The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-23
JUVENILE
AMBITIONS
JeaIOuSieS and Warnings That
BeSet the Small Boy
HIS MISERY AND TRlUMPHS
The Things That other Boys Had and
He Wanted and Couldn't Get--A
Fat Man Memory Deeply
Stirred.
HIS MISERY AND TRlUMPHS

'sThe other day at a poultry market
saw a chicken butcher wearing
pair OF those basket sleeve protectors.
and | stood and laughed like a fool"
said the fat man. First time Id seen
pair Of basket sleeve protectors for
years, and SO inst had to laugh. Tell
you why. When was a tike used
to look with wonder and awe upon a
fellow who wore a pair Of basket
sleeve protectors. considered that
fellow with a pair OF those things was
all right all right. plus some more.
They had q kind Of Jaunty air
about 'em that couldn't and can't de-
fine. but it was there, and | revered
and reverenced 'em. | made up my
mind that II ever grew up and got
the price, me, too, for a pair Of those
basket sleeve protectors, no matter
what sort OF work I'd happen to tackle.
Queer dickenses, boys. Ell? Mem
Der those patent pencil attachments
that marketmen used to haYe-may
hayef'am yet hitched TO their apronsi
Well, / thought those were pretty nifty
things. TOO, and / used to secretly
banker to own one Of 'em. Made up
my mind that ! would own one Of EN-.
too. when got to be man. but some
hew never seemed to want one
when reached the shaving age.
Guess some OF my ambitious as a
boy were pretty crazy anyhow. / was
so jealous Of the frst boy ever met
that could spit through bis teeth at a
mark and hit it that | hated him. That
same hoy pretty early in life got Job
driving delivery wagon for grocery.
Well, pretty soon after he got that Job
he was wearing pair Of those patent
elastic sleeve supporters, or holders. or
whatever you'd call 'em--things with
a clutch at either end that pniIed the
cuff back from the wrist. This boys
pair Of those things were pink elastic,
and how he used 10 faunt 'em before
my eyes.
lie knew blamed well that those
pink elastic sleeve supporters looked I
finer to me than any Star Of India or
Victoria Cross could possibly look. and |
be knew besides that because had |
to 20 TO school and wasn't earning any
thing there wasn't a possible chance
on earth for me to get a pair like EN-
and so he just held EN- over me and 1
made my life miserable. Yet when | I
got to the wage earning age never I
seemed to care at all for pair of pink
elastic sleeve supporters.
Another boy that I hated had
maroon colored cardigan jacket That 4
was before the day OF sweaters. This
hated boy wore the cardigan jacket
beneath his regular outer coat and 50
be didn't have to wear any oyereoat.
That, considered, was gorgeous
blessing not to have to wear an over
.oat to school despised this boy for
having 1t on me that way Anyhow,
lis maroon colored cardigan jacket had
/ couple OF pockets in front that he
Kept full OF all kinds Of Junk some
lines he even carried mice to school il
EN-. And that made my indignation
III the greater--the fact that he bad
hose two fine covered up pockets to his
.ardigan jacket
Zone great triumph did come to my
ike life though, aud that was the fact
hat was the first boy of my school to
'wn A pair Of copper toed boots Well, n
sprang the first pair. as say. at my
chool, and guess didn't break the
learfs Of all the other boys or nothin'l
Besides the copper toes. these boots
lad red tops, with silver star aud
resent stamped on the red tops, and
hat made the blow all the more fright
al to the other lads that had to see
ne stalking around III those boots.
litter awhile. though. nearly all Of the
Their youngsters showed up with cop
er toed boots aud thus took the wind
ut Of my sails
1--WE never see boys wearing peaked
APPS any more-notice? I don't mean
hese dinky little cloth caps with peaks
o em, but regular soldiers caps with
.lazed peaks. First hoy that turned
u in our neighborhood with one Of
hose things on made d sensation, all
light. This same boy had got hold OF
carpenters pencil somewhere. and
ed stick that carpenters pencil I'M
erneath his forage cap. with the !
happened end projecting in a mighty
lase way that certainly caused MS 10
egHrd him as some pumpkins. was
ways crazy for carpenters pencil
Then I was boy. but / never got
old Of one-never lid have much
lck when was a boy anyhow. Ms !
olks we're too blamed respectable.
AS a matter Of fset-you can believe
or not. but I'm telling you the truth S