The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-22
BY JOHN KENDRICE BANGS.
Copyright, 1908, by John Russell Davidson.

bane of Boarding House life, the man
or woman who, because he or she oc-
cupies front parlor with a folding
bed in it, looks down upon the poor
soul who can afford only pigeon hole
called hall bed room on the fourth
floor back will be eradicated by a SIM
pie device of my own to concentrate
all our hall bedrooms into a dozen large
buildings located in different parts of
the city, within walking distance of
those places of business where hall
bed-roomers most do congregate."
Another bubble, eh?" said Mr.. Brief
mot this time" said the Idiot
Mine is a bona fide corporation. We
have only 100000 worth of shares to
sell, and We have in actual cash in our
treasury fund of $780,"
That's encouraging in these days of
high finance" said the Lawyer. who
are your officers and directors?"
up to now" replied the Idiot, I'm
the whole thing, President Secretary.
Treasurer and Board of Fifteen Di-
~rectors. I'll give you a dictatorship if
you'll take 5000 shares at ten
Thanks" said Mr. Brief. I'D rather
spend my money betting on the cleo
ton of Dowie and Nation as the next
President and Vice President Of the
United States"
IAN right" said the Idiot. Have
your own way. l didn't know you
We're a rooter for that party. But
now that we are assured of a rich and
substantial Thanksgiving Dinner, ow-
ing to the generosity of our dear land
lady, the next thing for us to think
about is what are we thankful for.
The President has proclaimed that we
are thankful, and knowing him for
the man he Is, l venture the assertion
that he stands ready to lick anybody
who says he isn't thankful"
We'll, I'm not" said the Lawyer.
MY business has been rotten for a
year"
Hunt" said the Idiot. "Well-Tm
sorry for you, Mr.. Brief, but on the
whole, 1 can't give you my full SYM
pathy. l suppose the lawyers millen-
fum would be here when every man,
woman and child in the world was in
Volved in lawsuit of one kind or an
other. Universal contention requiring
the service of the law courts would
bring about a condition of prosperity
in legal circles alongside OF which the
Klondike would be a sailed mine You
mustn't look at the thing in a selfish
way though, Mr.. Brief. When the
President calls upon US to be thankful
for blessings received, he calls upon
us as nation, not as individuals
though for my part l am just as thank
full as an individual as I could be as a
nation. l haven't made any money
the past year, but when l think of the
things I've staid out of, and staid out
of because of my actual poverty, 1 rise
up and bless that poverty and bless
the Powers that be for that they have
permitted me to pass through this year
of opportunity unskinned.'
That's the way of it, eh?' said the
Anglomaniac. mot thanks for bene-
fits received but for pitfalls escaped"
you put it in nutshell" rejoined
the Idiot. And 1 tell you, sir, in that
little recipe lies a guarantee of happi-
ness for every man. Things are never
so bad but that in some way they
might be worse, and for my part as
long as there is a sun shining in the
heavens you'll find me thankful for
something"
"And suppose there isn't a sun shin
ing in the heavens?" demanded the
Lawyer. Suppose the fog is so thick
you can't cut it with a knife?"
Then I shall be thankful for the
fog" replied the idiot. Fog is good
for the complexion, and if 1 need to
hew my way through it to get to bus
mess, or home to dinner and knife
won't do the job for me, why I'll take
an axe to it.. The idea of anybody not
being thankful these days is preposter-
Gus. What is the matter with people
anyhow that they don't realize their
blesSingS?"
you might name a few" said the
Bibliomaniac,
well, take your own case" observed