The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-03-10
ARE you LOOKING FOR THE
OTHER FELLOWS JOB

Mr.. Prosperous, dyspeptic and with
the hardening arteries of age, sits
back in his limousine and watches his
chauffeur, steady-neryed and clear
eyed, guide the car through the
tangled mazes of traffic, thinking
meanwhile, I'D give large slice of
my lucre--maby all of it-for that
fellows youth and eyes and diges-
tion. Don't suppose the chap has the
least idea how rich he is" And the
young man rolls up in front of the
Prosperous mansion, deposits his pas
senger, and mutters to himself: Gee,
it must be fine to hold down the
cushions in the club and the car and
live in house like that. Old Stocks
and Bonds is 1t in this town"
The clerk looks at the executive
head of great business, and solilo-
quizes: Rather soft to have his
salary and nothing much to do except
to see that the other fellows keep
everlastingly at it,. And the harassed
executive knows that the clerks re-
sponsibility ends at the close of his
business day, but that the care and
responsibility of the executive have
no end. Ways and means must be
provided so that all who are interest
ed in the business in any way may be
compensated, cared for and protected
The business girl, on her morning
hustle to work, passes fine home,
sees through the snowfakes madame
sitting in a window persuing the
morning paper, and thinks: Pretty
swell to have your breakfast in bed
If you want it, then saunter into n
cozy library where there's wood
fire cracking. and go 1eisurely
through the morning paper. Don't
believe I've done more than scan the
headlines of morning paper for
more years than care to remember,
and then l get things SO mixed 1
don't know whether it was the king
of Greece or the king of Jugo-Slavia
that died" And madame lays down
the paper, and glances out of the
window and says: tsWhat a bright.
brisk looking girl!-on her way to
work. suppose Well, -she Is not to-
: be pitied SO much after all. There
) are unlimited opportunities for wom-
: en- with brains these days. They can
go far, even into the halls of Con-
J gress. So there may be advantages
and compensation in the life of an
independent girl like that one."
The young society matron, the kind
featured in the social columns as
having "a most attractive person
ality and dressing with distinction"
en- route to tea, looking in bored
way from her car window, sees a
visiting nurse, uniformed and kit in
hand fastening on her way to at
tend case. and the butterfly sighs:
That woman is of some use in the
world. They say there is nothing
like work and service to keep one in
terested and contented, and believe
it. These silly sold giggle, gable.
gobble and git receptions and teas
are getting on my nerves. Sometimes
feel that could throw the tea out
fit into the alley and enjoy the crash.
III envy that woman, who is doing
something worth while. I'm liable,
one of these days, to take up settle
ment work and try to Americanize
somebody or do something to justify
my existence" And the little sister
of the poor returns the look, and in
her mind runs the thought: "The
seamy side of life is carefully hidden
from that kind. Well, some must
watch while others sleep. So runs
the world away"
AS a concrete example of the
other fellows place even though it
be lowly place Senator Leland
i Stanford of California. who built and
endowed Stanford University after
he lost his son and only child, stood
one day looking at gang of laborers
on the Central Pacific Railroad, in
which he held large interest. He
had been silent and thoughtful for
some time, and finally turning to a
friend at his side, said: ''rd gladly
give everything l have in this world
and take the place of one of those
navvies digging there if l could have
my boy back"
And so it goes. Even the children
are not immune. Miss Ten-year-old
and her company steal away into the
; attic, put on long dresses, scold and
spank the dolls and play at house
keeping. How fine it must be, they
argue, not to be watched and bossed
around and told you must or must
not do this or that! And the grown
ups have "kid" parties. and look at
children at play and say: "What
pity it is they don't realize that the