Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
in a better position at the end TO In
telligently select his life work.
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! in a better position at the end to in
| telligently select his life work.
Take No. l, the waffle man. If you
receive orders for waffles from 2.i4b
persons day. you will know some.
| thing of life from the other side OF
the counter.
The little old maid who takes her
| breakfast on the run will look upon
YOU glorious in your freshly Starched
apron and cocky white hat. as friend
| in need. You will get her half-mut-
tered wish for waffies before she
| utters it. The Grabbed man. the
more grabbed woman. will become the
usual. In after life they will not
wound your feelings. because you
| have faced them before-you know
them of old,
| Every young man ought To take a
| turn at feeding the populace at retail.
Then he begins to look upon men as
merely large stomachs to be filled
| Unsuitable maws, ever longing for
bigger and better Waffies.
About this time in his life he
switches to job No. ,, that of street
car conductor. Here he meets the
| roar of traffic. sees another side of
| the Workaday world, as 1t Is called;
| takes part as cog in the great mod
| ern traffic wheel. yet lives his indi-
vidual life through it all.
Then he takes on job No. 3, that of
| newspaper man. In three months, 1t
| is true, he cannot do much, but he
can get a taste of life as only the
newspaper man can get it. and he
can look bit into the hidden motives
of men and see the great as they are,
/ nd sometimes aS thew arc not
| The benefits Of job No. 4. the Army.
scarcely need detailing, although they
will vary in proportion to the intelli-
gence and straight shooting Dur stu
dent of life brings to his task.
1t may or may. not be a relief to
| him to get out of his khaki into the
overalls of job No. s. the plumber.
He serves as the Representative of. a
whole host OF trades. If q man is a
plumber, he is brother to carpenters,
painters. perhangers, mechanics
and so on--men who build up. tear
down to repair, make homes bigger
and, we hope. better.
! A farmers life, No. 6 in the list, will
sweep away false notions in many
| lines. 1t will put our student in
touch with growing things, give him
an idea OF the essential nature of this
| oldest of occupations. Wheat -four,
| instead of being a disagreeable neces.
sity. as he regarded it when selling
Waffies from behind a counter to flip
| city gents. will turn into the very
blood of his life.
| AS banker. job No. Z, our student
| will get necessary slant on money
| matters-necessary. since all his life
afterWard, no matter what he does for
a living, he will have to handle
| money.
Every man ought to try his hand al
craftsmanship. especially in America
10 go from door to door and he turned
down fat with your nice. shiny alumni
mum. is not that something to try the
| soul of man?
Then the merchant, No. 2, with his
cheerful morning face. His problems,
| his work, his relaxation at the lunch.
con club--let our man know all this,
| too.
Last, but not least, we would have
him know the peace and happiness of
| the gardener. This is an occupati ton
/ distinct from that of the farmer-one
which every man may later practice
| no matter what his life work. 1t
brings a man back to the earth again.