The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-22
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAI. Angus.
The Fiictionist

IRON the rush and rout Of Broadway, cabs and
carriages, trolleys and 'trppers, wheels whirling
and feet coming down with gestures that seem to
sap the wrist OF earthemerges figure, solitary in
the crowd preserving his Individuality against all dis
fractions jaws together, hands clenched and looking
neither to the right nor to rt4e left"
He is q fctionist. @
Next to him is with dreamy, preoccuped
look gently moving his fingers he walks and smiling
to himself bit. 4oa.N#
He, too, is fctionist.
Next to him and along the line are Respectively
men with piercing gances eyebrows that nearly meet
curling nosrls protrudng lower lips powerful lurches
Al-all ictionists:
In his youth the first had read that his hero
walked along with jaws together, hands clenched
sounded like real thunder and the youth stole it. He
began to walk along with claws together flying the
Tag OF all the other stated diosyncracies and thereby
In writing he would be called q plagiarst and
every writer plagiarizes some.
In business he would be known imitator, and
every business takes some of his cues from the
Others $50 5 -
In society they would style him fashionable per.
son. and no one is such original to lead the
fashion always. s.Ezz g. s.-
In art he would be classed as a dauber without
Ideas and what dauber of the last two hundred
had idea?
But it ism every one who is engaged in writing,
business, society or art Every reads, tho. And
SO It is that every one is fctionist
with the exception of few Real Cheeses, with
one OF Whom we shall deal in minute.) $40 @rs.
An emperor is hard pressed in battle If he should
retreat the day might be saved But there sticks
in his head the line, 'tHe never turned his back upon
foe, Fictionist. And result Europe shall
presently breathe more freely while little plays
solitaire at st. Helena. ,-...
There was also named Davis, who was in the
hay and feed business at Peapack and who had drunk
deep of the knowledge of lfe-from books
lie knew that girls fond of admiration He
knew that the only thing than kissing girl was
NOT Kissing her. Oh, he knew the whole bag Of tricks
including the fact that girl liked who greatly
dared. lie had read it in books-the ictionist
SO one night he followed of the girls home from
prayer meeting. She swung along at a rapid pace
Davey just in the and coug hing in significant
manner '%S
She swung along.
"Ahem!' he remarked
She swung along. . .,.... -.
- see you,' he added.
She swung along.
He made diagonal shortcut while she was cover
ing the two arms of the triangle and by this
ne met her face to face. w. 49,
MAY walk home with youa'' he asked
"No!'' she shouted " --- -
ttIt-'' 1*5s, ~. p =. <t>7 >t:.s-
mol" she shouted again.: >+%- :..~ -s..-ss,- "a
Ana did her bosom rise. and fani u.
Did she clench her handsq
Did she stamp her feet9 &. -. 49,
Did she: exclam, 'sr!1y Let me passs" -.
Did her eyes shoot forth fame9
or did she look like outraged goddess9 J.
Not being fctionist-no
But she kicked his Sims ESQ that thew cracked
twice with an audible sound) and went her way
Which teaches that when he runs up against a Real
Cheese the fctionist bites the dust-New York Sun,