American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1916-02-05
HIS GOOD ADVICE
ANONYMOUS.

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There wasn't the least bit OF harm
about Brodwaiser. He was as amiaoie
and well-meaning q little man as ever
wore felt insoles and chamois leatn
'er chest protector. But people ~
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 Oh
q laborer who was ostensibly engaged
in throwing out gravel. AS Smith ap-
preached he heard Brodwaiser say
MY man, II you would grasp your
shovel with your left hand a little
nearer the blade of your implement
you would find IL better fulcrum TOT
the leverage OF your right and be en-
abled to raise more earth with SUD
stantially the same exertion.'
The man stopped and looked up
"Pfwats that?' he asked.
Brodwaiser repeated his advice ana
the man surveyed him for a moment
or two with whitening contempt
"And to blazes wild ye an yer ful-
crum!" he said at last. "Gwan away
home wild we an yer beverages, ye lit
tie dough.faced lantern-jawed idjut.
Talk to me about implements an III
shut we I'm me dinner pail an kape ye
there till ye Earn manners, so i VIII.
Gwan!"
Brodwaiser Redeemed and moved
away In silent dignity. Smith felt
sorry for him and expressed his sym
patty. oh" Brodwaiser said, IL hard
iy expected anything but abuse. One
gets little thanks for good advice, ]
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
we're you would buy one OF these
hat guards. They can be obtained
| for q mere trifie at any hat store. and
| the expenditure Is repaid q thousand
times by their saving of temper, to
say nothing Of the possibility of the
hat being blown beneath the wheels
| of a dray."
i've seen them" Smith said. You
J don't wear one yourself, ! notice."
ITS unnecessary" he replied, my
hat never"
The wind took It as he spoke and
sent II careering down the street, final
ly landing It In a puddle from whence
he rescued II dripping with mud and
water. Smith could not help saying
that in q high wind II was good idea
to hold a loosely fitting hat by the
brim with q 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
its hinges and recommended the ap-
plication of sweet oil as remedy for
the unpleasant sound.
He was a near neighbor of Smiths
and soon after that first meeting he
called on Smith informally, as Smith
was wedding his flower beds. On that
|
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 sun.
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 a veritable encyclopedia Of
knowledge-never at a loss for lit.
tie suggestion on any subject Until
Smith learned that Brodwaiser was
bookkeeper for a 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 tie
butcher in the art OF meat cutting.
That amt nothin', though" said the
good-natured butcher, with fat smile,
when Brodwaiser had left. Hes give
me pointers on preservin' eggs In their
original new badness by dlppin 'en
In lime an water. I'll bet he taught
his grandmother to suck 'em.
trimmed sirloin for him the othor
day an when threw the suet in the
box under the counter he says I
sh'd think you'd use the fragments
OF meat In some sort o. way Std o
wastin' 'em. II you'd put the best OF
EN- In your sausage machine with
proper seasonin' there amt no reason
why It wouldn't be good as long as tie
meats fresh Ho! hol"
But Brodwaiser is no more. He wes
| u good Citizen. a good nalRhhnr and a