Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

lleve the monotony of his
life. He was discouraged
as most workers are who do
: not get kind words or at
, tention.
But a new hold on life came to
MIN three years ago this month
and it was all brought about
through a little act of kindness.
My, how a small courtesy
changes things for all of us! 1t
dispels clouds and floods. our
pathway with sunlight. Let me
tell you what the watchman
told me.
|. 1.-THE day that Mr.. Wilson came.
here to take charge of the bust.
ness which had been given his
name. what do you suppose was
the first thing he did? Why he
came to my shanty, shook
hands with me and said, John,
| want you to know that l think
you are holding a very impor-
tant positionJ I look to you to
watch things very carefully.
So much depends on you. If
you will put your heart in your
work and help me all you can
| will be very grateful. From
now> on you are going to be a
right arm to this business. l
need your help to make it a
success. hope we will be good
friends. What do you say?' .
And, of course, | said, I'll help
and | thank you so much for
thinking that l can help you.''S
From that time on, | have been
very happy. | am very proud
of the position | hold. Mr.. Will (
son always speaks to me and
shows that he likes me. | am
just the average human being
and when a man respects me
and treats me right, it makes
an awful lot of difference in my
viewpoint of life. l feel that
| am now real man doing
work that is necessary and
helpful"
John and l got along fine to-
gether during my daily visits to
Wilson & Company plant cover
ing a period of five weeks. We
had many a chummy chat. He
introduced me to many of the
workers, all of whom respect
him. HI dresses in blue uni
form and stands guard with as
much pride as the Commander
of a u. S. Warship stands on
the bridge of his ship. This is
the sort of spirit that makes
a business prosper.
Another worker-this one young
womau-told me that the courtesy
shown the watchman by Mr.. Wilson
was witnessed by hundreds of work
ers who were standing at the win
dows of the big Office building
watching for his coming, She said
81 can't describe to you the wave of
satisfaction that Immediately struck
us all. Instantly the word went all
through the plant that Mr.. Wilson's
first act was to visit the watchman,
and the cry went up in all depart
ments: "A real man has come to lead
us: now we can put heart in our
work; now we are sure OF apprecia-
tion: now we know we will get a
SQUARE deal.' You have no idea what
a change was brought about at once.
We went to our work with lighter
hearts than we had ever had. We
went to our work with the feeling
hat, we must do it well from then
IN and we have been doing it well
,.er since. Mr.. Wilson visited all
of us later on and let us know in his
kindly way that he wanted us to
help him and that he would appre-
ciate it very much if we gave him
our loyalty and enthusiasm. II was
new to us to be talked to in this
friendly way. You can imagine how
happy it made us all feel"
Don't tell me that little things do
not make up the sum of life, for
they do. Don't you recall the old
saving, "Little things, aye little
things make up the sum of life;
word. look, single tone may lead
to calm or strife"
The words, the looks, the tones in
Wilson & Co. plant lead to calm and
happiness. In my next letter which
will appear in this newspaper one
week from today, I'll tell you other,
things that prove how Heart in work
leads to contentrent and success
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