The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15

and stevenson for entertainment ana
benefit.
Of course you should read history and
not altogether neglect the standard poets.
When you have read and enjoyed SOME
of the BEST authors you will have got into
the real spirit of good reading, and you
will be surprised that you ever cared for
the transient and the trite.
Form the reading habit.
The reading of the best books, once be-
come a habit, will enrich your mind, en-
noble your heart, uplift your life. 1t will
give you width Of mental vision and
strei.g 9Th of spirit 1t will help to bear
YOU over many wave of trouble that
would engulf little mind that is thrown
upon it's own meager resources.
In good books you will find consolation
and comfort and entertainment and for
getfulness of self They will delight you
through the years and prove a solace in
your old age.
You will never be lonesome when you
can find between the lids of a book COM
partnership with the noblest and best of
all the ages.
The Man ON the Job
The general manager Of the road swung
off the rear platform of his private car
and walked back to the siding where a
gang OF section men were at work.
Hello, Mixer said the general man
ager, who knew every section foreman
on the line by his first name. whats
the matter here?
Using forceful laughter, the foreman
criticised the methods of the construc-
ton department. He carefully explained
the difficulty and showed how somebody
higher up was to blame.
The manager listened closely, putting a
few we'll directed questions When he got
back to his car he made some private
memoranda. In few Gays order
went forth from the managers Office en-
bodying Mikes ideas of reforh, in the
construction department. II worked adj
mirably
Said the manager to a friend, "If you
want to get at the bottom of railroadng,
find out what the man in the small job
knows"
Which is true not only in railroadng,
but In every other line. The man on the
job knows.
One of the most successful managing
editors L ever knew organized weekly
session of all the men in his department
He called these meetings brain throbs."
EVERY man was absolutely free to talk, ana
the suggestion of the cub reporter was
given as much attention as that of the
city editor or the telegraph editor.
The manager got the brain throbs'' of
the man on the job.
Il can learn more from my clerks than
from my department heads said a
great Chicago merchant. 'The clerks
come in direct contract with the public.
| They know what the customer wants and
| what he complains Of"
| The man at the bottom knows.
F, The shrewd political manager who wants
| to know the drift of public opinion in
| his state pays scant attention to the edi-
torial utterances of the big city news
| paper. He wants to know what the
country editor"-the editor of the news
| paper in small city, in town and village
| is saying about the issue.
| The country editor knows
The rule holds good in every depart
ment of life. And the wise employer OF
men and women does not regard them
as mere machines. They are workers to-
eether with him. They are co-operators
| In common enterprise.
Under our competitive system ideal re-
lations between capital and labor are more
or less difficult. The nearest approach
to the ideal Is that condition where the
employer thoroughly trusts and freely
consults his employees. where the en-
ployes fully trust and freely consult their
employer.