The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-12-07
Howe About.
Good Writing
Hypocrisy
Conservatives
Q iSss. Ben syndioats.-wNusr,.
By ED HOWE

By ED HOWE
THE reviewers Of books -
= one lately appearing, ana u@
ten by an old man, who bevl, Voc
saying: Il have read q rres,
and found books so bad / An ].
couraged to attempt one m.. ~
What are the mistakes N 80 80
to which ! objectf Usuall,
great length, lack OF clearpes. y
OF honesty. (This last fault \
general 1t is said there has D...l
yet been printed an honest A0.s,
i have worked long time !, ~.
writing, and, now that n 4 ,s
plete, i find II has the FAM,
those to which I have obIer,.s.
II Is at least no better tban ~
average, and possibly not 90 81,
So j have concluded the good ~,
Ing long demanded is no more l..l.
to become the rule than poOd y
havior, good looks, good tln.
good sense, or good health. lh,'
rewritten my book three times n,
ing heard that genius Is no mOren,,
taking great pains, but now Aims
believe the last draft worse M,
the first"
Most complaints about Soa
principles begin with charre !,
hypocrisy against those who M.
fess TO practice them. Start AM
man TRADING, and he will soon \
declaring he Is the only canan
honest man willing and able TO Iool
the facts In the face, and prOpOs
an intelligent remedy. Thu
Is the way people have alWau
been; God has been unable 70 a
anything with ourselves. WIS
not try a universal suicide pact,
That might bring about the aov
of blood so long expected Of riot
ers. .. Ten members Of q VIZ.
lance committee once caught 4
horse thief, but all hated to hans
him. Finally they went into 4
saloon to drink and talk II over
When all were drunk. including The
prisoner, members Of the commit
tee urged him to shoot himself.
They said they had families, and
didn't care to have blood on thelr
hands to think about for years, but
the prisoner replied that while be
wished to be good fellow, and
reasonable, he could not 90 that
far. The men finally rode away,
still arguing with the prisoner. -.
I did not hear how II finally cane
out, cut probably the prisoner con-
tInued to argue he didn't steal The
horse. was generally a better man
than those objecting to him. and
that the request to shoot himself
was unreasonable.
During the present big storm,
one Of the sayings heard most ire
quently is that conservative though
has been given up.
II will return; that is one thing
we may depend upon.
There was never q safe store
keeper, mechanic. father. banker
husband, citizen. farmer. until BE
had somewhat learned the truths
OF conservatism; practice Of ID
rules decides the degree OF bis pro
motion or failure. Conservatism 7
not a doctrine, but a practice %
ture enforces.
Nature Is conservative; It's Won
storms blow themselves out. Floon
and plaques have destroyed nlf
lions, but soon the sun snlna
peacefully again on greater nuS
bers who have somehow found sue
ter.
Nothing is permanently raole.'
always conservatism wins as nAF
.ural law we cannot escape.
Most people are slOuchy, and .
not like II when neat persons ~. Y.
gest that they clean up n'.
houses, yards, cut the weeo' J
fence corners, or remove the sp''
on their clothes.
Silerius says in hIs memoir Y,
that the principal trouble ne ~
with his wives was in dlvlo'% !.
money he never had. Women en-. 4
explains, rarely know how olHls. ~
Il is for men to make money =. =.
thus always believe Their ~ '.
hands have more than they y !.
,.,.ao Douuhters have lhs
same difficulty with fathers ~ I,
SIlerius expresses thankfulne 49,. \
has none. Silerlus was prOm n.y..
in old Rome as soldier anc sln', I,
man, but nothing In his OOO max.
life indicates he was a money =" y,
er. Few men have the GU =, a