The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-26
NEWS AND COMMENT

/ VAIN G4E@ VA GA GAAN1A AGA AA@ - "a
used Talent" which appeared in {
southern paper, The Mobile Regis
ter.
The Greenville News, 1t appears
reprinted one verse from Gray's
Elsgy as follows:
Full many a gem Of purest ray
serene,
The dark unfathomed caves Of
ocean bear,
Full many a flower Is born to
blush unseen g..
And waste its sweetness on the
desert air"
The Mobile Register editor thought
he had discovered a mute ingior-
ious Milton" and rushed into print
with the following:
The News does not give Mr..
Gray's initials or tell where he
lives, but the lines he wrote are
so pretty that we expect to hear
from him again. There is a flaw,
however. in what he wrote-due
doubtless TO haste. Il is so patent
that it will appear to the aver
age reader and so We feel that
pointing out is almost a work Of
supereogation. But for the sake
of those who are not quite UP to
the average, We mention the fact
that 1t IL the third line. A flow
er is not born; II blooms.
1t is probable that Mr.. Gray.
whether a member Of the stan
of The News or not, Is a mem
Der of the stan Of some news
paper. Newspaper men are
compelled to write rapidly. They
dash of what they write and
send IL in without revision. This
necessity Of newspaper work
gives newspaper English a lack
of the finish that is possible in
writing for the magazine. ..
But there is so much merit in
this little sample Of Mr.. Gray's
writing that we hope he will take
the time to polish his produc-
tions. If he would do this we
believe he would become known
as one Of our leading poets.
But at least the Mobile man has
the satisfaction Of knowing he
recognized genius when he saw it.
Z OSsAOly 5OAAAS u blto metropolitan
critics who are laughing at him,
would have proceeded under the
same circumstances. to show how
Mr.. Gray's verse was pure drivel.
Variations OF "Hishbrow."
1t was a Boston paper Of course
that provided the variations for the
much overworked words ''highbrow"
and "lowbrow." It has discovered
four classes, instead Of two. They
are the ''highbrow,' the ''low-high-
brow" the "high-Iowbrow,' and the
Here are the definitions given Of
he four classes:
Highbrow: Browning, anthropol-
ogy, economics, Bacon, the uplift, in
lerent sin, Gibbon, fourth dimension,
"eyether." pate de foie
yras, lemon phosphate, Henry Cabot
Lodge, Woodrow Wilson.
Bow-highbrow: Municipal govern
nent, Kipling, socialism, Shakes
peare, politics, ,Thackeray, taxation,
yolf, grand opera, bridge, chicken
a Maryland, "eether," stocks and
bonds, gin rickey, Theodore Roose-
'elt, chewing gum in private.
High-lowhrow: Musical comedy
sucEre, baseball, moving pictures,
mail steak medium, whisky, Rob-
ut w. Chambers, purple socks,
gum with friends.
Lowbrow: Laura Jean Libbey, ham
haven't came, pitch, and
her, melodrama, hair oil, the
beer. George M. Cohan, red
toothpicks, Bathhouse John,
gum in public.
We would like to add the super
lighbrow." who is found only in the
vilds of the Back Bay at Boston. He
$ described in this immortal verse:
Here's to the Back Bay at Boston
The Home Of the baked bean and
cod g..
Where Cabots speak only to Lo-
wells
And Lowells speak only to God"
Flying Below Sea Level.
In Palestine, airplanes were re-
'orted to be flying 400 feet below
ga level"
1t wasn't a misprint. The Chris |
ian Science Monitor consulted its
geography and unearthed the fact |
hat the Dead Sea is 1922 feet below |
he level of the Mediterranean, so
hat the airplanes had stin S92 feet |
o drop before hitting the water. Be
ng up in the air" and below sea
eveI" is not an impossibillty.
Dogs In Wartime.
a Red Cross Member writes to
The Forum this week suggesting that |
IL dogs be disposed of. The aver
ge size dog takes at least a half |
oaf Of bread day and other foods
hat can be used for much better
he writes. why doesn't
'argo set an example for other cities
~ d4arnan NJ all dops that are