The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-30

How much suggestive meaning IL
sometimes hidden under the common
est episodes Of daily life! The finest
wit and the most bitter sarcasm arc
sometimes contained in these episodes
finer wit and more bitter sarcasm thnn
genius itself could command. do ycu
call that a veal outlet waiter, fr said .
London exquisite, one Of the most doll
cate type even in that favored region Of
exquisites, the West End. "why, sir
such a veal outlet as that is an inHi> -
every self-respecting calf in the British
Empire" The waiter hung his head In
very shame for n moment, and then re-
piled, in the language Of humblest apol-
ogy:-I really didn't mean to insult you,
SIR"
The English language is certainly ls-
culiar in some respects, and there 10
little wonder that foreigners find 1t dill
cult TO understand the subtle shades 81
meaning which many phrases convey.
Think Of trying to make q German, for
instance, comprehend the following
II say, my friend, where have you been
for a week back?" ~ haven't been
anywhere" was the reply, ''and l
haven't got n week backY" It Is Just
such sentences as this which ill Euro
pean insane asylums with victims 10 tho
intricacies Of our mother tongue.
Why is it that men are apt to prize
most what they do not possess, asd to
u~ndervalue what they haver The rich
man rides in state along the avenue. and
the poor IN who is trudging along O.
foot exclaims, "Ahi IL 1 only had thst
mans money!" At the same moment
perhaps the millionaire looks through
the French plate glass Of his carriage
window and saysto himself. "Ahl II l
only had that mans health" So We -
through life, each envying the sthsr
and discontinued with what they have.
1t is equally curious that a. ssssr
whose forte is comedy always waas 10
act tragedy. He Is unwilling - %
what he "a do well, and iaaises - g.
ing what he can't do at ell. Evsa MI
OF got out Of patience Win; svsry sas
who praised his "Paralia Lea" aal
preferred it to "Paradio Asgaias1,"
and yet every n reads ~ ART, I'D
only the curious scholar over rsaAs Ne
latter. There is a good stsFy tslA p
Vienna which illustrates this sAssaes
truth:-"What do you think q ~ ssw
poem?" said a young anthor - N ed
critic. WELL" was the reply, - -
perfectly plain with you, I like prts e
it exceedingly. but as a whole I shiak
1t lacks imagination" Lacks inagi-
n~ation?" said the irate author, whs
could not see himself as others NV
him, and didn't wish to, "why, IL asns
to me that the one thing l do poDss ID
the imaginative faculty, and the ae
thing in my life that proves It IL that
very poem" Then tho aged critic
quietly looked over his spectaeiss into
the fact Of the aspiring yonth and calm
ly replied, well, my young friend. /
AoeAoSe Ahy oCSioAoh. yOu tuilk buAt,
you certainly have a very remarkable
degree of imagination; indeed, tee
much Of it." and then he walked
along.
Many clergymen in this country
have lately received a circular from
q London dealer in secondhand sr-
mons He offers ermons ''litAo
graphed in a bold, round hand" %
that those who happen to zee them
would suppose that they were manu-
script, for % cents each, or $40 a
hundred. He has a line Of cheaper
sermons in print, ut ten cents
apiece, warranted orthodox; and otbsrs,
which are n little more expensive,
that, he says, have "a pleasantenss,
yet an awful solemnity about, them"