Evening star., 1925-09-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E.. TRACEWELL.

the somewhat messy operation OF
blowing the water out Of the various
lengths and coiling them up.
Even the fact that his "non-kink-
able" hose kinks does not detract from
watering the lawn. 1t packs a real
kick for Smith. That is the reason
why his case was sad when his hose
sprung q leak.
*k* 4
You see. If Smith had been one of
these backyard chaps who are
scourged to their sprinkling task by
the admonitions Of the good wife. It
might not have been SO bad. But
Smith really liked to sprinkle.
So when his non-kinkable hose that
kinks got leaky, Smith resented 1t
more than the ordinary man. The
thing was distressing not only be-
cause the water sQuirted all over him
but because 1t took the Joy out Of
watering the lawn.
Smith really liked 1t, you know {or
you ought to by this time).
Every day. before he started to the
ONCE, Smith would think, Now /
must stop in the hardware store be-
fore I come home and get me some
washers"
Every evening, when he started to
put the hose on, he would suddenly
realize that he had forgotten all about
the hardware store.
Also the washers.
He tried tying strings around his
fingers. and all the customary re,
minders. but they all failed. In the
meantime the leaky hose panied him.
It was not shipshape. Smith liked his
brass work to be polished, his yard
neat. his hose leakproof.
The upshot Of it all was that in the
end he had to go across the alley and
borrow a washer from a neighbor.
And that very afternoon he had passed
half dozen hardware stores on his
way home!
The rubber washer, then, is some.
thing the modern home ought to take
seriously, as It does its vacuum clean.
er. its washing machine and its food.
stuffs.
There is nothing that will take It's
place. A leaking hose will leak de.
spite all the twists of twine put
around 1t. A leaky hose laughs at
cloth. 1t scorns anything and every
thing except
The rubber washer.
Wherefore, we ought to put in a
supply Of washers each Spring just as
we do tons of coal in Summer. We
may not need them now, but we will
later on.
The washer. too. plays an essential
role when a spigot leaks. Although
every householder is not what is
called a handy man, almost every one
can learn to fix a spigot when il
leaks.
Plumbers, canny men that they are
have too much business to relish
monkeying around over such small
Jobs. They would prefer to have you
BILE. And the only way you can dc
1t is to have plenty Of rubber washers
The neatness with which the
washer fits into the place, and the
dispatch with which it begings to
work. call for our greatest admiration
Though their task Is humble, 1t is
important, as many humble Jobs In
the world are. When we get righ,
down to disentangling modern indus
try and life, we discover that every
part depends upon some other part.
Executives decide. high-paid EN-
ployes use their brains-and the prod
uct is turned over to a little messen.
ger boy to bear across a great city
He Is a small cog in q great wheel
and yet the executive has made his
decision in vain, and the highly paid
employe has worked for nothing, II
this very small cog shall be lured
away from his plain duty by the sight
of fire engines speeding down the
street.
So the rubber washer Is a little
thing, yet one well worth our con.
sideration, now and then.