Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1919 — HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH [ARTICLE]

HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH

World Would Be Better If There Were Mors Like This Omaha Busi* „ ness Man. AB Omaha n e sip a er ma n .a s motor ear; remarks the World Herald of that city. Last spring he had It painted. Not long ago the surface began to develop an amazing series of cracks like the “crow’s feet” about an cracks with amazement rapidly becoming disgust Every time he looked at the car ho lost his appetite and his fifis The other day the car was taken, to the paint shop. Its owner was fully prepared to hear that he had'used the wrong 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 looked the car over. “Ts yon’ll bring it In, m do it over," he said. “The varnish must have been bad.” It was all over tn two minutes. The man’s faith In human nature jumped several hpndred per cept. The sky was clear; the whole world was set In rosy hue. Here was a man who didn’t dodge responsibility, who tried no excuse, who backed his work with his word and made good his Word. Isn’t it a pretty good policy! l