Official Organ Of The Sla vonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1397. BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 54. — NO. 46
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE, SP.IST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501
NOVEMBER 16, 1966
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK To be "free" does not mean to be able to do what you like; it means to be able to decide with others what all of you are equally free or unfree to do. • •
THINK IT OVER . If a man deceives me once, shame on him; If he deceives me twice, shame on me. — Proverb •
Modern phrases like "teenager" and "senior citizen" are handy to use but are apt to place stigmas on the people they are intended to respect. Someone once remarked that one of the greatest disservices anyone ever perpetrated was to invent the term "teenager." The word reduces understanding, produces a little strain on a lot of people, separates us more from one another, and makes us forget that all of us are part of the human race and of one another. By the same token, the less selfconscious we are about elderly persons the better. On the other hand, nobody's attitude can make you feel inferior unless you secretly believe it yourself before that. A father of two grown boys recently wrote an essay on how to be a bad parent, figuring that most parents think they know how to be a good one. Here are his six rules for being a bad parent: 1. Seldom know where they (children) are, or what they are doing. 2. Take their part when they are corrected by their teachers, or involved with the law, before all the facts are
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Did you ever notice that when a firm or company adopts a "let 'er slide" attitude toward its business, clients begin to "slide" across the street to its competition? • Many a good thing has been pulled off on Friday the 13th — by fellows who forgot the date. We should take almost as much pleasure in the success of others as we do in our own.
in. 3. Perform all their chores for them, and never set any standards of responsibility. 4. Encourage them to run around at all hours of the evening, and push them to be popular. 5. Label as "teen-age pranks" the socalled minor offenses as reckless driving, practical jokes, and stealing, which are often anything but practical and somewhat less than a joke. G. Fail to see that they have good literature with which to fill their expanding minds.
For Sales People Only Not long ago, I read of a talk given before a group of salespeople in one of our larger Texas cities. The speaker was a very successful real estate broker, and although his pitch was directed at real estate sales people, his remarks could easily apply to any kind of salesman (or saleswoman), including insurance agents. First, he lit up a cigarette and let it dangle from his mouth. Then he brought out his portable typewriter. Then came the tape recorder. Then a lot of junk from assorted briefcases, including sheafs of paper, pencils, etc. Finally, he removed his colored vest to show that he was a graduate of a certain university. "I'm talking with this cigarette in my mouth to show that I can do it, just like some of you women," he explained. As for all the other paraphernalia, the speaker was simply trying to show how ridiculous some sales people can be. He was demonstrating that some people think you need all that impressive gear to make a sale. "You don't. All you need is a lead pencil, the contract to list, the contract to sell (in the SPJST, you'd need a rate book and the necessary form), and this." He pointed to his head. His main point was that you don't need gimmicks to sell. All you need besides your rate book, forms, and a pen-