The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-06-16
AQUlET TALK

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'When fellow gets SO he can't dis
euss a subject without getting mad
said Casey the coal man. ia his neigh
Dor, Weisenhelmer, ''he ought 10 shut
up and not talk at all. When fellow
begins to set mad it's sure sign to
me that he's run ont Of arguments"
"CcuaMly,r said Weisonhefuor.
"We should be tolerant Of one anoth-
erls opinions. II we didnt exchange
opinions about things, we'd never learn
ANYTHING, and the best sign Of culture
land good common sense for that
mattcr-to my mind Is the considera-
lion we give 10 other peoples ideas.
When ! was at Heldelbcrg--"
"rhat's what / say interposed
Casey, earnestly. Il tell you Il pays
to listen to the osher eehow. Youll
gel dliIerent angle on the thing.
After all, none Of us are always right
the other fellow is right sometimes
-and just because he happens to diff
fer with you is no reason why you
shouldn't listen to what he says-he
may be right that particular time"
Certainly. Besides, the ability to
discuss matters with others from an
absolutely unpreludiced standpoint,
and from an honest desire to Improve
eur knowledge upon the subject dis
cussed, is the highest test Of intellect.
ual poisc. Our OLD professor Of meta
physics used to say"
rsYoulre lrlght old map~ssllafs the
pllnt," snld Casey. ''There's Nothing
makes me SO sore as a fellow thar abb
solutely can't and won't see but are
side to question. see old
Wilson has fired another shot at the
kaiser"
"Shotl What kind Of shot flIis
time Brother Casey3' asked Weisen-
heimer, blandly.
About those Yarrowdale prisoners
that the kaiser is holding over there
Wilson tells him cold turkey, he's got
to come across with them without any
more parley-that last note WAS
straight from the shoulder"
''Yes--that's good, hope they will
be released. This unfortunate war
unfortunate? It's a blamed out
rage that's what this war IS. The idea
of raising oil that fuss about an Aus.
trian archduke OF whatever he vas--r
'Oh, there's az good deal more to
this war than that little affair, Mr..
Casey. That was a mere incident. The
underlying causes are deep and funda-
mental II IS really a struggle between
two antagonlstic ideas Of civilization
and progress"
"Oh, back up with that stun, Weisey
--that makes me sick There amt
anything to this war but old Bill Ho-
henzollern's rule-or-ruin policy. He's
going to run things over there or bust
'elnup. IIeis just big political boss,
with 4 big army e back him UP, That's
AL Bill is-"
Il beg pardon Air Casey. now. real !
ly. that don't sound good from man
Of your intelligence. II you've rend
the White Book" f,
white fiddlestieks-I hope you are
not falling for that bunc?"
Before would talk about this war |
| would read the official documents |
if were sou--whats the use Of tafk |
ing to d fellow like you, that don't read |
anything
Don't read anything? Now, there
you 20, Weisey-why, I donf do any
thing but read about tho war. IfI
there's anything about the war that
! don't know, I'm darn sure you can't
tell me. The trouble with you, Welsey I
is you're preiudiced"
'Thc trouble with YOU, Casey, is that
you're q bonehead-''
HBoncbead? Bonehead2 Say.
Wciscy II I had a head as hard az
yours. I'd soak it in something. like |
they 10 wood pulp. to soften ii up, 80 |
YOU can got on outside idea into It /
onreiih q while. You think you know
1t al 0nd you don't know nothing
Casey, there's two kinds Of people
J won't argue with, idiots and chii.
lrcn and you're no child, III say that
mnch for YOU
Argue? Why you can't argue. You
wouldn't know fact if You saw it !
coming, up the middle Of the street, |
with an affidavit on each side Of SC.
Argue? You just think you are say- |
Ing something whom you're just maxi I
ing funny sounds. If had head as
thick as yours, Weisey--p
'Aw, YOU ought to be going to school /
instead Of trying to sell shale for
coal-"
"say. YOU better 60 back to Heidel.
berg"
"You ignoramus."
"Nou ivory-leaded nut" fy
idiot" S&
"Bonehend.a fsME
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