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Show NO USE FOR WALKING STICK Average American, In Hustle of Life, Has No Time for Unnecessary Unneces-sary Cargo. Now that wo nro reminded of it, wo realize that tho great American people peo-ple nro seldom seen to possess a walking stick. "It's a small thing," writes an essayist In a morning paper "tho absence- of tho wnlking stick, but It belongs to tho American niotlo never. In the hustlo of life, carry tin-1 nccesnry cargo " .Tho Idea is. of course, fantastic with the fantasy of tiallspontlno common com-mon sense. The hustlo of llfo suroly extends to travel In tho case of a ua tlon which would consider Itself degraded de-graded If it spent longor than a week In a completo Journey through Eur-opo; Eur-opo; nnd when Americans travel thoy nro tho last to deny themselves tho luxury of an extra bit of luggngo bo,-cause bo,-cause It happens to bo unnnocessary. It Is common knowledge that thoy go on loading tin- liner with trunks until tho compaio's olllclals say "Stop," It only to collect so many more steamship steam-ship and- hotel labels to add to their already bloated storo of theso trophies No Tho walking stick Is a mattor purely of personal cholco. Most Americans chnnco to feel no need for n walking stick whereas we do. That Is how tho thing stands. When It comes to n wnlking stick tho world must bo considered Individually. Tho physical weakling Is qulto Ukoly to hnvo a tnBto for a gigantic club: tho enormously powerful man who snnps his Sandow developer beforo breakfast break-fast as though it wore n piece of cotton cot-ton mny select for a walking stick the thinnest shred of mnlacca thnt money enn buy. London Globe. |