Evening star., 1925-03-13

are-no honest worker need worry
about being late. II your automo-
bile gets a puncture, or you run out
of gas, taridiness is inevitable.
The point is. that once a person
makes a habit of being on time. 1t is
just as easy-and a darn sight more
comfortable-to get to the office at
the appointed hour, as to come trail
ing in a few minutes behind time
each morning
Personally, 1 have yet to meet an
| employe who enjoys being late to
work All that l have ever had the
good fortune Of knowing felt a sense
of incompleteness In being tardy-
Your average man or woman is a
pretty decent sort. (The writer of
| these lines has been complimented
many times on being 80 human
This comes about simply because he
believes that what he thinks others
think, too. If he has a good or gen.
erous sentiment, he feels that his
| readers have as good If he finds
traits in himself which he does not
care for. he equally feels that his
readers, having much the same traits,
will understand)
Your average worker then, gets no
joy out of being late. Down in his
heart he knows that II Is a pretty
poor way to start his working day.
His working day!
Whether one likes his work or not,
1t is his, for better or for worse. His
| cat stalks mice for food; he works
at an office to get his. The cat is not
late at the mouse hole; man should
be on time al his office.
Eeing on time Is the least thing an
| employer expects Of an employe.
When this demand is balanced
against the requirements Of work, 1t
appears trivial in comparison.
1t is simply asking the worker to
help himself by toeing the mark. Be
ing on time in the morning sets a
man up as nothing else does. 1t helps
him more than 1t does the boss.
* X II n
BY being on time to work in the
! ~ orning, one saves himself from in
digestion, hurry, worry, the feeling
OF incompleteness the vague feeling
of failing, II ever so little. the neces-
sity of explanations, of making ex-
cuses.
Just as there is the bad habit OF be-
ing late, there Is the good habit Of
being on time. What a lucky thing!
It is simply a matter Of getting up
in time. Every one has a certain
number Of duties to perform when he
furnace, etc They take a certain
time, varying with the individual
To attempt to cram an hours work
into 80 minutes is attempting the i'm
possible. 1t simply cannot be done.
| To acquire the good habit of being
on time, It is necessary to give ones
self time.
The way to give ones self time Is to
get up early enough to grab IL out of
the beautiful rosy hours Of dawn.
The dawn Is something modern city
dwellers know little about, for the
reason that they seldom get up early
enough to get acquainted.
Yet the morning hours are among
the most charming of the day. to any
right constituted person. May I say
again. I think most people are right
constituted? That is my creed, If 1
have any. This is not a decadent age,
as the Bishop Of Washington well
says.
Get up in the morning, enjoy the
first peep of dawn over the hills-or
over the roofs, If you have no hills
handy; slap the sleep out of your
eyes with cold water; shiver under
a cool shower, glow under towel.
Get out on the street half an hour
ahead of your usual schedule and en-
joy the happiness of having plenty
of Father Times staple necessity.
Give the boss a treat by showing up
to work minutes ahead Of time. The
Old Boy will enjoy it-and so will
YOU,