Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-29
They Order These Things Differently il Not
Better, in Anatole, France.


amorouS experiences with the detached manner
or psychologist interested in the mental reac
tions OF certain corporeal pleasures whose
mechanism he has previously studied in his
capacity of physiological observer. His attitude
is the same that of the writers of those
comedies of manners which hold the stage in
the theaters of the bouleVards. 1T is dry, pre-
cse matter-of-fact. and almost scientific. The
comedian of the bouevards does not concern
himself with trying to find sort of meta
physical justification for the raptures Of physi-
cal passion. nor is he in any way propaganda
OF sensualitX. He is simply an analyst of facts,
whose business is to get all the wit that is pos
author of these poems does not try to make
believe that physical pleasures have a divine
Justification. Neither has he any wish to make
us grovel, hand and foot In BeliaIs grippe" He
is merely engaged in remembering "des heures
ct des entretens' which We're extremely pleas
ant-hours which strike for every one, CONVEX
sations and meetings which taking place in
all parts Of the world and at every moment.
This attitude towards voupte is sufficiently
old in France to have made possible the evou
: ton of al very precise and definite vocabulary
In whch'to describe it's phenomena. This Ian
guage is as exact as the technical jargon of
trade, and as elegant as the Latin of Petronius.
1t is language of which We have equivalent
IN our Englishf literature. 1t is impossible in
English to dsscribe voupte elegantly; it is
hardly possible to write of it without being
gross. To begin with we do not even possess
word equivalent to volupte. 'Voluptu6usness'
is feeble and almost meaningless; pleasure is
hopelessly inadequate. From the first the Eng
precisely the thiAg he proposes to describe and
analyze. But for the most part he has not
much use for such language. His approach
to the subject is not dispassionate and scientific
and he has nds need for techncalities The
English .amorist is INCLINED to approach the
subject hpturously, passionately, philosophic
ally-almost in any way that is not the Wittily
matter-of-fact French way.
= Mr.. SHANKS voxpops that traffic should be
relieved, not prevented, as "the automobile is
absolutely important in modern business life"
Now, the fact is that the automobile has be-
come nuisance; one can get about much faster
and cheaper i'll the city Mr.. Shanks' W. k
mare. Life today is scaled to the automobile
whereas as our gossip Andy Rebori contends
it ought to be scaled to the baby carriage
Many lines of industry are short OF labor be-
cause this labor has been, withdrawn for the
care OF automobiles.
Rm'ya.
Rmya the laughing
lissome queen
rules DER the island
ultramarine
into her night eyes
witching twin star
gazes the minstrel
of Khuam'hzar
wondering whether
;. his nocking bar
mirrors her night eyes
on his guitar
or If her Turing
glance is the lay
but Rm'ya's dancing
smile is gay
for the troubadour trembles>
as his sobbng strings keen
nthroush the island enchanted
@ultramarine
where Rm'ya plays
on her lutte guitar
TlitZi the minstrel
OF Khulamhzar /
rquarus
RUSS1A'S finance commissioners have been
directed to prepare plan for the abolishing OF
money. They haven't far to go.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
In Milwaukee store: "Art finds its most
sublime expression in these hats" On a ranch
San Diego: rabbits, for mating or
dressed. NQn a New Orleans barber shop:
Front place. shave 10 cents, haircut Is cents;
back place, shave cents, haircut IL cents
ALTHOUGH Jedge Landis-is making no
the hooch trenches by Christmas. B. L. T.