The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-05-15
the FRUGAL PAST
4 Pair Of Trousers Went 1 Lono
Way IN the Good Old Days.
Wall OF A MAN IN 4 CROUCH.

Ore 81 His Scattered Coeeo6 oae.
msnte Moved Him . : Touching DIE.
eeurss IN the vies ~ 9xtravaeanee.
"A poor man came 70 the door thia
afternoon and asked Il I had any old
clothes I could spare" said Mn. James.
worthy. II gave him those gray trou-
ssrs Of yours. q they were too badly
worn out Tor You to use them again.
They were all faded and full q holes.''
'.The next time you undertake 10 dis-
tribute my raiment among the prols.
tariat, Mrs. Jamesworthy." returned
her grouchy husband, you might at
least consult mo. Ton are assuming
altogether too much when you take Il
for granted that I am done with 4
pair Of trousers. AZ things are going
now In the business world I and Il e.
pedicnt to wear such garments 20 long
v there u any way TO fasten my sus.
penders to them.
"Tfmes are growing worse and
worse. and the financial stringency Il
breaking all records, and the man who
strives to support bis family has
troubles enough without coming home
to dnd that the wife Of his bosom has
given his purple ana flne linen to some
body's wandering boy.
II had expected to gee two seasons
wear out Of those trousers, and I had
q sentimental fondness Tor them, a. I
wore those trousers on that red letter
day when. three years ago. l stood In
the White House and proudly shook
hands with the illustrious president OF
this great and glorious republic. I
hoped to hand them down to my chill
dren's children. % that when ! am
cold IN my grave they might contem-
plate those historic trousers with
streaming eyes and recall the glorious
occasion l have referred to. Now I no
longer have q souvenir Of my meeting
with the president, and posterity u
robbed Of q great privilege BY reason
Of your needless course.
"Id neve think Of giving away
any thing Of yours without your ap-
prevail, Mrs. Jamesworthy. Time and
again ! have been tempted to call In
some poor but respectable widow with
. large family to support and give her
your false hair. which has become an
eyesOre to me. Al l 1nd Il lying around
wherever | 60. but | felt It would be
doing you nm injustice and refrained.
Yet when ar unknown hobo comes to
q door asking for refreshments you
hand him my cherished trousers, which
are more to me than pride Of ancestry
or pomp Of power.
"Your action Is q fair sample Of the
extravaganza which keeps men for.
ever walking IN the shadow Of the
pOOrhOuse. | have no doubt that my
sainted mother would roll over In her
grave IL she could know Of such doings.
Under her wise and skillful manage
ment my father had a chance to &C.
cumulate a few piasters for his old
age. He wore his trousers until they
were full Of holes; then my mother
took them and half soled them and
made them as good an new. and he
wore them for another term Of years
until It was impossible to tell what
their original color might have been.
when they were too far gone for
further use mother made them over
% the older son could wear them, and
when be had used them 0vo or ok
years there still was enough sound ma
terial In them to make q pair for tho
youngest 0 4. l was that youngest
son, and all through my boyhood and
even In early manhood ! was wearing
expurgated editions Of my fathers
trousers.
"You may make 40 many faces @
you please. Mrs. Jamesworthy. and
point the finger Of scorn until the cows
come home. but that doesn't change !
the fact that It vas economy Of this
sort that kept U parents IN ignorance
Of such things rs the bankruptcy court
and the associated charities. When I
had worn those historic trousers for Z
few summers and winters. until they
would answer the purpose no longer.
my mother cut them up Into strips and
made rag carpets Of them. and those
rag carpets were nor sensible and
more ~serviceable than the tailor made
affairs you have sfrewn over these
floors.
"After this. please. you viii call NJ
into executive session before giving
away any OF my habiliments, Mn.
Mason In Chlr
cago News.
4 Beast o. 4 c~onSoeojon1
Extract from the report OF Z Detroit
hospital: mo pains have been spared"
etc.-Detroit Free Press.
Need Corn And Lava 6irnss
Home grown seed corn Minne-
sota No. Is, also Red Dent and
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