Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-24
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CHATTER 4
What's In q Name1
70 possessytwo distinctly alien red
corpuscles inAone's blood, metaphor
ically II mot inafact, two characters or
mathematics under one spidermis.
10, In most caves, q peculiar disadvan-
tage. One hears Of scoundnels and
saints striving to consume one an
other Ia one body. angels and har-
pies: but Outlines, quite the contrary
to being curse, these two warning
temperaments become mans ulti-
mate blessing: as in the casa Of
'Georgs, p. 4. jones, Of Mortimer =
Jones', the great metropolitan Oriental
rug ands carpet company. all Of which
has ! dignifed. sonorous sound.
George was divided within himself.
This he would not have confessed
even into tho trusted II battered ear
Of the ngyptfan Sphynx. There was.
however, no demon-angel sparring for
points in Georges soul. The difficulty
might be- 81 forth in this manner:
On one side stood Inherent common
sense; on the other. boundless, ro-
seate S imagination which was like
wise Inherent kind Of quixote imag-
inatiou AZ suitable modern pattern.
! This alter ego tsrrified him whenever
lt raised ito strangely beautiful head
lA.and shouldereda aside his guardian
aagel ;(for that's what common sense
IL, argue to what end you win) and
pleaded, In that luminous rhetoric UNI
der tho spell ofSwhich our old friend
EAnchO, often fell asleep.
r. Alas they called him behind tho
counters, was but twenty-eight, and If
he was vice-prpsident In his late IA
ther'ssshoes hot didn't wabble round
IN them to anysgreat extent. In .
crowd he vast not noticeable; he
dfdnf.staads he'd and shoulders above
his 6sllowsnen, inor would he have
been mistaken BY nearsighted per.
sons. tho myopes. for the vatfcan's
Apollo n the ,hesh. He WAS Of me.
dfum height, bsasd1ess, slender, but
tough and wiry and enduring. You
may $50, his prototype ON the streets
do1sn times - day. and you may
i also - hlm without turning round
)foF second view. Young mon Ike
IL. a. Amust. b intimately known to
q niYed;t 700 Aid not throw your
Iarn 1cross his neck. hrst-oh His
halr was brown ana closely clipped
about = head that would have gained
tie attsutionspf the phrenologist. II
not that Of the casual passsr.by. His
1.....~S a. ell HHxs .Ao1ouv - $he$
sciencA weHs good ones. For the rest.
hs observed tho world through pair
Of kindly, shy, yblue eyes.
Yo1hg girls, myoDic through igno
rance or Stiffness. seeing nothing be-
Yond what the syss see. seldom gave
him Z second inspsction: for he did
not know how to- make himself at.
tfactive, and was MORALLY afraid Of
The opposite. or opposins sex. He
could .bullyrag sheik out Of his oam.
els saddlebags. but petticoats and
lace parasols and small Oxfords had
the same effect upon him that the
prodding stick Of small boy has
upon 8 retiring turtle. But many q
worldlyrise woman. drawing out With
tact and kinAnese the truly beautiful
thoughts Of thia young mans SOUL
sadly demanded Of fate why q sweet
clean boy. ike this ono had not been
sent to her In her youth. You ses
the Wor1dly-wiss woman knows that
It 40 invariably tho lay-agurs and not
Prince Charming that Q woman mar
1iss. and that natrsnony is blind
man'ssbn6 IN growHups.
Many OF 40 lay the blame upon our
parents. We shift tho burden Of won
dsrfnx why We have this fault and
lack that grace to tho shoulders OF
our 1mmediate forbeASs. We go to
tho OlAoo 6aoh morning denying thai
We haya any responsibility; we lei
tho b0sss do the worrying. But George
nsverSwsnt prospecting in his soul fol
any such dress philosophy. He was
grateful for having had 90 beautiful
mother: proud Of having had %
honest : sire; ana II either Of them
had endued him with false weights he
did his best to even up the balance.
$4' The mother had been as romantic
So any heroine ont Of Mrs. Radcliffe
,..lnoyels. while the father had owned
t0 a. much romance as one generally
tAnds In thorough business man,
lwAichais practically none at all. The
tvoty5iane itself ID bulwark against
tthe iIl1uoions Of romance. One can
not lAt lie imeyinatlon 10 the pros
lpect 81 picturiAg o Jones in rufies
and highboots, pdnking varlet in the
imiartH. Il Hms1ls ~ .saga1barrels and
lcottoKbalss, q steamkAips and rail
iruaha OF otulid roat1no In the oN1cl