Show MORALE MORALE By Winifred ini re Black CoP Copyright rig ht 1918 Ins by Newspaper Feature Service Morale did Morale did you ou ever er hear the word ord before b roro the tho war I never did lid I dont don't see BeG how wo we got along without it at Rt all all do you ou Wo We had the morale all right or tho the lack of or It It but we didn't know what to call It and somehow v it does make mako things s so much more real to give he them thema a name You cant can't even oven be cr very sentimental about a 1 rose rose rose-It If you OU dont don't know the name of or it It and acid whether Its It's Just one ono of a bi big family or a 0 perfumed bunch of sweetness and dew and sunshine anti ann color that couldn't grow row anywhere In the world but Just In your YO own particular particular particular par par- pari i garden on Its own particular bush and bloom just in time for the birthday of or tho the one ono you ou love lo best of oC all I Morale what Morale what an Important thing itis it is 18 Is and what a time they do make over It In France and in England and in Germany and anti In these days das here in to America America Ir if the tho morale is all right tho the army's arms all right And if It the morale Is 18 bad good bad by victory I Weve We've know that all the tho time we women omen Weve We've always s 's known It and acted on on tho the knowledge too Men Ien want facts and figures I How Howman man many cases o of goods did you ou sell to toda today today to- to da day Who bous bought and what did they pa pay That's all Women omen always alwa's want to know how you OU sold the goods and wh why and what made madu the person who bou bought ht bu buy them and and they usually find out out and and that's morale in business What's the tho reason that some families livo 11 in of homes and others exist In houses or roost In flats Morale Morale that's that's all all Just morale in the lie Home Hunte Mother loUler makes maltes tho iho morale of ot the horne home If It she's natured good and efficient efficient effi effi- dent and tolerant and minded broad-minded and Intelligent shell she'll have havo a place where good natured good minded broad tolerant tolerant tol tol- crant intelligent people can Call live 11 in and comfort com fort If it Mho's she's little and mean and tam Ill and Jealous and spiteful and in In in- I tolerant and narrow minded shell she'll make a house houte that Is so full of or these thin things s that no broad spirit stay can can can- stay In it In an any kind of or comfort for tor five Ive min min- utes uteR She wont won't have to do a thing or say a a. word wood aloud OJ of whisper a syllable to do It It sho she wont won't even e havo have to lift her eyebrows or give an nn extra curl to her heri i sarcastic upper lip Up Shell She'll do It by Just being That's morale You lou cant can't step tcp inside the door of ot her poor Joor little shut up fuss fussy house hoyse without without without with with- out knowing knowing- that theres there's something the matter with it and with her and with ever every one In it It even if It youre you're only a book agent or a poor wr tired old woman woman wom wom- an an selling made home-made aprons or ma ma- made chine e lac lace laco Morale Morale that's that's what makes some of ot- ot lees flees BO so cas easy to work with Ive I've seen an office dark and Inconvenient and ami crowded and lacking In half of ot the things that go o to make office work easy pasy and even oven tho the office boy bov had fairly to to wear a muzzle to lc keep p from whist whist- in as he ho Corked worked lie he was so happy happ That's because the morale of or the of- of ice flee was all right rl ht an and it U was wa all a right rl-ht because the thc man at the tho head of ot It had the right morale moral morale and and he didn't have ha i to preach or 01 lecture or make rules either He ne Just was himself was himself And ever every one In the office felt at lib lib- crt h ito to como come to him with an au Idea ilca or 01 so go to him with a sU suggestion and there was a friendly Wn kindly y human Human nan atmosphere atmos atmos- phere In the tho place that made malic It fun to be ther there Ive I've seen e other offices where there tho the men who wool WOI l into Inlo to them thorn hun hung up their good humor and their tolerance and their theil human kindness and their human interest in each cah other and In life ant and oven X In their th work work- who when they slipped on their office coats and Id I'd rather be he an attendant lUen atte dant ant at the morgue ul than try to do any any kind of or constructive work Olle in a place like that Learn From he r Army What a mistake it all aU Is to let the morale of or a home homo or of ot a family or oror of or a business establishment run down and get out o of order like a poor r old flock that's seen Its best lays days s 's and cant can't man manage e to tick without creaking and anu complaining about It Its It's bad 10 love Its It's bad business and oh oh worst worst of all Its all Its It's bad humanity T The he man math who ring j In goes oes over o the time top the they st say In the army We c ru I learning arnin a whole lot of things from the arm army those daY days Why Rhy h not learn something practical a anti and 11 1 some some- thing real and something worth while about morale morale while were we're about it it I |