The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-08-03
DpRETrY SOFT FOR THEM"
dearborn independently

Nearly every man you meet VIII
eivo YOU the impression that ne
thinks the other man has an easier
lob Pretty soft for him" is phrase
which ought to be outlawed from ev-
cry respectable vocabulary. II ad-
, mitted at all, it should always be un-
der the most careful scrutiny. The
danger of it, as a germ of personal
discomfort and distress, is that the
man who uses it about another rarely
! hears it used concerning himself.
Yet. there is not a man in the world
or a class of men, of whom it has not
been said, Pretty soft for them!"
The shopmen passing the office win
dow see man sitting at desk, ap-
parently doing nothing. They are 90.
ing home at 4.30. He will be at his
desk until six-maybe he will come
back in. the evening. The men stream
ing out Of the shops say, Pretty soft
for him." And the man at the desk
Imay say, Pretty soft for them" No
doubt both parties could make out
pretty good case before any jury. The
men in the shop have left their work
lin the shop-"Pretty soft for them"
They have nothing whatever to do
with their job until they get back in
to the shop next day-"Pretty soft for
them!" II they break machine, they
are not required to carry it home with
, them in the evening and fix it-"Pret-
, |ty soft for them" They have nothing
whatever to do with making the bust
ness meet between the cost of mater
ial and labor, the difficulty of ship.
ments, and all the rest; all they have
to do is to do their days work and
draw their pay-"Pretty soft for
them"
i. The man in the Office hasn't any
hours, if he is responsible man, but
that is no occasion to sing-"pretty
soft for him." because as usua
things his hours are too numerous
for any schedule. If his work breaks
down, he takes it home with him tt
fix it. He may think he is leaving i
in his desk, but it is in his head-tha
y is his SHOP" by the way-and OF
y his pillow. His work is not done il
" a day because it isn't days work
+ the next day and the next month, will
10 their preparations are always crowd
ing into today, jogging yesterday an
last month who have also come TO
their reparations. pretty soft 70
HIM"
And monotony-you will find MI
notony wherever you go. Ask tn
\" president of the United States: h
will tell you something about tn
10 m0not0ny Of his job. Ask the doctor
. he will tell you that his life is prett
- much round of the same old cold
" the same old fevers, people bein
born and people dying in the sam
old way. Thre is great deal {
monotOny in every profession, whic
means every job. The teachers 10
is most monotonous. The writer ju,
ne does the same thing over and owe
nd again, with the same motion of tn
nd wrist, using the same set of muscle
Fer as q man on a small job in the she
ur might do. Life is pretty much IL
I'LL same thing all the time. so far as ii
material plane goes, and If there
}. no variety and life in the higher Ian
then it is monotonous indeed.
GU Monotony really means monoton
1t is life that makes the tone. 1t
ourselves that control the tones
life. Lives lived in monotone inc
cate monotonous souls. 1t is insit
man that monotony has to be bro
en- up-inside the man! Outside e
erything is always the same; Il
same old Observation-Disclosures; IL
wa sam cold breathing; the same old +
- tation of the earth, the same old lig
- and darkness, Outside man, ever
Z thing goes on with perfect sam
! ness. If there is to be variety, col
Z and life, it must be inside. "A mar
7 life CONSISTENT not in the abundan
! of the things which he possesseth
but in the variety and vitality of Il
I things which he is.