The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-02-05
,Passivity in Politics 49,

of the political waters.
lie lived constantly upon the ma
tonal budget. stuck like an oyster
TO the Treasury of the Republic or
sucking at IT like a leech.
his one virtue was his passivity.
Other men, other manners
And yet they are not so different at
Caracas.
For the Head That Lies Uneasy -.
To take away that "heady" feeling
there are these directions by Paul
Ellsworth in the February Nautilus:
sit down in an easy chair-one
with high back and with arms
10 support your elbows.
Arrange yourself in this chair 80
that your muscles are relieved from
all stress and strain. Fold your
hands in your lap and adjust your
feet on the floor so that they are
perfectly comfortable.
Now drop your head forward I'M
VI It Is supported simply by the ten
ions and muscles at the back Of the
neck.
Let it roll from side to side as "
IL were dead weight Roll N
gently back until II strikes the sup
porting back Of the chair. being
Iareiul TO allow no tensions to estab-
lSh themselves in throat or neck
Repeat this exercise half a doz-
en- times untit-you begin TO get the
.ieeF OF freedom and looseness in
Omy.
How priceless this prescription had
1t arrived while tenseness leased still
the Best Minds summoned TO the
conclaves at the Front Porch!
Man and the Listening Woman :
Turning a page Of George Jean
Nathan's The Theatre, the Drama,
the Girls (Alfred A. Knopf), VIC read :
-, Woman, with exception so rare
INA II Is negligible, admircs intel
uEthce m man only in SO far as
this intelligence Is confined to his
dealings and enterprises with other
men IN the world OF men.
she has a disrelish for the man
who IS intelligent in her own pres
ence, IN his relations with her She
likes to know that he is intelligent,
Out indirectly, at second hand.
The man who exercises his intel
lIgence in the presence Of a woman
may gain friend or a wife. but
never sweetheart.
On the other hand:
Woman's function in socinI and
cardiac enterprise Is. primarily, as
an audience.
A man admires a woman not for
what she says. but for what she
listens to- The more attentively
and alphabetically she remains
silent before his oraCular nonsenses
the more beautiful she seems 10
him, and the more he loves her.
and the sooner he .marres her.
The girl with the patient car
drum is the girl who first nabs a
husband
All of which is accepted and or
dered on file with the accumulated
sex lore Of the ages
Some Of which is as true as any
proverbiai sign OF the weather.
Fresh Coal for Old BOttles...
Remembering an eccentric York
shire manufacturer whom once he
knew, Desmond MacCarthy Writea
of him in Remnants" Dutton) a
book of essayettes, this story:
At the bottom OF his park ran an
inky canal, down which coal barges
We're toWed all day.
high wall separated his grounds
from the towpath, and along tha
top Of this wall, which was several
hundred yards in length, he placed a
row OF bottles. The bargemen could
not resist shying coal at them In
TACT, II became their regular prac-
| tice, sport to which they all looked
forward, and on which bets were
Periodically the gardeners went
| round to collect the missiles which
mad fallen on the park side OF the
wall, and the ingenious proprietor
boosted that he kept one small
greenhouse going during the year
| without its costing him a penny.
We do not know when this little
| tale first started on its rounds. Nor
who started it. Nor whether it has
| been always coal that its bargemen
! threw.
But we do wish every suit az
clothes We own might wear as pleas
| ingly well
Catching the Early Wheats --.
Christopher Morley writes IN
| "Pipefuls" doubleday, Page e Co >
of eating morning wheatcaikes in the
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia,
before tripper's trip to Manhattan;
| As every one knows the correct
! thing is. to start Immediately on the
| first cake, using only syrup
| The method OF dealing With tho
other two is classic. One lifts The
| upper one and places whole pat or
butter on the lower cake. Then one
replaces the upper cake upon tba
! lower leaving the butter to its fate
! Upon the upper shield one sml-
| ingly distributes the second butler
pat knitted off into small slices TO-
greater. speed OF melting.
| BY the time. the first. cake has
been eaten, with the syrup the
other two will be ready for manifest
destiny. The butter will be dnciIe
and submissive. 0'e
At TAO the cakes are finished
Al LAB our cOnnOisseur has drainad
his coffee and strolls toward his
train. n''
But the really happy finish OF N.
,NGlSli IS nus Mr. Morley, removed to