The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27

NoAS Va llOA1CoI i N1SoIOuS il DOuE |
and limb. strongly smelling of ivory
soap and kidlet kisses. starting out |
in n morning with hope in his
heart. in search of a JOB. We see him
at noon hot and dusty and disappoint-
ed. dragging up his weary bones to
a quick Inch counter for a ham
sandwichAand a glass of water. while
his brow is gloomy and sad with
thoughts of the hungry wife and
babies at home. AS night comes on
we Sc him in a death grapple with
Spair. walking home with bent
head. We see him pause irresolutely
at the .thresold and then enter. We
see his waiting wife raise her eyes to
his and reading there the answer she
Tears. We see her own fill with tears
AT least Laura Jeane Libbey would
tell you it was that way. This is
doubtless true of many Of those. in
other places. who have lOafing thruS
upon them. but here we have the
Associated Charities.
1t might be well to mention as we
go along
An Unofficial Branch of Loafers.
to-wit: the college youth who whites
three months of each year away
somewhat as follows:
Fond mother (about seven thirty
a.. m. gently rapping on the door,
Percy: son breakfast is nearly
ready"
Percy (%sleeply) "Unh. huh"
Fond mother (about eight thirty
a. m. again rapping on door. Son.
we are all through breakfast. can't
you slip on something n eat SO the
cook can clear h tablet"
Percy (arising with reluctance and
m~umbling) Bother cooks and such
a beastly early hour"
Percy Cat nine thirty a. m. to the
oIorlx At tho codo fn,1rfoin "C1 roe
it," Which the clerk does-to the
OLD man.
Percy fro1n ten a. m. to one o. m.
between the POOL room and a COM
Portable chair in front Of the hOtel.)
This is a beastly town. Dead as a
door nail. Absolutely rotten. l just
cant understand why the governor
turies himself in such a hole. SUI
thing When / go in business l ex-
pect to hike from this God forsaker
spot
The remainder OF the day for Per
cy being similar to that Of the morn.
ing need not be further described.
Percy isn't all to the bad. he has
simply gotten in wrong with the gen
, eral scheme Of things, He is n one
? living example OF the fool paying
strict cash for his folly in that while
he idles. as Mr.. Worcester assures U:
5 such a person does. he suffers will
a prolonged cas- Of ennui. He occa
sionally relieves the monotony O.
life by an auto ride with a frient
/ or a half hour at the moving pic
| ture show. but. on the whole. he find
existence insipid. dull and eternall.
t boring.
The Truth About Percy.
. This sort Of loafer deserves som
little compassion. for somehow n
feels that h is a martyr to inactivity
You see. papa can and doeS pay nj
- debts for him. a curious biunder tina
many papas make. Mama entertain
certain social notions. One Of thel
= being that it would be humiliatin
- and almost d~isgraceful for her dea
curly headed boy to accept a job i
the summertime h could not con
sent. no. not for a Moment, that ePr
cy should do a mental thing. de ha
temperament. she thinks: has an al
tistic soul and beautiful ideals: an
- to put so perfect and promising
creature under the authority of a
employer might spoil his
= future. Percy perfectly catches ne
!. point of view. His ambition sOal
=, above such sordid things as wage
- or ever salary. The word income
- less commonplace and more near1
-, expresses the thing his unusual an
~ exceptional abilities will easily secul
=, for him.
= AS the DAYS pass he smiles tole.
- antly upon the chap who is erlndlr
- away. and pleasant visions come
- him Of the time. when. Wit a piet
. of ~sheepskin tucked away in his trun
= and a head heavy with knowleda
= and modern ideas. he Will make h
= spectacular entry into the fnanci
arena.
AS I say. Percy deserves some pit
There is such an awful bump T.
A him. And while we wait for the afor
said bump with a touch Of unho
"a relish. let us consider
Those Who Achieve the Art Of Loa
ing.
The history Of this ranch Of loa
n ing is quite ancient. Back in the stol
ages our male p~rOgenitOrs arm
ed themselves with clubs and stone ak
re girded themselves about with a pie
e. Of skin. incidentally with an eye
to s~arto1al requirements but mainly