New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
No. 4
DEAR FOLKS

trlpS through the VIII
son & Company plant. Chi
cago. | made it a point to
find out if the wofnen-work-
ers were contented. | know
by experience that if women
look cheerful and act hap
PLY it is sure sign that all
is well--that it is a very
good reflector Of the char
acter and heart of a bust
ness.
| must say ] was greatly inn
pressed and very much pleased
as | visited departments III the
Wilson & Company plant-par-
ucularly those departments
where women stand alongside Of
the men laborcrs and do their
work skillfully and checrfully
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 mstaking the sincerity
OF their words.
have visited many business institu-
tons IN my lifetime where many
women are employed | am glad TO
say that n 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 something
lacklng-something that restrained
the happy looks and the laughter |
saw and heard in the ranks of the
women-workers in the Wilson &
Company plant.
The good will, enthusiasm and the
tine spirit they show in their work.
so unusual IN my experience-set me
TO asking questions. | felt there was
some extraordinary condition exist
ing that produced such wave os
Contentment
And | soon found out.
First, / learned that Mr.. Wilson him
self enjoys splendid reputation
among the women workers. Thev
have unbounded faith in him as a
man. They appreciate bis 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 tnd men and women of character
and heart and ability and engaging
personality.
He found jewel in little Bohe-
mlan young woman--25 years old
on whom he placed the response
bility 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-
tons that prevail. She has a won
dertul personality; She keeps in daily
touch with her army of women
workers-more than LOO of them.
She studies their comforts. She loves
them and shows that she loves them.
They love her and they show that
they love her
How many women readers of this
letter would like to undertake the
task of leading over 100 women
workers and keeping them happy2
1T IS very big undertaking; but This
little woman (she's not much bigger
than a pint Of cider) 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
to help others. She feels that she
is in position where, by kind acts,
she can help to brighten the lives Of
a host OF women workers; that she
can help to teach them our American
customs and our language; that she
can develop in them the love Of the
beautiful III their home lives: that
she can make them as proud to live
IN America and to become American
citizens as She herself is proud to
live here and to be loyal truc-blue
American citizen.
The devotion of the women-w workers
to 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
organization over LOO women
workers have found happiness and
comfort-have had lots OF sunshine
let into their lives-have been led to
higher thoughts and ambitions?
And all because THE MAN WHO
leads the institution they work for
wants to see them get out Of life all
the Joy possible and, for that reason,
chose as their friend and adviser one
OF the most talented young women
in the cCuntry-a woman full Of
heart synpathies who just revels in
the JOY OF her work.
think you will be interested in a
brief life sketch Of this young woman
who, to me, is a shining example Of
the great work that the women of
the world are now doing.
She was an orphan at six wears of