Evening star., 1927-11-13

because he is too secluSive do to help
himself? He can set ont delibera tely
to make n social animal out Of him.
self--whether at first he enjoys it or
not; he can attend church and lodge,
and dances and parties. and force him.
self to meet with and talk to people.
Usually there is starting point--a
residual friendship. a fondness for
base ball or golf, an old club. These
can be developed and pushed. This
will stimulate a little interest in his
fellowmen so that, while he may not
continue so energetic program as at
first. he will come to tolerate or even
enjoy certain amount of it. But,
whether pleasure BILE or not, it must
be done as Systematically and unfail-
ingly as any medicine would be admin
istered in another disea Sc. For this
condition Is. 1t should be remembered.
a disease, and needs treatment-not
mere description or condemnation.
Hes can, moreover. seek occupation or
sefeXpressOn in work which will not
require too much mixing with people.
Farming attracts schiZoid personal
tiles and they usually succeed at it.
but there are many equally isolated
positions in the heart of the city.
COME scclnsive people build around
~ themselves a kind of armor of
Grouchiness to keep other people
away. These folk may exc out an
existence running grocery stores In
outlying districts. or teaming. or keep
ing books. but in any situation re-
u,lring contacts with others they are
apt TO he painful misfits. They are
a familiar problem in the daily life
nf every employment manager. often
being retained only because OF some
propensity. or knowledge, or skill
which makes them valuable in spite
of the mental Inflammation they cause
in the surrounding personnel. If
the wheels of chance whrI them to
the top, or IL they frighten and
annoy away all except supordinates,
and become masters of the machine,
they are often highly successful as
the world judges. Bank presidents
by the score belong to this category.
The moving pictures contain some
excellent examples of this type of per-
Sonallty, none Of them better than the
hardboiled sergeant in Beau Geste. In
this instance the trait was complicate ted
by sadistic strain, but the utter un-
sociabilitN and Self-concern in all its
mloveliness was there, eXcellently por
trayed.
Those who forge through the mass
of humanity about them. not in the
manner just suggested, but with more
or less aggressiveness. waving the bat
tie ak and shouting the war cry. stir
ring up fesentments and hostilities.
batting and naSging and criticiZing
and challenging and attackins-these
constitute another group of the
queer" Here again there are occa-
sional successes, successes for which
the world is grateful--S1vonarol
and John Browns and Garrisons and
Dorothca DiXes, and Florence Night
ingales and Patrick Henrys. and John
Husses, and Martin Luthers and John
the l;aptiSts.
But. on the other hand, these same
traits may lead to failure. producing
labor aSitators of the wrong types, po-
litical rebels and general unconstruc-
tive trouble makers. Every employer
knows many instances of this type.
In large railroad strike in the Mid
die West a few years ago. one oil the
most prominent characters was tall.
angular. loquaciouS man who was al.
ways explaining. He explained elab-
rately to many of the workers where
In they were being defrauded and then
explained to them In innumerable
stump speeches and doorstep ha'
rangues the advantages and disadvan'
tages OF a strike; then when the men
had about come to q decision that they
would strike. he began campaign to
show them the foollshness of striking.
BY this time it was too late to head
1t off, and after the men had struck he
went about organizing the strikers
and suggesting proposals of reconcilia.
tion. Later he went to the railroad
and told them, correctly of course.
that he had done his best to stop the