Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-18
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standing Discrimination to dress up
on a hot June Sunday, knowing that
the preacher was dull the flies very at
tentive to bald heads, and the singing
way Off" once a Sunday found this
scribe inside Of church. And the
| thought it was over, made that loaf on
a cool south porch all Of the rest of the
day, especially grateful, TIL the sun
went down Monday, that lawn had to
be cut. And three hours of good
steady work in a hot sun gave big
appetite for dinner and rocking chair
or the hammock, ideal bits of furni-
ture, when the job was over. Tuesday
was fish day. Now rowing a boat is
splendid exercise when you don't have
to- And when the white caps" are on
the lake, the exercise is still more
theoretically splendid. But just the
same, there is no way in the world to
get that sensation of rest. of COM
fort. lying full length on the ground
under some shady tree, till you have
rowed a boat with good stiff breeze
to buck against. Wednesday was gar
den day. And right here let it he
mentioned, IL your garden is big
enough, make two days of it. That Is,
go out and hoe and dig and plant
and later pick your produce two hours
In the forenoon. and two forenoons Is
better, The other part of the days
read Horace Greedy on What Know
About Farming" and play croquet with
your grandchildren. Thursdays go to
town. Force yourself to go. Get on
the hot pavements, ride over the dusty
roads. take the trolley and give up your
seat to the woman with the baby,
ride in the smoking car with some
drunken men, but go to town, buy
postage stamp and start back home
Perhaps you will not enjoy laying
round the rest of the day. Friday
make repair day of it. Get UP early,
say a. M. get out all of the tools
in the wood shed, and fix up things
Ask your wife what needs fixing. and
it's sure thing she will lay out work
enough to last three or four FRIDAYS
of three hours work. Three hours of
work is all the fixers' union allows.
Finish Friday with reading the Good
Book, especially chapter of Job
And Saturday put in little
OF your time finishing the work
YOU was unable to, on regular days.
Stick to union rules, three hours. get
the garden shears and cut the grass
along the walks. Take the children
down to the dock to catch sun fish and
bullheads. Dig the worms and bait the
hooks for four lusty grandchildren.
Paint the kitchen floor. Pick a peck
of peas in the hot sun. Use the lawn
mower out in the road and cut those
weeds. Keep busy three hours and
then lie down on the grass on the
shady side of the house. with strict or
ders not to be asked to do anything
more that day. 1t is we'll to leave one
or two little jobs that ought to be
DONE so one can dread it all Of the
coming week. The pleasure in Sinking
such work for a whole week in adj
vance is simply immense.
or course the writer is not laying out
work for every loafer. Perhaps the
reader likes to keep COW. That means
regular work for you twice every day
Perhaps its chickens or a horse that
would compel you to do something ev-
cry day regularly. Suit your individ-
ual tastes. Arrange your life with
ahead of you that you have |
to do. and 1t is astonishing the feeling
of satisfaction that comes to loafer
after it is done, and the thought you
have not it to do again till next day.
The writer has friend that plays be-
ing a justice of the peace. He has an
office, goes to it regularly at a. m.
But the attorneys and the public un
derstand he prefers to have all cases
tried over to Squire Jones. After
moons he takes nap and does not go
to his office, il it's too hot, too cold,
too rainy or too dusty. Just the same
he goes to that office every forenoon,
dreading it all of the time, but happy
because he's miserable. 1t has taken
several words to show how a loafer can
be contented man. Boiled down 1t
to this. Have something to
do regularly that you would not rather
do just at that time, and force yourself /.
to do it, The afterthought Of salts
faction Of don't have to- more than /
make up for the discomfort BY all |
means remem Der union rules, not over
three hours of work" in one day.
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