Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-15 | Page 4 | Just Folks

Just By Edgar A. A Guest OLD FASHIONED STUFF My father was very old fash they said With notions long passed out of date He fancied the best way of getting getting get get- ting ahead Was to work and have pa patience patience patience pa- pa tience to wait By practice he told us skill cameto came cameto cameto to the hand From study comes learning hed he'd say And it grieved him to think that the youth of of- the land Could believe belleve in an easier way If u 11 its it's roses you'd grow you must dig in the soil If U you'd rule you must learn to obey If U money you'd spend you must earn it by toil toll My father lather would frequently say If U a dollar you borrow a dollar dollar dollar dol dol- dol- dol lar return Debt is something all honest men pay And it grieved him to think that his teachings wed we'd spurn I Or believe In an easier way Well weve we've lived and weve we've laughed through the wisecracking age And o of smartness weve we've taken our fill fill We are ready I think to bring back to lifes life's stage Work honesty patience and skill The starts start's at the bottom and not at the top As my old fashioned father lather would say The way to the desk Is to work In the shop And theres there's never an easier way Copyright ht 1941 Edgar A A. A Guest 2