The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-07
What a Man Should Have !, E. Every cry.
Morning Before Starting TOR:
the Train The The Customary Customary
Rush, the Ride ii ii the SIN s'noke Ct
& and the Effects Business Fac
{ tors Sacrificed BY the Hall
Hours Delay ii Rising.
By Margaret E. Sangster.

Modern business life Is strenuous ana
exacting. Competition ts tremendous 10
4 a severe tax on the vitality OF the ordi-55
nary man is made by the peremptory de- 4.
rr,ard Of the railway sob educ ana ti me
relentless grasp Of business hours. 13us1-
ness has monopclized vast tracts OF lana ana
and established itself inperlously upon o y
wide spaces Of large cities Men must 80
to business daily. The office, the shop,
the counting-rooln. the factory claim the
daylight Of half the year and eat out the
sunny heart Of the other half. Men,mu
work The price Of success Is incessant
struggle, and the price even Of q : o 90
hold is tenacity and fearlessness that
holds on to place Win tne "Trip 80 - Z y q q
bulldogs jaws.
but men must live 5as,awell5 Il Is work.
And to live they must have homes. me
homes where they dwell with the dear
ones, except In small towns and villages,
are remote from their business stamping
ground They are united to the olncer5
I, or the mill by railway that may be IN
an underground tunnel or on an an over.
head platform, or that may span rivers
and flash past fields and halnlets, IN the
btwinkling Of an eye Possibly q ferry
may be the means of connection, or tAere
may be mighty bridge. hro Wn boldly.
across deep stream. a * bride that VI
bl atcs with the plea sing security OF per-
feet engineering when the AZ successive
steam and electric trains and the auto
mobiles thunder along Its length.
Somehow Or other there Is q way OF
getting TO business. and 4 necessarily an.
infcxible schedule. to Which tho co'i.-
mutlng man Of business from president,
to obscure employe. must conf i orn N Il
l3 TO start happily on the morning road q
a man needs a tub, q shave, 2 chats VIII
his wife as he ties his four-in-hand, and
a GOOD breakfast. All this means time.
If the man rises when he Is called. and.
has leisure forlhis bath. his shave ana his
( tie leisure for his breakfast, and a min
ute to spare for a kiss to the wife and
the baby, all is we'll. Most laon, though
v!rtuous In theory, are vicious IN prac-
tice when the problem concerns shaking
off drows!ness In the morning 8G.s
Most men, though wise as solomon hr s
ounces when fate confronts them Wlt'l
the urgency Of the morning train '5 w
.'Iime to burnt" John shouts as he de-.
scends the stairs. two steps at g. time.
swallows red-hot coffee at two or three
flaming gulps. bolts a biscuit ana 9 MI
Of steak, and Is off. The time to burn
that he talks OF is burning up his youth,
his energy, and his power OF resisting
disease, It Is abbrcviatlng his working
life. But he does not dream Of this as
q possible result 7. .
The continental light breakfast OF cof-
feo and rolls Is the best breakfast IN the
world for women who are vt .ho'ne, ana
may sit down at noon to q sufficient a. q
toothsome luncheon. For the man VINO
must toll through a long day with a bite
swallowed at a restaurant counter ~
midday a very different breakfast y
imperative. Fruit. cereal. hro!led meat
and potatoes. good bread, GOOD butter
and coffee are not too much. to set. befo g
this man. But he must not race through
1t TO do himself justice he must nave ~.
enough time to eat the meal and enousn
margin to walk briskly, not tear Wildly
to the train, when tho rneal u over, rae
must rise early Or pay tho penalty IN
chronic dyspepsia, y
Watch tho suburbanlte as he leaps with
Insane fury on the rear end OF the ou +
going train. lie has sprinted to reach
IT, within less than an Inch Of ms NE,
II he only knew the indignation Wlsis
which nature. who never targets 10 mako
reprsals. regards his treatment OF ms
heart 5 Y, q. :.
arrow from the how to the slno Kee', a
woman has no personal exper Renee, DIV y.
II She may trust common report tne atr
In a smoker on q suburban. tral " " un !.
speakably heavy aud VILE, WNateYer =. y =
be the man. exhausted ALREADY ~. = ~ w =
hasty toilet and a too hurried breaktast'
breathes II tin he reaches toWr. Prob
ably he plays cards all the way, ana s9'us