The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-07
The Boy
and His Job

Or. Frank Crane, in the Woman's World.
If you work for a railroad, act as If
/ whatever causes loss to the road causes
loss to you. Be as careful of its prop
erty as If you owned it.
If you are employed on a farm, take
as much interest in anything that per-
tains to it as if it was your farm. Pick
up a stray board, stop a leak, repair a
lock, cover exposed machinery and
look after anything that falls to your
notice, just as the farmer himself
would do.
If you are a clerk in a store, get the
thought in your mind that it is your
store, and be as anxious as the pro
prietor to keep things neat, to attract
customers, and to avoid losses.
When you work for a man, you do
not work for wages If your eye is
only on your pay you are a second class
woriser. You VIII certainty slight
your work, and your employer will get
rid OF you as soon as he can
You have something better than
wages to work for, always; it is your
self, for your future.
You owe it to your roSt self to be
loyal, to give tie best ttet is in you.
You are In a way Il partner in the
concern.
If you employer is an unjust and
selfish person, and takes advantage of
you, oVerworks you does not appre-
ciate what you do, complains and
never says an encouraging word, right
there is where you are to show the
principal. Don't be like him. Keep
on doing the best you can for him.
When you cannot stand it any longer
quit. But never take a mans money
and slight his work
If you persist in this way, you are
known as a valuable man. Your serv-
ices will be in demand.
While o taxi active concern in
your employers affairs, don't be Of
t1cious. Remember that every business
Is IN a way a military affair. Some
one head has to run it. The rest are to
obey orders. Your responsibility lies in
doing what you are told. If you think
your orders are not wise, obey anyhow;
the responsibility for them is not on
yOur shoulders.
to what your employer commands.
R9n,t take things for granted. Have
what he wants, and do it.
Never bungle a job. What you do,
40 well. If you have to curry a horse,
store, make it as tidy as a particular
Woman's parlor. If you are to tie
bundles, learn how to make them look
as though they had been done up bv
machinery. II your work is to black
sloes, piack the heels. Nobody wants
a boy who is habitually negligent, Slip
shod and careless in his work.
BE punctual. Be just a little better
than punctual. Never allow a human
being to wait on vol If you are to be
at the office at Z sharp, be there a
quarter to 7. Start always sooner than
is necessary, and allow time for mis-
haps.
Th1s is mainly a matter Of habit. I
nave Travelled many thousands of miles
in all countries and 1 never missed but
one train in my life.
II YOU have any business to do at
your ensure, that is at any time you
choose, do that business the first thing.
just as soon as you can get to it. and
afterwards. Always get business
ana out of the way before you
pe51n TO resi- or to amuse yourself.
Will set that in capital letters.) There
Is no one little trick that win help Won
make good more h a getting the habit
of being polite.
whenever Q meet a woman you
take off our hat, whether it is
the poss wife or a washerworlan.
Whenever a woman enters the room
where you are get up from your chair.
it is a typewriting girl or a
princess.
whenever you sell anybody any,
thing, If it is only a / cent paper. saw.
L thank you" Don't say Thank you."
When you do not understand what is
to you, do not say "How?" or
rWhat?' Say, Il beg your pardon?"
some folks may poke vulgar fun at
you, but you stick to being polite. and
day o will be hiring the vul-
gar funmakers and discharging them.
The most offensive thing about
is their gruffness and lack
OF courtesy; Clerks, conductors, ticket
agents and messenger BOYS seem to
think it is smart to be short and
sharp. There never was a greater mis-
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The manager Of the United Cigar
stores, which are all over the co,1nfrv
his statesmen to say II thank
to every n who makes a pur-
chase.