Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20

FOLKS:

T EFT me tell you about a
Wilson & Company party
IL given by the members of
the Fellowship Club of the New
York plant at the Waldorf Hotel
last Wednesday night. 1t was
given in honor of Thomas f.
Wilson, president of the COM
pany, who recently returned
from Europe. where he visited
his branch offices there. He
made a special trip from Chicago
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 MIR.
Wilson how it measures up
alongside of the other Fellow
ships 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 i'll
grouping his $4,000 workers
into one big. happy family where
all share in the generous distri-
button OF good will, rewards and
privileges.
| 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
i'll his leadership.
The evening party opened with
a performance by minstrel
troupe composed of workers,
whose singing and acting and
conversation delighted the
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 dif-
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 handkerchief
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.
The secret of Mr.. Wilson's success
in his great business of supplying
people with his company's CERIl-
FLED FOOD PRODUCTS-such
as hams and bacon, canned meats,
vegetables and table delicacies-all
| backed up also by the slogan. IHt
WILSON LABEL PROTECTS
YOUR TABLES due to the
faith he has in his fellow-workers
and to their faith in him. He says
so-they say so-and that's all there
is to it-except, of course, that all
feel their responsibility in the prep
aration OF the Wilson & Co. prod
| ucts Just the same as they feel
bound in honor to play on the level
with one another.
It is out of the question for people living n
the same household TO act true-blue in one
direction and false in another-and in this par
ticular household don't forget. there Is abso-
lutte harmony as affecting the spirit. the
thoughts and action of every member thereof.
Mr., Wilson remained with his fellow-workers
as one of the liveliest and most agreeable
members IF the party until the evenings gay
cites ended.
And so goes along merrily and happily the
building of a great organiza ton in matters
moro important than mere cold business cal
cula lions.
Sincerely yours, William C. Freeman.
$50 Fifth Avenue. New York City.