The sun., 1919-03-05
DEAR FOLKS

W IN1 carry III my uahy
" trips through the Wilson
& Company plant, Chicago, I
made it a point to find out II
the women-workers were con-
tented. I know by experience
that If women look cheerful
and att happily it is a sure
sign that all is well--that II Is
very good reflector OF the
character and heart of a bust
ness.
must say I was greatly I'M
pressed, and very much pleased
as I visited departments in the
Wilson & Company plant-par-
ticularly those departments
where women stand alongside
of the men laborers and do
their work skillfully and
cheerfully.
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 mistaking the
sincerity of their words.
have visited many business insti-
tutions in my lifetime where many
women are employed. I am glad 60
say that in 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 some.
thing Notwithstanding that re-
strained 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
fine spirit they show in their WORK
$50 unusual in my experienee-set
me to asking questions. felt there
was some extraordinary condition
existing that produced such wsve
of contentment.
And l soon found out.
First, / learned that Mr.. Wilson
himself enjoys a splendid reputation
among the women-workers. They
have unbounded faith in him az a
man. They appreciate his 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 find men and women OF
character and heart and ability and
engaging personality.
He found a jewel in a little Bohe-
milan young woman-25 years old
on whom he placed the responsible
ty 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-
tions that prevail. She has a won
derful personality; she keeps IN
daily touch with her army of
women-workers-mo than HOO of
them. She studies their comforts.
She loves them and shows that she
they show that they love her.
How many women readers of this
letter would like to undertake the
task of leading over HOO women
workers and keeping them happy
1t is a 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 a 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 Ameri-
can customs and our language; that
she can develop in them the love of
the beautiful in 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 a
ioyal, true blue American citizen.
The devotion % the women workers to
his yourg Bohemian woman is the most
beautiful thing I've seen in my life.
Hcr smile and kindly words and deeds
lust radihte happiness
There is no finer work IN all the world
TO do.
1en', II great that in this Chicago Or
! rarizatto over l,lOo women-wo rksrs
nave found happiness and cUmfOrt-hAlS
mad lots or~SSt--ninc .et iHiJ. tleA ltrSk
have been led TO higher thoughts and
iamDitlons'
And all because THE MAN WHO lead,
| tho institution they work for wants to
! soc them get out of life all the Joy pos
sible and for that reason chose as their
friend and adviser one OF the most Ia
! cntel youug women in the country-3
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