The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-19
Wednesday, May 10, 1915.
GILBERT HUBBARD

| page OF the paper udy AFTER udg III
| the past twelve years knows that
The Banner is fond of epigrams, and
not only fond of them but a believer
in them as a force to impart infor-
nation, or carry message effective
" in a few words.
The making of epigrams is an art
distinct from most other styles of
writing Often entirely untrue or
badly exaggerated or distorted and
not infrequently wholly ridiculous,
the epigram brings home its point
just as frequently by contraries as
by direct statement. Not to be TAX
en- literally in most cases we'll writ
ten epigrams contain more hard COM
mon sense by either direct or in
direct statement than can be crowd
ed into page of ordinary writing
Because of its fondness for this
style of writing The Banner feels a
personal loss in the death. of Ebert
Hubbard, the East Aurora phlloso-
pher who was one OF those who went
down ON the Lusitania, for Ebert
Hubbard was one of the greatest
masters OF epigramatic writing the
country has ever produced, the only
one even approaching him being the
long time editor OF the Atchison
Globe. Ed Howe--no relative of the
editor of The Banner.
Ebert Hubbard probably was not
safe teacher or guide in the ordi-
nary sense. but he was hater of
shams, pride, vain glory and hypo-
crisy and he could put more into
few words than any other man Of
this generation. He wrote much of
lasting value and his Message to
Garcia has been read more than
anything since Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress 1t was. however. for his
short, vivid and often cynical para
graphs that The Banner most loved
him. Following are few para
graphs from his writings and the
list might be continued for hundreds
of newspaper columns.
The essence of power lies in re-
serve, but it is well to remember
that crouch and reserve are not the
same.
The begear is robber who has
lost his nerve-a bandit with a
streak of yellow
Chums pool their weakness. The
strong stand alone.
Cultivate only those habits that
you are willing should master you.
The things that should be left un.
said are often the things we want
most to hear.
Repeated failures prove that the
world is onto your curves
No woman is a lady to her chauf-
feur
The most intoerant people in the
world are those married ladies who
cry "scab" at the woman who tres.
passes on their preserve.
The guinea is SNOWY bird, but it
takes stork to deliver the goods.
Laugh with folks--not at them.
The prophet without honor is
merely one who does not know how
to advertise.
Don't make excuses-make good.
When sinners entice thee consent
thou not-but take the name and adj
dress for future reference.
Eat and drink what you need; but
don't become the general manager of
a swill-barreE
The alimentary canal is 81 fee:
long, Remember that you can con.
troll only theafirs three inches Of it.
Beware of the doctor who talks
about cure instead of looking for
the cause.
If you never made fool of your
self you are not in my class.
A woman is known by the man she
keeps,
An epigram: A wildly expressed
truth that is SO or not, as the case
may be-
Bedbugs are all right-except
when acting in their official capacity.
A woman over 80 who will tell her
actual age will tell anything watch
her.
The religious farce is hell of
play
No man will be loyal to a woman |
who fails to laugh at his jokes.
A lazy man is no more use than a
dead one and takes MP more room.
Everything done in hate has to be
done over again.
1t pays to be good tried it once.
Blessed is the man who doesn't
bellyache.
Pessimism knows the price of
everything and the value of nothing.
Piety is a damned poor substitute
for performance.
Most of us are too polite to tell the
truth.