The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-24

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cerned he did not propose 70 lay awake nights
and worry about my future; that would
have to rely on what nature had DONE CT
might do, In connection with my own efforts.
He said he believed some one had discover
Cd In educational matters that. Where there
Is will there Is way" s,
" She thanked him very kindly for his SELF
satisfying and never failing supply of philsso-
ply when there was nothing else on hand
and asked him to pass the p'ail b. cad without
any philosophy with 1t.
When alone I asked mother how fathers
views on education agreed with hers. ard she
said they made her feel very gloomy. Not
on account Of not being able to send me
away to school, but she Yves afraid, under
the operation of natural law, If 1t should turn
out that my head happened to Rave any ideas
IN 1t, as soon as these long locked for and
much desired things came In contact with
natural forces. extreme heat or extr enc cold
that the operation might be the same as on
the iron-bound casks-5urst my head wide
open-and she might find me dead In bed
some morning from this cause
She hoped natural forces would not get to
forcing my brain in the night. when every
one In the house was asleep, so vent could
not be put in in time to save me.
The only way I could console her was by
calling her attention to the difference be-
tween fruit and nuts; that some nuts had 10
be frozen before they would grow: that If she
would put me down for fluff nut" inste-d
OF an August apple. she would have me To-
Gated about right.
the chances were anywhere near even. His
disposition was all sunshine, unless the fog
was so thick the sun could not shine through
It.
The weather in Indiana half mile south
OF Miller's cross roads, as I remember 1t,
was good, fair, average weather. excepting
In dog days." then all the dogs and every
one else had to look for a place to keep from
becoming grease spots.
It was during one of these depressing deg
day periods that we were on the marsh
meadow. making marsh hay from marsh
grass This particular Individual day now
under consideration such q hot one, IL
was necessary to dress entirely for comfort
and not style.
My father was tho last man on earth to
ape foreign style or foreigners in any way.
But on this particular dog day, he observed
the Importance of harmonizing time and
space In arranging his farm toilet. He did
this by putting his suspenders on first and
his shirt a quarter Of a minute later. The
object Of this style was to let the air cir
culate under his shirt instead Of outside Of
it-that is II any air happened to start up
and take q notion to circulate little ways.
This observance Of time and space in his
dress removed all distractions In his panta.
loon legs and left them to draw like two
chimneys, thereby carrying the breezes from
the ground clear up to his hat band On the
theory of natural law. he figured that as the
air grew warm under his shirt from the
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and the cool air would rush up his trousers
from below to take the place Of 1t. and in
this way he would have a delightful breeze
passing over him all the time.
This was a custom he had never INDUCED
in before and said he would not now only
that 1t was an extraordinary occasion. He
DID not believe in luxury save when there
was necessity for It; in this instance the
weather had demanded the style before he
adopted 1t. He did not believe in forcing
himself on to anybody or anything without
an invitation-not even the weather. He was
a firm believer in time and space, and
great lover of harmony.
After enjoying the luxury Of this time and
space style in his dress for WHILE he said
he was not sure the Chnaman was such
fool ard heather after all; that he undoubt-
ed!y had profound ideas on the subject OF
llulo anu Space TOT ne cOulQ S0e Dy putting
his suspenders on just ahead OF his shirt 1t
was wonderfully comfortable and changed
the arrangement Of everything. That style,
general appearance, circulation Of air, In
fact. the entire custom of country was
revolutionized by this slight observance.
There was one thing. however, he said, he
could not account for or see through, and
that was. when the weather changed and
turned cold. why the Chinaman did not
change the time and space in his dress to
correspond with the elements around him,
and close UP the cod air draft in his panta-
loon legs by putting his suspenders on last
The load was about ready to leave the
marsh meadow. and was just beginning to
feei myself coming down with fresh open
air dream of unusual strength. dream had
started in on me like this: II wonder where
we will all be next year at this time-won-
der II will be here with this old rake in
my hand raking hay7"