Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1919 — HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH [ARTICLE]

HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH

World Would Be Better if There Were “ ' More Like This Omaha Business Man. An Omaha newspaper man has a motor car, remarks the World Herald of • 1 hat city. Last spring he had ft painted. Not lon g ago the surface be,gan to develop (tn' amazing series of cracks like the “crow’s feet” about an old man’s eyes. The man greeted the cracks with amazement rapidly becoming disgust. Every time he looked at the car he lost his appetite and his good temper. ■- The other <lay the car was taken to the paint tdmpv—lfft owner was fully prepared to hear that he had used the wnmg kind of polish, that he had let the car stand out In the sun. that anything and everything had spoiled the paint except that the paint itself was at fault. ~ The painter-Jooked the- car ■ overhe said. "The varnish must havebeen bad.” » It was all over in two minutes. The man’s-faith in hutuan nature jumped several hundred per- cent. The sky was dear ; the whole world was set in rosy hue. was^-fl—mart wdto-dMn’t dodge responsibility, who tried no excuse, who l>acky<T lTifo work with his word and made good hjs word. Isn’t it a pretty good policy?