LYCURGUS SCADSWORTH (_as Sam Alexander sprints at the first note of the dinner bell_)—“_Ah, that’s the life! Simple, wholesome and natural! I’d give my tired soul and everything I have for an appetite like that man’s._” ]
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THE MAN WHOSE SOLE OBJECT IN LIFE IS MONEY MAKING ]
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SHOWING THAT PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS MEAN EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY
“_Welcome, my dear old friend. Our house is yours, and you must make yourself perfectly at home._” ]
THE GUEST—“_Now for a quiet time with my good old pipe, just as I do when I’m at home._” ]
“_I’ve taken the liberty of sending Little Rollo over for some beer. When I’m at home I always like a little beer just before going to bed._” ]
“_When I’m at home I always have a few friends drop in occasionally for a friendly game, so I thought I would do the same here._” ]
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THE FARMER BOY THAT DOESN’T SUCCEED IN THE CITY AND THE ONE THAT DOES
1—“_I hate this drudgery, working from daylight to dark. I’m going to Chicago where you don’t have to work so blamed hard. I want to see a little gaiety._” ]
1—“_I’m not cut out for farm-life. I believe if I tried Chicago and buckled down to hard work for a few years I’d make a go of it._” ]
2—“_Now, this is better—I can see something of life up here._” ]
2—“_I have to work about as hard here as I did on the farm, but I am determined to win out at it._” ]
3—“_There seems to be a conspiracy against country boys up here—I don’t seem to be able to get any sort of a job that pays well._” ]
3—“_They seem to like country boys here, because they say we have higher ideals and better habits of industry._” ]
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“_Gee! I wish I could get a good job._” ]
“_Gee! I wish I could get a good job._” ]
“_Gee! I wish I could get a good job._” ]
“_Gee! I wish I could get a good job._” ]
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ALL PLEASANT JOBS COME ONLY AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK
“_Here am I, slaving along at $15 a week, and there is Baxter, working only half as hard as I do, and getting ten times the salary I get. I wish I had a snap like his._” ]
