Evening star., 1960-03-27
.OfLOVEo and
LAUGHTER
People Often Are Like
Punctuation Marks
By MARJORIE HOLMES

Did you ever think of people as in many ways like
punctuation marks2 ss
l. For instance, there is the period person. His
judgments are decisive. His pronouncements final.
There's simply no use arguing with him, period. He
always has the last word. Ssas
g. Or take the quotation marks personality, who
on almost his entire fes conversation quotes
Impressed by his vast reading Background and rich
storehouse into which his retenve 'Rmory dip it.
of his own. ~ q. aseSsss. s@tz Z.
g. The comma person is hestant meek and trifle
pedantc Careful pauses mark his sentences. if
PEELED neatly to hook each thought before proceeding
T. The colon semicoon First cousin to the common
comma, though bit bigger, broader often trailing
advanced degree and PHI Beta Kappa key. His
less those of the uncertain and tentative than Of the
organized thinker who lovingly groups his often complex
ideas rush Of words for him. you almost
the structure of his concepts impressvely laid out
S. The CAPITAL LETTER individual Thinks Big. Talks
Big He is name dropper and the bigger the Name the
better Yet he robust and entertaining for everything
he describes Epic in He make trip to the
market to buy pound of liver sound like African
safari if female, polite thank you to the Who
picks up her gloves on bus, the beginning of a mad
romance with VIP.
No trying to relate YOUR adventures to the
Capital Letter kids. They're simply too enthralled with
their you don't stand chance. But they be
fascinating. .... ...
g. The species of human being whose entire ap-
proach to life to be shaped like question mark
AS if uncertain of his simplest statements he
conclude them with, isn't that so?" How about it?"
Wouldn't you say?" He converse with you he
interviews you. Which be fatterng of course but
Z. The NO PUNCTUATION at all personality who
talks blue streak racing from subject subject without
even pausn for breath and who to have been born
talking and will die talking and who is hard get
from especially the phone but who is often
hearted and wonderful nonetheless. -
8. His Cor often herr next of kim the paren-
thesis person. who eventually gets BACK the original
idea, but only after wandering down bewilderng aby
rinth Of side trails. This when Arnold years
old Arnold, by the way, my husbands little brother
who'd been adopted by his sepmother his stepmother
one OF the Flying Fiberts did ever tell about their
act? Well it seems" And eventually. Now where
/? oh yes. Arnold"
g! My favorites those people whose whole ap-
proach to life is best expressed by exclamation pontl
They have the gift of enthusiasm To them everything is
vital, exciting. stimulating They vigorous not only
in their speech but the in which they listen
They're not afraid to exclaim.
IAN exclamation point in writing" said F. Scott Fitz-
gerald, lis like laughing at your jokes" Well me,
like people who laugh at their jokes And at other
peoples. Who aren't ashamed of their emotions
unwilling to share yours.
Exclamation mark people! Give US more of theml
Wednesday: Depending yourself is importont so Moros
Holmes in of Love and Laughter" in the WOmsn's Section