Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
PEOPLE WHO SUGGEST.
Taetless Wiseacres Who Are to he Stunned
on General Principles. 81

t.FH on General Principles. g.,
Do you know I cordially despise
those people who are always happen
ing along just as you are accomplish
ing some little task in your own inge-
easier and better method than the one
you are utilizing. l don't know of any
class of people that exasperates me
more. M rf
1t would make some difference if the
suggestions were of value, or If the
suggesters knew what they were talk
ing about, or had ever had any expert
ence in the matters, which they never
have in eleven cases out of ten. They
simply have mania for suggesting.
You are shoveling snow from the
sidewalk. One of them viii happen
along, watch you a moment with a SUI
perior air of wisdom, and suggest that
if you would change hands with the
shovel every other time. it would be
much easier as well as more rapid
method. You have tried that way and
found it nuisance; but you haven't
the heart to say so-at least haven't
and so you shovel in that manner I'M
til the suggester, with a feeling that
he is being fondly blessed for his
thoughtfulness, is out of sight. Then
you go on in the old way. 1 have no.
ticed, by the way. that these suggest
ers seldom practice upon their own
sidewalks in any manner. j.,
Then, you are busy writing at your
desk. as though your life depended on
your reeling out four feet of copy in
four consecutive minutes. and the
fendish suggester, thoughtful only of
your comfort and health. watches you
few minutes and suggests that if
your light were a little higher or a.
little lower, or about SO much more to
one side or the other. or shaded lit
tie differently. it would be great inn
provement- What can you do but
change it. and cringe for fear that he
will think of something else to sug-
gest? ~aatp et n
You are driving nail You mangle
your thumb with a poorly directed
blow of the hammer, and while you
are hopping around with your thumb
in your mouth. and trying to crowd
down the bad words which come we'll
ing swiftly up for utterance, the sug-
gester suggests that if you had
grasped the nail in such and such
manner, the hammer would have had
no chance to accomplish its fiendish
work. 1t is so comforting at such a
time. and it goes so far toward assuag-
ing the paini in. ,,s..t,.., ftr-
You are just attempting difficult
shot at billiards. have figured out the
most practicable one. when, just when |
you are nerving yourself for the effort, |
the suggester starts forward anxious :
ly. exclaiming: why. that isn't your
best shot! You'd much better play on !
the dark-red ball first. very thin, with |
the English on the left side. come to |
the cushion about this point. and car
ON on the white ball. ,..-s5s
OF course. there is nothing for You |
to do but try it. And don't you almost !
always miss under such circumstances? |
I do. 1EVc
how you are doing it, the suggester
always happens around, watches you
a minute or two, and volunteers his
new and improved but unwelcome
method.
hate suggester. on general prin-
ciples. Some of them mean well
enough. but the most of them are med
dlers and fault-finders pure and SIM
pie Is it not SOP Am not right? 0
my brothers! D my sisters!-C. n.
Hood, in Puck sss