Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-05
WHY VAUNT YOUR CALLING7
An Observant Traveller Sees NO Par
ticuIar Reason for Flashing
the Sign.

A youth with flowing black tie. negu-
gee shirt and self-confident manner, walk
ing along Broadway, saw crowd gafhsr
in the neighborhood of tie Cadillac. lie
rushed into the midst thereof, osten-
tatiously pulling out a notebook, and an
nounced loudly that he was a reporter and
wished TO get the news Then he waived
for the homage that snever came.
why do men vaunt themselves on their
business or Profession" asked a traveIar.
'NNny do they think that they amount 10
more than anyone else merely because
they are lawyers, or doctors, or reporters,
o. cowboys?"
81 give it up" said someone.
"Out in Los Angeles recently saw a
man riding down the main street of That
city looking like circus" continued the
traveller. "He was a cowboy, and wished
all the world to know II. He wore q
bright red shirt, with neither coat nor
waistcoat. He had on wonderful chaps
broad-brimmed hat. a gun at his right
hip. Also noticed that his hair had heen
oIied and curied and brushed forward on
his temples. why did he think that any
one cared what his business In life was?
Is a cowboy anything wonderful? 1 had
not heard that he was.
Riding on a train through Kansas, l
noticed a youth board the train at Hutch
inson. He wore the rough clothes which
are supposed TO go with the west. Talk
ing with the youth, he told me he was a
cowboy. He was preachers son from
Akron, o., and had been working on a
farm near Wichita for six months tending
cattle and sheep He had paper called
the Kansas Cowboy In his possession, aud
folded II so the word cowboy could be
seen and then he stuck it in the handker-
chief pocket OF his coat that all VINO
looked at him would get the word. What
did people care because this poor, feeble
minded person had been working on Kan
sas farmH l give that up, too.
Somewhere, in Illinois a churchman
boarded the train. He was clad in black
with knee breeches on. wore a purple
ribbon around his neck. on one end oi
which was an eyeglass. He had on a
Roman collar, and wore an enormous
ring on the third finger of his right
hand. what do you suppose We cared be-
cause he was a blshop9 And yet he un'
doubtedly wished us TO know or he would
not have worn the ridiculous knickerbock
ers, the shovel hat, the purple ribbon. thC
absurd ring, and all the other parapher'
MALTA OF the churchman.
train, also, with flushed face and rather
ANXIOUS look. She attracted some atten
tion TO herself and then ostentatiousis
produced a yellow-eovered book, one o.
the old French editions OF some play, an'
carefully began to read Il. looking up a
times and making her lips move. Sh
wished everyone present to believe sh,
was an actress It's a funny world whel
everyone thinks it IL smart to tip off hi
profession TO everyone else. isn't It, now q
Sure, Il Is" replied someone. THAT 4
very handsome pin you are wearing
there. what's the design?"
1t Is "A horses head inside of a stlrrup
the whole with whip running around II.
replied the traveller.
why do you wear thatT'
'sro show that I'm horseman. See:
Yes. l sse."-New York Telegraph
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