Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-31
Why He is Called a Crank.

But this is not the main reason why he
called a crank. He has way of going I
bed at o'clock in the evening and gettin
up at o'clock in the morning. He seriousl
declares he likes to read German, and ha
actually written essays in German whic
have been printed in German magazine
He reads little besides ancient history an
fairy tales. He seldom goes to parties III
less he knows the youngest and pretties
girls are to be there. He never dimes on
except with men. He can't play a sing
game, and he hates to witness a game
football. There is curious combination {
the scholar and the child in him, and b
has strange fearleSsneSs OF public opinion
mus, In order to support his reputation a
a reading man it would be proper for hiI
TO attend the entertainments given by OLE
serious people, but he does not like then
He is really a Thoroughbred, out-and OF
crank, ana 1t would seem as though it wer
not at all bad idea to be one provide
you are able to support the character witt
out giving offense.
My dear old boy, am afraid you mad
a terrible fool of yourself in that little al
fair with Susie"
evidence Of having any personal feeling /
the matter Events proved that 1 had bee
a BANKED fool from the very beginnins
Oh, well" he added, with an air of conviC
ton, Il have always been a fool in matter
OF that kind, and 1 suppose 1 always wi
be-"
There is something refreshing in seeing
man admlt that he has been making a foe
of himself, and that he always expects I
DO SO under certain circumstances Whe
sucn a man meets woman who strikes hi
fancy he goes to see her and very soon rea
ICES that he is making a fool of himself
BUT does that make him stop? Not at al
ne Keeps at 1t, plays the part of fool t
the end. admits it when you accuse him @
1t and knows it all the time. He consider
~, however, as part of his nature, an
That there is no sense in quarreling with il
He might as well quarrel with the shan
OF his nose or the color of his hair. Thi
species of foolishness usually ends in matr
mony and after that man can be as wis
as ne chooses, for If he allows women [
bother him. he is not a fool at all. but some
thing great deal verse
A Wide Difference.
yet the man who makes a fool of him
can be no doubt that Disraeli made n foe
Of himself when he made that ridicuIou
first speech in the house of commons, whic'
made everybody laugh at him. There
no doubt that Peter the Great was an I'm
usual fool when he got so drunk at hi
feasts; that Henry Clay was a fool to writ
half or more of the greatest men that hay
ever lived. But there is great differenc
between making a fool of yourself and be
ing simply a fool. When you say of a. ma,
simply that he is fool. you have classifie
him forever as hopeless case foe
may be crank and a crank may be
fool, but crank may be a genius also
whereas fool is one hopelessly withou
brains. Anybody who expects a fool t
do anything well does not know the frs
~ in ,fyN1A @f til H.
is some physical feat that is accomplish
without the slightest display of judgmen
fool is bound to do it badly. There wa
once very outspoken school teacher t
whom a gentleman put his son. He eS
planned that the boy ought to have some
thing in him and that he would live to SC
1t brought out After a few months h
went to the schoolmaster.
WELL he said, how does Henry ge
along?"
Not very well, regret to say" said tn
schoolmaster
There's something in that boy, however
If you can only bring it out" the fathe
said.
7 have brought it out" said the teacher
what is it?"
why, he is a fool, that's ALL"
1t Is needless to say that the father too
the boy to another school. where he dem
onstrated no talent, except for running
which showed only that he had fine muscle
that fools are unpopular, for they are no
They may be very good-natured, and in
deed generally are so. 1t is, moreovel
pleasant for you to feel that you kno,
more than your companion does, and fo
that reason 1T is a common sight to see
man who is not a fool on intimate term
with fools. Although Carlisle said tina
most Of the population of England wa
composed of fools, the remark was q gros
exaggeration, for of genuine, downright
fools there are not many in the world Me
who do foolish things comprise a vast ma
jority of the human race, cranks are nj
merouS enough, but fools are not numerou!
when One Is an ASS.
Now, an ass is not necessarily a fool a
all. The former is rather a bore to tn
rest Of mankind and is not infrequentl
obnoxious in ones sight, but he may hav
brains, and some youngsters who are prc
nounced asses afterward develop int
very respectable, sensible citizens.
What do you think of Chubleigh?" tn
writer asked a gentleman the other day.