The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-15

D. EMoR4, .. HAYNEs.

i determined TO examine It's sSiseera, Ny old
farmer friend had remarked 10 me the day before,
as saw him sitting idle that he did not feel iike
work" And that whenever be did not feel Industrious
he "allus knew there was somethn' the matter Nifh
i his inards" The inside Of the lawn mower vas
a mystery. So proceeded to unscrew and open It
up. Piece by piece, disk by eogwhed. 4 spread all
the interior fxings on the grass Therf 1 proceeded
to study and reason over each piece the Question
being how, to have beautiful lawns
Such conclusive and final end was the reason for
buying the. mower, namely pretty lawn The par
tcular cogwheels were nothing except as they were
possibly somehow related TO the short grass evenly
shaved. The relation was my study, I had d con-
meet up step by step. beginning with the end, the
grass For did understand the grabs. That was
an esthetic result beautiful when fecled with sun
and shadow, and adorned with Bevy of dancing
children charming ladies. All so utterly unlike
and removed from these greasy, Black and mystic
cogwheels.
BIT there was connection If the cogwheels
caught and arcuated with the disks the knives turned
against the cutting bar. If the cutting bar was not
on the job the grass kept on its growing job The
h9d man, then, perspired in vain. There were two
pins also, or there were when l started But had
lost them in the grass, along with several nuts and
the screwdriver. The white clover laughed in frag
rant victory 1t had swallowed these things and
triumphed over me. S-ss 1
Eventually we found all these things We humbIed
ourselves, getting down on our hands and knees and
caressing the pretty clover leaves begging for the
parts" The regal smote US hip and thigh and
on the back, for though we had started this in
vestigation all in the shade of big maple, we
tarred so long that perfect food of gorgeous sun
shine slipped past the trees and joined in the battle
against US. 81 80 : |
How important was one Of those little wheels How !
great in reality of those little pins Eventually
shall drive six miles to get new pin And the |
merchant is teegraphing to get the tiny new cogs.
Several factories have already replied that they do
not manufacture that kind of a machine this year
fear my machine was simply made to sell, and
was sold -
The cogwheel is in every Office. The great result
Of the Office is a worldwide commerce But each K
Wheel has importance all its own There is little
glory coming to the wheel the daily duty is SO
nonotonous. And it wears out the cog To begin
n the morning to add and to be adding up to lunch
lime and to return to the adding till the closing
lour would not that the cogl, Occasionally
'ne subsracts, or divides, mutplies all of which
Use the same mental cogs. II
That mental mechanics is a very essential part of
'eeping up the palace of the owner of the big
Yet the cog motion of the accountants mind
Gems far remove from the flower garden or private
icture gallery. The small accuracies of employees
re very essential An appraiser of goods. for in
lance, tea faster, who are reliable, make no
alse estimates of values -.
Why should we complain? We are all essential
arts of one great whole. Our life work is not our
wn. Even the large owners are but parts Nor can
lany of US be duplicated When one man wears
Ut his successor never exactly fits,
Over at the store or the bank new part" can
Z procured if wears out But not elsewhere
t home, for instance when the patient toler-cog C
ears out, something infinitely sad takes place Ask d
lie children if it is not so. n
What az immense machine it is The intricate N
nute life of nation, of continent of globe .,
nd for centuries. The mind pauses reverentIy and c
lie tongue hestates to the great Final Cause r.
r Being, for whose ends all these cogs and Ii
heels turn
Nor say what infinite beauty. as of fair fe9
arden, is the result my little mechanism beau
fes lawn. a.