| Show L O IO o- o e. e 0 0 0 K e. O i O I Just Why One Editor Has Turned P Pessimist I No one Is more annoyed than the theone theone one who tries to beautify the town In which he lives No matter how earnestly earnest earnest- ly he works criticisms and annoyances annoyances annoy annoy- ances must arise As an example of ot this we have to say that the tho Beacon office needed a new sign and hired Jack Sigler of He Red Wing to paint It Its It's a peach Then rhen the sign had to be properly installed and we employed Fritz Miller as chief consulting engineer engineer en en- and master of ot ceremonies Some thought a 4 b by G post was the thing while others thought a 4 by bj 4 would I do Then a windy observer mentioned gas pipe We decided on gas pipe asmore as asmore I more suitable for a n printing office The sign was therefore firmly bolted on a agas gas pipe And there she shines In all her pristine glory After Installation ceremonies were over we sought the s solitude of our sanctum to ponder over o the completion completion comple comple- tion of this dream 0 of years ears well pleased with the plaudits of all progressive pro pro- e citizens While there we heard a plaintive e note emanating from that pipe gas standard or post and we wondered If It It had bad been transformed Into Inlo an nn Aeolian harp Finally It sounded like woodpeckers pecking for tor worms We picked up the shotgun which we kept for the benefit of delinquent delin quent subscribers went out and watched To our amazement we saw members of or the proletariat as they passed b by deliberately knocking their pipes against the pipe gas standard to clear their pipes of ot ashes so that they could load up again When men will wUl do the likes of that there is no use to talk about Improving the town Doston Boston Globe |