The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-05
DEAR FOLKS

1 ~ IAsA C0AAy Al lily uNAy sAAPS
Y through the Wilson & Com
pany plant, Chicago, / made it
a point to find out if the women
/! workers were contented. !
know by experience that if wom-
en- look cheerful and act happily
it is a sure sign that all is we'll
that it is a very good reflector
of the character and heart of a
business.
must say l was greatly i'm
pressed, and very much pleased
as l visited departments in the
Wilson & Company plant-par-
ticularly those departments
where women stand alongside
of the men laborers and do their
work skillfully and cheerfully.
| These good women themselves
told me that they like their work
very much, and they said it so
earnestly and frankly that there
was no mistaking the sincerity
of their words.
have visited many business insti-
buttons in my lifetime where many
| women are employed. I am glad to
say that in a great many instances
these business institutions really de-
sire to make their women workers
happy and comfortable which is
greatly to the credit OF the men who
conduct them.
But practically in every institution
visited there seemed to be some
| thing lacking-something that re-
strained the happy looks and the
laughter I saw and heard i'm the ranks
af the women workers in the Wilson
& Company plant.
The good will. enthusiasm and the
fine spirit they show in their work
so unusual in my experience-set me
to asking questions. l felt there was
some extraordinary condition exist
ing that product such wave of con-
tentment.
And I soon found out.
First, I learned that Air. Wilson
himself enjoys a splendid reputation
among the women workers. They
have unbounded faith in him as a
man. They appreciate his kindness,
sympathy and consideration.
| But Mr.. Wilson himself cannot do
everything. He has to delegate power
| to others, but. in choosing those to
represent him. he makes sure TO find
| men and women of character and
heart and ability and engaging per-
| sonality.
| He found a jewel in little Bohe-
| milan young woman-25 years old-on
| whom he placed the responsibility of
employing and directing the women-
workers in the plant
This young woman. as soon dis
! covered, is the key that opens the
doors to the happy working condi-
liens that prevail. She has a won
dcrfui personality: she keeps in daily
| touch with her army of women work
ers-lnore than LOO of them She
studies their comforts. She loves
them and shows that she loves rhem
They love her and they show that they
love her
letter would like TO undertake the
task of leading over LOO women
workers and keeping them happy?
1t is very big undertaking; but this
little woman tshe's not much bigger
than a pint of cidel) loves the work
SO much that she gets the greatest
joy of her life in the doing of it.
She does her work because she loves
en- l.<lx~ <~Al.
in position where. by kind acts, she
car help to brighten the lives of a
host of women workers; that she can
help to teach them our American GUS
toms and our language; that she can
develop in them the love of the beau
tiful in their home lives; that she
can make them as proud TO live in
America and to become American cit
liens as she herself is proud to live
here and to be loyal. true-blue
American citizen.
The devotion of the women workers 10
this young Bohemian woman is the most
beautiful thing I've seen in my life.
Her smile and kindly words and deeds
just radiate happiness.
There is no finer work in all the world
to do.
Isn't it great. that IN this Chicago or
ganfZatton, over 1.IO0 wOmen-wOrkerS
hace found happiness and comfort
have had lots of sunshine let into their
1ives-have been led to higher thoughts
and ambitions?
And all because THE MAN WHO leads
the institution they work for wants to
them get out of life all the Joy pos
sible and. for that reason, chose as
their friend and adviser of the most
talented young women in the country
woman full of heart sympathies who
just revels in the Joy Of her work.
] think you will be interested in brief
life sketch Of this young woman who. to
me. is a shining example Of the great