Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-02-21
BUSINESS CRUSADE FOR COUR-
TESY.

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Recent orders relative % manners Of
employees issued by a leading railway
of New England and a similar decree
going forth from the headquarters Of
one OF the great middle states trans
portation companies have called atten-
ton again to the Importance now
placed by business men on the habit Of
courtesy az an asset that must be ac-
auired by their employees for motives
of profit If FOR no other reason. Pre-
cisely as the Incorporate mar is find
ing il impossible to hold his job. 90 the
boor also must go. Warned in explicit
terms by his superiors az 70 the con
alteration he must show passengers, az
70 terms OF address suitable for tray
elers. and as to his conduct in certain
emergencies, a brakeman, conductor,
ticket seller or information glver at
once comes 10 see that manners have a
peeuniury rating Counsel given IN
youth, which he may have heartily de-
spised, comes to have its present day
value. Forthwith be becomes obhg-
ing, respectful and mannerly.
Precisely what aids are furnished boy
these business corporations 20 make as
easy as possible the coming of the
reign Of courtesy aud good will are not
an important detail now. OF course
nothing better could be urged than sur
render to the Golden Rule and its
h.a 10 81 n an
ners as in morals; and there is no es-
Gaping 1t. The point TO he stressed
Just now is, that while in circle of So
ciety where manners always have
counted for much there is n tendency
now to undervalue them, champions of
good form are appearing in the COM
mercial world. With all the rigor and
unswerving power Of a great machine,
the railway corporation with its thou
sands of employees aligns itself and
them on the side of kindly speech. fra
ternal acts and good will; and it exc
cutes the law 1t DEGREES, which is one
y of the most admirable aspects of the
matter. in day and generation when
so much Legislative law is ignored or
delied.
The claim has been made that mod
cru Business ia doing more TO suppress
drunkenness than all the preaching and
teaching of idealists and reformors.
The compIexity and intensity of con
temporary industriaism AMI commerce
are only safely entrusted to temperate
men Others cannot and work and in
time must become extinct. There is
much in this claim Of ultimate solution
of an historic problem by indirect
means. 1t is case where an economic
argument backed by power of the
purse compels wholesale betterment.
So in this matter of manners While
the art well nigh passes away in high
circles where it once Hourshed, behold
il finding new championms where least
expected and among men Of great
power who can enforce a beneGcent
purpose upon great armies of wage
esrners. and who in this case are com
ing to defens, Of the long-discaTded
standards of chivalry. Christian
Science Monitor.
Are we treating ourselves honorably
in the matter Of Panama Canal tolls?
The Ute Indians are going hack on
the warpath again the FIRST films were
failure.
Unfortunately for our army and
navy, invisible aeroplanes are the kind |
we already have.
A girls idea OF holding party is a
good looking young fellow with a com
Portable pair of knees.
Don't forget that the banks will be
closed on Saturday. The reason is it /
is Washington's Birthday
1t probably hasn't escaped notice
that every new dreadnought built. no
matter by what country is the most
powerful battleship ahoat:.
That Kansas man who hasn't had a
haircut since Bill Bryan was beaten in
'96 is now preparing for a downward
revision of the wool schedule.
IF Washington can't hold en-
March 9TH, says the Baltimore Sun.
there's plenty Of room in Baltimore +"
Baltmuh must have enlarged her re-
ception facilities considerably since
that convention was pulled of.
President Elect Wilson has finally
announced that he will not tell who his
cabinet is 10 be. The newspaper men,
however. are pretty well convinced
that William J. Bryan viii 5a Se1re-
tary of State and A. Mitchell Palmer,
Of Pennsylvania viii probably be Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury, and Congress.
man Henry of Texas is quite sure OF