The Coconino sun., 1924-08-01

tion, the short story, dress apprecia-
tion, catering, institutional Iaunder-
ing, retail salesmanship, social life of |
the JUROR high school, cafeteria man
agement and horseshoeing. He con-
trasted these subjects with the great i
triple play, from Latin to Greek, to
Mathematics.
"The old education which formed /
our fathers, our poets and our states
men has departed these halls to make I
| room for the new, with its experts, it's 7
business men, it's industrial managers I
"Once our proud planet resolved
about Boston and its esthetic hub; I
now our mills are driven by the winds /
of Chicago. Then we used to hear
about Emerson and Professor Whit /
ney; now the air is full of Henry Ford /
| and Mr.. Wrigley. Our fathers had
| libraries; we have radio outfits. Our
sisters took lessons on the piano; the /
| flappers of today have all their music
| in their feet.
"In those dead days we heard some /
thing about purity, propriety and pre-
cision in language. Now it is business
1
Culture has surrendered to commence,
and the curriculum must be altered to
suit the new conditions.
There may still be some culture in I
school and college. No amendment |
against it has been passed, but that
| is only because the amount of intel /
lectuality is less than one-haH of / i
per cent, by both weight and volume.
Then, If culture does slip into the col
lege, it is merely because the profess
Isor is pedagogical bootlegger."
Rev. George Vernon Harris says a !
promise by application is just as bind /
| ing as one made in full detail. One
has no more right to break the one
than the other.
Judge VIM. N. 5Gemnill, who served
many years on the municipal court |
bench in Chicago, corroborates Mr..
Harris belief, and shows how the
courts interpret tacit promises when |
| it comes to breach Of promise actions. |
| First he advises all men to be cau-
tious in their language to woman.
When she says something subtle he
advises silence.
"Don't ever tell woman she would |
look we'll at the altar" he writes. "Shei
can sue you for breach of promise and |
get damages. If you make flatter- /
ing remark and ask her how she
would like to live in your house, you
are sunk. She can sue and recover
damages. According to law, you are /
engaged to her. Ii you are engaged
and find something wrong with her
moral character you are absolved.
"John Richmond clipped a love
poem from newspaper and sent 1t
to Virginia Roberts. The girl thought
he wrote it. She sued on that poem /
and recovered $4,000.
Emmanuel johnson drove Hulda /
Smith to see some lots he had bought. /
He asked her (which one do you pre- |
fer?' She told him. Although he had |
never ask her to marry him, she sued
on the lot and got $1,000.
/ James Ellison said to a girl: You +
say you are. a good cook. ] love good
cooks. They can have me. She|
sued and recovered 1000. He never /
mentioned marriage. Z n
"a man also has recourse to the
|.law, but seldom takes 1t to sue for
breach Of d 1narriage promise This !
fact almost bears out The belief that /
the men are MARRIED by the women. IL !
!. they. escape they are delighted and
never sue.
s 1There was d man who took advantr
age OF. the law, and he was John Gross /
tof New York, who sued Anna H0chs
stein for breach Of promise. Her
answer was that he had deceived her,
given her a paste ring for a diamond,
rave her flowers he didn't pay for,
owed his landlady and his tailor and
had told her marvellous yarns about
his courage. The court held that the /
promise of marriage, being based on |
mutual good faith, had been broken by
him. q
Said the colored preacher: sts
Nov, bredren, Fse gwine to show
| yos what All means by firth an
| knowledge. Yonder sets Brother Clark
an Sister Clark an four little Clark |
ses. Bridder Clark, he believes dey
am his'fl. Dat am faith. Sister
Clark, she know dey am her'n. Dat
lam knowledge"
We keep. hearing nowadays about
lpeople with large vocabularies, says
Davy Joy. They ought to take more
exercise.
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