Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-05
THE MUSH FAKER.
A Man Ready to Tackle Any Kind OF
job With Tools OF His Own Making.


ming. What does It mean2 guess
you're not Irish, are you mum? Mush
faker is Irish for umbrella member or
maybe it's Just hobo.
But mush faSer doesn't only repair
umbrellas. Oh my, no! A mnsh faker
mum, will tackle anything you can
think Of that needs hxing, but, OF
course, umbrellas. boilers and tinware
are the conmonest.
This umbrella is IN pretty bad
shape, but / can fix II so It win do
for many storm yet and I'll only
charge you 80 cents. This other isn't
SO bad; thatll be a quarter.
AS | was saying, there's nothing
mush faker won't tackle in the line Of
tnkeriug, and ali for a little change.
Tools? OH yes, they're all in that lit
tie box carry with a strap over my
shoulder.
Wei. Wei! You'll excuse me for
laughing. mum, but your question
seems kind of funny to me who has
been ut il 70 long. No, they don't
sell mush takers outfits anywhere that
] know of. You see there wouldn't
be anybody to buy them. real mush
y
II see you're looking at my furnace.
Looks Just like the ones the plumbers
carry 10 melt their lead in, doesn't
IT? Made that myself too. Oh, yes.
Surprises you? It's simple enough.
You see the bottom it stands or
Just look underneath See, it's a little
agate saucepan turned upside down.
The body OF the furnace was an old
fashioned oil can, the Kind your mother
kept under the big kitchen table handy
10 NIL the lamps frGakT tfIt the como
shaped top ~ knocked on
1.-THE heavy wire handle came OFF a
paint keg. The other trimmings L
| fashioned out of bits of tin from cans
and things.
Maybe you're wondering what
| that's for, That's a hammer. and d
| finer hammer was never sold for such.
| You see it's a good sized iron nut
| screwed on a stick just long enough
| to give a good grip with the hand.
wouldn't swap it for the finest store
hammer in the land They're d NUS
ance The longer you use this the
| firmer II gets.
II can do the most delicate work
| with the sharp corners OF the nut
drive heavy nail with the fiat side
| or split rivets with the edge. That's
| what | made my furnace with. It's
| small, light and will do the work OF
any hammer; in fact. It's half a dozen
| different hammers all in one.
| "Resourceful did you say? Well,
| don't expect ever TO discover all the
things can do with my Kit. The times
change there are now things coming
up all the time that | have to nix.
| There's automobiles.
Now, maybe YOU don't believe that
mum Many's the automobiles I'VE
fixed. You see, mum, | often find
them stalled out on countrt road a
good many miles out from anywhere
al ALL If they can tell me what the
trouble Is III find way.
Yes, mum, the man for an emergen-
cy Is mush faker, whether he's
great man OF nobody at all.
win you hand me that other one
now, mum? Thank you. This Is fine
frame. They don't make EN- like that
any more No, indeed. Your grand
father carried II. sure, ! knew It.
1T doesn't take much TO start man
uU In this business, II he has a little
piece Of wire ana q nail he c-.-make
living, and i'@lve started on less my
self
you see. nine times out of ten when
you are called In 10 fix an umbrella II
is simply the little wire hinge that
has become rnsted and broken. The
wire fixes his and the nail is used to
twist the wire and break II.
was put off freight train once in
country town when / didn't even have
the nail But / went by the houses
calling Umbrellas to mendV wasn't
going 70 worry about how to do II until
l had the job TO do.
Nobody seemed to want me. though.
But / knew there must be some broken
umbrellas In that town. IT'S poor
home that hasn't got one at least, So
turned about In my tracks and went
right up to the nearest house To the
woman that came 10 the door ] said,
Haven't you an umbrella with
broken rib2 ! win fix II for 10 cents.
just as though / had been sent there
for that purpose.
Sure enough back she comes with
the familiar dangling Joint. It was an
old fashioned umbrella with a wooden
stick The handle was deeply carved
and of different kind OF wood from
the stick. I knew right away that they
didn't belong TO each other,
Have YOU got the old umbrella that
this handle came OFF Off said II you
have l can use Il to mend this with
We'll. mum, she hunts ny that old
umbrella and In few misdtes | walk
away with 10 cents capital ana "A stock
OF half dozen good ribs. After that !
was ready TO DO any ordinary job In the
town
Yes, mum, this gum tissue is Won
derful stun, ! can fasten the handle on
that little girls parasol with Il Let me
see II, my little lady. oh, Amt you
the Image OF your mother. though, Any
body with half an eye could see IT,
Yes, mum. ] Just wind II about 80,
heat II with the candle aud press II
down hard, Now let 1t rest there for a
few minutes and Il WI be as firm as
ever.
YOU haven't anything else to fix,
num- Wen, thatll be % aud Is and II
for the little purasol. That makes
-- Yes mum. 20 cents
Bless you, mum, | couldn't change 4
dollar; ! haven't penny. about me
mum. Now that's too bad What vii
dof Oh, thank you. mum, But n
surely make II up 10 you II | ever pom'
by this way again. That / Will Than
you and good day. mum.
York sun,