those higher up, "the high cost of living." The compulsion of the thing,
or the appeal of the phrase--which?

The youthful unemployed, those who seek employment, would cast a
good-sized vote in favor of "shoffer." A youngster comes to Mr. Sears.
He wants to be a "shoffer."

"Why do you want to be a chauffeur?"

"I don't know."

"Haven't you any reasons at all?"

"No, sir."

"Isn't it because you have many times seen the man at the wheel rounding
a corner in an automobile at a 2.40 clip and sailing down the boulevard
at sixty miles an hour?"

The boy's eyes light up with the picture.

"Isn't that it?"

And the boy's eyes light up with discovery.

"Yes, I guess so."

"Well, have you ever seen the chauffeur at night, after being out all
day with the car? Overalls on, sleeves rolled up, face streaming with
perspiration? Repairing the mechanism, polishing the brass? Tired to