Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-06
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Business and Honor
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r. HERE isn't any honor in business any more" said the Man cynical1y.
It's all a matter of money. A fellow will do anything for money
the standard, 40 matter how you get It."
Perhaps" said the Girl, lin SOM asses. but not In all And let me tell
than you think.
II know a case" she went on, of a professional woman. very we'll known
to the American public, who agreed to do a certain thing for a certain com
pahy Tor t" hundred dollars a week She hadn't signed the contract But
she had given her word, Another company heard of it. offered her two hun
dred an fifty dollars, an she Immediately accepted the second offer"
just as l SAID, interrupted he man. Anything for money. The
fellow who offered her two hundred and fifty dollars vas getting the business,
and the public viii go hear her just the same whether she broke her word
or not And if somebody else had offered her three hundred dollars se
would have taken that, If she could have squrmed out Of her contract"
That's lot the end o. it.. though" smiled the girl
Il know another professional woman in the same line OF work" she
continued A this woman is at the had of her profession. The other
ism a candle to her. She was offered two hundred dollars a week to do just
what the first woman is doing. and she accepted the offer She hadn't signed
the contract either. She had simply given her word. Another company
o it, and knowing what a catch she was offered her six hundred
dollars a week. Did she take 1t? Not a bit of II. She said her word vas al
sou as hro pond an tat n money n earth would tempt her to break good
lauh' Ahd she Is sticking to her W hundred dollar a week bargain. Bust
ness people rareyn need to make a contract with her though sometimes the
they 10 with Ter runs into a hundred thousand dollars a year, and
II she broke Ter word it would ruin them. But they know If she gives her
word it will never be broker.
Just wait" went o the girl as the man started to say something
There you have honor the hnestk kind. And no doubt SOM neonIa there
just living up to ones word, though this is quite worthy while. But this second
woman is the greatest arts n her line in the world. The whole world &C.
that is n and beautiful in life comes from her appreciation of what is true
and honorable? The woman, II the nan either, who will break her or his
word for fifty dollars or a hundred thousand dollars, lacks that comprehension
Of the finest things II. life that enables her to do great work. So you see.
while honor is being true to principles, it comeso out of qualities that meal
the accomplishing of certain things o IN the practical side of life. If you come
Gown TO ue mere question OF money this woman makes more ut of hr pro
fession, a hundred times over every ear Of her life, than the other, because
she is the finer artist She gets the money back by being true to Ter word.
because being true to her word develops certain qualities that are, in the
ultimate count, moneymakers; though that is by no means the reason she
is true to her word. But l am just contndtng that here is a practical
side that We do not often think about, to honor and such qualities We
upon them as beautiful illusions. But it strikes me there is a pretty good
practical foundation to them, and that the mn who thinks honor Is all moon
shine and that the only rule for success nowadays is to do anything for
money is ultimately OIL the losing side" ,
We'll, maybe said the Man. !