The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-01
HIS GOOD ADVICE
ANONY MoUS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


There wasn't the least bit of harm
about Brodwaiser He was as amiable
and well.meaning little man as ever
wore felt insoles and q chamois leath-
err chest protector. But people in
general hardly appreciated his good
qualities. The first time that Smith
saw him he was standing at the edge
of roadside excavation for gas pipes
watching the deliberate movements of
q laborer who was ostensibly engaged
/ in throwing out gravel. As Smith APP
preached he heard Brodwaser say:
MY man. If you would grasp your
shovel with your left hand a little
! nearer the blade of your implement
/ you would find II better fulcrum for
/ the leverage of your right and be en-
abled to raise more earth with sub
stantially the same eXertion.'
The man stopped and looked UP.
"Pfwat's that?" he asked.
Brodwaiser repeated his advice and
the man surveyed him for a moment
or two with whitening contempt. q,
"And to blazes wild we an yer full
1 CTuIn. ne Siiu dl iibls NWdh away .
home wild we an yer beverages, we lit
tie dough-faced, lantern.jawed idjut.
Talk to me about implements an I'll,
shut We in me dinner pail an kape ye!
there till we Earn manners, so will.
Gwan!"
Brodwaiser redeemed and moved
away in silent dignity. Smith felt
| %, nd hio
pathy. oh" Brodwaiser said, Il hard
ly expected anything but abuse. One
gets little thanks for good advice, l,
notice"
II was a windy day and before they
had got very far sudden gust re-
moved Smiths straw hat. He recov-'
cred IL with some difficulty and was,
rather out of breath when he rejoined
Brodwaiser. The latter had waited,
and as Smith came up he said: IF
] were you would buy one of these
hat guards. They can be obtained
for mere trine at any hat store, and
the expenditure is repaid a thousand
times by their saving of temper to
say nothing of the possibility Of the
hat being blown beneath the wheels
Of dray."
i've seen them" Smith said. you
don't wear one yourself, notice"
TITS unnecessary" he replied. my
hat never"
The wind took 1t as he spoke and
sent IL careering down the street, final
ly landing It in a puddle from whence
he rescued it dripping with mud and
water. Smith could not help saying
that in high wind it was a good idea
to hold loosely fitting hat by the
brim with tenacious clutch, but
Brodwaiser seemed unconscious Of the
delicate sarcasm of the remark, so
much so that when they arrived at
Smiths front gate he called Smiths
attention to the fact that It creaked on
it's hinges and recommended the ap
plication of sweet oil as q remedy for
the unpleasant sound.
He was near neighbor of Smiths
and soon after that first meeting he
called on Smith informally, as Smith
was wedding his flower beds. On that
occasion Smith became indebted to
his visitor for two pieces of valuable
information-that tobacco burned be
meath a rosebush covered with a cloth
or something of that sort to keep in
the smoke had a discouraging effect
upon the plant parasites known as
green fly, and that a porch of suffi-
cient width on the west front OF his
cottage would afford grateful shade
against the rays of the sun in the
afternoons.
He was veritable encyclopedia Of
knowledge-never at loss for lit
tie suggestion c. any subject Until
Smith learned that BroGwaiser was a
bookkeeper for firm of glass import
ers he imagined he must conduct the
Helpful Hints" department Of some
newspaper.
Smith overheard him in the meat
market one morning instrdcting the
butcher in the art of meat cutting.
4 THAT amt noth!l' though" said the
d good-natured butcher, with fat smile
|. when Brodwaiser had left. Hes give
s me pointers on preservin' eggs In theiI
a original new badness by dippin' 'eu
!, in lime an water. I'll bet he taught
= his grandmother to suck 'em.
trimmed a sirloin for him the othei
day an when threw the suet in the
o box under the counter he says: Z
n sh'd think you'd use the fragment,
OF meat in some sort o. way Std O
[ wastin' 'em. II you'd put the best q
o 'em in your sausage machine will
proper seasonn' there amt no reason
, why 1t wouldn't be good as long as th'
= meats fresh Ho! ho!"
But Brodwaiser is no more. He W.
a goos '"-ca 4 gcaI neisLloy I'D
8 kind of fussy husband and father. II
s died last spring of pneumonia. A Ii,
J. tie before he passed away the docto
O happened to cough to hide his emo
n tion at the sight of Mrs. Brodwa! N
:, grief.
- Doctor" said Brodwaiser ia, LILY
you want to take care of that cou Il