The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
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look cheerful and act
happily it is a sure sign
that all is we!l-that it IL
a very good reflector Oh
the character and heart on
a business. - !. 1.
/ must say / was greatly i'm.
pressed, and very much pleased
as / visited departments in the
Wilson & Company plant-pcrs.
tioularly those departments
where women stand alongside
Of the men laborers and do
their work skillfully and
cheerfully. s ea..
These good women themselves
told me that they like their
work very much, and they snid
it so earnestly and FRANKLY that
there was no mistaking the sin
cerity of their words.
/ have visited many business
institutions in my lifetime
where many women arc en-
ployed. I am glad to say that
in a great many instances these
business Institutions really de-
sire to make their women work.
ers happy and comfortable.
which is greatly to the credit Of
the men who conduct them.
80. practically IN every institution 1
visited thsrv seemed to b son,sgh4aR
iack'ns -scmetAing inst restzains6
the happy iools and the hnghts r (
saw ana heard In the ranky Of tfS
women workers. In the Wilson d Cosn-
pany plant
The good WIN, enthusiasm and thu
nne spirit they show in their work
80 unusual In my experience--set me
to asxins questions felt there waA
some extraordinary condition existing
that produced such 4 wavS Of cos
tentment III
And soon found out
First. learned that Mr.. Wilson
himself enjoys a splendid reputation
among the wcme,-workers. TtHy
have unbounded faith IN him a.
man. They appreciate his kinAnsss
sympathy and eonsid GRAFTON.
But Mr.. Wilson himself cannot 10
everything He has to delegate power
to others. but, in choosing those to
represent him. he makes sure to flnd
men and women OF character and
heart and ability and engaging per-
sonality.
He found Q Jewel in little Bchenian
young woman---35 years old--on
whom no placad the responsibility at
employing and directing the women
workers In the plant
This young woman, - soon diso0v~
cred. 10 the key that opens the desus
to the happy working conditions that
prevail She has . wonderful person
atty: she keeps IN daily touch WIKI
her army Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
than 1,1oo 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.
letter would like to undertake the
I workers ai.t kssrtnx them sh1pp2:..
task OF leading over loo women.
f, It il very big undertaking: but this
| little woman {she's not much bigEee
than a pint Of cidcr) loves the work
so much that she gets the greatest
Joy of her life in the doing Of II.
She does her work because she icve4
to help others. She feele that she IL
in a position where. by Kind acts. she
can help TO brighten the lives Of :
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 thu beau
tiful in their home lives: that she can
make them a. proud to live IN America
and to become American cttixens ~
she herself u proud to live here ana
to be q loyal. true-blue American citi-l
szen.
The devotion OF The women-werksTs -
this young Bohemian woman h the
most beautiful thing rye sesn In my
life.
Her smile and kindly words ana dssds
just radiate happiness
There Is no finer work In All the worid
to do.
lent II great that In this chfuaG0s
organization over loo women-wosk.
ers have found happiness and comfort,
have had lots Of sunshine let into'
their iives--hAve been Led 70 higher
thoughts ard ambitions?
| And all because the man who ssAAs
the institution they work for wants 20
see them get out Of life MI the 5cya
possible and, for that reason. chpxe.
a. thsir, friend and adviser one o. tAe'
most talented young women IN TN
country woman full Of heart s5f6i'
pathies who just rsvels In the Joy Sk
! her work. ssss,s
1 / think you will be interested n s u
brief life sketch Of this young woman
who. to me. Is q shining example o.
she great work that the women Of the
world are now doing.
She was an orphan IT sfx years of are
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