Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-17

put that away and come into the next
room for music" ne suggested; you are
boring Miss Milford"
That you, professor | said with dig
nifty; Il am quite interested; we prefer
to stay here.
effable gratitude and smoothed the man
uscript on his knees.
The Complete Fictionist,'" he said;
my masterpiece-life work.
An immense subject, | remarked, in
telligently.
'Immense?" he echoed. Call it over
whelming! But | am dividing it into
heads and subdivisions those-Art, Craft,
Style, and so on. Listen to this. under
the heading Meteorological Effects -;
Never speak of the sun as shining. Let
1t blaze. slant. CLINT or gle2m. Shine,
being commonplace, is mediocre; medioc-
rity terminates in oblivion.
Then the wind would not blow" /
suggested ''it would"
depend entirely upon the season ano
Local Color. Local Color is page 36.'"
He turned it up after infinite research
and read aloud
Presupposc q farm. Farm hands. dairy
maids, dogs. horses. cows are essentials;
calves, optional; speckled hens and chill
dren. Still-life effects; hay ricks, pump,
rustic bridge ripping or limpid stream:
stream, There you have your key
note. Choose something in wind to coin
eide. That's lucid enough"
Quite" l acquiesced. But why
should the children be speclsled, and
would the rest live in unityT
The honorable entered quite into the
humor of the suggestion, though affecting
to take it seriously.
Subtract tine hens and the adjective
he said; make the dairy maids singular:
then look up 'Specalties in Heroines,
page 70, | think. Exactly! Now, your
attention, please:
"The country heroine is identified by
high complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
and smiling lips
You have forgotten the retrousse
nose" | ventured.
The honorable raised his eyes in slight
annoyance.
An omission easily remedicd,' he said,
stitfiy AN asterisk and a foot note:
Nose en- suite.
Brilliant said. apologetically.
That lifts the description quite out OF
the commonplace"
Just 50! The object of the work." he
replied, piacidly. 1T is gratifying TO
meet with appreciatiye intelligence
may add that | am on the lookout fos
someone so gifted; at the same time she
must realize that the elect have exclusive
right to the privileges of the elect. That's
lucid, too
Its little premature" | retorted.
stittiy. and his look of blank amazement
seemed to indicate that il was | who had
been too previous.
You have taken me little beyond my
depth, added. Fastening to palliate the
error with the homage of intelligence To
genius. But it entirely missed the mark: .
he caught up the words irritably. "Yon
are mere dahbler, then" he said. con
temptuously; las bad as the others
some dabble. some swim. and the rest
are entirely submerged in their fight for
the unattainahle."
The metaphor is a little mixed" /
suggested, a shade triumphantly. He
faced me eXcitably. 'Dabblerw he
Missed between his teeth DAB
B-L-E-R! An aggressive glitter in his
eyes dawning intelligence in my own.
brought the professor from the sofa
poSt-haste.
He linked ms arm through the hon
CRADLES. You're too egotistical. old
chap" he said soothingly; come down
and have glass of wine"
The honorable made some sort of re-
joinder. The professor drowned it by
Il careful simulated gunaw. and guided
him from the room. His wife crossed
the room To me alphabetically.
1T would have been better. under the
circumstances. if he had the musical
one" l observed significantly.
$50 sorry it should have happened"'
she said. The professor would letahim
Comc-thought 4 little relaxation would
be good for him, though l said it would
he risky. The fact is, he overworked at
college-quite harmless. Of eourse-and
the professor and l are taking care or
him until he RECEIVERS. f, c, Dawson
in The Sketch.