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SHAMEFUL DRUDGERY THE LOT OF CHILD
LA TER TO FIGURE IN WORLD HISTOR Y
Maria Botchkareva, Leader
of the Battalion of Death
in the Russian Army,
Continues the Story of
Her Youth
Marrying at Fifteen to
Escape the Brutality of
Her Father, Her Lot Is
Not Improved, and She
Deserts Her Husband
CopurioM, 1019, bu Frederick .1. Stole) Co.
(This story, lold liv Marlx Hotih1uirca.
na transcribed ly Isaac Don Lelne,'li
rubllahxt bv Frrderlek A. Stokes Companj
under tlio tltlo of ' lik )
Tim STon this iwr
In the earlj minimrr nf 1015 the vnrl.ll
w thrilled h h iwn Item from Tttro
rrait announcing Hip formation lr one
Inrla llotrhknrein of n womrn n llrhttnic
nnlt under the name of "The natlnllon nf
ueatll." With this announcement an nlv
fttre flaftlan neiifinnt tlrl made Iter
debut In the International hall or fame.
Thla Is her Mor told by liereelf. Tho
Aral Installment tld of her earl ehlld
hood. While atlll it child ehe became
helper In a little dIIIibo store
CHAPTER I-(Continucd)
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T RETURNED to my place at
Broceiy and went to bed, but my
eyes wouiu not ciosc; my conscience
troubled me. What if she sus-
pected that a loaf of sugar wasith him. In tlmo Vuslll'a Interest
missing? What if she discovers that In mo deepened. Wo went out to
I have stolen it?" And a feeling of gether mny times. IIo mado loc
shame came over mc. Tho following to mo, caressing and kissing me. Did
day I could not look straight into
Nastasia Lcontievna's ejes. I felt
guilty. My face burned. At every
motion of hers my heart quivered in
anticipation of the terrible disclos
ure. Tinally she noticed that there
was something the matter with mc.
"What's wrong with you, Marti
na " she questioned oiawing racCOlnt oC himself. Ho promised to
close to her. "Ate you not well?" marry mo. Did I paitlcul.nl want
This hurt c en more. The buidcn to mairy him? Scaitcly. The pros
of the sin I hnd committed weighed . Pect of manlagc was more enticing
heavier and hcaviei. It rapidly be- to mo becnu&0 of tho cud lwould put
came unbearable. My conscience
would not bo quieted. At the end
of a couple of lcstlcss days and
sleepless nights I decided to confess.
I went into Nastasia Lcontie na's
bedroom v,hcn she was asleep. Rush-
ing to her bed, I fell on my knees
...A l..l, !t .aU, !kn onnVi. in'mc " o urucr
anu uiviu invw ovd, w. ,.w..w ... ,
alarm.
"What's happened, child? What
is it?"
Weeping, I pioceedcd to tell the
story of my theft, begging forgive
ness and promising ncer to steal
again. Nastasia Lconticwia calmed
mo and sent mc back to bed, but she
could not f 01 give my parents. Next
morning she isited our homo, re
monstrating with my father for his
failuic to return tho sugar and pun
ish me. The shame and humiliation
of my patents knew no bounds.
Sundays I spent at home, helping
my mother in the house. I would go
to the well, which was 11 considerable
distance away, for 'water. My
mother baked bread all week and
father carried it to the market, sell
ing it at ten kopecks a loaf. His
temper was steadily getting worse,
and it was not unusual for mo to
find mother in the yawl in tears
after father's leturn in an intoxi
cated state.
I reached the ago of fifteen and
began to grow dissatisfied with my
lot. Lifo was awakening within mo
and quickening my imagination.
Everything that passed by and be
yond the confined little realm in
which I lived and labored called me,
beckoned to me, lured mc. The im
pressions of that foreign world
which I caught in the theater im
planted themselves in my soul
deeply and gave birth there to love
stirring forces. I wanted to dress
nicely, to go out, to enjoy life's
pfeasurcs. I wanted to be educated.
I wanted to have enough money to
secure my patents forever from
starvation and to bo able to lead for
a time, for a day even, an idle life,
without having to riso with tho sun,
to scrub the floor or to wash clothes.
Ah! what would I not have given
to taste the sweetness, the joy, that
life held. But thcro seemed to be
none, for mc. All day long I slaved
in tho little store and kitchen. I
never had a spare ruble. Something
revolted within me against this
bleak, purposeless, futureless ex
istence. CHAPTER II
Married at Fifteen
CAME the Ttusso Japanese War, And
with It, Siberia, from Tomsk to
Manchuria, teemed with a new life, It
reached oven our Btrect, hitherto so
lifeless and unocntful. Two officers,
the brothers Lazov, one of them mar
ried, rented tho quarters opposlto Nas.
tasla Leontlovna's grocery. The
joung Madame Lazov knew nothing
of housekeeping. Sho observed mo
at work In the grocery store, and
offered me service In her homo at
even rubles a month.
Seven rubles a month was so attrac
tlva.a sum that I Immediately accept,
ed the offer. What could one not do
with bo much money? Why, that
would leave four rubles for me, after
the payment of mother's rent. Four
rubles! Enough to buy a new dress,
coat or a pair of those modish
fee-. Besides, It gave me an oppor-
to rilu myslf from the
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keeping nt tho I.azos. They wctc
Kind and couiteous, and took an In
tel est In me. They taught me. table
und social etiquette, and took taie
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Liiiik i ii,pi;ttivu lltruk unit i;iuau.
I The
jounger Lazov, lieutenant
yaf.
bcfrnii to notice me, and one
ecnlng linlted mo to take a walk
I le.illzo clearly tho meaning of It all 7
llardlj. It was nil so new, so won
derful, so alluring. It ihado my pulse
throb at his approach. It mado my
checks flame.
Vnslll sild ho locd me Did I
loo him? If I did, It was moro be
causo of tho man clous woild Into
which ho was to lead mo than on ac-
to my life of diudgeiy and mlsci
than on nccount of anj thing che. To
become fice. Independent, po-scssed I
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of means, was tho attracts o piospcU
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that mairiago held for me. I was then
fifteen and a half jcars old. Then
orders came to tho Ltuws to leaemot j5otchknrev apaln m lho houso
for a different post.
Vaslll Infoimed
"Then wo will have to got married
quickly, befoio jou go," I declared.
But Vaslll did not think so.
"That's quite Impossible, Marusii,"
he said.
"Why?" 1 Inquired shaiply, tome
thing rising In my throat, Hko a tide,
with suffocating force.
"Becauso I am an olliccr, and ou
aro only a plain moujltchka. You
understand, jourself, that at present
wo can't mairy. Maruscnka, I loo
ou Just as much as ever. Come,
I'll take jou homo with mc; jou'll
stay with my parents. I'll glo 5011
an education, then wo will get mar
ried." I becamo hsterlcal and throwing
mself at him llko a ferocious ani
mal, I screamed at tho top of m
0Ic0:
"You villain, "iou deceived me. You
never did love me. You aro a scoun
drel. May God cuiso jou."
Vaslll tried to calm me. IIo drew
near, but I lepulsed him. IIo cried,
ho begged, ho Implored that I be
lieve that ho loved mc. and that ho
would mairy mo. But I would not
listen to him. I trembled with rago.
seized by n fit of uncontrollable tern
per. IIo left mo in tears.
1 did not seo Vaslll for two dajs
Neither did hla brother or slster-ln-law.
IIo had disappeared, When he
returned, he presented a pitiable, sight.
Ills haggard face, tho nppcaranco of
his clothes, and the odor of vodka told
the stoiy of his two days' debauch.
"Ah, Marusla, Marusla," he lament
cd; gripping my arms. "What liav o
jou done, what havo jou done? I
loved J'ou so much. And you did not
want to understand me. You have
ruined my llfo and your own,"
My heart was wrung with pity for
Vaslll. Life to me then 'was a labs
r.nth of blind alleys, tangled bewilder
ing. It Is now clear to mo that Vaslll
did lov'o me genuinely, and that ho
had Indulged in the wild orgj' to foi-
get himself and drown tho pain I had
caused him. But I did not understand
it then. Had I loved him trul it
might all have been different. But a
slnglo thought dominated my mind:
"Ho had piomlsed to many mo and
failed." Mairiago had become to me
tho symbol of a life ot Independence
and freedom,
Tho Lazovs left. They gavo mo
money and gifts. But my heart was
llko a deserted ruin in tho winter,
echoing with tho whine ot wild beasts.
Instead of a llfo of freedom, my
parents basement awaited me. And
deep in my bosom lurked a dread of
tho unknown.
I stealthily returned homo. My
sisters had already noticed n different
air about (mc. Perhaps they had seen
me with Vaslll at one time or another.
Whatever tho cause,' they had their
suspicions, and did not fall to com
municate them to mother. It required
little scrutiny for her to observe that
from a shy Ilttlo girl I had blossomed
forth into a young woman. And then
there began days and nights ot torture
for mc.
My father quickly got w hid of what
had happened at tho Lazovs. He vras
merciless and throw himself upon me
with a whip, nearly lashing mo to
death, accompanying each blow with
epithets that burned Into me more
than the lashes of the whip. He also
beat -my mother when she attempted
to Intervene for me.
-My father would return home drunk
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Tjplul Ku-siim pcn?nnt9
drle me and niolhrr bnrcfSot out of
tho house, and for houis, at limes, c
hhhercd In the miow, liupglng the lc
wolW
llfo became an actual Infeino Ua
and night I prael to Ood that I fall
111 or dip. 15ut f.od torn lined deaf
'And still I felt that onl
Flckness
could sae mo fiom the dnllv pun
ishment. "I must get lck " T said to
mjsclf. And ro I H 011 tho oen nt
night to heat m bodv, and then
went out and rolled In tho snow. I
did It soieral firms, but without
aall. I could not fall sick.
Amid theso Insuffr inhln conditions,
I met the new jcar of 100. My mar
ried sister had Invited mo to partici
pate In a masquerade My father
would not hear, at thst of my going
out for an cenlng, but consented
after repeated entreaties I di eased
as a boj, which was tho first
tlmo I ccr woio a man a clothes.
After tho dancing wp lsltod homo
friends of my lister's, wheio I met
a soldier. Just returned from the front
IIo was a common moujik, of rough
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,p'lst ten cars older than msclf lie
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immediately began to court mc Ills
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It was not long afterward that I
of a man led Mstir of his IIo Invited
mo to go out for a walk, and then
suddenly proposed that I marry him
It caught mo so unexpectedly that I
had no tlmo for consideration. Anj.
thing Hcemed Ipiefcrablo to tho dally
torments of homo If I had nought
death to rscapo m father, why not
marij this booiish moujik? And I
consented thoughtlosslw
My father objected to my marrj Ing
slnco I was not jet hlxtecn, but with
out avail. As Botchkaiev was penni
less, and I had no moncj-, wo decided
to -work together and save. Our mar
llago was a hasty affair. Tne only
Impression that I letaln Is my feeling
of relief at escaping from mj fathers
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A Wonderful Collection of
Women 's, Misses ' & Juniors '
Spring Dresses
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$15 & $25
Smart Beaded
Georgette, Crepes
Richly Braided
All-Wool Serges
Shimmering Satins
Splendid Taffetas
A showing without com
parison at theso popular
prices. Every new stjle
thought Is expressed. Kvcry
new shado embraced. Judge,
bj tho two pictured.
Other Lovely
Dresses,
$19.75 fo $59.75
I Spring Suits
$19.75, $25,
rour splendid groups that cnablo
moderate price,
Featuring
SUITS
$12;98 & $14.98
For Women & Misses
The new box coats, blouse coatB and
stralxhtdlno effects aro featured. Made
of all-wool serges and poplins in blue,
and new colorings.
mm
New Spring
sak
Waists
$2.98
2
Children's $1.50
DRESSES
to $6.98
Georgettes
and orcpo da
chines. White,
flesh and suit
Of ginghams
and'repps. Sizes
irom
1 rtiatio.
I VAM.
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biulal hands Alab' I.lltle dnl I then
suspect that I was rMlmnglng one
form of tortuie for another
On tho day following our m.inlage
which took place In tho cailj sptliiK,
AfanaM and I went down to the liver
to hlro ourselves as daj laborers We
helped to load and unload lumbei
baigcs Haul labor never iliuutnt me
and I would hivo been satisfied li id It
only been possible for me to gi t along
with Afanasl otherwse. Hut he 1N0
diank, while I didn't, anil Intoxication
Invariably brutalized him. IIo know
of my affair with Kirov, ami would
uso It as a pictext for punishing me
"That ollker is still In J our he.id'"
ho would Fhout "Walt, I'll knock
him out of them" And ho would
proceed to do so
Summer l.iiiio Afana-sl and 1 found
work with an nn!i.ilt llrm A undo
(loois at tho piison, unlvtrsltv null
other public buildings. Wo imvoIJ
Kiiiio stteets with asphalt Our wotki
with tho firm listed nbout two vi.iis
Both of us started at soventj kopecks
a daj, hut I lose to the position of an
slstant foruniu In a few mouths ip
i civ ing a ruble and llftj kopecks a
daj. AfanaM continued as a common
laborer. M duties required consider
able knowledge In tho inlxini of the
various elements In tho making ot
concieto and asphalt.
Afauasl's low intelligence was a sulll
dent torment. Hut his heavj drinking
w.is a greater bourco of fuffiring to
me. IIo made a habit of beating me,
and grew to bo unendurable. I was
less than eighteen jcats old, and noth
ing but mlbciy hoiined to bo in store
for mc. Tho thought" of ctcapo dug
ltfclt deeper and deeper Into m mind
I finally resolved to lun away fiom
AfanaM
My mauled sister had moved to
Barnaul, where sho and her husband
served as domestics on a river steamer.
I saved sorao twentj lubles and cle
tei mined to go to my sister, but I
medt-d a paaspoit Without a pass
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Tloor
and Dolmans
$29.75, $35
jou to select a new fashion at a
ftecoml 1 Iner
New Spring
Girls' Gingham
DRESSES
Contrasting 4 no
color trimmed, v 1 .570
Sizes to H "J
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pott one could not move In itusiKi, so
t took my motlicr'n.
On tho uny, nt a smnll tallnnv ela
tion, I wns licld up by nn oflltcr of
llio Rcntlurnies
"Whpio mo joii colnjr, Klrl1" I10 ,
nsKcil liruquth, cclns 1110 with sut.-1 mul law mid in.iile to slilTor sh.imo
I'lclon. i,in,i humllhtloii
"Tn tlflinnlil ' t iinllml llti liitrlitr' ' ' '
heart. m
"Ilavo jou a passpott he de
manded. "yes," I said drawing It out of my
bag.
"What's jour nunc?" was the net
question.
"Maria Botchkareva"
In tnj confusion I had foigottm that
the passpoit wns my mothet's, and
tint It bote tho titmo of Olgs 1'rol
Kova A hen tho oftlccr unfoldul It
and glanced nt tho innic, he turned
on mo lleiceh
"HotohKnicva ah o tint is nur
mmc7"
It ilivvned upon 1110 then that 1
bad committed n fatal mistake Visions
of prlon, toituro and eventual leturn
lo Afntnsl 11 ished before rue "1 am
lost " I thought, fulling uikiii mv knees
before tho ollUei lo beg for mrrc
as ho ordeied mo to follow him lo
hradquarteis In an outbutst of ti irs
and sobs I told him tint I had esiaprd
fiom a brutal hu-Ound, and slnon I
could not possiblv obtain 11 p.isspoi t
of mj" own I w in foued to m ike tisn
of mv mothi 1 s I Implored him not
to send 1110 link to Afamsl, for Ik
would suielj- kill mc
My simple pi ismt speech lonvnu
ed the olllcir tint T wns not a dm
cerous political but ho would not lot
me go lie diiiiled th it 1 should go
with him Clime along, jou will stn
with me ind toiuoiiow I will und
von to n.uniul If jou don't III
li'ivo von nrnsird mil uit ltv ilipo
(under miivov fiom prison to priMm)
back to Tomsk "
I was as iloelle as a sheep This
was my lltst contact with the aiithnii
ties, and I tinted no. piottst If I
hnd any pown ot will It must lme
been tloiniaut Wnsn't the woild full
Mason & DeMany
n 15 Chestnut Street
(Opposite Keith's Theatre)
BUY YOUR FURS FOR NEXT SEASON
NOW IN THIS MOST EXTRAORDINARY
Removal Sale
Our Entire Stock of Fine Furs
to Be Sold Regardless of Cost!
We Are Determined to Clear Out All Stocks Before
. We Get Into Our New Store at 1215 Chestnut Street
After months of delay and disappointment, due to the war, scarcity of
materials and labor, our new store will positively be ready in March.
We expected to move last December
nnd accordingly prepared larger stocks
for our new home has three times
the capacity of our present store.
It is these large stocks wc reprice so
low, as we intend to take no furs from
our present store to the new one. Lvery
piece of fur is therefore offered at a
stupendous reduction.
We Quote Below a Few of the Remarkable Values in This Sale
Purchases Will Be Reserved in Our Storage Vaults Until Next Fall on
Payment of a Deposit. Payments to Be Continued Monthly
During the Spring and Summer
(fi) Taupe I
Fox Scarfs
10-00 j
Reg. 20.00 3
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(5) Black
Fox Sets
33-00
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(4) Beaver
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69-50
Reg. 110.00 I
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(5) Australian m
Seal Coats
94-00
Reg. 190.00 i
nmu winmwiiiiii a irani vmM
(4) Hudson i
Seal Coats
142-50 I
Reg. 290.00 j
'ibjemh muiiuun Liiii ti riMl
JLmpOrvUtlL livery luxurious garment in our stock is includucd in this
sale. Coats of Eastern Mink, Broadtail, Scotch Mole
skin, Caracul. Hudson Seal, Siberian Squirrel and Persian Lamb. Sets and scnrin of
Silver Fox, Hudson Bay Sable, Blue Fox, Cross Fox, Skunk.
which ttyp unquestionably tho most remarkable ever quoted
of wrong slnco my childhood? Wasn't
this olio of Life's orillnarj events?
Wo inotijlks were created to suffer and
cnduie Thej lho ollkl ils. wue mnile
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to punish and maltient And so I was
lcil tuHj l llio Rtiirdltn of eaco
(OONIIM'III) TOMOItltOW )
Mavfeon & DeMan$
1115 Chestnut Street
Opposite Keith's Theatre
Tomorrow Only!
WE OFFER VERY SPECIAL
Exclusive Hats
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PURCHASING AGENTS'
Fur skin3 are very much h'hcr now
than they were a year ago. This means
higher fur prices next season.
You can make another saving by
buying now for the war tax will be m
effect within n very short time and this
tax will naturally be added to the cost
of the garment.
(8) Taupe
Fov Scarfs
19.50
Reff. 40.00
(6) Natural
Nutria Sets
23-00
Keg. 52.00 v
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"u iiiniusiinii ilium
(8) Taupe
Wolf Sets
36-50
(.") Brown
Fov Sets
39-50
Ueg. 80 00
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nmuaiiiiiiiiiun mm at
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(t) Mink
,Sets
145-00
Reg. 200.00 I
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(G) Marmot
Ccuts
48-00
Reg. 99.00
Mara mill mil niifii wiraBiiiiraiiiic
(4) Natural
Nutria Coats g
96 oo I
Reg. 193.00
"iv mini sac nan miniiriiiiiiiiiiiuiiiniiiiii
(3) Natural
Squirrel Coats
240 00 1
Reg. 375.00 1
(2) Hudson
Seal Coats
120-00
Reg. 230.00
iiiiijiibii iiJi iimn i ru ihiuuhuidI
(2) Scotch 'I
Moleskin Coats rt
275-00
Reg. 550.00
SlMllHIIHIIinilll IHiUIJiiliri'U'' , I?
-"til mu i muij'iiwjiiiiMiuiin
Launlale Memorial Plana Heady
1 nnailale, I'n , IMi 25 - I'lnnji liivo"
''n perfeote.1 fur I.anfdnle's proposed,
1GO.O" tftiiiinunlly building at a mi-
uiorini 10 soiiiiers aim sni ors nt me nor-
m,Bi, Tbe bulldltur will liuiise borouch
elvli! organizations, the flro departni'irt. 1
ftatcrnnl mid patriotic orgaiil7itlnns
II will contain a public llbrarv, reiillng
rooms a bityo miitltnrliim with a stngr I
n ti..,. n - qutl hall gvmnnslum
nnd ether features 1 1
Originated by
New York's
Most Famous
Ateliers
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Their Regular Prices
Would Be $12.50
and $15.00,
1 lata that shovv so many
little unexpected angles,
odd and unusual color
combinations, artistic trim
mings fca-
' luring the new
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iiuiTcn i 11 o
fruits.
.ORDERS ACCEPTED:
(5) Hudson
Seal Sets
30-00
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(7) Taupe
Fox Sets
69-50
Re?. 110.00
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(5) Natural
Muskrat Coats
74.50
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Reg. 150.00 j
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(5) Natural ?
Raccoon Coats
125-00 1
Reg. 230.00
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(1) Natural
Mink Coat :
345-00
Reg. G50.00 I
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Mink and Lynx, at prices
for furs of similar quafity.
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No. 3 g
DEAR FOLKS '
TiHE munager of the Em-
ploy in en t Bureau where
all of the men laborers in
the Wilson & Company
plant, Chicago, are em
ployed, invited me to sit in
his office all of one morn
ing and look over the men
who applidd for jobs. I
accepted his invitation arid
I had a most interesting
experience. I will tell you '
about it.
In the first place I heai'd
practically every man say:
"I want to work here, boss,
because Wilson & Company
treat men right and you
give them a chance to get
higher up in the ranks
when they make good 1"
In the second place I
noticed, with great per
sonal satisfaction, that the
manager treated every ap
plicant for a job with as
much courtesy as if he were
receiving him in his own
home.
In the third place, I got the
surprise of my life when I
saw men, who had been told
by the manager that he
could not give them any
thing to do just then, leave
the office with a smile and
a thank you.
T wondered why men" could
smile and say thank you after
being told that there was
nothing for them to do. SoAI
asked one of them what there
was to smile about and why he
said thank you, and he said, in '
effect, this:
"Oh, tho boas, there, is always
land to everybody, and I like
kindness. 1 know he would give
me a job if he could. I am com
ing back again until I get a job
with this company. I want to
work here because I am sure of
getting a square deal."
And he went away happy; so
did the others.
However, men keep on applying
for work in the Wilson & Com
pany plant in spite of the fact
that they know the company is
always full up with laborers
who never want to leave their
jobs.
The manager is the type thjit
Mr. Wilson selects to deal with
his army of workers. He won't
Hiave a man unless love for his
fellows is thoroughly developed
in him unless he is a good
iudge of human nature unless
he has the quality of selecting
workers who will keep up the
good fellowship and the loyal
spirit that exists so markedly
in all departments of the Wilson
& Company plant.
He made no mistake in choosing
the manager 'of the Men's Em
ployment Bureau, who is a man
of big frame, big heart, big
character and with a big idea of
his duty toward his company
and toward his fellow man.
Among the number who applied for
jobs while I was in the manager's
office was a soldier in uniform. His
appearance and manner and conver
sation indicated that ho was a re
fined, educated man.
The manager told him that h
guessed he had made a mistake in
applying to him for a job that evi
dently he wanted an office position,
or, perhaps, wanted to go on tho
load as a salesman that he em
plojed men only who were willing to
work with their hands. Mark what'
this soldier said:
"No, I don't want an easy job. I
want to work with my hands. I
'found myself overseas. Living in
trenches and going over the top made
a diffcicnt man of me. That hard
vvoik gave me health and strength.
I never felt better in my life. ,1
want to keep my body as healthy
and as strong as it is now. I want
a job that requires the use of my
hands, arms, legs, shoulders, feet. I
can use my head, too, in doing man
ual labor. I want very much to work
for this company. I hear everybody
speak so well of the organization.
I will appreciate it greatly if you
w ill give me an opportunity to work
as a laborer. I'll take my chance on
working my way up. The president
of joui company got to the top by
starting at the bottom of the ladder.
Majbe I can climb to the top, too,
if I am not too particular about th
kind of work I start to do."
The manager said to him: "You arc
oil right, my lad; you've got tho
tight stuff in jou. Come hero next
Monday and I u ill start you to work
Wo want men of your grit."
lie enmo to vork tho following Mondy.fi
lie lias already made a lilt with Ma
fellow .workmen ..." .
Tliey like lilm a lot and are very prtHMI
of him -
Tliey aro true-blue Americans and thtak i-,
a poldier vl c was in light over ther !
the kind of pal they want to tie us to.-,
Thcv think very often of their fl!ow-,,
workers vho went overseas but wtM
never come back. 'i
I want to tell ou, folks, that It tfM
n fellow a lot of erood to Bet next to XM
hearts of real .people.
The Heart In the W llson & Company r.
iraiilxatlon shows everywhere. It
not play nine.anu.nrrK, u comes nop
nut In the open. There la no dlfflwaUr
In lavrlnp it. J - 4
i nm pnlnir fo eln to you In mv. fcJ-MI
u.rii lrltrr a verv human story :
little Blip ot Sir! 15 yar ol4
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