The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-15
ON TEN PER.

Last week we read an adm1raDle
editorial in the Item on Temper"
The editor OF the Item took the stand,
as we remember it, that the last thing
in the world a man should lose was
his temper.
opportunity to test how far our tenn
per could be stretched without break
ing. We had a business appointment
in Dayton that necessitated our catch
sng the 4:55 p. m. limited for that
point. Work kept us at the office I'M
Gil late hour and it was necessary
business clothes for a travelling suit
and then make the limited. 1t was
too late to get down 10 the corner Of
Eighth and Main so we waited at the
corner of Eleventh and Main for the
limited. 1t came on time and we
stood on the track as long as was
practical. We know we were seen for
the motorman rang the bell like sin.
But as the car was almost upon us
we realized it was not slowing down
very much and began to sprint along
side in hopes of being able to hop"
the rear platform steps. Vain hopes!
The faster We went the faster the linn
lted went. Like a flash some thoughts
~ ~f
ed through our mind and something
began to tug at our temper. But we
didn't exactly lose our temper-yet.
We grew resourceful and determined
to catch that car if we broke our Eeck
doing it. The car was now about fifty
feet ahead of us and we calmly APP
propriated the bicycle of a small boy,
with a mental reservation about it's
being a means to a Just end. and set
out in pursuit. Our legs not being of
the three horse power variety COM
mon to motor cycles, we soon observ-
ed to our great chargin and, say it
softly, to the amusement of certain
grinning dev-er-um, We mean citizens,
that the limited was going ahead
about three blocks to our one. So by
the time Eighteenth street was reach
from the limited and see if we could
not reach Twelfth street and home be-
ho to nov nd
back.
But what has all that to do with the
question of losing our temper and did
we lose our temper? We wish to en-
phatically state, that we did not lose
our temper. But some one, name I'M
known, touched off the fuse to that
temper of ours and it exploded. AS
the car was going Daytonward too fast
1t didn't get any of the effect of the
explosion. But we did our best to
make it. The explosions, moreover,
are still exploding. At home the bis
cults that were better than mother
used to bake were slandered. AS we
entered the office last evening to as
sist in getting out this mornings pa
per, the explosions were so loud and
threatening that the printers, press
ing by the rear door. And the only
reason you are getting any paper at
all this morning is because the JAM
tor also heard the explosion and crawl
ed out through the coal shute just
before building the fire so that it
became so cold we had to go home
We were allowed to get in, however,
only after we had the last of the eX-
blossoms on the outside. And mas
much as this paper is issued this
morning we conclude the printers.
pressmen and reporters and janitor
learned of our departure and returned.
oh yes. that was a splendid editor
ial in the Item about Temper" but
We can not help feeling that the editor
OF the Item does not understand his
subject thoroughly enough to write
lucidly on the question. Let him re-
peat the little experience we have just
had with that d-er-um limited, we
mean, and then he will know more
than a college education could teach
him on the subject Of Temper"