Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcENELL.

America are mild-mannered men. often
small in stature. Think Of Cyrus
Curtis, A. Atwater Kent and Andrew
Mellon.
Some of our finest business types are
men of an almost difndent approach.
II the naturally shy young man would
attempt to initiate these, instead of
putting on a front" of indifference, he
might get somewhere.
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Indifference to others is about the
worst approach a youngster could adopt
in modern business. He had better be
The "go-getter" is still a good solid
American type, despite the fun that
has been poked at his adamant head.
He does not mind and collects diyi-
dendS on the advertising.
1t would seem to be a simple matter
of expediency for the newcomer to anv
organization to adopt a policy of ordi-
nary politeneSs, especially In the mat
ter Of recognition of the older hands. -
AS before stated, one never can tell.
The very man you pass up today may
be IN position to help you tomorrow.
One would not suggest a Grass policy
OF fawning, but simply one of common
sense courtesy. The industrial world
has every need Of politeness. It has
not been very many years since great
institutions, including some in the Gov
eminent, found it necessary to warn all
employees to be polite to the general
public, the ultimate consumer, in other
words
Think Of the absurdity, after consid-
erably more than a century of ma
tional life, that any organization would
ind itself warning It's employees to be
polite, courteousl Why, those qualities
should have been ingrained in Amer
lean business by this timel The fact
that they were not pointed to the
inclusion Of too many bright young
men who looked into their mirrors and
got the swell head over what they
saw there.
A1ability is common sense, horse
sense and any other kind of sense one
cares to call it. 1t includes ordinary
politenesS, courtesy and amiability.
AT no time In the history of the
world have there been more sources of
irritation. Noises of all types have in
creased thousandfold. The crouch an
once mate displays in the morning may
De hangover from last nights forced
radio diet via q neighbor. You can
never tell.
Multiplied methods Of the increase
Of Information and its dissemination
have their perils, in that the human
mind gets an ill-assorted mental bill
OF fare, tending to cause intellectual
indigestion.
The so-called fast pace of modern
living, in thrall to mechanical devices
OF all kinds, tends to set the national
nerves on end. Often these devices
create new noises, thus causing a
vicious circle Of effect within effect.
For all these reasons, and nany
more, 1t behooves most people to keep
an unusually good hand on the control
OF their tempers. One can even get
into q dispute about the South Pole
these days, since all Of us were there
by means Of the splendid movie.
The best way to keep ones touchy
temper In hand Is to be affable to as
many people as possible. This does not
mean that one must 60 around grim
ming like Cheshire cat. It Is q meth
Cd OF living. It presuppoSes an interest
in human beings.
The trouble with our up-stage young
man, and all his fellows, Is that he is
not old enough to have become inter-
ested In his kind. That may come later.
but he had better hurry I'D. Human
beings are interesting, even If you dis
like them.