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Show Amiable Snbterfnge. Discharging a man for any cause is a duty that most employers dislike. To get around the disagreeable part of this obligation some men resort to subterfuge subter-fuge more or less amiable. For instance, a certain firm in New York had a letter form which it always used when bouncing bounc-ing had to be done. Here it is: Drar Bir The condition of our business will not permit us to avail ourselves of your valuable services after next Saturday. Buaxe St Co. Another large employer of labor told me not long ago that he never discharged an employa "What, neverr I inquired. "Never," he repeated. "1 always ask a man to resign, and if he doesn't resign 1 resign from the place of paymaster." . That reminded me of a foreman in a factory, who was so soft hearted that he could never bring himself to fire a man in so many words. When it became necessary to get rid of a hand he used to send for the victim and address him thns. 'Tin sorry, Wilhehn.'-but I lays you off for awhile." "How long for?" is the usual response. "Ohl I doan know maybe six months maybe a year or two years or ten years 1 , doan know!" Pittsburg Dispatch. |