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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
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and employes on the spot who can catch thesemistakes and with tact and good sense help straighten out thedifficulty will render the best service of all. The man who pleadsin excuse, Nobody told me about that, or We never have donethings that way, or I never heard of such a case, is confessingthat he is more of a machine than a man; that he really needs some-body else present to think for him every time something new comes up. The above suggestions from a fellow employe are given in ahelpful rather than a faultfinding spirit. The standard of intelligenceamong railroad employes was never higher than this war finds it.The response to most demands made will be intelligent and efficient.Human nature is mighty good stuff and always, under normal con-ditions, has a little reserve of effort and resourcefulness which isbrought out and developed by the abnormal condition of war. Safety first should always carry signals for common sense second. :□=□=□=□=□=□=□=□=□=□=□=□ 15
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16 Swelter in the City? Not for Me! Says the Man who has Tasted the Delights ofCamping on the Maryland State Reserves ONDUCTOR SMITH, his run fin-ished, made his way to the train-masters office. There, aftermaking his report, he drifted intocasual conversation with the chief clerk. Feels like spring today, captain, re-marked that gentleman. Ill bet you hadthat old fishing rod of yours out lastnight. Well, admitted the conductor, Idid just look her over to see that she wasall right. Say, where do you spend yourvacations? Oh, I generally take the wife and kidsto the seashore, replied the chief clerk. Conductor Smith sniffed contempt-uously. And live in a stuffy bed room, andchange your clothes three times a dayand have a lot of old maids looking dag-gers at you everytime you take a whiffout of the old briar. Not for me! Whydont you try the simple life—go camp-ing? The chief clerk shook his head decid-edly. The only trouble about the simplelife is that it is too complicated—par-ticul

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