Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
DEAR FOLKS:

r EFT me tell you about a
!, Wilson & Company party
- given by the members Of
the Fellowship Club of the New
York plant at the Waldorf
Hotel last Wednesday night.
twas given in honor Of Thomas
E. Wilson, president of the
company,w who recently returned
from Europe, where he visited
his branch offices there. He
made a special trip from Chica-
go to fraternize with his fellow
workers in New York.
The New York Fellowship Club
has an active membership and
the members are very proud of
it, so they wanted to show Mr..
Wilson how it measures up
alongside of the other Fellow
ship Clubs that exist in other
plants around the country.
But most of all, they wanted to
show Mr.. Wilson how much
they appreciate his efforts in
grouping his $4,000 workers in
to one big, happy family where
all share in the generous distri-
button of goodwill, rewards and
privileges.
I think it is great that one man
has the power and ability to
lead so many people into pleas
ant paths and make them proud
in his leadership.
The evening party opened with
a performance by a minstrel
troupe composed of workers,
whose singing and acting and
conversation delighted tn e
members and their wives who
were present. After this part
of the program had been car
ried out Mr.. Wilson was intro
duced and the cheers that
greeted him certified to his pop
ularity among his fellow-work-
ers.
1t is easy enough to detect the diff
ference between a genuine and a
forced ovation; one is spontaneous !;
the other shows it is given because
it is expected.
When, however, hundreds of men
and women stand and cheer and ap-
plaud and wave handkerchiefs-
and do so impulsively and heart
! fully-then there is no doubt about
the spontaneity of it, nor is there
any doubt about their liking and
honoring the man.
Mr.. Wilson talked to them very
briefly, but he said what was in his
heart to say, and he said it so sin
cerely that his fellow-workers knew
that he meant every word. 20
The secret of Mr.. Wilson's success
in his great business of supplying
people with his company's CERTI,
FLED FOOD PRODUCTS-sucf
as hams and bacon, canned meats
vegetables and table delicacies-al
backed up also by the slogan "THF
WILSON LABEL PROTECTS
YOUR TABLETS due to the faitl
he has in his fellow-workers and tt
their faith in him. He says SO
they say so-and that's all there is tc
it-except, of course, that all fee
their responsibility in the prepara
ton of the Wilson & Co. products
just the same as they feel bound il
honor to play on the level with on,
another.
It is out OF the question for people livin
In the same household to act true-blue i
one direction and false in another--an
in this particular household, don't forget
there Is absolute harmony as affectin
the spirit, the thoughts and the actio
of every member thereof.
Mr. Wilson remained with his fellow
workers as one of the liveliest and mos
agreeable members of the party until tn
evenings gayeties ended.
And so goes along merrily and happil,
the building of great organization Ii
matters more important than mere cole
business calculations.
Sincerely yours. William &, Frecmar
$50 Fifth Avenue. New York Cry.
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