Show Ii Q i The Helmet of i By ay DR FRANK CRANE On one occasion the story goes goes Don Quixote en engaged engaged engaged en- en In a conflict with a barber who wore a basin on his head Instead of ot a a. helmet Don Quixote took the basin away from him and Insisted that It was a n. helmet the helmet the helmet of ot Mam- Mam which was endowed with mythical qualities When the priest and the barber er and others camo to see it they all laughed and insisted that it was nothing but a basin Don on Quixote maintained that It was vas not a a. basin at all aU b but t It was the helmet of ot Sancho represented the the people who compromise compromise com corn promise and thought it might be e a. a helmet Here Hero aro are three three views tho the like of t which one may tako take about anything There are tho those e who alwa always s 's see the sordid and arid factual n nature ture of ot everything They can only see wh at I is before their eyes They have no Imagination tion They They are represented b by the barbers and the tho priests Others have a preponderance for imagination and not only see the thing Itself but ut whatever their fancy may add to It Carried Carried to excess this is It Is a a. disposition to make Issues where issues do not e exist It is willingness to fight tight and anddie anddie anddie die over trivial matt matters rs I IThen Then there Is a third party arty who only want to Keep leep the peace pea These are represented by Sancho Parca Palca and nd his view at that It was a helmet In these cases the truth does not lie between two extremes but is found at one of ot them then And tho the com compromise prom Iso is as false as the wrong extreme We need pe people who are enthusiasts and who are willing to fight and die for their Ideas but they want first of all to find tind out what they are fighting about to make malte sure of their theix Issues A man needs the basis of ot fact act under his feet teet before he is carried away by his fancy Don Quixote's spirit was v very ry beautiful and his It 0 willingness to fight tight for tor his Ideas but he was not willing to learn from others what was the proper basis for tor his ideas He therefore rendered himself ridiculous The spirit of ot Mr Bryan Ban In advancing the anti antl- law was very fine We commend his faith and his willingness to fight tight for his opinIons We only regret that he lie did not take the trouble first of ot all to find out what was the underlying truth A little sudy and examination would have shown him that his conflict was like that of ot Mrs Partington sweeping back the waves of ot the sea Copyright 1925 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate Syndicat |