The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-20

!, offense to the attention of the chief is
still of the opinion that the act she
saw was that of expectoration A
long acquaintance with Main street
has rendered her judgment of what
constitutes splitting on the sidewalk
office and has therefore no reason for
desiring the favor of every curb-9tone
i loafer who happens to have vote, it
is conceivable that she may be less
blind than man thus painfully hand
icapped. Office-seeking and office
holding have before now been known
to be hard on the eyesight Perhaps
in easy going Moscow it keeps us from
telling the difference between a carpet
Of tobacco juice and an oriental rug.
There is no earthly use in quarreling
about these things. Expectation on
the sidewalks and public stairways is
INDUCED in all the time, and there is
no record of arrest or fines. This is a
statement of a fact and not an argu-
ment Any one who walks on Main
street is free to analyze for himself
those great gobs of wet BROWNIES.
The gobs look suspicious We wish
the chief would
Now what about the loafers? AS
we said before, the great majority Of
them-fully three-fourths of them
are not old men at all. They are
young men i'll the prime of life. Some
of them are under twenty-five. A
good many of them are around forty
five and fifty. They seem to be well
and strong. They are so husky looking
that you suspect them of being able
to pull up poplar tree by it's roots,
with one hand tied behind their their
backs. 1t is the men of this type and
age who comment on passers-by; who
annoy the young girls as they go to
and from the university. 1t is very
pleasant for every one who makes
Moscow his home but we can't see
under what possible obligation any city
could be to allow it's Main street to
be continually cluttered up by these
hale hoodlums. We should like to see
every one of these able-bodied men |
sent out to the harvest and haying |
fields or out building roads for the
county.
Now what about that very small |
group of quiet, elderly men who Of
fend 10 passers-by with their COM
ments, who chat cozily in the shade,
and who are no more deserving of
harsh treatment than the others are
of indulgence? 1t would be a cruel
judgment that would consign them to
the pool rooms to spend these lovely
summer days. 1t would be too bad to
take from them the quid of tobacco
from which so much solace IS derived.
But they could expectorate in the
street and not on the walks. The ex-
ercise of stepping to the curb would be
wholesome. And, after all, these men
do not belong on Main street, either
Instead, here is a perfectly delight
full program for the daily exercises. No
matter how hard the past may have
been, how full of long years of hon
est effort, each day should have ev-
en- for these kindly old men its lit
tie quota of tasks. There is the lit
tie garden plot to weed, the fresh
vegetables to be plucked. There is
fine mite of kindling to be chopped, the
fretful grandson to amuse while the
babys mother is doing up the early
morning work. There are the errands
% be looked after, the cupboard stores
% be bought, the meat selected with
In experienced eye. Every human be-
ng should have his daily responsible
ties to keep life sweet with the work
which is, after all, our greatest bless
ng, disguised as that blessing may APP
year sometimes to be.
But what of the leisure hours, after
he services are rendered at home
lain street is hardly the place to .
pend them. Why not go to the park? :
n the park are handsome, wide +
preading shade trees. Underneath
heir boughs are the comfortable
reen benches with the well-fitting
acks. The grass is green and cool
he water in the hose plays delight
ully through the spray, keeping the
il sweet and fresh. The skies far up
etween the branches are deep blue
nd full of the tenderest day-dreams.
way are the lovely hills, now gold,
CIV green, now rich hazy purple
here the summer fallow lies. The
ark is full of peace and good will. :