Evening star., 1925-02-22
Howe About
Needles and Haystacks; Old Tunes; An In
vulnerable Cat.
BY E. ". HOWE,
"The Sage Of Potato HILL"

HE hypocrisy we condemn so
} generally and cordially is not
entirely a bad trait; indeed, it
L l. may be the foundation of such
| culture as we have. The po-
lite man is always something of a
| hypocrite; he tolerates many things
he really wishes to denounce Indeed,
he pretends to admire many things
ne. actually despises. This would be a
ruder and more uncomfortable world
without hypocrisy.
| x X x K
| Ever since 1 can remember a tre-
| mendous row of some kind has gone
on. There has never been a week that
! the people were not excited about
something sufficiently momentous to
| cause them to neglect their legiti-
mate and necessary affairs. Sometime s
the row is so great that men of GER
| tain suitable ages are drafted to
| march away to war and undergo the
| torments of body lice and balls fired
from high-powered rifles At other
| times the row has been over cleo
| tions almost as destructive as war.
| L have looked into these rows with
such intelligence as I have, and con-
| clude that they are brought about by
K very small minority of the people.
| How many were really influential in
/ bringing about the last war, the ex-
pense of which will trouble us for
! many, many years to come? A hun
| dred thousand? Probably not so
many; yet they controlled more than
a hundred million people and made
them engage in an enterprise they
| abhorred and did. not believe in. This
| Is what we call majority rule, and of
which we are so proud. If we actual
/ ly had majority rule we should soon
be rid of most of our serious troubles.
| Our great rows originate with the
| half-idle, the half-vicious, who prey
on industry and the Ten Command
| ments.
| There is a lot of quarreling about
! prohibition, but I sometimes think it
| worth while, after all. For one thing,
| the time drunkard has almost
| entirely disappeared. And he was the
| most disgusting type of man the
| world ever produced. I used to know
| a man named Pet Lamb, of whom it
| was said he frequently was drunk
| and sober three times in a day; and he
was terrible to meet.
| x x X x
| A few women are tremendously
| feminine. 1 have known three such
in my life, and suspect a fourth.
| A man VINO mas not known a truly
! feminine woman cannot appreciate
| how agreeable and helpful woman
may be.
x x X
| An old monarch had many wives
| and concubines, and one of the lat
ter had such great femininity that he
| honored her above all the rest; hers
is one of the noted names in history.
| Possibly true femininity is a sub
mission dating back to the old days of
! plural wives. and l do not say it is
| right; only that it is very agreeable
| to men, and that wives who have it
| help husbands most.
| All women are able to influence
men up to a certain point, but the
\ truly feminine woman wields the
! influence longest, and finds hus-
band lover after marriage.
| 1 do not pretend to advise women;
| let them work out their problems as
| best they may, but 1 know true
femininity is rare, and that it sways
men as nothing else does.
| True femininity- is not abnormal
sexual development: it is delicacy,
tenderness.
1 am becoming very tired of the
| tune called 'Old Black joe; also OF
| MY Old Kentucky Home" and many
| others. Also, of pieces heard at band
and orchestra concerts. i am living
| this Winter in q, town where two
professional bands give concerts
twice a day. Their programs are