The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-23

used 70 believe ali that. Put since I be-
gan to observe that every time I made
railway Journey. from two 10 Eve
WHIST parties were organized on the
train, that men even played wsaiss in
the smoking car. with everyhss4v In
tae1r vicinity wrangslng over rolitt~s.
TWO men looking over Their shoulders
PICKING out good poker hands from
tfstr cards. a party OF students across
the AISLE piunkfng ban5os and tEankgng
Efatndoiias wEIie tts@y reared college
songs with inexpiicabse chornrsee. and
a drunken tramp 81 the rear OF tho car
fighting the brakeman. / have reviewed
nay decision. I now think thas whist
Is merely 4 game % cards, which might.
with great s,rofls to Itself 60 20 a ,srs<er
Kindergarten a few months ard learn
the rudinaents OF combinzt ton and con-
e-atrati0n. besides obtaining A faint
idea 81 analytical processes and their
practical application
What then" sae asked. do ycu Do
for aEnusemeatg Do you play chessg'
No." ne replied, when / desire to
cloud my mind, lose my power OF
speech. and benumb all my faculties
into condition Of abnormal stupor and
vague uncertainty. resort TO the New
Theology ard endeavor to uncerxt
WHIT the Higher Criticism thinks IL
means by what IL says IL teaches That
Is enough 20 drown me. any time. And
wnen / thus chloroTorn myself, / do
not. as does the whist and chess player,
conceal hard work under the transpar-
eat alias of amusement"
sfWNEi remarked NaSfsks sxsan
known egg dealer. and patron saint II
the Lecture Bureaus. If you think il Is
only the Great Minds that are given 10
gIittering generalities. 10 saying pro-
found things In "a faehonless way
which no human being can understand
save the author-and he can't remember
tomorrow just how he said II or under
stood 1t yesterday--do you just buy
cook book and read explicit directions.
given By a world renowned chef, how
- boil an egg. and when you hay the
book down. IL you won't be willing 20
go on the stand and swear that there
never was such a thing as an egg and
that hot water is only the shadowy
phantom of a disoFdered brain. / viii
ask you 10 dinner"
That proves nothing said the
doubter. gloomily, "a man would s8ear
to anything 10 escape such a fate as
that"
The Enemy of Lecturers slared fercely
AT him. Il will see him on the platform.
one OF these days. or nights. rather,
he whispered TO himself. and If once
catch him on the hip. or between the
eyes. or in the ear. or righ under the
nose, l will feed fat the ancient grudge
bear him. and 1 will have something
more aResent than tho gru6ge TO feed
IL with"
II have read several cook books" the
Agnostie said. 1T was reading that line
OF literature in which my wife places
the profoundest faith. that first made
me skepticu. Gradually my mind dark
ened; began 20 accept less and less OF
what | heard: l ceased To believe in
FIRST great cause FOR anything: / came
TO believe that everything just happened
hy chance. 1 heard my wife. one day.
instruct her neighbor how 10 make Sarah
Lunns. ! think they are called. She told
the neishaor who is n woman Of oral-
nary intelligence TO take all the -four
shs needed. mix 1t with the proper guam
THY Of milk. put In some sugar. salt aud
butter. about as nueh yeast as she
thought was right as many eggs as she
needed. stir IL as long as she thought she
ought. let IL stand the right time and
bake Il In an oven neither too quick nor
too siow-put IL In at the right tine and
take IL out when IL was done. The neigh
Dor said she understood. thanked her
ana went away 10 make Sarah I.nnns for
her expeetaut family. My wife Is Wo-
man or superior natural intelligence and
ripe culture, a BFyn Mawr graduate. a
ph. d. ana Fellow. although not jolly
good fellow. ! said. Were those direc-
TONS sufficiently expllcitg She sasd the
woman could make them 60 perfection
the first time she tried. ] fell down
dead on the floor"
And SO she could make them said
Nina Clock. promptly. III she had any