The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-14
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THE JOY OF WORKING.

. Think not, Sir Man of Leisure as
you peep lazlly through your heavy
curtained window at the scurrying
seven o clock crowd on the way to it's
daily toll, that you have the best of it
because you can snuggle back beneath
your luxurious coverings and sleep
until J1ems or Meadows brings your
morning coffee and paper and asks if
you prefer the Yellow Dragon or the
Green Devil for your forenoon spin.
Do not lay the tlattering JUNCTION to
your soul that yours is the happier lot.
Yonder youth with swinging step,
with fists dug deep into the pockets of
his thread bare coat and a cold lunch
con wrapped in paper tucked beneath
his arm, tastes finer, sweeter joy
than all your luxury can bring. His
is the pleasure of incentive-the glory
of work
For there is zest to it all The
quick spring from bed at the alarm
clocks summons, the hastily-swal
lowed breakfast, then out into the
winelike air of early morning. To
work-vigorous work of brain or
Drawn, whether it be pegging away at
a desk or directing the eternal grind
of clanking machinery. 1t is occupa-
Observation-Disclosures
Do not pity these work-a-day folk.
Save your sympathy for the hapless
and hopeless idle fellowship unfortu-
mates or unwillings; alike commiser-
able. Joy goes with the working
masses. There is joy in the noon
MONDAY luncheon, whether in "a gilded
cafe or a cold snack hastily devoured
before the whistle blows" The
evening meal is a feast to the weary
man, and his well earned rest is the
greatest joy of all Hard work is the
best of all cures for insomnia
Thank God you can work? Though
your Office labor strains your nerves
''shop" takes the best of your strength
and vitality-be glad to be living, an
active part of the living world. You
must earn your amusements before you
can enjoy them. Ennui has no part
in the strenuous life.
Be glad, for conscience sake, that
you are not one of those most miser-
able of all men, fellow without a
! job-a human machine standing idle,
rusting and losing its value from dis
| use.
Thank God you can work When
! sorrow and grief come, when you seek
! to forget, to crush out cruel thoughts
, thank God that you can absorb your
! self in your occupation, plunge deep
into the details of your duty.
Thank God that you can work-that
you can grasp your pay envelope and
say, "This is mine, the rightful pay
, for the labor of my brain, the just
, earnings of my strong right arm. p"
Be thankful, employer as well as en-
, ploye, for the joy of working. You
know the pleasure of it. Do not de-
ceive yourself by the promises mine
times in ten pleasant little fiction)
that by -and-by YOU will retire, ease
up, end your life in idle luxury. The
| business game is not alone for the
pleasure of the spoils, but for the joy
of playing it. What the world may
call greed and avarice you know to be
the fascination of suocess-the intoxi-
cation of accomplishment; and it will
keep you untiringly at it-on your
mettle in the battle-till the end of
life; and work is life. ID. Herbert
Moore in Lord and Thomas Judicious
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