The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-05

care of themselves. They are as a rule
expert panhanders, parasites on the
body financial.
The real beautifully busted man is
the individual who goes bad accident
ally and in spite of himself and is too
proud to beg. He is also too proud to
walk home while the neighbors may be
looking.
The really busted MANI must ride
home in a special and in the feather of
style. He must make an impression. He
feels that he Is called upon to make
noise like money even though his pocl-
cts are empty.
The busted individual can get hun
grier than any other. He can suffer the
pangs of imaginary want to real perfec-
ton. The man who finds himself out
of tobacco and no way to get chew
would go crazy In time for sheer de-
sire. Hand him chew and he can tuck
it away in his pocket and forget that
he wanted It,
A pie to the busted man is feast
for king. Give him 80 cents and he
wouldn't touch pie.
When you have s4.9s in your pocket
you often walk out home for your
health. Get busted and you would not
walk out for the world until after dark.
1t is not healthy to walk unless you
have some hard metal in your pocket.
That hard metal Is the supreme tonic
that gives tone to the mind and spright-
liness to the form.
Go broke and you are a mental and
physical wreck
gloomy days of winter. They inoculats'
the blood with the warm elixir of life
and make old men young again.
The sweet intoxication of the sunshine
and the tempered atmosphere gets into
the bones not only of human beings but
the beasts as we'll
The birds and the insects that have
survived the rigors of winter come forth
and voice their Joy In songs of gladness.
The cattle in the meadow lands raise
their heads and sniff the perfumed air.
Along the roadsides leading from the
dusty city to the country you may OBJ
serve many signs of awakening life. I'm
patient gardeners are gathering the
stalks and other rubbish from the land,
while others are preparing for the plant
ing of seeds.
There may be many frosts, yet, and
other gloomy wintry days, but we forget
their possibility on such days as yester-
day. We are inclined to live in the glo-
rious or gloomy present. as the case
may be. When the sun shines we are op
timistic When it is cloudy We forget
the yesterdays of sunshine and the
promised tomorrows of golden warmth
and become pessimists.
Yesterday IL you had looked you might
have observed that the buds are swelling
on the maple and alder bushes along the
marshes. They never forget the time for
spring. They were even swelling In the
gloom of day before yesterday If it is
cloudy tomorrow the buds will not be-
come discouraged but will continue their
work of preparation for the emerald
dressing of spring when she arrives.
Under the dead leaves on the hillside
you will also find that the grasses and
violet stems are putting out their shoots
They have heard the call of spring, felt
the warm pulse of the reviving season,
and will be ready for the call of bios
SONS.
The busy housemaids of spring and
summer are never tagging in their serv-
ice to the Queen of Seasons. They are
never forgetful Of the bright days that
are sure to come. however dark and I'M
promising today may be.