The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

p0t mvEo sOotnlng sentences and let
them percolate through the basement
membrane OF your capillary cluster. You
have rendered yourself ridiculous! Sem
sible people are laughing at YOU. some
may think you have acted the part of an
lnsolent upstart, but have compassion
upon your tender years and youthful in
experience and propose to deal out lit.
erary bon.bons and japonicas to YOU,
anu 10 caution you to try to do right
ana never, never 60 astray again.
occasionally some ignorant and
Ill hammered persons attack public
people without rhyme or reason
with batch OF words-liko a drove
OF mules that have neither pride of
ancestry nor hope Of Observation-Disclosures
That even those who inspire arc ashamed
to own and those who own are glad to
lose-they simply attack to bring them.
selves into notics ''like puppy dogs bark
~ strangers" and these ususlly regret
IL upon sober reflection and when they
grow older and learn more. Now don't
you fail to make use of this suggestion
and apply it to yourself, and when YOU
grow older and wiser you will feel bet.
ter. 1t is just case of mistaken iden.
tlty on your part. You arc not the
World. You are only one of the hands.
GU nave no regular office hours. l
suppose, but work along for your wages.
You write like q hired man-one not
worthy Of his hire, too. Bless YOUR
wild, unsophisticatcd, illogical, una.
bridged ignorance, my kindly, callow,
mercurial youth, who do you suppose
desires to sec your delectably diiated
countenance? Why, your writing ia
quite stupid enough; then why seek
iurther and see worse. No, you are not
In demand! The mechanical world is
calling more loudly for your genius
.han tho educational or the literary
world-judging from specimen pages.
Don't forget thisl And let me tell YOU
something in rhyme so your untutored
MIND can retain it, as the most primary
reasoning can catch the jingle of q
rhyme or silver dollar, and this NAV.
therefore, not be wholly lost upon YOU.
Remember
That no exercise OF pen,
Criticisine educational men,
comes within your ken
Quite as good.
As the exercise of paw
On the handle of saw,
Saving wood.
You have committed the error of sup
posing that you are the World this is i.
mistake. You are not even tho press
you might lay claim to being tho crank
not au thorize you to criticise educational
qualifications. You appear to have felt
called upon to speak before your bell
was rung-restrain your imnatiencc
and calm yourself into composure. You
are not sage in suggestion nor fertile in
fancy. 1t is easier to be fool than a
philosopher. This you have demon.
strated. But don't grow discouraged
just keep within your capabilities. You
have allowed the thread of your yer.
bosity to be drawn beyond the fabric
OF your understanding. You are as
much like judge of educational quail
locations as an oil painting is like rag
carpet-both have color-but there the
analogy ceases. One is to edify, orna.
mont ana beautify, the other is to put
your feet on. The corn field NAV be
yearning for your services, but the pub
lie is not painting for your opinions.
You have launched them forth unasked,
before their time, deformed, misshapen,
scarce half made up. This was indis
crcet. Tho public schools require in
the course of study training in ethics
and manners. You should take the
primary course. 1t will prove beneficial.
RUSH u. DERR