Evening star., 1933-06-08
That Body of Yours
BY JAMES W. BARTON, NJ. d.

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BY JAMES W. BARTON, N. D.
A FRIEND of mine, who is need
n lessly finicky, advertised for q
II stenographer. Here is his "ad
1 4 "Wanted-A stenographer who
can take dictation directly on
the machine, one who is accurate, neat
and honest. She must not paint her
face"
Here Is one Of the replies he re-
ceived: "You poor prune, why not ad-
vertise in Heavens Daily News?"
This girl overlooked a real opportun-
ity. The employer was really splendid
man to work for and in an interesting
business.
Had this girl who wrote the poor
prune letter pointed out in her letter
Of application that moderate and artis-
tic use of cosmetics had nothing to 90
with her Stenographic ability and then
followed this obvious fact up with some
clear, definite information regarding
herself she would have won the job.
Above everything else this employer
likes clever people and he could have
given the girl good Job If she had been
clever in her answer. But the girl
simply gave vent to her feelings and
built no good will for herself.
Good will is a priceless asset, which
each person can build for himself or
herself in the group Of people around
him or her. In itself it Is a stock in
trade. It Is private possession which
belongs to him or to her and to no other
person.
DorconoI ors,ooronce character a&-
titude toward others and spirit OF
helpfulness are some of the points
making up personal good will. Take
this last point, because that Is all I
am going to talk about today-the
spirit Of helpfulness.
have a friend who employees many
clerks and stenographers. He requires
that each person in his employ bring
in q question, q suggestion and criti-
cism every day.
Recently in considering an applicant
for q position he told her of this re-
quirement. She was college graduate,
yet here was her reply: There are
plenty Of places where can work with
out having an idea day"
What do you think Of that!
How to Start Farm Boy. 7
II you want yosr boy to attain the
presidency Of great corporation, which
requires executive ability OF a high
order, you must START him when young
going to start q country lad toward be-
coming the president Of q great railroad
system by teaching him in country
home about stocks, bonds, trackage,
rolling equipments, carloading, traffic
management and fuel consumption per
locomotive mile. These are things he
will have to know when he gets the
presidency of the railroad. But 1t would
be rather foolish, wouldn't 1t, to start
talking about all this when he was q
country boy on q farm?
1t would be a lot more sensible to
discuss with him the question of poul-
try raising and let him as small
youngster start of with few eggs and
see what he can do, or rather what a
hen can do with them. He will keep
q cost account book, record of his
sales. He will have all the profits
yes, and If there are any losses, he
will have to have those shouldered on
him, too.
Later he is to have calf to raise
or a pig. He is to read farm journals:
He Is to study agricultural science and
to understand and conquer the en-
vironment he is in. He is going to
know the value OF money, the wise use
Of time, the necessity of research, the
uses Of science and how economics
enters into every line of work.
Furthermore, you are not to tell this
farm boy that farm Is no good, that
farming does not pay and that If you
had your life to live over again you
would never be a farmer. That's no
way to talk to farm boy! 1t all may
be true enough, but think Of the effect
on the boy. When he looks at his
father, he says to himself, Huh, Dads
a failure. Huh, this home Of ours Is
a failure-everything around here is
a failure!" That's no way to bring
up boy.
I am not one Of those city fellows
who glorify the country and say that
all boys should stay on the farm and
the city is no place for them. don't
care where people live. They can live
where they please--city or country,
small town or big city, in the noun
tains or in the valley-that's their
affair and not mine. All I want Is
for people to live where they can do
the most by themselves and what Is
best for themselves.
am quite positive that IL taxes
more brains to be good farmer than
it does to be business man in the
city. Everybody in any line has his
troubles, but it seems to me that the
farmer has more than his share. The
weather is too hot or too cold; too
much rain or too little rain too many
things raised or too few raised; and
let's not forget, too many bugs!
In the small town in which I live
can pick out the boys who are going
to stay on the farm and will stay in
that small country town. A few Of
these boys are going to stay there be-
cause they want to stay there and
because they are going to make sue
cessful farmers. The majority OF those
I pick out as staying on the farm are
going to stay there because they will
not have any other place to stay. They
are dead from the ears up and the
fault Is entirely the fault Of their par
ents, who grunt and groan about farm
life, who never teach their boys about
the farm, who never give their boys
any financial responsibility in connec-
tion with the farm, who never offer any
encouragement to their boys and who
work their boys to death. It's these
boys who with bravado say to me-
Huh, I'm not going to stay on the
farm!" Well, such boys will be on
the farm long after am dead.
(Copyright, 1933.)