The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
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BY FRED d. SWI\DELL

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mcaey made possible BY their
changed conditions. and SO suf-
f.rcd aGonies al what she had
come To consider fragrant 81
lr4vagareas. Poor girl, the
nrod3jng Of the VOLTS nose had
made a TIGHTWAD Of her.
This sort OF TlGIlTWAD1SM
is more larnentable than censura-
bile. In fact, 1t Is hardly fair
10 classify it as anything ex-
3ggerateG economy.
T1ghtwadism Seeks Concealment.
There is another difficulty in
discerning the presence Of the
disease. and that is the universal
production on the part OF the
diseased. to conceal his illness.
Faithfully the TIGHTWAD ef-
faces himself from any situation
that may threaten exposure. He
docs go quietly and un~ostentati-
ously, If possible: il not, he re-
sorts 70 whining. bluff or even
fight. If you corner him. he
pleads nightly, or else he puts
up s stoiid and surly front and
freezes YOU with sheer un-
anjablcness.
The Israeiitfsh gentleman. who,
when asked why he invariably
took the back seat in the syna-
gogue, stated that he desired to
save the interest on his contribu-
ton TO the collection plate as
long AS possible. WAS a good citi-
zen when compared to Bill Old,
who never entered the church
until his youngest son slipped out
and Informed him that the morn
ing Offering had been gone
through with.
TIE P1GBTWAD =. in his desire
to hide the shame Of his disease,
develops a genius ananiaScially.
lie rejegates the meaning Of the
simple word LIAR to innocuous
desuetude. he not only shows
disrespect for the truth, but ar
tisticaily mince-lneats that good
old virtue and blows the particles
into thin air. He dignifes pre-
varicatOn into Il science and art,
and elcvates hypocrisy from q
Carlylian-cusSed sin to the star
role af iniGrIitious flneSSe.
The Quasi Tightwad.
III some personalities where
good and evil traits are curl
onsly assembled. there is some
time & Spasnlotic oEtcrOpping of
u
d consistent vein OF ia small
Vein. 10 be sHre-manifest in
only 8. few ways. but peculiarly
pronounced in those few ways.
lnfTe1uenty one observes h
social nbenDmenOn of the MAI
liberal and generous in large
things n parsimOniols in small.
The uan Nho will checrfully con-
tribute large sums TO benevO-
lence. and. at the same time. viii
walk two miles rather than spend
the q fare.
Again, there Is the oddly mixed
nature: which unstintedly laNishes
i%uxurics OF himself and family,
hut views his ncighbor's need
with cold unconcern. Such q one
is grossly seif-indulgent; a spend
thrift in humOring his "
whinls, but impervious to hui
manifest's innumerable cries for
aid and assistance. He is an
anomaly; a creature of contra
dictions, an inexplicable blend Of
good and bad. AS an integral
part of h surging multitude he
IS a clog IN the path OF progress,
a factor initiating against world
righteousness, d mugWumD in
the forum of moral and spiritual
evolution.
Among the quasi TIGHTWADS
We 1nfIequently find a human
animal whose instincts signallv
resemble that useful but unad-
mired larder accessory-the hog.
Mr.. hog TIGHTNAD is close
kin to the one described in the
preceding paragraph. The line
Of d~emarcarion between the two
IS 10 be observed in the fact. that
while the excludes his family
srom the haleful niasma of his
TIGHTW ADISM, the other ex-
cepts only himself.
The latter is exampled IN the
New England farmer, who. al
though d mar Of substance and
given 70 eNpending large sums on
fast horses and other sources Of
personal amusement, provided
for his family IN such an agony
of reluctance, that he would give
his little children a penny 10 re
sist the temptation Of supper. and
ire next morning would charge
them q penny for their break
fast.
Mr.. itoG JfGHTWAD is the
epiton1e of njgsardlnese in all
things save self pamperina: n
appTuarhabIe IN trarsceadtntal
seitishHesS: :. traNesty on faith
crhuCd. the ucnle OF V~iciousneSs.
and the ioathSome opposite of al!