Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1917 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

The weather prophet, in his den, annoys the jaded souls of men. He hands down daily, his decrees, ex,plaining why we roast or freeze. Today we shiver, in our woe, be-. cause somewhere theje is a “low.” Tomorrow we shall bake or fry, because somewhere there is a J ‘high.’’ I do not like the weather chief; he is unmoved by human grief. He'sits up in his moldy tower, like Marianna in her bower, and scans his dreary - maps and charts, and plies his dark and mystic arts. He doesn’t care if people freeze and have rheumatics in their knees; he doesn’t care a whoop or wurst how many kitchen may burst. The weather is to him: a game, and stolidly ve plays the same. While we are thawing frozen toes, he rants away about his lows. When icicles are in our eyes, he hands us bunk about his highs. There’s nothing human in his spiel, and no emotion does he feel. If he would help us cuss a streak, when cold winds blow, week after week, if he’d adrnit he has a pain, when this old world! io soaked with rain, he might draw closer to our hearts; but no, he reads his dippy charts, and through the same old motions goes, discussing tiresome highs and lows. I