New Britain herald., 1916-03-29

| hospitality to masters of the ring and
| to welcome their followers with the
| glad salute of the active cash reg
i lister. 1t is even reported, though the
| JudlclOuS Will hesitate 10 accept so
! injurious an aspersion that Mr.. Will
! lard does not celebrate II success with
| the mitts by getting exceedingly
/ drunk and remaining in that condi-
| ton for a number of days. His as
| saiants declare that instead Of dis
| bursting his money among the eager
| friends whose society m~y DO at
! tanned by the careless hcI: oval Of
! bounty, this crude invader from tine
| West counts it carefully, and Conlidcs
it to the care of persons whose 5hOrk-
ing dispositions lead them to demand
collateral when they are approached
for loans.
1t has been further alleged shat
when Mr.. Willard has accumulated
| a sum sufficient, in his judgment, for
! Il successful investment in real estate
/ and live stock, he cast about for an
| opportunity to set it at work for him,
| with the SOrdid purpose of avoiding.
| in his old age, the necessity OF inn
| plOring charity from his friends. He
| even has the audacity to contemplate
| seriously the probabilities of the flu
| ture when his present earuin:,
| capacity will not persist and to en-
| deavor to lay up sum against that
unfruitful time. Instead of lahorins
for a future state of beggary, he has
the temerty to seek an independence
| that in the eye Of his instructors must
be disgraceful because it is to lie
bought at the expense Of imm ediatc
display and dcbauchery
In what HeQrnp the efforts tn
cate the vice of thrift from Mr. Will
lard have been successful we have
no personal knowledge. We Judge,
however, from the rumors Delvading
the town, that he has proved q dull
l pupil. There are insistent reports
2 that not few amiable persons de-
voted to the pleasant practice of ex-
tIacllng loans OF permanent nature
from persons of notoriety and easy
, habit have approached Mr.. Willard
, on numerous occasions to meet calm
| rebuH not calmly accepted: that The
promoters of several plausible swim
dleS nave labored to interest his
), pocketbook in their plans without
making notable progress; and that a
large body of ingenious gentlemen
perfectly willing to turn his proWess
to their monetary advantage have had
vulgar demand that they reveal on
actly what their plans promised for
hln Ihere seems, indeed, little ba sis
on which to ground the EXPECTATION
I | that Mr.. Willard has profted bv tho
| chances for improvement that have
been laid before him, and there is
reason to believe that he will con-
tinue IS he now is d singularlv un
sympathetic figure among those zeal
GUS friends Of the prosperous who
would rejoice to see him unstrap his
bill fold.
Regrettable though it may be to
those more or less polite grafterS
blackmailers and parasites of both
. sexes and all conditions of disreputo
, who have been accustomed to line
! their pockets and fill their stomachs
at the cost of eminent pugilsts the
outlook for their future so far as if
involves contributions from Mr.. Will
laFd Is not bright He appears to
be hopelessy set in the middle class
4 ways of frugalitY, self-deniaI and
/ forehandedness; his eyes are closed
TO the benefits OF intemperancc and
the appealing popularity that at
taches to the spendthrift; and the
most ardent SPECTATORS on other
folks industry and good fortune
seem doomed to ply their arts in
vain on the man who brought the
championship of the world back to
| the white race.