The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
HIS GOOD ADVICE
ANONYMOUS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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 chamois leath-
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
a 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 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.
"Pfwats that" he asked.
Brodwaiser repeated his advice and
the man surveyed him for a moment
or two with whitening contempt.
And to blazes wild We an yer full
crum" he said at last. "Gwan away
home wild ye 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 We
there till We rarn manners, SO l 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"
1t 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: III
| were you l would buy one of these
hat guards. They can be obtained
for mere trifle at any hat store, and
the expenditure is repaid a thousand
tiIiCo ny thVil SuNlliS VI tVihpOi' "
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, l notice"
ITS unnecessary" he replied, my
hat never"
The wind took it as he spoke and
sent it 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 a loosely fitting hat by the
! hrim with a tenacious clutch, but
| Brodwaiser seemed unconscious of the
delicate sarcasm of the remark, sc
much so that when they arrived al
Smiths front gate he called Smiths
! attention to the fact that it creaked or
it's hinges and recommended the ap
plication of sweet oil as a remedy fol
the unpleasant sound.
He was a near neighbor of Smiths
and soon after that first meeting he
called on Smith informally, as Smitl
was wedding his flower beds. On tina
occasion Smith became indebted t.
his visitor for two pieces of valuable
information-that tobacco burned be
meath rosebush covered with clotl
or something of that sort to keep il
the smoke had a discouragng effec
upon the plant parasites known as
green fly. and that porch of suffi
cient width on the west front of hi!
cottage would afford a grateful shade
against the rays of the sun in tn,
afternoons.
He was veritable encyclopedia o
knowledge-never at loss for a lit
tie suggestion en- any subject. Unit
Smith learned that Brodwaiser was +;
bookkeeper for firm of glass import
ers he imagined he must conduct thu
Helpful Hints" department of som,
newspaper.
Smith overheard him in the mea
market one morning instructing tn,
butcher in the art of meat cutting.
THAT amt nothin'. though" said tn,
gcod-natured butcher, with a fat smile
when Brodwaiser had left Hes Civ,
me pointers on preservin eggs in thei
original new badness by dippin' EN-
in lime an water. I'll bet he laugh
his grandmother to suck EN-
trimmed a sirloin for him the othe
day an when | threw the suet in tn,
box under the counter he says: :
sh'd think you'd use the fragments
of meat in some sort o. way Std O
wastin' 'em. If you'd put the best o
EN- in your sausage machine will
proper seasonin there amt no reason
why it wouldn't be good rs long as tn,
meats fresh Ho, ho!"
But Brodwaiser is no more. He wa,
a good citizen, good neighbor and
kind of fussy husband and father. II,
died last spring of pneumonia. A lit
tie before he passed away the docto
happened to cough to hide hts emo
! ton at the sight of Mrs. Brodwaiser'.
! 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 yol
get home have your wife heat some
water and put it in a foot-tub with q
little mustard. Then"
He sank back on his pillow. Thai
was the last piece of advice he ever
gave.-Chicago Daily News.