Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-23
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1t is under the comprehensive head
ing "On the Winding of Other Peo-
pies Business" that Jerome X. Jer-
ONE, the literary toiler whose idle
Thoughts" are so charmingly polished
and finished as to be innocent of marks
OF peerless workmanship. animadverts
deliciously on Christmas, the many
sided festival now at hand. In one
section of the treatise Jerome repre-
sents himself as having been solicited
by publisher to contribute to one OF
those rascally deceitful symposiums on
Should Christmas be Abolished?'
There is the finest and surest touch
of the penetrating and discriminating
intellect of this gifted Englishman in
his conclusion or confession that he
is not sure, after all, that he really
wants Christmas abolished. and lead
ing up to this climax is recital or ar
gument that digested or absorbed
would cause the average thinker to
plan the assassination of his best friend
for the offense of suggesting that the
time to foregather for the festival was
at hand. The paymaster, so often the
Car of writer's is astounded that one
following writing for a livelihood
should admit there was any subject
under Heaven on which he had not
positive. final convictions utterly I'M
assailable. In this interview, like the
rabbit of the fable transformed into
the lion of the fable. glories in use of
newly-found courage and strength and
frann,y adds that perhaps II is because
he Is growing older that he is no long
er at once certain on ANYTHING and
everything coming along. There ia
Just the slightest coloring of regret
over the passing of the good youth
time when One knows all. when life
presents no problems and bangles no
doubts before the eyes. Those who
take up games will recall that all of
them seem easy at first. Most uues-
lions, prior to analysis, appear to be
hardly worthy the effort of prolonged
attention or serious study.
Jerome's description OF his debating
club or society. devoted to discussion
and arrangement Of the affairs of the |
universe is classic. The training re-
ceived in II and the soberer thinking |
he gave 1t afterwards lead him to the /
distasteful ana disagreeable secret re. |
nectlon that ones one particular views /
may possibly be not only correct Sc |
quences OF reason, observation or ar
Tn th;s .xoo,,o,. ., l.,
ond ,rhn,ahts 20 sN ~, III ,he sec
puhlisber doar In .,o , .ivm, Tue
iob Iot of bnI,dav oai,,ap d a., VI a
savage NJ f,rot hIo,,,, - a'ne.
over .Jerome,s ro,,,saJ -, .,l @
the symposium and savagely moves
been accumu,ating an,,,,,,,',, tna' nau
some weeks Of co,rsa hn LII. ,or
lates the ngyreasion g. Is s,mu
ed long ago tho st,,o 30 s ,eaen
difference on Tho hao,,noa y,
n mot disgns,od VIII, =. supJect
rban dejjgbted 20 sna % 20 mvIe
will steer IN FROM, ahnr taIL pp Ta who
Usher talks NJ HE own hnr,a n nr puu
satisfied With ,r,ana,,,
and sympatbetic I,sterer uha a. a., ny
guise OF an onnonent intrnd,ninm ~ t .he
element of stnhhnrnnass TO- .ne
controversy The n,hiishar
tells that his household eynonsas hava
deyeloped n weekly sweiiinr u,hiat,
means that the dear Iittia Sor,an a.
saving up to give him n present be
doesn't want. His sister viii Give him
one of her own water coIors and Will
label II .'Tbe Nav 10 none" or sou
thing of that sort. when she might as
well call II "Art plum nun, Tba ole
ter had claimed 10 have seen the sIv
at the seashore inst as she nainted q
and why she had NOT hurried hack to
town to avoid second sight of n