The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-04
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4 SERIES of articles III the Century
u Magazine on Some Americans
Abroad contains many excellent
hits on our little frailties. One charac-
ter is represented as stating that "A
man who is easily pleased sets him
self down as commonplace at once
and the speaker conscientiousy en-
deavored to carry out the theory. 10
he sure he made several kinds of a
fool of himself, but that is another
story.
In some respects lie was probably
| right. 1t is the primitive taste which
is contented with the raw colors of
red green and blue, unsoftened and
unwashed. Ii takes a connoisscur in
art to appreciate Il purple COW wert1ly
looming up against cadet blu. trees
outlined upon "a cerisc sky, or IL nile
green lady walking near a pink ocean
smudsy yellow.
The common everyday person is
pleased when he can recognize the air
of 'The Star Spansed Banner or
'rherelI BE Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight" Only cultivated ear
is able to know when a classical pro-
gram is really ends or where the mid
die begins and OF course plain tunes
:,ritsste the cultivated ear. The conf
monplace individual is prone to see u
joke when it is diagramed, and Is
moved to tears when sorrow overtakes
him or he beholds other people in ar
niction. OF course Il cultured, superior
mind is better controlled and can
therefore see the subtle fine points of
lUmor which others overlook and can
gain certain degree of satisfaction
in analyzing other peoples emotions
and in the knowledge of superiority.
Possibly, however, he loses much
which gives them pleasure. II the
chief aim of this life is TO be discrim.
mating, to be forever dissecting ones
sensations and estimating whether it
would be in harmony with ones su-
reriorty tn smile at this point or weep
at that, The super-critical person has
The best Of it. If, however, it is con-
sidered that we shall not pass this
way again and the eyes should be glad
dened by the lovely green of May, the
heart warmed by summers thrill, the
senses tempered and hushed by the
pathos of autumn and the soul rested
in the gray softness of winter then
blessed are those who are easily moved
to tears or laughter by the griefs or
joys of others. who see beauty in sky
and earth and ocean, VINO take sweet
ness out of old familiar tunes as well
as from the touch of dear familiar
hands, who in fact are not bored with
the fair monotony of earth, OF the sun
shine, of their friends or Of happiness
itself,
The bore is a person, isn't he who
talks about himself when you want
to talk about yourself? l can think
of no bore more "boresome" than the
one who drearily insists on point
ing out his trade mark of superiority
as made evident by the fact that he
Is not easily pleased-as if because he
finds all his roses to be raising thorns
and lao blooms that he must insist
upon your planting the thornful var
iety also. He is forever going about
taking the colors out of your sunsets
by a comparison with sunsets in Italy
or some other place which as likely as
not he never saw. He is always find
ing the weak points In the glorious
shining armor OF your friends and
making hicks in the fair statues OF
your ideals and dragging away the
screens you have decorously set up TO
conceal the unveiled skeletons of yice