Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
BUsINEssLIKE ORDERLINEss
Charlotte Young

Alan was three and half, and 9
big man just like Daddy. His par.
ents were very orderly, SO Alan had
learned quite early to put his things
away. What the kids say" was the
only influence that riyalled his dad
dy's example. One of the neighbor
boys, whose mother was always
worn out because she had to "pick
up" after the whole family, told Alan
that only sissies put their things
away. From that time on, he system
atically avoided putting anything
where 1t belonged. His mother soon
discovered what had caused this
Transformation and talked It over
with her husband. However, they did
not let Alan know that they had no.
ticed any change.
Now because Alan's father was a
business man with a big office, hts
mind naturally formulated the plan
given below. Had he been farmer,
a storekeeper or a carpenter, either
he or his wife might have thought
out some other plan that would have
been equally effective. since order Is
necessary for success in any occu-
patton. Happy indeed Is the little boy
or girl who. needing this less, has a
parent who win think up suitable
play plan by orderliness that will fit
into the child's experience.
One Saturday, Alan and his mo-
ther went in to the city to have
lunch with his daddy when he finish
ed work at noon. To Alan's surprise,
they did not wait In the downstairs
reception room but went right on up
to Daddy's Office. Daddy and the
other people In the Office were busy
closing things up for the weekend.
Alan sat quietly with his mother
and watched the file clerks putting
things away in the files. He saw his
daddy clean off his desk and put
everything in its proper place in the
drawers. He saw another man put
ting scraps of paper into his waste
basket. Finally Daddy looked in a
big book and said. well, every
things cleaned up for this week. We
can go now"
This was an entirely new expert
ence for Alan, so he could think and
talk of nothing but Daddy's Office.
He was delighted when, after his |
nap, Daddy suggested that they play |
office. Very soon, Alan's room was |
into a real office-at |
least in Alan's eyes. Little label |
cards were tied on the handles of |
he bureau drawers. On one was
printed play suit" and picture OF /
/ play suit cut from an advertise
nent was pasted on. All of the t
hooks in the closet were labelled
With both words and pictures. as al
10 were the pegs on the shoe rack
hanging inside the closet door. Then
Daddy taught Alan how to file his
lothes, what things to put into the
waste basket and how to keep his
ffice in good shape generally
But the greatest thrill of all FOR
Ilan was the ledger Daddy had
ought at the Ten Cent Store for
i'm. On each page he had listed
Ilan's Office duties. For instance:
Clothes put away" "Toys in their
roper places" or course. Alan
culdn't read but he soon came to
now exactly what each entry was.
here were pictures there to help.
nd every evening after supper.
addy would go to Alan's Office to
ee If his book balanced" When
II H. L.. Nd s-fa 2.
! the book 20. KID. J. b." with
Is black ink. But when something
ad been overlooked. he checked the
eglected item with red and drew q
ID line at the bottom of the page.
Ian has discovered that every good
isiness man tries to keep out of the !
ID. And nobody could possibly call
big business man with real Office
sissy"