Show A BUSINESS ASSET sponsored by the ICI kiwanis wanig cluba 1 of the united states and canada next week will nill be observed al all I 1 ocr these two countries ns as courtesy week efforts will be made to gut get everyone one to bo be courteous in ull his dealings dealing ti cour tesy is such a little thing in itself but such euch a big tiling thing in relation to its effect on the courteous person and the one with whom he lie deala deals that it 1 ia a wonder that ita its value I 1 is not more generally recognized it may be that with ith the rush of modern tunes times we have let our selves think that we liam lia m no time to be lie courteous it may bo be that with the irritations of the war wa r and its economic economie aftermath wo we have let ahat courtesy there was in us become dead but it Is a a fact that there is little courtesy today in the busin business esq world and not a great deal in the social world N orld in III an analysis of p ople who had become dissatisfied with trading at a certain city store it was found that sixty three of them complained of tl e treatment by clerks while only one complained of the goods bought it costs cost nothing to be polite it costs only a little effort to treat a cu customer tomer so that lie will feel that the best has lins been done to please him even oven if ho he cannot secure what mint he i wants ants Court courteny eky pa paa a big dividends ond and the lack laek of it makes nn an employer a liability rather than an asset the heads of a business ull nill find that courtes cour tc to their employees emp loyes loes breeds courtesy to patrons tat rons and secures better service it takes brains to exercise self control and to be courteous but any man can fly off tho the handle and be rude the best test of a mans mails real character is his lis attitude toward the man that cannot lq c e back it is easy ti be nidai meah toward one who has hag to take if it but a courteous attitude will ni at vaa vo s bring better results unless real authority dei demands mauds mands other action A recent writer riter called attention to the fact that this is an age of gamme thank ou is ii nearly lost from from our language we take favors as our due and give them no recognition even the old deacon who ilio still aras generally fills his with demands for more fabra from the creator and seldom gives gies thanks for what he e haa has already received children take sacrifices 4 ol 01 of their parents as a matter of course and rarely express their appreciation I 1 great men have n marly arly always been courteous and they have found that it paid them one can call scarcely think of abraham lincoln or george washington as be ipg gruff or failing to make inake every effort to be courteous under all circumstances therein lay one of the sockets of their greatness if everyone ever one will be truly courteous in every instance during all jle of next week he lie will get the habit and 60 continue it indefinitely |