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Show CARELESS PEOPLE. When public meetings are called why cannot the prlnolpal performers make It a point to be on hand at the tlmo designated? When committee meetings aro appointed for a certain hour, why is that the man always the busiest is compelled to wait from llftecn to forty-live minutes on tlm other members whofall to put In their appearance? How is It that men aro so thoughtless as to disregard tho fact that the time of othersmay bo valuable if their own is not? Last Thursday evening the public meeting at the Cache Commercial club rooms was kept from getting at the business In hand from twenty to thirty minutes because of the non-arrival of Mayor Iloblnsou. The meeting was called fors o'clock and at that time there were piobubly llfty representative representa-tive cltlens present, sulllclent to have warranted the opening of the meeting. As time passed on and there was no move toward tho business In hand, tho crowd became restless but was quieted by the assurance that a very necessary personage was absent. That person proved to be the Mayor, and he dropped drop-ped in ut about 8::i0. Tub Rki-uiili-can docs not Intend this as a special criticism of the Mayor, for he may have been unavoidably detained, and tticn again ho may not have known that his absence was an Inconvenience to anyone. It Is generally conceded that thero Is not a busier man In tho city than Mr. It. V Itltor, vet at various meetings meet-ings at the Commercial club, ovor which he presides, he has been tho only man on hand at exactly tho tlmo appointed for tho meeting, and has frequently had to waltu half or three- I quarters of an hour before the others put In appearance. Mr. Riter has made no complaint, but we know this statement to bo a fact. In a general way it Is not an unusual thing for the average public or-com-mlttce meeting to bo dolaycd a good while simply for the icason that some person or persons have not seen tit to get there on time, llusy men arc compelled com-pelled to neglect their business to get to these meetings and then are compelled com-pelled to wait an Interminable time on men whohavo time to burn. Tills Is all wiong and accounts in a measure for the lack of interest real business men exhibit in public atlalrs. They can not afford to waste tho time. In the case of Mayor Robinson from llfty to sixty men wcio kept waiting thirty mlnutvs, a total of twenty-four hours, or a day being wasted. Men should regard these obligations as they do other business obligations. No one has the right to misuse the time of another. If an appointment Is made for three o'clock, don't wait untlUt Is three o'clock and then rind yourself three blocks away from the meeting place. Learn to be regularly on time. This can be and should be carried car-ried out In both business and social affairs. Don't presume to think you have the right to trespass on another's time. |
