Spanish Fork Press | 1905-08-31 | Page 6 | An Epigram

I An Epigram During a discussion of Oscar Wildos Interesting posthumous work Do 1rofundls an editor said I had the honor of meeting Wilde in London on the opening night of his amusing comedy The Importance of Being Earnest A little group ot us got supper at the Carton and dur ing supper the subject of epigrams came up To Wilde as tho foremost living epigramlst tho duty of defining an epigram was assigned Ho thought a moment smiled slightly nnd then In his low and pleas ant voice ho said An epigram Is a com lIIonplaco couched so adroitly that only clever people can tell what It means