The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-06

dlSclalm the qualities which he knows
ne has, and which everyone knows he
mas, is not modesty at all, but vanity
In disguise. The final touch of alb
surdlty is added when the possessor
or this kind of modesty boasts of it.
There are just two kinds of people
VINO ought to read the books written
by Sinclair Lewis:-those who like
them and those who do not.
Particularly those who do not.
VINO knows! The time NAV vet
come when China will send mission
ares to save the benighted soul of
the heather American.
The only adjective which most
movie announcements do not use is
the appropriate one. 1t would lend
a refreshing air of verisimilitude TO
Tn statements in such announcements
70 add, Immediately after the words
astounding" and "stupendous" the
Surd." -'''' ''O
The public is its own worst enemy.
because of its indiscriminate gullibil.
lty and its tendency to be led bv anv
ola fraud who pats it upon the back
ana approves its follies. When anv-
thing is done for it, it is done bv the
critics whom it Gespies.
everyone likes to repeat platitudes
ana the more superficial ones especiaI,
~; IL gives us a feeling of being
suonmely wise to assume a judicial
ar, stick our thumbs into our beIts
look superhumanly serious, and articu,
Iate, Honesty is the best policy u
having said this, we feel virtuous IF
does not matter in the least that we
nave done an honest deed or snol,en
an honest word in all our lives Nor
does 1t matter that honesty is not a
pollcy at all but mental trait which
some people possess and others lack.
we have said our say and we are han
Ply. IT we had said "Polly wants .
cracker, instead of what we did saw
IL would have meant just as much. and
we would have been just as happy.
Most platitudes are as false as thew
are foolish and their low value is af.
tested by the fact that thew are sci.
dom used except by those who prefer
their opinions, like their clothes. Gus.
tom made. Who ever heard a com.
monplace from H. G. Wells. .SincIail
Lewis, Sherwood Anderson or Der
nard Shaw?
Consider for instance the ridiculou,
saying that Beauty is only Skin
deep. AT some stage in its checker
ed career this platitude may have haC
the sanction of more or less intelli
gent person but l am confident tina
us originator was an extremely unat
tractlve woman. 1t still is most popu
lar among homely females, tho stu
pld men who have been Tilted by beau
tlful and desirable women are ais
very fond of it. In any case it i
absurd. Imagine what a beautiful
SKIN draped over scarecrow woul
look like! -. Furthermore, it j
impossible for skin to be beautifu
unless there is health in the BODY in
side of it, and this health is only tn
expression of functional harmony
which is form of beauty.
Beautiful and dumb" This secon
quip at the expense of the good-looB
' ing woman is companion of the frs
: in the esteem of plain women and dis
: appointed men. 1t does not holC
5 Really beautiful of form and featur
: does not make woman beautiful; til
v light of intelligence is needed. an
e when it is lacking the result is merel
g an animated toy of not particuIa
S charm. Flappers of twenty and undo
|. are, therefore, seldom beautifu
r Throw soft coal, please, girlsD
d where there is a will there is
way" A very popular platitude.
is the creed of the go-getters, and OF
must admit that it is attractive. ii
) it has limitations. Napoleon sal
d "There shall be no Alps', and as +,
as he was concerned, there were non
But not even he could brighten awe
defeat by determining that the,
should be no Waterloo.
"The early bird catches the worm
and variations. Truei provided th
+ the worm is also early. On the 9th
! hand, the bird, if too early, NAV oui
T. easily catch his death of cold
7. "a rolling stone gathers no moss
How absolutely sillyi Why should
stone gather moss? Would IL NOT
T. infinitely better for a stone to r,
and acquire polish than to lie still q,
become disfigured by low forms
Nv vegetable growth?
IL "Slow and steady wins the rae,
OF Not since the New Fordl
RS Then there are the various politi,
ms and religious banalities. "What /
BIT world needs is a return to Purit
RS standards" Coolidge is safe ]
-st sane" 1.-THE u. S. should be COVE
lid ed by businessmen. (Well, WI
m weren't theyD