The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-06-08
REQUEST TO THE BOSS

ulS du Ills IllOIley, dDOut 9O,OUU, "
the three members Of the firm for
which he had worked % years lin
grateful remembrance of the treat
ment accorded me as an employee"
In these days when the boss is so
widely denounced as a Simon
Legree, an exploiter of his workers,
etc., this becomes almost Ghe NEWS
ITEM OF THE GENERATION.
Employers as a whole would forgo
gladly the money if now and then
they could get a similar expression
of kind regard. Never have they
needed anything more.
Can you fancy what a will of the
following type might do for their
morale?
l., Jarvis P. Withers, being Of
sound mind. do hereby declare this
my last will and testament:
l. To the firm of Jones, Brown &
Smith, by which I have been en-
ployed for many years, I give and
bequeath a framed testimonial in
which I declare that, while we had
disagreements and run-ins, I
eve once had the feeling that I
was EXPLOITED; and in which I
further testify that I at no time found
them to be brutal, ruthless, money
mad hounds of hell, imps of Satan
or all-around polecats.
2. To Hilary Jones, senior partner,
I give and bequeath the sum Of
$1,000. l figure I loafed enough on
his time over the years to have cost
him much more money. The days
I got in late. left early and soldiered
on the job must have meant quite
a loss to the firm over the years.
MI. Jones was a little aloof, rather
strict and wanted his moneys worth.
but after all he was not a bad egg.
8. To Prentice Brown I give and
bequeath the sum of $500. I never
got to know Prentice very we'll.
well, either. Looking back. it was
rather a nice arrangement, and did
not prove there was anything hell
ishly wrong about either of us).
Although Prentice was reputed to
be Of extreme dignity and quite a
sourpuss, I once entered his Office
when he had announced he was in
conference. I found him playing the
harmonica in his s~hirtsleeves. I
always liked him for it. Then there
was the time we both got into the
elevator an hour late for work and
he didn't look at his watch.
4. To Chidsey Smith I give and
bequeath $500. He W. said a word
the time we caught each other at a
midweek baseball game when both
were supposed to be sick. recall
many occasions when he might have
fred me and didn't.
S.. I order and instruct my ex-
ecutors to state to Messrs. Jones,
Brown & Smith that il b not my
conclusion that all employers r
necessarily inconsiderate, money
pinching Simon Legrees. All my ex-
perience with them leads me to a
conviction that they are at times
human beings. The rumor that Jones
has a cloven hoof is false. I once
saw him with his shoes off. There
has never been anything about
Browns manner to indicate he has
a forked tail and spit liquid flames.
I do not believe that Smith walks
through fire as a hobby. It is my
belief that the firm is not possessed
of devils.
Signed.
Jarvis Withers.
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No. "A fetching two-color COM.
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following a hubble of Prussian field
marshals. Only a few left, thank
goodness!
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