Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
AQUIET TALK

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cuss a subject without getting mad"
said Casey, the coal man, to his neigh
Dor, Weisenheimer, "he ought to shut
up and not talk at all. When fellow
begins to get mad it's O sure sign to
me that he's run out OF arguments"
Certainly" said Weisenheimer.
"We should be tolerant of one an0th-
er's opinions. If We didn't exchange
opinions about things, we'd never learn
anything, and the best sign of culture
and good common sense, for that
matter-tO my mind is the considera-
ton we give to other peoples ideas.
When l was at Heidelberg"
That's what I say" interposed
Casey. earnestly. 81 tell you 1t pays
to listen to the other fellow. You'll
get IA different 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 unprejudiced standpoint
and from an honest desire to improve
our knowledge upon the subject dis
cussed, is the highest test of Intellect
ual poise. Our old professor of meta
physics used to say"
You're right, old man-that's the
point" said Casey. There's nothing
makes me so sore as fellow that alb
solutely can't and won't see but one
side to question. l see old
Wilson has fired another shot at the
kaiser"
"ShOt? What kind of a shot this
time, Brother Casey?" 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"
b "Yes-that's good. hope they will
be released. This unfortunate war"
unfortunate? It's blamed out
rage, that's what this war is. The idea
of raising all that fuss about an Aus
trian archduke, or whatever he was"
"Oh, there's a good deal more to
this war than that little affair, Mr..
Casey. That was mere incident. The
underlying causes are deep and funda-
mental. 1t is really a struggle between
two antagonistic ideas of civilization
and progress"
"Oh. back up with that stuff, 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
Fem up. He is just big political boss,
with big army to back him up. that's
all Bill is"
II beg pardon, Mr.. Casey, now. real
ly. that don't sound good from a man
of your intelligence II you've read
the White Book
white fiddlesticks-I hope you are
not falling for that buncr'
Before would talk about this war
/ would read the official documents,
II were you-what's the use of talk
ing to fellow like you, that don't read
anything"
Don't read anything? Now, there
you 60, Weisey--why. don't do any
thing but read about the war. II
there's anything about the war that
/ don't know, I'm darn sure you can't
tell me. The trouble with you, weisey,
is you're prejudiced."
"The trouble with you, Casey. is that
you're bOnehead-"
"Bonehead? Bonehead? Say,
Weisey, If had a head as hard as
yours, I'd soak 1t in something, like
they do wood pulp, to soften it up, so
you can get an outside idea into II
once In while. You think you know
it all, and you don't know nothing"
casey, there's two kinds of people
/ won't argue with, idiots and chill
dren-and you're no child. I'll say that
much for you"
ARGUE? Why, you can't argue. You
wouldn't know a fact If you saw II
coming up the middle of the street,
with an affidavit on each side Of IT,
Argue? You just think you are say
ing something when you're just max
ing funny sounds. II had head as
thick as yours, Weiscy-"
Jaw, you ought to be going to school
instead Of trying to sell shale for
coal"
"Say. you better go back to Heidel-
berg"
"YOu ignoramus."