The Washington times., 1919-07-30
Now Look At Him!
It's Easy to Stand on the Sdenes and Try to Shine.

Washington is full of members of the "IKnew-Him
When Club
Successful men in all walks of life Washington
Each is the of group of who knew him when
he was just an ordinary human being.
This group sits back and baks in the reflected glory Of
having gene to school with Senator So-andSo having
worked with the Secretary of Such andsuch when he
laborer.
These persons take credit for the circumstance of
pnqy previous date without thought Of the fact that
it was probably accidental that they knew the
great man.
The other day the following conversation was over
heard In washington club
eyes, knew the Secretary when he was young law
yer out in Chicago. L knew him right well"
And the answer:
That's fine. I suppose he calls you In nowadays to
help him the department doesn't hep
The first speaker got the point
Today you are rubbing elbows with who viii
make his mark in the world
Are you going to be called in for conference when he
does?
Are you going to rise in the world along with him. or
is he going to shoot ahead of you and forget about you
when he needs help or advice?
What you doing to improve your reputation as to
character and ability?
Do you impress people now SO that they will remember
you later on? We can't all be leaders but impress
others with our ability, if we have any.
Successful and advisers of successful don't
belong to the 'IKnew- Him When Club. They mem
Ders OF the 4delp d1n-NoW' GluD or the 4m-Dolng1L
Now Club.
The previous and private life of any man who arrives
at great prominence is likely to be thoroughly discussed
What do you know about prominent person?
Perhaps when you knew him well he was a bad boy in
school, had scandal in the family some other un-
fortunate circumstance about him sticks firmly in your
mind.
If this be true forget it. This type of knew him
whennng vicious It gains nothing for the It
is likely to be repeated and the subject lose his
efficiency
The bad things the easiest things to remember.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft inferred with their bones.
Scandal mongers who pedde poison stories about great
do much to stir up Public responsible
TO the public for their public affairs
Events in their private fe unless they have effect
on public service should not concern the public.
Nearly every business has in it some person who has
worked to important position from the ranks Indus
try honesty and clean living have placed him above those
who dawdled away their time and efforts
And there always in the organization those who
stand back and tell about what boob he used to be-
They will always be watching the procession from the
sidelnes instead of being in it.
The man who works without envy of or signing over
the lot of somebody who is ahead of him directs his own
energies much better.
In one of the big steel mills of PENNSYLVANIA an empove
disgruned because of his coworkers was permit
Ged to in an hour later than he in the morning
''WeL; you have hour more than he has every day
which to make yourself valuable to the shop" he was
told
The answer struck home The disgruntled employe
vent work hard and tried two hours of work into
that first hour of his day.
Now he is drawing than hundred times his for
ner salary and his fellow workmen are sayng 'I knew
him when"