The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-12-21
WE LIKE TO WORK.


conquered ever have been many.
Athens, when the census was taken
in the fourth century 3. c., had 21,-
goo citizens, 10000 foreigners, but
100000 slaves. 1t was the toiling
millions through thousands of gem
'erations that evolved the powers of
la Dor for mankind, evolved the pow
ers Of systematic sustained activities
which superseded the whimsical
movements of the primitive pastimes.
And after the race thoroughly had
acquired the haiit of work it began
to like and love it. One of II. c.
Burners tiny tales chroniclod the
courtship of Il pair who had fallen in
love through the fatality Of proXim-
ity." And the Tale OF the Shark
relates the fortunes of the beaver and
his enemy out in the storm, who
merely from nervousness. not from
good will, marched along shoulder
to shoulder
Men sadly marched shoulder to
shoulder merely from nervousness
and not from good Will with their
work. and by the fatality and prox-
unity they acquired the habit of work
and finally fell in love with it. And
after awhile when the habit became
especially strong they could not get
work that was hard enough. Wise
ones have intimated that the work
of the world sometimes would be bet
ter done if some of the reasonably
clever folk did not fancy they We're
passing clever, and weep for more
worlds to conquer, and demand be-
ter, heavier. more wonderful work
than they we'll can do.
But meantime some sorts of work
are losing caste. Imagine a child
playing with ball. tossing it hap
lie when wearied. which Will be right
soon. To try taking aim would be
be irhsomely difficult. But under
fear of whip or torment he does
take aim and learns to pitch and
catch, and joins baseball nine, and
by now he likes pitching fancy curves
and will have nothing to do with any
thing less difficult. That is a parable
IF the oppTobrium attached BY US
naughty humans 10 certain sorts Of
oil.
1t is all artificial, this distaste for
abor. NJ. Adolphe Coste, the promi-
lent professor, has studied it all out
md he has shown the rest Of us who
ire less prominent in affairs of socio-
ogy that employments which now are
followed by the working
lass and which no gentleman CT leis-
ire would deign to pursue were the
ride of the greatest men of anti
uity.
Many of these were expert masons,
tanners, fOrSers, dyers.
The men of to-day will not tan and
arpenter, but they will row and fish
nd follow the chase for the satisfac-
DRY reason that these are among
he privileged pursuits. whereas reap
ng corn and sowing are peasant oc
upations which folk of high degree
re obliged to disdain, although their
atural faculties and capacities may
e prime for a farmers life.
All the race practices useful arts,
racticed them until their tolls took
aste and the lower castles fell into
isrepute and were permitted only
} people of low degree.
In and of itself there is nothing
dious in work which does not eX-
aust the system. Both body and
lind enjoy activities when they are
OF fatigued with tho effort to satisfy
lie needs of existence. so long as
ork is in repute, SO long as it in
Olives no loss of case, it will be
one"
Several ilustrious men have
fought about this. Charles Fourier.
lie father of Fourierism, perhaps
rst of ALL and he begged Us 10 find
way for redeeming or pristine
easures in useful Labor. SAD