Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 12

. THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921. Wrong Wit Your Work? BY WILLIAM MAXWELL, (VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc.) Fontifiod with the business. I have|” ble by keeping my mouth shut. “Talking Over” Bad Practice. Even “talking things over” with erally speaking, a bad (For the past twelve months an interest- ing series of experiments has been cou- ducted at the Edison plant. at Orange, N. J.. with 183 young men and Soung women salaried _employes. as _the subjects. The object of thewe tests was fo discover and analyze the underlying causes which pre- vent many workers of the so-called “‘white collar class” from getting out of the busi: mess rut. Mr. Maxwell, who devised and | rsonally conducted these experiments. has found that the trouble was with the work- ers themseives. In this series of articles be not only points out the defects which chain the feet of many salaried emploves to the lower rungs of the lsdder. but tells how these fetters cau be cast off.) No. 7.—Are You Discreet Enough? Are you in the habit of talking to outsiders unnecessarily about® the business affairs of the concern which employs you? This is one of the most prevalent breaches of discretion en- countered among salaried employes —and lack of discretion is one of the principal reasons why many men and women fail to get out of the business rut. You may be a genius and thorough- 1y satisfactory in your work in other respects, but if you have the reputa- tion of “talking too much.” or of being otherwise indiscreet. your chances for advancement are not very bright. Even though the concern by ‘which you are employcd has no particular secrets to concaal. it is always a bad practice to tell outsiders .what you are doing. Too frequently they de- | said. and put into circulation reports|der if more important information which are misleading, and which, | might not be similarly divulged. Once| that they shopld not in any circum-|and the logic of mental processes, |about a fellow employe, the concern's | ers in order to “make good fellows of or comment on what | which, as we have seen, will give you | policies or any other subject con- |themselves” or in support of a pose velop a garbled version of what you A ARTS CLUB NOW SCENE OF PARISIAN ALLUREMENT Brilliant Decorations Made for Fifth Birthday Célebration Tomorrow Evening. The Arts Club, at 2017 I street, has this week become a veritable: ataller. The artist members of the club are busy in their painters’ smocks, and with pa- lette and brushes are transforming the walls into_scenes of sylvan beauty and Parisian allurement. The scheme of the- decorations, which has been laid out under the direction of "Cleon Throck- morton, is not being publicly announced. as it is planned to offer a complete sur- prise to the members of the club and their guests when they assemble tomor- row evening on the occasion of the fifth birthday c!lebfllifln.‘ ':nlch takes the form of a spring carnival ‘Working with Mr. Throckmorton, who is now in Washington on vacation from his theatrical scenic work in New York, are several of the painter members of the club, including Felix Mahony, Miss Catharine Critcher, Miss Bertha Noyes, Miss Dorothy Prout and Glenn Brown. Mrs, Frederic Farrington is chairman of the committee on decorations. One of the rooms of the club is neces- sarily reserved for an exhibition of sculpture that was installed last week, to remain until the middle of the month. "This, however, does mnot interfere with the general plan of the carnival scheme, which overflows from the building itself into the garden, where a “French cafe’ has been constructed for the accommo- tion of supper guests. “B.!'een the painters at work on the walls and the makers of the floral deco- rations and the builders of booths. the Thistoric house, which once was the home of James Monroe, is & scene of tre- et it JEas charge four hours h all will be ready for the ulnh‘-‘-u::?f the club’s fifth birth- daay. APPEAL TO GOV. RITCHIE. Citizens Want Thompson’s Death Sentence Changed to Life Term. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6—In an effort to have Gov. Albert C. Ritchie ‘eommute to life imprisonment the sentence of Guy Vernon Thompson, under sentence of death in this county the murder last November of James Bolton and two little children of his housekeeper. who were killed when Bolton's home, near German- town, was blown up by dynamite, a delegation of Montgomery county citizens appeared before the gover- nor today. John A. Garrett. Thomp- son’s attorney, and former State’s At- torney Bowie F. Waters were to be the spokesmen. A few days ago a petition, signed by about 400 residents of the county, was sent to Gov. Ritchie, asking for a commutation of the sentence. Unless Gov. Ritchie interferes. .Thompeon will be hanged in the jail yard here on Friday, April 15. OHls Lehman was indorsed for the fon of chief personnel officer of war risk bureau by Gen. Nelson A. Camp, No. 1, United Spanish War ns, at the regular semi-monthly muster in Perpetual Hall last night. Frederick Zulch, commander of the &, presided. A short address was ered by Ludwig Frank of the ment of Washington and a. who was present as a guest. Lee Nevitt was mustered into the . The next muster will be held on April 19, the anniversary of the organization, which will be observed By & renewal of the oath of allegiance and a special program. [ o The Source Of Capability has copk- ed his food fifteen thou- sand years— the last 26 of which many delicious forms of cooking have been ihnovated at WALLIS. There is inspiration here in a well-broiled - Sty the due preb: e s P! lem. There is new con- fidence in the vege- table you like, new zest in the salad, new view- point in the flavory pancakes, fresh cheer in the cereal with its thick, rich cream that you get at such reason- able price at WALLIS’ 12th and G Streets N.W. coming back to your chief’s ears, will | that suspicion is engendered in an|stances repea | executive's mind the employe who is|yvou have told them. And if you feel|an adequate conception of cause and | nected with your work say it to your | that the{( were “on the inside,” or bring discredit on you. Personally, I make it a rule not to| the object of it is in a mighty bad|that they are constitutionally incapa- |effect and enable you to forecast the | superior officer. He is probably as|close to discuss our business, except in a gen-| way, so far 4s getting ahead in busi- | ble of keeping a secret do your utmost | train of consequences that are set in|anxious as you are to remove any | The employe to resist the inclination to confide in!motion by everything that you do,!just cause of complaint or correct'him to be indiscreet in this way is eral way, with any one who Is not'ness is concerned. 09 arTv eass 5 - March 24, 1921. . Mr. Dear Mr. Newbold: In response to your request for information about our street lighting policy, 1 will state that Baltimore has always given equal consideration to gas and elec- tric umits for street fighting, and the experience of years has justified the wisdom of this course. L gl . At the present time, with a population of 700,000, _our street lighting system consists of 14,000 gas and 11,000 electric units of various types. “Our street lighting policy is based on three essen- fial factors: Public safety, efficiency, and economy; the cardinal factor always in mind being service. Streets are lighted ily for safety, which requires adequate distribution of units so arranged as to safeguard as far as possible against interruptions to continuous service. On ‘Saturday, March 19th, circuit troubles on electric lines were responsible for the outage of large numbers of electric streets lamps as well as the crip- l_’r“;;! st?':et dtl)masfic. commercial osd theatre lighting. ighting service was only partiail ectz, due to the side-street lighting of I:.mpz In the -RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO DIFFICULTY BECAUSE OF THE PREPONDER- ANCE OF GAS over electric lamps. Wherever possi- ble GAS LAMPS ARE MAINTAINED IN THE ELEC- TRICALLY LIGHTED DISTRICTS TO MEET SUCH OCCURRENCES. are met by increasing the numbers of umits or the Tighting power of exi lamps. T substitution of the electric for gas lamps, HIGHER POWERED GAS LAMPS ARE NOW CON- SIDERED SO THAT THE ESTABLISHED SYSTEM IS RETAINED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. Not only does the dual gas and electric system give best results from the standpoint of Pubfic Safety in continuity of seryice’ and y but it enables extensions to be made more economically than is the case where only one type of ii’ minant is obtainable. Furthermore, the costs of street lighting service are kept down by reason of the competition between illuminants, notwithstanding the fact that in Baltimore the same public utility furnishes both gas ufnd, electricity, mzhi:dten;nce service with the gas being, of ‘course, is| y rate ization under contract. 1 v&uld nhesm'h,zl:l recomo'mmd to other mumicipalities the same street ol as established in Baltimore. WS yic JOHN J. HANSON, Superintendent of Lamps and Lighting. How much more important in The Director of Public Works for the city of Pittsburgh says-- “As a police measure, it (the DUAL System of Lighting)is a guarantee that the entire city will never be in total darkness, which is a decided help as a preventive of crime.” case of ome's | them. 2 reatze that, in the found that I have never got into trou- | own family, it is mighty dificult some- | Discretion is both a moral and a|thinking twice before you “blab” your times to resist the temptation to talk | mental quality. Its moral phase con- [business affairs to outsiders, and of | tration will help you materially in |lead to dismissal. Vanity is & mora about one's business affairs. Salaried |sists largely in putting a curb upon |resisting the temptation to commit |overcoming the tendency to gossip | failing rather than a mental ¢mployes who are otherwise eminent- | on's tongue, As & purely mental| other indiscretions. b y discreet are likely to “take a|quality, reflected in the character of ssiping a p! || the members of one's tunplgc IJE atfln; chance” bg‘: un‘: respect, and, hu;nm yo:r work, it l:ners!flln:: loal:e of n:; -nl:‘onxl f:{low e‘mploye- mn‘ltl(ute an- |3 —— -~ A 3 nature ng human nature, perhaps|subjects we have already discussed, |other indiscretion frequently encoun- |ing you in the rut. e goseip and | (Copyright. 1921, Trade have known of several men whose |t is expecting too much of any per-|notably faculty of analysis and logic|tered in business. The - I evien, Tacy T Wostm Saser wors: to say the least, retard- | son to require that he ‘keep his|of mental processes. It is safe to make | rumor monger has ed by indiscreet remarks made to rela- mouth shut” in his family circle re-|the assertion, therefore, that to a chance of getting ahead. On the con-| Sometimes, however, it is a salaried tives. Sometimes an unimportant|garding what goes on at the office or | large extent discretion is a business | tra: | | piece of business information re-|plant. If you feel, however, that you|virtue that can be developed by the|seif-congratulation if sooner or later | of his being indiscreet. I have known peated by an employe's wife causes|must take your folks into your con- |salaried employe who is ambitious to | this unfortungge such employe’s superior officer to won- | fidence, let me warn you to at least|get out of the rut. gllflllllllllII|IIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIRIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIllllllllfllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIHHMIIHIIIIIIIIIM T [ffrom the point of PUBLIC SAFETY alone The DUAL SYSTEM of LIGHTING is considered BEST for Baltimore and Pittsburgh THIS---The NATION’S CAPITAL says-- you will soon develop the habit of ununi'&ifli‘fif z promot! ity of concen- |and aggravated cases will inevitably reading rumors gossip and | rumMOr Mo mighty slim | his mind on his job. ry, he or she will have cause for |employe's vanity which is the cause does not re-|cases in our own business where sult in dismisal. If you have any- | salesmen have given out information make it a point to impress on them | If you acquire the faculty of analysis | thing to say that is worth- saying | prematurely to our jobbers and deal- ORI ‘injiiring his~ chanoss ‘of Developing the @ with your fellow employes and to | estimating the comseqyences clr!.'llr-lfll:: rumors—if this is one of the | dulging in it will go a long waj pet weaknesses which is keep- | toward effecting a cure. nger obviously doesn't have r. Edigon. 0se vanity causes B L AR T T b T R ML The Superintendent of Lampé'r and Lighting for the city of Baltimore “Not only does the dual Gas and Electric System give best results from the standpoint of Public Safety in continuity of recent discussion before several of the - ; OUR attention has been drawn to the Citizens' Associations criticising the system of street lighting, both gas and electric, now prevailing in Washington. An impression is sought to be created that gas as a street illumi- nant is obsolete and that electricity is by far the better medium for this purpose. This impres- sion is altogether erroneous and is contrary to "“the experiences of the great cities of this coun- try and of Europe. Street lighting is based on the following essential factors: Public safety, efficiency, and the cardinal factor—service. Safety, efficiency and service go more or less hand in hand, and there is no more reliable agency of these three than GAS, due to the fact that, except in isolated instances, the service rendered by a gas lamp is always continuous, which is not the case with electricity, as evi- denced by the recent discomfort to which Balti- more was subjected—when not only was the en- tire electric system of that city put out of com- mission, but a complete interruption of the rail- way traffic, which condition existed for almost -an hour; whereas, those sections lighted by gas were NOT . affected. Therefore, we think we are safe in assuming that gas is a better safety and efficiency factor than electricity. The matter of street illumination is one that is now being given scientific consideration. It is the consensus of opinion of competent ex- perts dealing with this matter that there should prevail in every well-lighted municipality what i8 known as the “‘dual system” of street light- ing; that is, electricity is deemed to be the proper illuminant for the downtown and busi- ness sections of the city, and incandescent ‘mantle gas lighting throughout the residential portions of the city. {re In the residential sections gas is, we think, the most efficient illuminant, as is evidenced by: Baltimore with 14,000 gas lamps Philadelphia wifh 38,000 gas lamps St Louis with 24,000 gas lamps Chicago with 13,000 gas lamps Brooklyn with 12,000 gas lamps Boston with 11,000 gas lamps and the cities of Europe: Paris | with 88,000 gas lamps Bordeaux with 27,000 gas lamps a city of approximately the size of Washington; and Berfin, Vienma and London all have a preponderance of gas street lighting, while Liverpool, England, IS ENTIRELY LIGHTED-BY GAS. ‘Welsbach Street Lighting Compa E. S. NEWBOLD, Vice-President service and adequa- cy of illumination, butit enables exten- sions to be made . more -economically than is the case where only one type of lluminant is obtained. e “Where increase illumi- nation is required (instead of changing to electricity as was formerly done) higher powered GAS LAMPS are now consid- ered so that the established system is retained as far as possible.” City of Pittsburgh e PENNSYLVANIA e March 28, 1921 Mr. E. S. Newbold, 1934 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. My dear Mr. Newbold: In reply to your favor of recent date you are aware we have electric lights in the downtown sectjon of this city and gas lamps over a great portion of the residential district. 1 believe that a dual system of lighting is for the best interests of the city, as it provides competition between the two systems, which naturally results in a benefit to the city. AS A POLICE MEASURE IT IS A~ GUARANTEE THAT THE ENTIRE CITY WILL NEVER BE IN TOTAL DARKNESS, WHICH IS A DECIDED HELP AS A PREVENTIVE OF CRHME. . . Trusting this gives you the desired informa- tion, I am, Yours very truly, JOHN SWAN, Director. ny of America IO OO A AL A IIIlIIIlllllllI||ll||l|||||IIII”IIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIlllllllImlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllill||IIIIIIlIIIlIlllIllIlIII|||llllllllllI!IIIIIIIllllllIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII v