The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09

to everyone of tho slightest experience
I'm life and Ats vicisitndes, and the fact
that his labor is never done for him,
and Is invariably a matter of pure
charity, rebounds all the moro to his
credit.
NV own opinion is that a coming
century via see the greater part Of the;
domestic -'sqnarng" intrusted to pro-.
fessionals, but at present it Is exclu-
sively an amateur calling, just as base
bali was some years ago And as the
amateur photographers are said to sur
pass their professional brethren in
artistic skin, So have the amateur.
sauarers raised their delicate and hui
name art TO plane so high that it will
be difficult for any meTe money getting
professional to ever hope to rival them,
They may, however. smpass the anna
teurs in the matter of mechanical APP
pliances and devices designed to facili-.
tate their work. but of this viii speak
later.
The Souarer who follows his calling
for pure love of Ut is invariably bach
elor. living IN rooms which are IN most
cases on the ground floor, and inv2ria-
bly, contain as a necessary article of
furniture an immense horsehair sofa or
lounge. soft enough to induce sluuber
and long ana broad enough to accom-
modate the tallest and most corpulent
inebriate that ever walked friend
from sound sleep at half-past four in
the morning by throwing snowballs
against his window and begging to be
let in.
The professional Squarer will proba-
bly, sleep like a fireman, with turn
Oat" beside his bed, and slide down a
creased pole in his anxiety 10 admit
the caller who requires his services.
Perhaps the competition viii be SO
sharp that other squarers will attempt
10 wrcst his client from his grasp. and
i am positive that each client will be
provided with comfortable bed and
the very best of attendance. Never
theless. the squaring that will be ac-
complished by the fee-seelling profess
sional. aided though he be by the finest
machinery and a complete system OF
electric signals. viii no more compare
in results with the loving work of the
jealous amateur than that onion-scent-
Id abornination known as fricatelle
will compare with good homemade
corned beef hash.
Nor will the sleep of honest inebrietv
'5e any sweeter or more restful behind
pink silk curtains and beneath an elder
down quilt than on the old horse hair
lounge with a cushion for pillow and
an old ulster carefully spread and
tucked in by the Sluarer for a covering.
i The SQuarer is. as l have said before.
a bachelor. and he always possesses a
wide circle OF friends of convivial tend
encies who seem to have some mvsteri-
GUS claim upon his services and are La
bic to call on him at any hour of the
day or night-chiefiy in the gray hours
Of the early morning. As a general
thing a Squarer remains single 10 the
day of his death, partly because mar
iriage would interfere seriously with the
practice OF the profession to which he
has given his life. and partly because Cd
ne mere tact of his being actively en-
jagged in squarirg serves to awaken a
bitter prejudice against him and su.pi-
cion of his motives in the minds of the
various wives, auntS mother-in-law and
other feminine relatives of the man
whom he has befriended. positive
that Il any young woman were 10 re-
ceive marked attentions from notori-
out squarer every other woman would
warn her against marrying man of
such sdreadfuily dissipated ha bits-'-the
one who kept your Uncle George ont so
IA That dreadfU Diaht and had tia