The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
The Effortless Man
BY ADA PATTERSON

Baltimores court records reveal thai
city,s possession OF shining example
OF an effarticss man.
HIS wife, having had him arrested
program, or the twcnty-four hours.
nc slept seventeen. or the Remaining
seven. nc spent four sitting beside the
hrc smoking his pipe. He divided tina
three that remained into two equal
parts, which he spent according TO his
t,astcGone par, in CONSUMING food OF
MS WIG earning, the other in visiting
his ncighbors.
The justice. before whom his viii.
brought him. inquired gently whether
ne ne would accent n position picking IN.
nh.osspms on a century plant. to whicn
inc listlcss citizen answered that he
"a light job I'LL
wis. don't you nsh for a living ~.
asked His Honor.
"Fishing's hard work. responded III,
cascful one. si'lF 'ii''' .'H-l
You are" the judges legal phrases
we're borne away on the stream OF emo
ton, The LATEST man IN tails com
nuhlty or any othcr.' Eft. i
Every community has It's cffortIce,
nien-except Oklahoma City In that
strenuous. young city the citizen Who
lacks initlati!c and tho Willingness 10
W IKE himself lean and globe-e&ed b
tihple 20 awake hanging by the neck
from z telegraph pole, inc sight being
ii!'enuod as public warning ana an
GGn n, ,hr ,1sal to munlcipal energy.
surGi% ns The sun casts shadows.
me snorties. man may, by tho grace
OF hrndgins father. have Inherited,
Z fortune. In this ease he becomes 4,
ciuhman. and tho lists or guests M
evening affairs includes his ma me- TIN. /
. philosopher has said that men WORTH
t>i'0p never appear in the evening
uau quite ESCAPED his attention. But
II The drude!ng father has been itnti,in
10 hroNlhc This fortune. or II tic cfrer;
liz, LIE man was bcSottcn by a parent
like himself. nc inarrics and becomes
9 human lean to.'' lIe permit. his
wife the higher honor and exonisiie
pi "ri;n ~ supporting him. Or, II he
WORKS q All, he gets light jol, and
hIatnFe and ei"ili.at!on. seeking 10,
bring about balance OF human On j
hvpf, always apTaniu that wlen
hnsphnd has q Light job his wife has !,
hnHNN one The cnortlcsS man IL,
cciiincs 20 worry. and Ills wifc does All
ne 9, Worrying Tor The family.
,L naitiinore Furnished she world an.
luis ono was poli,ician, and. havIn::
married settled himself 10 inc con
S Sii, iask o. lsi'ins his vic support
~ $50 a week Ifcircf fused ii. bcca,is.:
he sail tho clerks work Il, ,nvoi,,,i
WAS beneath him and would tnii,re ili-
.!rtia d iiT as a 'pronincnt politician
departed With tho,r two children.
|. ilGsattually had 10 20 to v.o-le. the
~ " oo' $40 sli@ WAS q hcartlc3h
II y never seems 10 occur To Tic o.,
ioFties man that "chcrlshinr" his MI.
|iasiuies supporting hcr. The wnit
.'cheFisn' rolls more elihly from hi,
tipnSuc than docs ANY other wor, III
ne marriage vows. Cherish" II,
.Hkes =. means 70 siyc her An occa
sional kiss 10 pat now and then he,
hnSv. work la rdcneh hand. or ia IS,
in his corner b. tho firc aud smile al
her No DOUBT the Baltimore star
some, lnles brought himself 10 remov.
ms pinc aud cast an cnco;ir.l .inG smile
toward Ills wife az she scrtihicl fihe
floor. but the unEratefu didn', card
Tor the smile. She would rather have
seen his saturday pay envelope Wo-
men arc So mcreennry,
Maryiand ought to borrow Della
wares whipping Eos, and hind 10 j:
not only every Wife bcnicr. but every
cnorticss man II would stimulate &C.
tiyity too By establishing an anlo
matt cold. carly morning shower nbov,
me he'd OF every lansnih citizen within
the borders OF the state