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Show $ I I ' M I Itfi I I 1 I I " II I I II i- III I Mfci Picmenbsr Ti;eir finises! T" YOU DON'T REMEMBER the names of the people introduced "to you, you are losing chances to mke pecpla like you. As I have said before, "A man's name to him is the sweetest sound in the English language-" It behooves a politician to remember that to recall a voter's name is statesmanship; to forget is oblivion. This is just as important in social contacts. sso doubt rranklin Delano Roosevelt occupied occu-pied his high chair for the fourth term largely because he knew how to make friends, and one way he made friends was to call people by their names. W. F. Chamberlain, working for the Chrjsler organization that had built a special car for F. D., was delegated to deliver the car to the White House. There were a lot of gadgets on the car, designed for easy handling by the President. Mr. Chamberlain went back to the plant in a hapy frame of mind. Franklin D. Roose- Carnegie velt had called him by name, and expressed admiration for all Mr. Chamberlain knew about the mechanics of a car. F. D. R. may have learned this as a young man from his predecessor and distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, for he, too, was adept at the art. I know personally of an incident when Theodore Roosevelt met a man while fighting big game in Africa. Several years later, T. R., making a tour of the southern states before election, was down in the very depths of a Democratic stronghold. Suddenly in the crowd he spied this man. "Sweeting," he called loudly, so that everyone could hear, "didn't we have a bully time in Africa?" Who do you think this Democrat voted for? Yes, just who do you think. Not only did he vote for him, but he swung other votes toward Theodore Roosevelt. It works in every walk of life. Homer Croy had in his employ a nurse brought from England for their little gill. When this nurse said she didn't think she could ever live in England again, Homer asked how America di Tiered from England. Without hesitation, the girl r-fuied: "Well, Mr. Croy, your friends speak to me when thy come here, and they call me by my name." Try making friends by the following: 1 Learn the name of those you contact. (If necessary ask th:m to spell it.) , . 2 Call them by their names clearly. Don't overdo this-don't this-don't make it obvious. Just do it when a natural occasion arises. But anvays when you say "Good morning," or "Good mght." |
