NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Be sure and take advantage of this unusual opportunity to get 
Summer Wearables at Reduced Prices 
Gordon’s Advance Summer Sale 
122. Main ot 
Will save you many dollars if you buy now for summer needs 
Bargains for Women, Misses and Children 
Spring and Summer Suits, Skirts, Coats, Waists, Millinery, 
Kimonas, Children’s Coats, Underwear, Corsets, Gloves, 
Stockings, White Goods, Wrappers, House Dresses 
Hundreds of Bargains 
Be Sure and Come Early. See Window Display. 
SIMON GORDON 
122 Main St,, Gloucester, Mass. 
ALEX. W. ANDREWS 
REAL ESTATE 
West Gloucester, Mass. 
Summer Cottages and Bungalows For Saie and Rent. 
Building Lots for sale in eyery part of West Gloucester. Gravel, Loam and Building Stone. 
Justice of the Peace and Auctioneer 
Telephone 458-M Essex Ave., West Gloucester 
CAPE POND ICE COMPANY 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
EA IRE a Co’ 
105 l*2 Main St., Gloucester, Mass. 
Ice Plants at Magnolia, Fernwood Lake, Cape Pond, and at Lake 
Winnepesaukee, N. H. 
Large Invoice of 
FRESH FRUIT 
Just Received 
ORANGES, DATES, FIGS, 
BANANAS. 
Get Your Sunday's Supply of 
JAMES KOSTOAS 
40 Main St. Corner Short, Gloucester 
Full Line of Candy, Nuts, Cigars, To- 
bacco, ete. tf 
Belding Silks, Utopia Yarns, 
Lady Wisteria Kimonas. 
cialty. 
Stamping. 
MISS ALLISON P, DOUGLASS 
64 Middle St., Gloucester 
Latest Motor Caps and Bonnets 
Art Goods, Fancy Novelties, 
Embroidery Stamping a Spe- 
Ladies Waist Material For 
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THE MAN. BIDDEN TO WORK. 
BY SEARCHLIGHT. 
A man was trying to give good 
counsel to a man of fifty who was all 
out of sorts with himself. He was 
a well man, an able man, a rich man 
and a good man,—the good for 
nothing kind. But he was very un- 
happy and in danger of an unsettled 
mind if he did not get relief soon. 
He had none of the usual bad habits, 
he came of a good family and he was 
a well-meaning fellow. . 
The prescription that was handed 
him was the greatest surprise of his 
life. He was not told to get right 
with God; he was not urged to re- 
pent of his sins; he was not told to 
redress the wrongs he might have 
done; he was not advised to put on 
the livery that would ensure a safe 
passage through the pearly gates. He 
was told the one thing that he needed 
most of all to be told, and for the 
lack of which his life up-to-date had 
been a blank failure. He was stren- 
uously advised to get a job and go 
to work,—any kind of a job that 
would mean work. He had never 
done a day’s work in his life. 
This man is but a type, extreme of 
course, of the countless numbers of 
drones in. our great human hive. 
There are many like him, neverthe- 
less, to whom the world has always 
ministered and who in turn have 
never contributed a thing to the wel- 
fare of society. They have never 
stuck to a task, carried a burden or 
assumed responsibilities. Somebody 
whom they paid has done it all for 
them. And the money they paid 
somebody gave them. j 
This is society undergoing dry rot 
at the top. And it doesn’t have to 
be on the dizzy heights either. A 
very modest competence makes loaf- 
ers quite as often as big fortunes. It 
is only a matter of degree. 
Some of us who are now reading — 
these very lines, the meanwhile think- 
ing of Mr. So-and-So or Mrs. ‘That 
as being champion loafers, are our- 
selves guilty of frightful wastage of 
time and strength. 
When I see on every hand the num- 
ber of men and women who are 
straining every nerve and exhausting 
every energy and giving up every 
softness of life, in order to meet the 
responsibilities that are always thrust 
upon the willing, | fairly rebel against 
the gentleman and lady of leisure who 
actually go around hunting up new 
methods for killing time. Oh, that 
they could hear the call to work, for 
their own sake as well as for the — 
work’s sake! — The Watchman. 
