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R. HERRICK ON THE UN.
WORTHY RICH.

IL was in taundiced and dyspeptic
mood that Robert Herrick attacked his
theme In "Clarks Field" (Harper's). q
very thorough. well written and de-
pressing piece Of realism in which the
author tortures an unfortunate girl in
order to show up the faults and short
comings OF the undeservlns rich and in
cidentally the inhumanity of institu-
tlonal management and the virtues OF
the American type. His heroine Is an
extreme example of the New England
form of poor white, with no looks. no
great intelligence, no education. a
drudge left alone as the last survivor OF
Il shiftless family. The only sympathy
the reader can have for her is that he
would feel for any homeless. Ill treated
animal. Occasionally she has an Impulse
to which she holds obstinately: that Is
the remnant OF her inherited pioneer
vigor.
She 10 apparently sole heir to a large
lot OF waste land in the nelghborhood OF
Boston, Mass, a city and a common.
wealth that Mr. Herrick reverently In
dicates only by initials. Why he does
this Is a mystery. as the land transact
ton he describes must have been car
iiNu out az CNSiy iai sc ho"h III the
country. The title to the land In OBJ
scured by a legal tangle. and the child
Is repeatedly almost cheated out Of heI
rights. These are saved to her, how.
ever. by the shrewdness Of kindly and
honest old Judge Of probate. He COM
mits the child and the estate to the care
Of a trust company Mr.. Herrick thu,
has the opportunity Of showing how in
human and senseless the impersona
guardianship OF institutions may be
The rise In value Of the land. an un'
, earned increment very distasteful e
Mr.. Herr!ck. makes the girl rich. Sh,
Is taken from the public school and sen
TO a finishing school on the Hudson
where 1t Is impossible to learn anything
| Against this type Of school. the teachers
| the girls. their morals and their worship
| Of wealth Mr.. Herrick Is bitter. w,
feel sorry for the girl who has n,
chance and has come to believe tina
money and the power II gives Is tn
only good thing on earth.
Then she goes to Europe to a profes
sional chaperon. who exploits rich girl
under the pretence OF providing then
with home and social advantages. Tn
girl spends money recilessly. She fall
in love with another common and .un
pleasant type OF American. the shiftlss
shirker. who calls his dlsinclination {
work the artistic temperament. Sh
marries him offhand. and they retur
| to America with much ostentat ton O
wealth, Mr.. Herrick getting In a hit a
smuggling by rich people. When the
appear before the Judge OF probate o.
the girls coming of age. he almost re-
grets his interference in her behalf. II
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GRegRv NARPtSoN
AUv Hon or
"A LADY or NGNv
(~Acr1/LLwl

really interesting him In either the
young woman or her penitent husband
The mechanism OF THE Vision Spleen
did" by d. X. Broster and q. w. Taylor
(Brentanos) Is curious. The authors
undertake to describe the beginnings Of
the Tractarian movement in England
introducing the names and the argu-
ments OF the men engaged in 1t. Their
object Is To convince one young man OF
the desrability of cellbacy In the clergy.
They accomplish this by making tho girl
he loves marry French nobleman who
has all the faults usually attributed by
the British to the French. This allows
them to work in the history of the
royalist intrigues against Louis Phi
lippe. When the girl IL left a widow her
conscience and her first lovers are
worked upon so that they keep apart.
The French and the English portions
are separated till the end. AS in many
historical exercises, the authors. while
seeking after accuracy of detail, have
failed to Undue either the woman or the
men with any human interest; they tell
what they do. but do not show what
| they feel. and the circles which can
grow excited over the glorification OF
celibacy In the Anglican clergy must be
small in number now as they proved to
be then.
In the Ave tales in which Miss Made
lyn Mack, Detective" tThe Page Com
pany) figures. Hugh c. Weir has taken
much more pains with the adniring
woman reporter who relates them
| than with his heroine. She belongs
to the type that reserves all in
formation till the end. Intricate
though the story may be, it hardly
arouses the readers interest, for his
mind has been occupied with al
sorts of irrelevant matter and has had
no chance at the real puzzle. This de-
;ective has a fund OF knowledge wholly
apart from the possible clues. Sh,
knows that Ovid is a Greek poet, for in.
stance. The stories wifi be read as de.
tective tales usually are. The last on,
is unusually long.
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,.TF women were not a force OF ma.
turc. blind In strength and ca
PRECIOUS in its power. they would
not be mistrusted. AS 1t is one can't
help II. You will say that this force
having been In the person of Flora de
Barral captured by Anthony
why, yes. he had dealt with her mas
terfully. But man has captured cleo
tricity. too. It lights him on his way.
II warns his home. 1t will even cook his
dinner for him--very much like n woman.
But what sort OF conquest would you call
IT? He knows nothing Of his captive.
He has got TO be mighty careful what
he IL about with II. And the greater
the demand he makes on IL in the exul-
tation of his pride the more likely It Is
to turn on him and burn him 20 q Gin
der ."
"a young girl you know, is something
like temple. You pass by and wopder
what mysterious rites are going on In
there. what prayers. what visions. The
privileged men. the lover. the husband
who are given the key OF the sanctuary,
do not always know how to use II: for
myself, without claim. without merit.
simply by chance I had been allowed TO
look through the half opened door"
For IL is In the courts OF law that
comedy finds It's last refuge Ia our deadly
serious world"
FOR that sort OF inertia In woman Is
always enigmatic and therefore menacing
Ii makes one pause. woman may be
"A fool, an agitated fool. a too awfully
noxiuus fool. and she may even be simply
stupid, But she is never dense. She's
never made OF wood through and through
as some men are. There Is In woman al
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Baroness OrcSy P0rvaw MAI CaHguAa and
His Christian P,etSct-Ection BY Robert
Heyvick, Ms. BackMs and Others

project was popular and the people re-
iolced at his prowess. What mo-
mentl with a maddened beast, q
swooning man and no arms save q pair
Of fists hard as iron. made with q hand
slender and supple like the finest tenn
pered steel" the situation OF the Pre-
feet was still precarious. And while
the panther fell back roaring, and be-
fore II could prepare for new spring.
Taurus Antinor had seized the swooning
man. 1t was his turn to run now, for
he had but a few seconds In which to
save the life Of his bitterest foe" He
held Hortensius aloft as he had done
before in the Forum. SO hoisted. the
young patricIan was enabled to grasp
ring at the top OF the sheer marble wall
lining the arena and thus to make his
escape.
The story tells how the panther then
bounded upon the Project and dragged
him down: how some OF his soldiers
broke into the arena and saved him;
how a tumult arose among the people
and they cried for the death OF the En-
peror how the Project went dutifully
to the help Of Caligula, and was stabbed
by that mailman: how Dea Flavia caused
The wounded officer to be conveyed to
her palace. where these two declared
their love for each other; how the Pre-
feet shut his ears to the call of the
people and declined to be Emperor; how
he saved Caligula from the mob and re-
stored him to his power, and how he
was followed to distant Judea by Dea
Flavia. who also became Christian.
The story has energy and interest, glow
and fervor, and we do not doubt that II
will be warmly approved by many
readers.
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STA elteepv FARMER
AUTHOR OF
YOU NEVER KNOW yooa Aucw'
/D0RAx)
,cSSzAer, ~ SyxIf -,Ac oa~4lo

induces her. however, TO visit the prop
erty from which her millions come, and
she finds II crowded with tenements that
are filed with foreign workmen.
They 20 to California, where the hus-
band rapidly goes to the bad; he Is
nagged by his rich wife. wastes her
money through his incapacity and de-
sire for show. takes to drink and to run
ming after other women. She Is equally
extravagant. but in a constructive way.
again "A mark of her New England in
heritsnce, and is engrossed in her little
boy. She takes to talking with mason
who Is working for her, an American
workman with advanced ideas about
property. the rights OF labor and other
matters. thereby demonstrating that the
old New England stock RECEIVERS its
vigor when transplanted to new soil
resembling that In which II throve first.
After a while she discovers that he IS one
OF her long lost cousins. those whose
disappearance had tied mp the land till
the courts quieted the title. She be-
lieves she must give up her property.
but says nothing till her child dies.
through her husbands fault. Then
she turns him out. confesses to her
cousin and both go East to the Judge
OF probate to see what Is to be done.
The Judge assures them that the
matter liz settled for good so far as the
law Is concerned. The mason declines
to accept the money as a moral obliga-
ton he knows 1t will do harm TO his
branch of the family and probably to
himself. The Judge takes the two
through the slum district. and 1t enters
the mind OF both that they can use
the money to improve conditions there,
to help individuals along and the rest or
the social service programme. Mr. Her
rick, very properly, leaves the reader
to build up romance for the two II
he chooses TO. That would be another
story. In this he merely exhibits GER
tain evils he sees in wealth and in the
social organization very effectively
suggests remedies. which may not be
accepted 30 readily. and draws with
some skill various unpleasant types OF
American character and some phases
of the life that is past. We are Obliged
to him for his gentle, philosophical
Judge: we wish he could have opened
a more cheerful outlook for his heroine
after the steady suffering she Is SUD-
1ected to IN this story.
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BEAUTY AND WISDOM FROM
CONRAD'S NOVEL "CFIANCE''

ways somewhere spring whatsve,
men don't know about women land n
may be a lot or II may be very lttls)
men and even fathers do know that much
And that Is why so many men are afraid
OF them"
tiles the sort that's always oharns
some notion or other round and round his
head just for the fun of the thing"
"It was one OF those dewy, starry
nights. depressing our spirit crushing on,
pride by the brilliant evidence OF IN.
awful loneliness. OF the hopeless obscur.
insignificance OF our globe lost in tho
splendid revelation OF a glittering. soul.
less universe. I hate such skies Day.
light is friendly to a man toiling under A
sun which warns his heart, and cloudy,
soft nights are more kindly TO our little.
ness.
And II was q fns day, n delicious day.
with the horror Of the Infinite yelled Nv
the splendid tent of blue: day limo
Gently bright, like child with washed
face. fresh like an innocent young girl.
suave In welcoming ones respects like
like a Roman prelate. ] love such days
They are perfection for remaining indoors
And I enjoyed II tempera mentally In a
chair. my foot UP on the sill Of the open
window, book In my hands and the
murmured harmonies of wind and sun
in my heart making an accompaniment
to the rhythms Of my author. Then. look.
ing UP from the page, I saw outside
pair OF gray eyes matched by ragged
yellow white eyebrows gazing nj me sol
EMMY over the toes OF my slippers. There
was a grave. furrowed brow surmountinI
that portentous gaze. a brown tweed cal
set far back OH the perspiring head"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03

It looks easier to lombard Pre-
mysl than to pronounce it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Orphan Ridge.

, James Marvin and family spent
Sunday at A. J. Piper's.
d. P. Leahy called on Hi Man
chester Thursday.
Mrs. Alonzo Fulton and Mrs. Nose
Smart were visitors in Davis City
Wednesday,.
Cleve Covington, of Red Cloud
Wyoming, arrived for few days
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Alonzo Fulton, and many friends in
this vicinity.
A. j. Butts and daughter, Miss
Bes sic, were Leon visitors Tuesday
F. T. Smith had business at Osce-
ola Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Smith and son Floyd
and her sister, Miss Bessie Butts,
called on Mrs. Ann Ellis Thursday
afternoon.
Tillman Smith, of Upham, N. D.,
came in to visit his parents and 9TH
err friends, returning home Friday.
A. J. Piper and son Lee were haul
ing hay from the Jones farm Friday.
Mrs. w. H. Fulton and son Wade
spent Friday at the home OF her son,
Alonzo Fulton.
Dewey Martin, of Leon, was here
last Saturday.
#. P. Fulton was here on business
last Saturday.
H. T. Smart called on Fred Smith
sunday.
Several from here attended the
funeral of Mrs Polk Beasley at
Bethel Saturday
George Leahy is spending this
week iii Des Moines, With his sister,
Miss Clara.
Miss Edith Chambers went to
Leon en- the morning train Saturday
to spend Sunday with home felix's.
Mrs. Mary Fulton visited over
Sunday at the Tom Fox home south
OF Davis City.
Jacob Butts spent Saturday night
in Leon with his friend George
Gravatt.
Harry Marvin and family spent
Sunday at A. J. Piper's.
S. P. Hoover and son Willie call
ed on Jacob Butts Sunday.
Nose Smart and family were visi-
tors in Leon Monday.
Miss Bessie Butts called on he1
friend, Miss Lizzie Ellis, Sunday.
John Barlean was calling on
friends in Leon Monday.
Everybody in these parts are done
husking corn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Decatur II. +. ID. No. 2.

Arthur Orfield, wife and daughter
Thelma. visited Sunday with his un
Gle, Will Ortield and family
Nelson Smith and family and Gil
johnson and family spent Sunday al
the F. w. Sellars home.
Mrs. Estella Baker and sons Or
Vile and Leighton spent Thanksgiv
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Sellars
Fred Alley was a Decatur caller
Saturday.
Charles Axes and wife of neal
Leon spent Saturday and Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Jennie Norman
Belle Sellars visited Friday with
Mrs. John Sellars
Willie Deemer and family spent
Thanksgiving at J. w. Deemer's.
Hewlett Butcher and Sadie Bur,
iren were quietly married at the
home of George Burrell, south Of Da.
Wis City, Wednesday evening at $3.50
o'clock. We extend hearty congratu.
lations to the happy young couple.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Notice of appointment of Admins
TRAITOR.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Ira
Markley, Deceased.
To Whom it Moy Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator. of the
estate of Ira Markley, late of Deca-
tur County, Iowa, deceased All per-
sons in any manner indebted to said
deceased or his estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or his estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
for allowance and payment.
Dated this 10Th day,of November,
A. D. 1914.
4ot3t A. l.. ACKERLEY,.
Administrators Of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
ROOSEVELT on THE WAR.

Read what ex-President Roosevelt
thinks about the great European war.
See his articles on What America Should
Learn From the War" now appearing
every Saturday in the St. Joseph News
Press. No other American ia 80 well
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Leroy.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. Snowden enter
tanned their children and grandchll-
dren at dinner on Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mckinney and
son of Osceola, came Friday to visit
at the Tom and Harry Mckinney
homes.
Miss Mary Vance of Winterset
came Saturday to visit at the home
Df her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
M B. Hatfield.
Mrs. Geo. Brown and children WIS.,
.ited over Sunday in Humeston.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. p. Richards were
guests at dinner at the McPhetridge
home on Thanksgiving day.
Harry Mckinney and family spent
Saturday night at the Herman Buf-
fun home
Walter Taylor was a Humeston
passenger on Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller and chill
dren of Cambria, came Friday to
visit at the Newt Boor home.
Miss Lulu McPhetridge visited
over Sunday at the Rinard home near
Cambria
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Leedham Of
Leon, ate Thanksgiving dinner with
Adam Hoy.
Mary Buffum went to Brighton
"Wednesday to visit with her sister,
Mrs. Myrtle Helmick and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Pottorff of Bur-
lington, came Saturday to visit at the
home of her father. w. P. Richards.
Paul Jordan of Ames spent
. Thanksgiving vacation with home
folks.
Mrs. Thomas Umphress and chill
dren visited Thursday and Friday
with relatives in Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Center

Will Follmer is gathering corn for
Oscar Rex.
Francis Pearson gathered corn Fri
day and Saturday for M. w. Hart.
F. A. CARRIER sold some corn to Mr..
Shinn.
J. G. Long and family took dinner
Sunday at the home of w. A. ALL
baugh in Leon.
Misses Eunice and Alpha Long
spent Thanksgiving at the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. F.
Long.
j. w. Scout and son Charles, have
been assisting Chas. Keim with car
penter work and painting!
Miss Irene Sears is slowly recover
ing from typhoid fever.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Jack Oak.

Fred Millsap and Miss Hardingel
spent Monday evening at G. F. Ten
ney's.
A. j. Caldwell returned from d
visit with her father at Shenandoah
Tuesday.
The patrons of the school met al
the school house Tuesday night to or.
ganize literary society. Dan Myers
was elected chairman and Edna
Bruner secretary. Fred Bruner and
Chas. Matteson were chosen as cap
tains for the debate: Resolved, That
art is more beautiful than nature
The alternatives were Fred Bruner
Cora Hardinger, Nena Bruner, Fred
Millsap, Joe Myers; negative, Chas
Matteson, Edna Bruner, May Brun-
err, Frank Matteson, Perry Bruner
There will also be program by the
the school children.
Lena, May and Edna Bruner, Anna
Millsap and Ethel Matteson visited
school Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs Fred Tenney and Mrs. Ray
Fenney and baby visited at c. F
Tenneys Wednesday,, Mary Tenney
went home with Mrs. Fred Tenney to
spend Thanksgiving.
G. H. 'Matteson and wife spent
Tuesday afternoon at Fred Millsap's.
Mrs. Fred Deemer and children
visited at Lon Dingman's Thursday
Cora Hardinger spent ThanksglV-
ing with her parents south of Davis
City.
Everett and Sim Bedell spent Sun
day at Jas. Young's.
Hobart MattesOn came home from
Coburg Thursday, where he had been
husking corn.
Mrs. Fred Millsap, son Clarence
and Joe Myers went to Bethany
Thursday to visit Mrs. John Powers.
Mrs. Powers came home with them
Friday.
Roy Ravens and wife came from
Excelsior Springs this week. They
will make their home in Decatur, as
Roy is working on the new school
building.
Floyd Caldwell spent Sunday ev-
ening with Frank and Hobart Matte
son.
Henry Bedell and Fred Millsap and
families spent Saturday evening at
C. H. Matteson's.
Fred Millsap, Chas. Matteson,
Fred Bruner, Dan Myers, Perry
Bruner and Will Bruner each took
a few posts and went to the school
house where they proceeded to put
up new htching rack. This was
badly needed and as the old posts
were removed from the front it i'm
proves the looks of the school
grounds.
DR.. Quigley made business trip
to Kellerton this week.
The county has decided to replace
the dangerous fill by Cyrus Quigley's
barn with a bridge. This will be
much appreciated by those travelling
the road as it was a very dangerous
piece of road. j. T. Matteson went
to Leon Monday to get the material
and will begin work on it at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Bibbey came
for visit with friends and relatives
the last of the week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
POssuln TrOt.

lIONQ flollSl6y u DcS MOilAco, as
guest at the Frank Worden home
Monday.
Leona, Vesta and Emil Menden
hall were calling on Mrs. F, Worder
Monday evening.
Miss Alta Hart spent Monday night
at the C. Meacham home.
Frank Worden and Lloyd Hensley
were calling at John Vests Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Foust and son Frank
spent Tuesday at the Blake Miller
home near Garden Grove.
Mrs. G.. Meacham was calling on
Mrs. Arthur Arnold Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. B. l.. Smith was calling at ]
J. Smiths Tuesday morning.
Newt and Ebert Worden deliver.
ed hogs at Weldon Tuesday morning
Mrs Harry Boor was calling on
Mrs. B. l.. Smith Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Worden and Ira
spent Tuesday evening at Chas. Mea-
cham's
There were several from this
neighborhood attended an oyster sup
per at Tom Williams in Weldon
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Tom Williams was calling on
Mrs. Dan Evans Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Owens were
Weldon callers Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Boyce was calling on
Mrs. Chas. Meacham Wednesday
morning
Mrs. B. F. Foust and Mrs. Ed
Clark were calling on Mrs. Chas,
Meacham Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Will Langsdorf of Des Moines
came Wednesday for a few days visit
with her brother, Frank Worden.
John Neighswonger came Wednes-
day from Moulton to spend Thanks
giving with his parents.
Mrs. Will LangsdOrf and Mrs. f.
WOrden were calling on Mrs. Chas.
Meacham Thursday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Worden and
Miss Sue McBroom spent Friday ev-
ening at the Haskell home.
Ira Worden and Lloyd Hensley
were calling on Ebert and Harry
Worden Friday evening.
MI. and Mrs. Arthur Arnold and
Ray Leeper spent Thanksgiving at
the L. D. Arnold home.
Jim Dunn of Weldon was saving
wood for Arthur Arnold and Frank
Worden Saturday.
Mrs. Arthur Arnold was a Weldon
caller Saturday afternoon.
Dave Owen and family were trad
ing at Weldon Saturday.
Mrs. Lloyd Smith and daughters
Lois and Twila spent Saturday after
noon with Mrs. Frank Worden and
helped cook for wood savers.
Harvey and Clita Worden drove to
Leon Saturday to meet Mrs. Eliza
Worden who has been visiting with
friends in Missouri the past week.
John Mendenhall and family spent
Thanksgiving in Leon at the Evans
home
Mrs. Sampson of Weldon and Mrs.
Lyle Smith of Osceola spent Sunday
at the j. j. Smith home.
Misses Ellen Smith and Leila Boor
returned home Sunday after few
days visit with friends near Fair
view.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith and
daughter, Ira Worden, Frank Wor-
den and wife, Ruby Hart spent Sun
day at the c. Meacham home.
John Mendenhall and family at
tended the funeral Of Joe Bay in
Leon Sunday
Harve Kimberlain was calling at
Newman Worden's Sunday afternoon.
Miss Myrtle Worden spent the
past week at the Eliza Worden home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03

fitted to point out TO his countrymen the
lessons Of this great struggle He has
been both soldier and a peacemaker.
The News-Press Is printing the best re-
ports of the war obtainable, as well as
all tho other news OF the World-Wash-
ington special dispatches, New York let
ters. the best cartoons, political and state
news from Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa,
as well as Missouri. The best market
page on the Missouri River. The best
of good newspapers. the st. Joseph News
Press, $500 per year. Send for it today.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03
Tennessee.

Church was we'll attended at Mt.
Zion Sunday evening.
Earnest VanderpOol and wife
spent Thursday at Jim Adams.
Miss Emma Spray is improving
nicely at this writing.
Those who called at Francis
Sprays Sunday were Rev. Rhoades,
Claude Ramsey, Elmer Ritter and
Mrs. Pete McCard.
Joe Munyon and wife spent Satur-
day night and Sunday at their grand
father DavidsOn's
The pie supper at the Coins
school will be Friday night, Dec. 4.
Mrs. Judd Vanderpool and Homer
Brown spent Friday night at Francis
Sprays.
Boys and girls don't forget the pie
supper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-03

And lots Of people do not work as
much as they wait.