The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-03
HIS GOOD ADVICE
ANONY GUS.

duJ WCliIlC1etlAAB a ltlblC man oD 49,
wore felt insoles and chamois leatn-
er 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
laborer who was ostensibly engaged
in throwing out gravel. AS Smith ap-
preached he heard Brodwaiser say:
my man, if you would grasp your
shovel with your left hand a little
nearer the blade of your implement
you would find it 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 |
OF two with withering contempt.
And to blazes wild ye an yer full
crum!" he said at last. "Gwan away
home wild We an yer beverages, ye lit
tie doBgh-faced, lantern-jawed idjut.
Talk to me about implements an I'll
shut ye in me dinner pail an kape We
there till ye l'arn manners, so | will
Gwan!"
Brodwaiser Redeemed and moved |
away in silent dignity. Smith felt |
sorry for him and expressed his sym
pathy oh" Brodwaiser said, Il hard.
ly expected anything but abuse. One
gets little thanks for good advice, |
notice"
It was a windy day and before they |
had got very far a sudden gust re-
moved Smiths straw hat. He recov-
cred it 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 l would buy one of these !
hat guards. They can be obtained |
for a mere trif1e at any hat store, and |
the expenditure is repaid thousand |
times by their saving of temper, to
say nothing of the possibility of the |
hat being blown beneath the wheels
of a dray"
VIC 6CCA lntIiy Oluitn cdlU. lou
don't wear one yourself, notice"
TITS unnecessary" he replied, my
hat never"
The wind took it as he spoke and |
sent 1t careering down the street, final !
ly landing it in puddle from whence |
he rescued it dripping with mud and
water. Smith could not help saying |
that in a high wind it was good idea
to hold a loosely fitting hat by the |
brim with a 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 ereaked on
its hinges and recommended the ap-
plication of sweet oil as a remedy for /
the unpleasant sound.
He was a near neighbor of Smiths |
and soon after that first meeting he
called or 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 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 porch of suffi-
cient width on the west front of his |
cottage would afford a grateful shade |
against the rays of the sun in the
afternoons.
He was veritable encyclopedia of
knowledge-never at loss for lit
tie suggestion on any subject. Until |
Smith learned that Brodwaiser 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 instructing the |
butcher in the art of meat cutting.
That amt nothin', though" said the |
geod-natured butcher, with fat smile. |
when Brodwaiser had left. He's give |
me pointers on preservin' eggs in their
original new laidness by dippin' EN-
in lime an water. I'll bet he taught
ms grandmother to suck EN-. / |
trimmed sirloin for him the other
day an when threw the suet in the
box under the counter he says: 4
sh'd think you'd use the fragments
of meat in some sort O. way Std O
wastin' EN-. If you'd put the best of
EN- in your sausage machine with
proper seasonin' there amt no reason
why II wouldn't be good as long as the
meats fresh Hol hoi"
But Brodwaiser is no more. He was
a good citizen, a good neighbor and
kind of fussy husband and father. He
cied last spring of pneumonia. A lit
tie before he passed away the doctor
happened to cough to hide his emo
tion at the siss.t of Mrs. Brodwaiser's
grief.
Doctor said Brodwaiser. family,
you want to take care of that cough.
Don't neglect it. 1t may develop into
something serious. Now, when you
get home have your wife heat some