The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-08
men TALK FOOLISHLY
THIS is ADMITTED BY A PRO-
FESSoR
Women Are Pleased at the Admission
Made That Not All Men Are Wise
Young Man Who Laughed at the
Theater Will Probably Never Smile
Again


A Professor Somebody of Somewhere
said the other day that once in while
men said foolish things. AS there has
been well known conviction in the
minds of most men that women had
monopoly in the business of making
foolish remarks, this admission, though
tardy, is nevertheless welcome. II
say that the undersigned has thought,
even before this, that there was man
herea and there who has said things
from which the usual heavy masculine
wisdom was omitted, am sure there
will be no hard feeling. For we can
not all of us be wise all of the time,
although there are of course some
masculine persons who can be wise
most of the time, and it is not for a
simple little woman's page to set it
self up to criticise and say who's who
in the wisdom business. To mention
when and where men have at. times
said foolish things would be invidious
and show an evil disposition on the
part of this department which is far
from being characteristic of it, if it
does say so itself.
1t certainly cannot be regarded as
far-fetched statement to observe that
the wisdom of the world seems about
evenly divided between men and women.
Far be it from this department to con-
tend that the latter have it all, but
likewise it is prepared to defend the
contention that now and then man
is little foolish and a woman remark
ably wise That the world do move
and that men are beginning to find out
al avnf
mark mentioned in the beginning of
this learned article. But let not men
despair when they learn that some of
their number occasionally say foolish
things, as that ability is at times a
saving grace.
Beware of the man who never smiles
nor takes joke. Beware of the man
with solemn face who regards levity
as souI-destroyihg crime. Marry no
man who is not possessed of a sense
of humor or who does not occasionally
say foolish things. He is much more
human and wears better in the long
run.
The man without a sense of humor
is likely not only to take life seriously,
but himself more seriously still. He is
like the professor in Joseph Entan-
gled,' who spent his life in trying to
reconcile English ethics with English
Joseph it may. not be amiss to remark
that terrible though it was that
young man should laugh out loud dur
ing a play, am inclined to the mo-
ton that we are not, as city, eter-
nally disgraced and may, ia the course
of a few years be able to live it down.
The management of the theater is par
ticular to have it known that the awful
creature who laughed was in the bal
cony and not in the gallery. His loca-
ton makes all the difference in the
world; if he had sat down stairs the
house would probably have had to go
out of business If the young man in
question has read the serious editorials
written about him and how he has dis
graced st. Paul it is doubtful whether
he ever laughs again at all, even lit
tie low chuckle all to himself.
But to return to the original subject
of foolish remarks made by men-only
at times, of course-the statement will
be great comfort to many wives who
have thought so but have been afraid
to say it, But it would be just as we'll
for woman not to tell her husband in
so many words that she thinks he talks
fooliShly at times, as there is a hard
winter coming and sealskin coat
would be a very comfortable Christ
mas gift. Use a little tact and gently
insinuate in a laughing manner what
ever you may want to say, or better
still, keep your opinion to yourself
You will make more of a hit if you re-
ceive each word that drops from his
lips as a pearl of great price, and in
cidentally stand better chance of the
sealsl1in coat.