Evening star., 1925-03-16

Jim 10 q great old fellow" chirps
in Ben, not to be behind in the uni
versal paean OF praise to the virtues
of Jim. Could hts mind be read,
| here is what he thinks: Jim IL an
old bore, II you ask ne; but I have
got to chime In, or some OF these
birds will say said somethinx
against Jim. Horace, over there, the
| tattletGle, probably would go and
tell him did. Where on earth did
read that about James /? oh, 1 re-
member now, 1t was in that story l
read"
"A fine scout" declares Bob. "A
fne scout" The repetition makes
his contribution particularly impress
sive.t He has said twice as much
in praise as either Bill or Ben. He
grows proud. II twice as much is
twice e-ss good three favorable state.
ments will be three times as good.
"A hne scout" he repeats again
overdid It, What he really thought
was something like this:
/. Funny old world, where ! have
to sit here and say something I know
Isn't true. and that Bill knows isn't
true, and that Ben knows isn't true.
and that know Bill knows Isn't true,
and that Bill knows know isn't
true, and that ] know Ben. knows
isn't true, and that Ben knows ]
know isn't true. Whew! Sounds like
that old thing about the woodchuck-
let's see-How much wood could a
woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck
could chuck wood? A woodchuck
could chuck all the wood a wood
chuck could chuck, IL a woodchuck
could chuck wood" #5
Some body is looking directly at him.
1t is Tom. Tom has been speaking,
but Bob has been so busy chucking
wood and woodchucks that he did not
hear a word. Yet, intuitively, he
knows what Tom must have said.
No doubt of II. Tom said: "A great
old scout, a great old scout"
What else could he say?
When the young man talks TO his
charming girl, the sweet creature
may listen intently, but probably she
IS thinking in a wildly different
strain.
81 am going to be made head OF
my department next week." he says
with modest pride.
''Oh. won't that be splendid" she
replies, with the bubbling enthusi-
aSm, which is second nature to
healthy. pretty girls.
He then proceeds to say something
after this fashion: Yes. they look ed
around. and it narrowed down to me
and Sam Johnson, and perhaps I
ought not to say it, but they decided
! was the best man, so they gave me
the job. ! go in Monday, and I'm
going to show them a few things I've
got some ideas l think are new no.
body has ever pulled them before.
I'm going to make them SIT up and
take notice, I'll tell you. II is a
great chance for me, as the old man
said when he called me in on the
green carpet and informed me of my
promotion"
Although the girl had smiled and
nodded at several points in the course
OF the above address, what she really
was thinking ran about like this:
Let me see-shall | get one OF
thoss ensemble suits. or shall l get
a sport coat with fur around the
bottom? OF course, all the girls are
wearing those sport coats with the
fur around the bottom, but they are
pretty. they certainly are pretty.
think strawberry colored one. with
gray fur around the bottom. would
just suit me down to the ground
But that ensemble suit / saw IN the
window downtown yesterday certain
iy was beauty, and would just go
with my new slippers and those light
strawberry shade stockings. Those
were real bargain"
He is hapr-. She Is happy
The inviolate character of the
human mind is a God-send. a gift of
heaven. which we should value high
ly and use accordingly