The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-08
The BOOtblack That Worked
for Himself
Fire in His Eye Preparation on His Coat As for
WORK in the Language of Our Day, " He Ate It,

WAS bootbaCk
Young gentlemen shining shoes with the hired man
methodica ownes among them methodica but not
slow of the youngest an Italian For each Gus
toner he had word For every shoe he had eversh energy
worthy of the highest grade of efficiency
another artist had work unfinished tins demon OF WORK
finished it. He ddn t care worked where he worked
how MUCH or how FAST he worked-he only wanted to
WORK
Precipitation through his through his hair You
nothing like him except frstclass gray squirrel
in a revolving cage.
"A remarkable workman you have working for there
said an gentleman paying the nicely dressed mddeaged
cashier.
working for mel" said the cashier I'm working FOR
HIM That's the boss.
Those words-''that's the boss''-told the story.
why did he work and enjoy and look for chance to
work more7
Because effort gave HIM immediate results
pair shoes 10 cents pair of black shoes
smother cents particularly fancy shoes that his
eye could see the street. meant 10 cents.
He he loved it. and loved it because HE
WAS WORKING FOR HIMSELF
Here are some observations working
THEMSELVES namely all the employers of the country
Remember that you expect employees feel
you do about work The to whom give fifteen dollars
week. thousand dollars week. cannot be expected to
display the fiery enthusiasm of that pergpng young boot
black
for you work the bootblack workedyOu who get
from the shoes and another from the
black million dollars from the warshps thousand dol
lars from the carload Of beewhatever your business may
Don't expect any to work THE BOSS works for
himself
Never forget for moment that it is wisdom, you
imagine it. to give the worker however humble real interest
m the work that he doing And the only REAL real in
interest that pays better profit when work
better done.
Something be accomplished by showing appreciation and
gratitude But after has worked hard say him.
1t very nice Of you to work hard FOR HE pretty
dry compliment Give your chance to do better for
himself when he works harder-and he win work harder
the extra reward is fair one.
The only thing worth while in life WORK But ninety
nine per cent of all work done by employees working for
wages and work becomes dull routine the least interesting
part Of hfe whereas ought be the interesting
The day is coming when ATTRACTIVE INDUSTRY will
solve the worlds chief problem But that day yet
The change from the slave owned body and
chained to the land not such very great change
And the change from the e fastened to the soil to the
saared empoye fastened the payroll the counter the
factory, is not such gigantic change
70 be happy to be efficient be his best man must be
WORKING FOR HIMSELF.
You went into the bootbackng studio found out how
much earned in week by young genius of industry
and offered him DOUBLE THAT MONEY on a salary you
would ruin him. Give him certainty hope of extra
GAIN and his enthusiasm would be dead.
uncertainty the knowledge new effort means
something FOB HIM that keeps the individual doing