. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 24 The Rorists* Review Fbbrdaby 17, 1021 lunch there regularly and got acquainted with other business men. I was taken as a guest by one of my new acquaintances one day to a luncheon of a business club. It might have been the Rotary Club, the KiwanisClub, the Optimists' Club, the Exchange Club, or what not, but in my case it was the Kiwanis Club. They had such a good time that I determined to join if possible. I found my classifica- tion was open and shortly afterward I was admitted to membership. Here I made additional friends. I eventually joined
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 24 The Rorists* Review Fbbrdaby 17, 1021 lunch there regularly and got acquainted with other business men. I was taken as a guest by one of my new acquaintances one day to a luncheon of a business club. It might have been the Rotary Club, the KiwanisClub, the Optimists' Club, the Exchange Club, or what not, but in my case it was the Kiwanis Club. They had such a good time that I determined to join if possible. I found my classifica- tion was open and shortly afterward I was admitted to membership. Here I made additional friends. I eventually joined other clubs of a similar nature, so that now I have a luncheon every day in the week, except Sunday, when I go to the chamber of commerce. I saw every day men whose businesses were much larger than mine taking time to do many of the things I should have liked to do, and I set to work to build up my busi- ness organization to a point where I .could be spared. I began placing re- sponsibility on others at the store and for those who responded to this added responsibility I added to the salary, and those who did not found their places taken by employees who would. Charge to Advertising Expense. "From these business men with whom 1 became acquainted I found out how they arranged their business atfairs so as to have some spare time, and I bene- fited accordingly. For a time I believed that the money spent iu these outside diversions was to be charged to profit and loss, but now I know diiferently. Both time and money spent should be charged to advertising, and I will tell you why. "During the first six months in the ization of a bowling team and baseball team to represent the business, both of wliich have worked wonders toward cre- ating that spirit of cooperation between employer and employee which is so much desired. I have never had any labor dissension since I changed my habits. My employees know that if they have any reasonable adjustments, they will receive a fair h
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