Show I THIS THAT anc one and the OTHER by Mack Turner Most of us take a lob to get th money to provide a living for ourselves our selves elves and and family family and hope tha thai I nough will be left to pay the ta taj tai load toad Dut But it provides some Interesting answers as to why someone select selected ed d a particular line of work for hi hl endeavors Usually It Is something that interests the Worker and be because because cause ause of this interest he proves beg bes' fitted for the job he turns to We have to have doctors towers law tow ers merchants policemen and jus' jus he plain old working boy for the lobs on the farm and in the city To have them someone has to be interested along those lines Unes We were once asked why we wr selected the newspaper field as our profession Why were we Interested in that kind of work There Thera is a radio program that thai cashed in on the idea that people are funny We have found the themore them m more Interesting than funny an and d we have had a lot of smiles at th the e antics of these animals called calle d ed people leople We know of no other lion Ion that permits one to real really y know the people we come into contact with than does the role of Snoopy Joe The doctor knows their heir ills the lawyer their troubles and nd the merchant knows their sales resistance The newsman knows their theft joys their sorrows their troubles roubles and their success We once talked with one of the keenest students of the human race that hat ever lived the lived the late Will Rog ers erg We have talked to a lot of famous famous fam fam- ous our people both before and after our chat with Will But there has never been another that made the impression upon us that Will did We have often wondered what he thought of us after that little ittle chat We take hope from that famed statement by Will Rogers of I never met a man I didn't like I Not having the facilities of a Will Rogers we cant can't say that and be truthful We can say that we have met but few people we didn't like But we can say that we have lever met a person who wasn't interesting in in- Perhaps this interest wont won't show on a chance tion But get to know him and you find ins a a lot of interesting things about him We often find the most interest interest- ng person is not the famous or orthe orthe the rich but is one you get to know knowe Ae the e best And through newspaper work we have met a lot of people that we got well One of the secrets of Will Rogers' Rogers success was that he could pitch hi his s conversation on any level He could talk on even terms with diplomats professional men or even the un tm educated In that way he could ge getto get t to know anyone he met well enough h vo o o uncover the interesting things thing s about them We cant can't come near matching matchin g that trait Too often we meet someone someone some I I one whose plane of conservation n goes well over our head But we fin find finda d a lot of things about them that ar are e Interesting We always find there is Isome some common ground on which w we e can meet such a person I Interesting people are not confinEd confined con fined to any anyone one part of the country country coun coon try try just as they are not confined t tany to o any one walk of life We have made a lot of booms and fast growing towns We have e lived in communities that did little growth but were plodding along at it an even keel We have lived in towns that were but slipping slipping but the chamber of commerce wouldn't admit ad wit mit it t. t We have found the growing town the most interesting because bemuse of its chance to study the people that make it click It provides an ever changing picture Get to know the fellow next door and find out what is interesting about him When you get to know what is Interesting about the other fellow you make a friend And when you make a friend you have the answer to the question of why we turned to the newspaper field for a hood Nor does the interest in your yon r neighbor limit itself to creed o ocolor or r color There is something interestIng interest Ing to be found in the most humble of all aU races That Is one of the great things s about being a part of an organization tion that binds together fellow men Civic clubs lodges and social clubs are great chances to get acquainted with the other fellow Learn to take advantage of this chance chancel Learn to study the other fellow and we feel teel sure you will find it a worthwhile project Not ml l will it serve erve to be entertain ing but will make you many more ad better friends through the understanding it will bring you Ichabod the office boy says it may be alright trying to figure out and understand your fellow man But Dut if It you try to fI figure fiure ure out the women you might go berserk |