Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1916 — Habit of Promptness. [ARTICLE]
Habit of Promptness.
Once you form a habit of being prompt to meet all your engagements, you will find it just as easy to be prompt as to be tardy. W’ork conscientiously until the habit is formed —and the whole of your life will be the easier for it. Occasionally, of course, with the best of intentions delays occur that cause us to keep others waiting. It is always a good plan, therefore, when you are going to meet somebody in a strange place to arrange beforehand that if you are detained you will telephone to some point to which the person you are going to meet can telephone—and so you can let each other know what has happened.
