Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-18
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MY father, of course "assle.
sample of the past aaa = splend
apprenticeship. Let yo ON mat honor
what the dignity Of , ueafer kao
means. My father was aaplprsntcesh
fourteen years of age i. a.pprehticed
hard h1a work of boys Of that Il tim DO alb
his masters boots, etc !. aaa ame eles
sat with the masters tam aaa though
other workmen did) Mt ,ahi las all
had quite enough to eat at n ne new
learn his trade as well as ne had
watching and without real pa nc 4'', could
trades were marshaled in u NJ all
accompanied by gendarmipa' procession
three schools-sunday.schase', 70
school and drawing-scboa,0 Oi' DAY
that time my father alreadv . Dnria
ability as a draughtsman. H. snoss
saw his talent, and wanted him ' :. ila'te
pete for the one silver medal :; % con
year to the apprentices for d s,venta
muiiich' put ne was too noor 'g
the material. So the master o a,' " ,, Sp
the paper, Indian ink and CAV gave BIZ
and his drawings gained t b'a'e n
medal | have those drawin o a'e
ihey are mastery in their h g. nov
precision and delicacy of toucb ,'1 pDa
were awarded by the mavor = me =
town in the fine old town hall ~
Munich-there was great cr na,,
people to see the apprentices NV, ~.
prizes, and when my father s ya.' sne
ms medal from the hands Of the msp
a blast of trumpets sounded f. A n's'
the event 1t was the only H., m't
his life, said my father. th u4'e ~
did not feel his legs when
walked ont" Those are cra..
umphs. He then worked his wsv ~.
be journeyman workman, and Ip
travelled on foot, with knapsack i
his back, to Amsterdam, Brussels ~
Paris, learning all the different m"s
DDS of work in each city and coun ,t.,
when he made his masterpiece, ~:
was pronounced an extra good mast
of his craft. He then made snotls
cur on foot, and when he return
vent IN for thorough course Of No,
spectlve and geometry, and also sndiaI
the Gothic style from its foupdatio,
He then settled in his native placs
starting with the commission to mali
a new altar for the church. But Ii
mind was "ahead" of the times 4.
had his romantic notions and wished
to build his own house. He ppllod
down the house left him by his father
which was in bad state, and bnilt
charming house, which still stand,
and in which | was born. But tbough
it was simple it was dignifed. How
ever, 1913 spoilt Germany He felt N
was too tight" and in 1851 we thru
my father and mother and (tyo
years olO-emigrated to America
There the climate after six wears al
fected the health of my mother and
myself, and we came to England Now
in England at that time there was mo-
taste for workmanship. We struggled
with poverty until could earn some
money. But here mark the difference
The noble man who had gone through
the severe training never allowed pow
crty to take one dignifed thought from
him or to make him feel that life had
only misery for him. He gave up
smoking and drinking alcoholic
liquors and even eating meat
SO as to reduce expenses
My dear mother gave music
lessons for middle-class people We
had to live on thirty shillings week
With this the "master workman" my
father, had few chances of showing
his skill; but he did buy little wood
from time to time, and did beautiful
carved work without, however being
able to sell it. Still he was a master
and lived adignified life that could only
come to man when trained as he was
trained. He never would have had the
seif-control without that training. He
was my one companion as boy.
worked with him. He knew how
guide my enthusiasm and with scarcely
any means at hand | learned craft
learned to use my hands, and every
day of my life do | bless the difficulties
that really threw me so much in MS
company. He was to me not only
| father but an "ideal" man. All ns
emotions, all his principles | drank H.
and now it is my privilege to be able 70
work out the dream of his life. All the
work he has done for years will nave
shrine, and so, too, the work OF Ills 'No
brothers-the carver and the weaver
in my great house. The blessings u
temperance he has given me also
Can you imagine such life without
an apprenticeship? | can not It's !ne
curse of the age that young people WISH
to jump into maturity at a bounu' aut
that the desire is not to do but 10 se'
done" to deal in the article, not "
make it. Responsibility has cursed 'nis
age in this country-a craftsman Is ~,
supposed to be a gentleman'--fa" NUS
Gazette.
Mrs. Howell, of Paulding' VA
was passing her husband, a few uas'
ago, just as he tried to light a n, nssd