University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-04-16

must be by ones wisdom and sympa
thy, not by unnecessary and insincer'
words"
Mr.. Markino then aptly and quaint.
explains what he meaps by sympath!
and wisdom. For instance, If you tr!
to describe to a man the taste of cham
pagne. he may be able to imagine it
but he does not ever know until HI
tastes it.
"On the other hand, suppose one hal
already tasted champagne. You neet
no explanation at all. If you say only
champagne he would make a glad eye
upon you and reply. oh, yes Word:
are simple but emotion will cOmmuni
cate freely. Wisdom is that power tt
understand what champagne is aftel
tasting it and sympathy is that power
to imagine what champagne is by lis.
tening to your description. Therefore
if one has neither wisdom nor sympa.
thy he is no more than a dead stone
the case is absolutely hopeless for you
to convince anything to him."
Concerning VerbOSity.
A person must know his exact feel
ing. what he intends to say. before he
can say it. Otherwise Hthe more words
you use, the more you get into mud
die" 1t is just like trying to lift a
chair by the leg instead Of finding the
center of gravity and lifting it easily.
Perhaps one or two words will be sufii-
cient to express your feelings If you
find the right words.
However, as trees are beautiful in
summer when they are covered with
leaves, so if words are true to the emo
tiOns, the richer our vocabulary the
more we can win hearts. "If We should
have too much superfluOus words or
false words. l would prefer that he be
rather imperfect i'm his words. This
is the main reason why there are many
girls who love foreigners more than
their own countrymen. For when
the foreigner cannot master the differ
ent languages, their imperfect words
sound very innocent and that attracts
girls hearts very much. But beware,
girlsi You may find them out quite
humbug when they begin to speak
your words perfectly"
In speaking of the need of sin
cerity in words to make friends Mr..
Markino remarks with his true philos-
ophy: Nothing could be nobler than
to be natural to our own natures"
Mr.. Markino has been accused of
posing and giving the style of writing
to the publishers that they like and
not writing the best English of which
he is capable. One critic says that
he has lived in England and America
long enough to have better acquaint-
ance with the language. However. the
writer shows that he really has no
chance to improve his English. for he
is an artist. lives by himself, has his
meals brought to him and even at the
tobacco shop where he goes every day
the clerk knows his kind of tobacco
and hands it out without a word. He
closes his reply to his critic with the
Il hope you are a little
wiser to keep on your own common
sense"
4 "Pity" to Change His Style.
The fact that some parts of his
writing is better than others he ex-
plains by telling of woman who
reads his articles and corrects to good
English the more serious parts in
which he is expressing his philosophy.
The rest she will not change, because
she says it would be pity"
The Chinese rhetoric is an instinct,
says Mr.. Markino, and his writing new
er will be English English. He could
not be more than parrot if colloquial.
He continues to construct sentences
his own way and fill them up with the
best English words he knows. He
hopes to establish soon his own style.
For the critics he says, Wait until l
have finished up my work and don't
criticise while it is half DONE"
c. NJ. E.