Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-31 | Page 5 | Evening Chit-Chat

I i I Evening Chit Chat I a aBY BY RUTH BUTH CAMERON you OU talk small talk tl CAN If It you can bo be thankful If It you cant can't suppose you learn to I dont don't believe belle you ou will wilt regret the I effort efron Il It IH IN splendid to be able bic to talk well wellon wellon ell ellon on deep and Important subjects but that I ability does doe not trot by nn any means do away with the nerd need of or being able to talk lightly light light- light light-I ly Iy and easily on nn unimportant subjects And Anti tho iho man or woman who considers that It does docs and despises despise small talk I 1 think makes a a. great ml mistake t Small talk I Is the small coin of or social racial Intercourse and as such uch no ono one can afford afford af nr- ford forti to be bet without It It In la splendid to have a wallet stuffed full tull of or twenty and fifty dollar bills Hari and big checks hut but It Is 15 decidedly Inconvenient Inconvenient Incon Incon- to have no small no-small change chanse Yes of or sour course e one ono would prefer to have the bills and do without the tho small change to having things tho other wn way around but wh why not nol have hn both Some years ears ago a young newspaper newspaperman man of ot decided genius a a. brilliant conr conversationalist con con- r when talking on some of or his hIli favorite subjects came to call on too mo I Introduced him to m my mother and ana what do you rou suppose his first remark after the Pleased to meet you was Would you OU like to to know m my Idea of or orthe the universe unhorse And forthwith he expounded It to her hel Imagine it i His Idea o of the universe was waR rather ether original and worth hearing to bo sure but wasn't his offering It as ns nn an opening I remark romark about as all absurd as ns passing your 11 0 i now newsboy boy a a. hundred dollar check to pay pap 11 I tor for your OUT our morning paper I Now I certainly wouldn't wouldn t want that man to lose ono bit hit of or his file originality and depth of or thought or the rant least iota of or his ability to talk fascinatingly on deep subjects but I do think It would smooth his future path for him film If he could learn to talk small talk tolk on occa occa- I sion alon To be able shin to talk witty and sparkling small talk Is fa a flan a ari-a art a genius before which I bow In n deep admiration I listen to people who can do that l with the same samo enjoyment with which I watch a a. same game of or tennis between skillful players player That however Is n a gift We Ve cannot all po possess es It But by conscientiously forcing ourselves es esto to pra practice Uco It whenever occasion arises I 1 think we wc can all nil learn to talk decently cr creditable small talk And dont don't you OU think that's that s worth orth worthwhile while f r