The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07
The BOOtbIaCk That Worked
"fOr Himself"
Fire in His Eye Precipitation His Coat AS for WORK,
In the Language of Our Day, "He Ate It"
Copyright, 1917, Star Company.
Copyright. 1917. Star Company.

It was bootblack studio, with chairs reserved for
ladies. ....
Young gentlemen were shining shoes with the hired
mans methodcal slowness One among them method
ica but not slow. He of the youngest Italian
For each customer he had word For every shoe he had
feverish energy worthy of the highest grade German eff
cheney
another artist had work unfinished, this demon of
work finished it. He didn't how he worked where he
worked, how MUCH how FAST he worked-he only
wanted to WORK
Precipitation came through his coat through his hair
You have nothing like him except frscass gray
squirrel in revolving cage
IA remarkable workman you have working for you
there said an old gentleman paying the nicely dressed
middle aged cashier.
Working for me?" said the cashier "I'm working
FOR HIM That's the boss"
Those wOrds-"that's the boss told the story.
Why did he work and enjoy it and look for chance to
work more?
Because effort gave HIM immediate results
pair of brown shoes meant ten cents pair of black
shoes Eve cents and particularly fancy shoe that his
eye could the street meant fifteen cents.
he worked because he loved it. and loved it because HE
WAS WORKING FOR HIMSELF.
some observations addressed to others working
for THEMSELVES-namely, all the employers of the
country
Remember that you must expect employees feel
you 90 ABOUT WORK Inc man 10 Whom you give nteen dol
lars week. thousand dollars week. be expected
to display the fiery enthusiasm of that peprng young
bootblack
It is for you to work the bootblack worked-you who
get ten cents from the tan shoes and five cents from the black
million dollars from the warships or a thousand dollars
from the carload Of beefwhaever your business may be-
Don't expect any man to work as THE BOSS works for
himself
Never forget for that it is wisdom if you can
imagine it. to give the worker however humble real inter
est in the work that he doing And the only REAL real
interest interest that pays better profit when the work
is better done
Something be accomplished by showing appreciation
and gratitude But after has worked hard say to
him. 1T is very nice of you work hard FOR ME- " is
pretty dry compliment Give your chance do better
for himself when he works hardeand he will work harder
if the extra reward is fair
The only thing worth while in life is WORK But
ninety nine per of all work done by employees working
for wages and work becomes dull routine the least inter
eng part of if whereas ought be the interest
ing.
The day is coming when ATTRACTIVE INDUSTRY
will solve the worlds chief problem But that day yet
The change from the slave owned body and soul to the
se chained to the land not such very great change
And the change from the se fastened the soil the
saaried empoye fastened to the payroll the counter the
factory, is not such gigantic change.
To be happy to be efficient be at his best man must be
WORKING FOR HIMSELF.
If you went into that bootblacng studio found out how
much earned week by that young genius of industry
and offered him DOUBLE THE MONEY on a salary you
tcoud ruin him. Give him certainty, with hope of extra
gain, and his enthusiasm would be dead.
It is uncertainty, the knowledge that every new effort
something FOR HIM that keeps the individual doing
his best