoy hard work.
Johnny. Any young fellow ought to.
That's what you think, is it? said the
bill clerk, sacrastically.
An esprit du Corporation"
That's what any man Of mature years
and judgment thinks" asserted the cash
Ter. You should find a fine delight ia
every dOWnsuOlle and upstrOke Of your
pen-a pleasure unfaiiing In each figure
( that you set down aud an intelligent rap
/ ture for every addition or multiplication.
Think that In all this you are an instru-
ment for the increase of the firm Is busi-
| ness, a factor in the firms prosperity,
/ and see il YOU don't experience a glow
/ Of pride, a happy sense of your own use
/ fuluess. Try 70 cultivate an esprit du
/ corporation, Johnny
! I spose 1 ought to-what?" said the
/ bill clerk, curling his upper lip.
That's what I'm trying to impress on
you answered the cashier. III, instead
/ of your arriving from five TO fifteen min
utes late every morning, I should find
I you on my arrival pacing the corridor,
7 impatient for the opening of the office,
eager to grapple with and overcome the
difficulties inseparable from each days
task, then indeed I should have hopes OF
you; but 1 honestly don't believe you feel
the least regret when a na tiOnal holiday
/ happens along and keeps you from the
field of earnest endeavOr for tWenty-fOlr
I hours at a stretch"
His Wonderful lunches.
THE lunches you get on are something
wonderful" declared the bill clerk.
IF when you left the office you would
not almost instantly seek some frivolous
diversion, but would try TO make your
self more efficient by the study Of i'm
proving books, it would be well, eOntin-
ued the cashier. Acquire new modern
language, acquaint yourself with trade
conditions and trade reports throughout
the world Read up on imports and eX-
ports, instead of baseball scores and race
track dope"
Why certainly" said the bill clerk.
with pleasure. Why didn't you mention
it before? III get at IL right away"
IT am afraid you won L" sighed the
cashier; and then, as - your saVinSs you
really ought to practice economy. 1t
seems to me thu you could get along
with an apple or a glass Of milk at noon.
Rare sirlOin Of .eef and mashed potatoes
and rOa st young pig and apple sauce aua
Fulton Market clam choWder are unnee-
essary extravagances. IN my opinion
You should remember that the less YOU
eat at lunch the greater viii be your ca
pacity for dinner, and I don't suppose
your boarding house makes any addition
al charge for the quantity you eat
you think that / ought 10 do al this,
eh?' demanded the bill clerk.
"Humor the OLD Fellow"
Personally, 1 think you ought to get
a little amusement out of life, replied
the cashier Il think YOU may be de
Gently clothed and properly nourished
without spelling all your chances fer sue
cess in life; but you see, Johnny, i "a
not an employer"
That's the point" replied the bill
clerk. cordially, That's the idea exactly.
These dubs never were alive. If you
stuck anything into 'em, they'd bleed ice
water. They were born siXty-nine years
old and never get over II, ana when IL
comes to spending q dollar
AT the same time, II / were you. 4
take a tumble to myself interrupted the
cashier. I'D humor the old fellow lit
tie. because he evidently thinks you're
loafing on the Job. OF course, hes fool
ism, but humOr him, Johnny, humOr him.
and get a Wiggle on"
Il believe you think he's IN the right
about it, said the bill clerk, sulluly.