The Washington herald., 1913-02-19
BY FRANCES sHAFFER.

Everybody who takes upon himself the
ofttimes thankless task Of offering advice
to young men and women about to enter
the business world always is certain to
4 place well up on the list Of things to be
remembered the absolute necessity Of
loyalty.
And II is never emphasized one degree
too forcefully or referred to once too
often. since an employe often has 1t with
In his power to help or hinder the progress
of the business with which his lot may
be cast by a simple showing OF faithful
ness, perhaps in deeds. mayhap in words.
There are countless little ways he Is told
by which he can prove himself loyal
part of a busy whole. and from purely
, selfish standpoint he must remember
that 1t Is to his interest never to take one
false step away from the firm where his
allegiance ought to abide.
1t is all true-very true. indeed-so true
that II makes one realize that since the
employe as a single individual, can do
SO much to promote the business inter-
ests of those for whom he works. It Is just
as important to the concern to put forth
its best efforts to win and retain the 10y
atty of every man and women within its
business gates.
And II does not so much matter whether
the concern Is a great. pretentious estab-
lishment, where many are employed, or
whether 1t is a modest little place where
a single employe holds forth. For II the
methods. the manner Of treatment. the
conditions and all. are not such as to
prompt q spirit of fealty. something fne
and telling will be lost that cannot easily
be reckoned.
What 1t Means to he True.
1t may be just in the home where one
maid is employed. But IL that one maid
is Joval!
Every woman knows that worker
who enters a home and makes it's in
terests her own. so far as she is per-
ways OF showing what 1t means to be
true. Family life and family happen
ings are. or they ought to be. very
sacred. but when any outsider enters
a home. as a worker or In any other
capacity, 1t is not long before her
one thing. then another and and another
pass into the keeping of stranger. IL
that stranger chances to be governed by
impulses that are fine. they will remain
in her keeping and she will guard them
just as carefully as IL they were her own.
But II. as 1t often the case. she does not
consider the honor or the loyalty OF the
thing and cares for nothing more than
to pass along a bit OF family gossip, II
rests with her to do and to say what
she likes. And out goes the pleasant.
treasured privacy OF the home.
As for her. at once she is a failure
and she never will rise very high even
In the class where she works. And
as to the family.-well. one never can
win the loyalty of some workers. be-
cause they are not true even to them
selves. But it Is always worth while
TO try to establish some sort of fine
line reaching from the employer to
the employed so that the worker may
feel that since much has been done for
her. much must be given in return.
For there are a great many things
that a maid may do. a great many
more she may refrain from doing. II
devoted. But as 1t runs in this self
seeking world of ours. II one would
have loyalty and devotion. one must
work for them pretty hard.
Need In All Stations.
The need for loyalty. from top to bot
tom. from humblest Office boy TO the one
nearest the throne, is hest exemplified
in large business houses. in State or
national departments where there is
little army # workers.
AS Il is in the home. il is in the
place wher" big business goes on. that
"A single ernplOye. in ways that are little
and sometimes in ways that are large.
can do a lot TO help or a lot to hinder.
according to the way he feels. And
when there are so many whose feel
ings' make difference. it is mighty
important to those who hold the power
TO give real around for expecting loyalty
and then TO watch results.
II one has ever heard or known Of a
place where employees have never a good
word to say fer the management and
scarcely a voluntary good deed. ono
knows what the management misses. be-
cause there is something more potent
and far-reaching in loyalty than the i'm
mediate returns In dollars and cents.
And in due time it is bound to affect tho
dollars and cents
And it pays. pays richly. to cultivate
fealty. TO do things that win 1t and keep
1t, because when loyalty drops out of
the heart and the mind of workers good
results in business are pretty sure to
drop out. too. For the outside world