The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-29

cus s,Airwsyn. In. dark ard mAiodor.
Gus rooms. their pftsoned occupants
op~nInE their prisons and staring at
him these women. those men. those
children. lie Ina Eined himself IN
ons OF thoe- rooms. saw IT, fei, u.
amrif u. ~. imagined himself cut.
ting his throat Ia oue II thosr rooms.
A. tea In their hotel on their r.,
turn Mabel chartered Animatedly on
ali they had seen. I'm swfuIiy Glad
40 wanL I think its q VERY good
thing 20 know for oneself Jua; how
that aide Of life nv.A Those awful
p~ople AZ the utndowp-'-~nd she
laughed. ILs notlocd for the first
tina what . suddan lAuEh she bad.
rather loud
sab~~ aEr-~h Tea thfnh n =
good thing 10 have an idsA 81 their
lives can't say I'm glad I went
tho. rou.ve no ssea how avfufiy
depressed that kind Of thing makes
mo feel
She laughed again Depressed
How ever can ~ How funny you
must be-
Then she said. -Y... I'm glad I've
seen for unyrrif. You know. when
those sort % pcopl. come into your
s-rvtce--ths airs they give than.
selves and the way they demand the
best OF everything and then when
! you so the kind Of homes they como
| sruns--'-
YES. I, MAKES you think. doe~nt
nr-
1T does
But wha, II made SATIRE ,htnk was
entirely different from what Il made
Mabel think.
'Turxiehead-- they had ca1~d htm
at hts preparatory echooi-Oid f'ux-
Elehead Sabre. the chap who always
wrinklrd up hts nut over things and
came out with the most extraordi-
nary IDEAS. lie had remained. and
Increasingly become, tho puzlcr.
And precisely ss he ceased 10 share
self with satiSfaction 10 his own
apartment 30. by this fifth year Of
his married life. he had come 60
know well that h. shared no thoughts
with her: he carried them. with In
crcaslnE absorption I'm their interest.
to thu processes OF his own mind.
An Incident Of those early school
Days had always remained with him.
In ita exact words. The exact words
of a scicctiy famous professor Of
philosophy who. living the few years
OF his retirement In tho neiRhbor
hood OF the preparatory school. had
Riven-for pure love OF seeing young
things and feeling the freshness OF
young mlnds-a weekly talk on
things TO the small schooiboy-. And
whatever tho subject OF his talk. he
almost invariably would work off his
familiar counsel.
And a very good thing lrhe used
to sayl. an excellent thing. the very
best OF practices. II TO writs n little
every day. Just little scrip, but
cultivate the habit OF doing II every
day. l don't mean what In called
keeping a diary. you know. Don't
write what you do. There's no bone
tit in that We do things for all
kinds Of reasons and IT'S the reasons.
not the things. that matter. Let
your little daily scrap be something
you've thought What you've done
belongs partly 10 some one else; often
you're made to do IL. But what you
think IL you yourself; you write II
down and there II In. tiny little bit
OF you that you can look at and say.
Well rcailyF You soc. little BIZ
like that. written every day. In mir
ror In which you can see your real
self and correct your real self. a
bookinR-Rlass shows you your face Is
dirty or your hair rumpled. and you
go and polish up. But it's ever 20
much more important TO have mir.
ror that shows you how your real
self. your mind. your spirit. Ia look
ing Just see II you can't do II. A
little scrap. It's very steadying
very steadyinR -
And his small hearers, desiring.
like young colts In n field, nothing so
little as anything steadying. paid az
much attention to this Jaw as to
any precept not supported by cane or
imposition They made OF Il, indeed.
n popular school joke. -Oh, no and
write little every day and boil your.
self. you ASST But II appealed, dim.
ly. TO the reflective quality In the
child Sabre's mind. lie contracted
tho habit OF writing, In n "bagged"
exercise book. sentences beginning
! laboriously with II thought today
-" II remained with him, ms he
grew UP, In the practice OF writing