New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
For the Lecturer We
Haze the Public itU
Agent; the Learned
Pig N0W Talks Art; a@
for the Happy Family,
It's Name Is Legion

or more stirring to tho lecturer. tongue tia
the Learned Pig, animal whose studies IL
higher mathematics enabled him 70 conton-
plate for moment a column Of figure and
then indicate with his hocf the tigurcs tha'
told their sum total. Always ready to plae
cards with any gentleman i'm the audience h"
again brought bis hoof into play With aetoun u
ing results. The Learned Pig Of society is ~
object Of equal veneration wherever he sho.
himself. Sometimes he dscourses learned
on art. literature or tho drama and alwa.
from that standpoint Of nil oamiro,i which has
such powerful appeal to the iilitcrato min.
Wee he to confess thai he enjoyed Dckcn
novel or had found vast entertainment in
modern play or know Of modern America
artist whose work was not absolutely bcneath
contempt, his reputation as Lcarnca Tis
would come crushing down to earth. II
higher rcncarnation this porcine thinker d
guises himself As a student of everything
Russian, its literature. its art and its theatcr.
and has his own solution for its "problems
A highly educated Russian told nc oncs
that there was no one man living who tho
ouehly understood his country, 50 many We.
the sects, races creeds and IDEAS, conserve
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,'a' ~ '''o' "a, -0' IAN" DsSao''S'ies minister
firmly as an authority on all Eastern matte,
The original Learned Pig was an animal of
such ordinary appearance that the professor
''', - 0 ''"'ssi - ""eNs" interest T.
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o"'' ''e q'"u, upe1 more IMAM mado good '''
0'"s' "o'u9 ny MS 'e8's /" mathematics aNa
''' -p'1H'"g '.a' 1'le auoience was wiling -
accept ''Ih seriously. As ne solved al prof
einS WIN sure ana nllnole MOOT no one coua
p's'''..," us 'D'''s' % qu''S r'''V'e''o "''
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"a hslhuh!a asA ole-- museum mere y
hhc4s A11M'y q ahihEAs BY nati2 Nlnllea
20 o.e a"oJlet Nia0 naa '@sn diU3gel' into
s1alc Of compete anitJ 10 the wonder and DC
nsh' OF tue patrons Fho sa@ed at them be-
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Tho o,as of ,ho la,,,,,.,, tbo,,,r,, o,,o, a. ,l
da,, e. ,bo tr.;nod obso,ror a,.o Tho sc+;,it;o.
of tho literary loo, rollers in exnloit;no med
ocr;tv 4. 10, tb, ,,oeo.s;o,,,l .l,,,o,,o,e who
have mt cbar;t,, on :, b,,siaase baeie to thoir
own nrotit and who ncver hctrav = nal tbev
form, +ho laraes, 9nJ most nrosnerous hapnv
family within thc limits Of The citv.
Th,, 1;t+,o o,a ,otro.. ,.,,,.. 11ox.;,o Who
,0~, ~, .'om ,,,,,sa,s,,, lo
r,,'so b,,;no no so,,l &c a., art;et not o,o,
aro ~. n,ocos+ co,oro+ ooco could roh hcr
,f bo,. doe;,o 10 a,+ b,e boo, ronacod h., tbo
nutfv nnat,,rc vo,no creature who barasscs
tbe n,av,o;no D',b,;c for almost am, reason
c.,vo einroro feel;nc for tho art that she
processes to love. Her name adorns every the
ate~ nrooran while actors and actresses Of
acknov,lcdqed ability arc walking Broadway.
pho on,,elo,o oan,o ;s la,e,e1, resnonsihle for
,ho insl extinction of tbo dime muscnm as q
so,,r.c Of ;nnocent entertainment. bnt if -four
,shes now in countless forms because our pub
H.; ,rl;l,o +b.+ of ,.o.rc oro ro,u,, loves n Ic