The Nome nugget., 1934-09-08

were Communists he said: "You don't know what you are talking about. No single breath of tyranny is missing in Russia. It Is carried into effect there on gigantic scale" Shaw wants to be a Communist, but Is so Intelligent he cannot avoid seeing its faults. When In Russia he made fun of the Communists to their faces. They were one day taking him to the races, and he said to them: T suppose you have arranged for all the horses to win, you believe so much in equality"
 
 How do some fayorites get their startf Buddha is an old.time for eign hero to whom millions say their prayers. yet the British ency- clopedia says no such person ever existed. think we common peo- pie pay too much attention to he roes;; none of them are as good or great as the shouting of followers would indicate.
 met a man recently who lives in a town of a thousand population in the South, where there are three negroes to one white. We are get ting along" he said, because we have always lived simply; we have known how to produce our food, and are doing that now" :. The same word comes from rural places everywhere. The rush to the towns has been stopped; the tide now Is the other way. Originally the first duty of the people was to feed themselves, and they did 1t. They can do 1t again. The towns and cit les are most artificial, and are be- ing hit hardest. There have always been too many agents, judges, colo nels, generals, In the towns. I thank the Lord they are being starved into going to work.
 Silerius said, in his memoirs, that his favorites among his generals, neighbors and wives often annoyed him with acts and words with which he found fault;. but he recalled that his generals, neIghbors, wives and special friends had cause for equal resentment at times against his conduct toward them. Men are so constructed tand women, of course, are cut in the same tlmber) they cannot entirely satisfy anyone. The little good in us all must he cultivated, and made as agreeable as possible. Any man of reasonable candor and intelligence knows he is at wretched bundle of poor flesh always wearing out, and that de- cent average in managing 1t Is all he can hope for; that to achieve this decent average is success. "I have been occasionally proclaimed as wise" Silerlus adds, but am so weak I am ashamed in my own pres ence, although sincerely. believe In exchanging civillties and such small assistance as I am able to offer, with those who are equally kindly disposed toward me.
 The Beer Bust Head punishes me very savagely. So does the bust head following a big dinner. but I rather enjoy the Road Bust Head. We have about ruined the country voting bonds for good roads, and stolen A good deal of the money so appropriated; but we have the roads.
 And fearful as am of debt, and national bankruptcy, I find little satisfaction In good roads when I am able to temporarily forget the future. Recently I motored 1,4O0 miles through country unfamiliar to me. Fine paved roads every foot of the way. When able to forget the bond interest constantly piling up, the threat of national bankruptcy, was almost proud of my country again: the Road Bust Head was almost enjoyable.
 No man is willing to grant others the right he demands of himself, the right of choosing his own Opln- ions and amusements: George Jean Nathan once wrote of H. L. Menck- en: "How can a man like Mencken waste his time upon such idiotic spectacles as political conventionsT And Mencken replied: "What keeps a man like Nathan in the theater. breathing bad air nightly, gaping at prancing imbeciles. and sitting contentedly for hours with cads?"
 At my home there are three flights of steps: two from the street, and one to the porch. There Is much complaint about them from elderly friends who call. l. My excuse Is I built them when young, and my friends did not find. them objection able. q have lived in the same house 54 years.)
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