Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-11

49, "SSSo Wy A'oiue vi tue Dome. Ha
wanted to prove that he (Herh, -
longed in the Hall of Fame instead :.
Home for Collapsed Mentalities
Looking the Part.
To look at Mr.. Prangle. about fl.
time he was eased out of College ana
began TO ramble in the daisy-dottod
Field of Literature, it never wonId
have been suspected that he had tbis
lurking Determination to Prove to tho
whole World that he was a Hello,
He was skinny and wore powerfn,
Glasses and had bullying Head. like
the large end of a GOurd. He va,
bashful in Company. Strangers often
asked If he had passed through snv
Serious Illness when quite Young. II
an attractive Cutie gave him a coupla
OF roguish Looks and began to ash
him pert Questions, he hammered for
a little While and then sank below tbs
Horizon.
Who would have dared to predict
that Herbert j. Prangle was planning
to write Love Stories so sizzling thar
he would have to use Asbestos Paper,
To look at him he was just as pas.
siOnate as Rubber Glove.
Even as the bloody Historical Ra.
mances are written by slender Maid.
ems just out of Smith College, and all
that Free Verse about Nymphs dane.
ing in the shadowy Wildwood is turned
out by hard-faced old Grouches wear.
ing Overshoes, and Advice to the Love.
LOrn comes from Police Reporter. 81
it was inevitable that this Clam would
write about heaving Bosoms and Cling.
ing Kisses.
For a long Time the Immediate
Friends and Relatives little suspected
his Intentions. He kept on producing
Manuscripts that were rejected With
Thanks. They put up with his De.
lusions and kept him hidden away in
Cheerful Room where they would
not have to look at him very often
and consoled themselves with the Re
Election that there is one Jinx in ey.
cry large Family.
Then there came a Day when the
Book Reviewers all began to gibber
and say that a New Light had ap-
peared in the Heavens and it was
Some Light. About 1000 Candle
Power.
They agreed that Herbert ]. Pran.
gle. author OF Scared Souls" was in.
decent, audacious and salacious but
Master Analyst of all the Fundamen.
tai Emotions and a Genius with a
large G.
All at once his apologize Kin be.
gan running up and down the Streets
asking everyone, "Have you read Her.
bert's new BookT'
Soon after the Volume had been
barred from many Libraries and de-
nounced from the Pulpit, and Holly
wood was demanding the Picture
Rights. and the Tremolo Sisters were
camped on the Front Porch to inter-
view the daring and devilish Author,
it is claimed that Herbert received, in
/ one Day, no less than 100 Requests
for Photographs and Autographs,
The Glare of the LimeIght
For a matter Of Years he had waited
and hoped for this Day to come. All
through the toilsome Nights he had
been sustained by an intrepid Belief
that some Day the World would sin.
ply have to recognize him. He felt
within himself the Pulsations of True
Greatness and he knew that. eventual.
ly, the Universe would vibrate in SYM
pathy.
Well, he began to get the Vibrations
and they nearly ruined him. He sud
denly discovered that One may not &C
quire one Portion of Fame without
taking on about three Portions Of
cheap, low-down Notoriety Herbert
! the shrinking Violet, suddenly found
himself in a Glass with the Ford Joke,
the Radio, the Statue of Liberty and
Ziegfeld's Follies. All the Farm
! Hands in Iowa were fully informed
regarding his Pecularities and Eccen-
tricities and blighted Love Affairs
He found that he could not stir out
/ Of Doors without being trailed by
/ brazen Hussy in shameless Attire and
sticky Rouge, known as Publicity. He
learned, in a Hurry, that the Laurel
Wreath had a lot of Thorns in It
Strangers crawled up the Fire-EscaPe
to get Look at him in his own
Room. The Public Prints were full oil
yelled References to his Checkered Ca
reer and it was whispered about, IN
der Cover. that his tough Novel was
really a Story of his Own Life.
Which was fairly hard on harm
less Boob who was just as pure as
Rainwater.
II distant Relation. whom he new
err had seen, got into Jam anywhere
it always came out in the Dispatches
that the accused Party was Cousin
Of the well-known Novelist. This Is
| known as Advertising.
Mr.. Prangle received countless ID.
/ vitations to address the Women ana
! the Rotarians and the Free Thinkers
but he could not generate sutiieenI
Vocal Energy to make Himself hearu
to Himself. In fact, he couldn't uo
anything except sit in a Back Room