Evening star., 1928-02-08

We are one 81 those old-fashionet
codgers who believe tina, there arc
number of subjects never discussed II
print which might as we'll be writer
about. There Is nothing that Is com
mon to human nature. and at the same
time which Is within the realm o.
decency. which cannot become an IN
teresting topic for conversation o.
writing II the speaker or writer nave
in him sufficient humor and common
sense to handle the matter Adequately
Exaggerntion IN writing Is like lout
talking In conversation. 1t Is unnecessatl
and borcsome, and only tends III tn'
end to tire even the person VINO greetee
II with satisfaction at first owing 10 III
novelty. Maybe you have heard INT
comic COlored team which makes larg'
use of wild metaphors and simllcS: W.
laughed heartily the first time we hcart
them. as no doubt you did. but Whei
VIC found other teams turning 10 tiit
same sort of thing. we were unable .t
find any of them funny any longer %
1t follows that even an unusual SupJec'
ought to be discussed In CAIN, Sant
way. without descent to mannerlsms OF
style or a tricky use Of unusual phrase
ology.
Perhaps no saner conversation Is &c
be heard nowadays than at the O'CLOCK
breakfasts becoming more popular VIII
business and professional men. where
over coffee and cigarettes, men talk
freely and frankly of whatever interests
them at the moment Often enough
this Is what might be classed as
trivial matter. the kick" coming in the
way in which it is handled, in the per-
feet freedom of expression which marks
the thoughts of the speakers.
The table was discussing an article
which had appeared in a newspaper
Some thought it wonderful, others de-
clared il to be terrible" Those In
favor pointed to the fact that 1t had
moved readers TO contribute money
and that II letters of commendation
had been received. which, they said
represented LOO approvalS. or 1900
approvais, 1t was hard TO tell which.
1t had indeed. caused stir. which
was something, they all admitted. Yet,
argued the other side. any untoWard act
attracts attention This In itself proves
nothing. they went On. Suppose, they
said. one wants to convey the idea that
J. Henry GearShitt Is alone In a great
city without sufficient money to buy
food.
This is tragedy, all admitted. espc-
cielly in the Winter.
Well, went on the speaker does the
average reader prefer a calm statement
OF that fact. without fiubdub-or docs
he like flubdub?
Who is TO be the Judge of flubdub?
This was the pertinent counter question.
But II was not answered. at the time
being. for the speaker went Oh to ask
whether the reader would better like
the plain statement. or something alono
the following lines:
Super demons of Hunger were play
ing lcapfrog through the interior of j
Henry Gearshift,
'He had 10 cents. and the price Of a
sandwich and coffee was Is cents
"My God what was he to do?
''Hc stood on the brink Of pallid
nothing. face TO face with nuivering
Tomorrow. and after that vivid pro-
cess!on Of Days stretching into the
Hereafter.
"All this time the Demons Of Hunger
kept running up and down his nesoph-
agus. Here little Demon perschcd it.
self on nerve ganglia. while a large
ultra-Demon kept uttering the Until
mate at fearful pace
Ten cents moancd Gcarsh!ft.
wrinRing his red. raw hands reddcr and
rnwer. Rawer and rcddcr hc wrung
them. and then he began. in fearful
abandon. to ring changes upon them.
end TO toss them and 10 weave them
into conVoutiOns and TO evolve them