Show CALLING DOWN THE BOASTER good little story told by william dean howells as a rebuke to spread it was william dean howells said eald a chicago editor who first rebuked us americans tor for our spread eagle engl ism elsm for our foolish boasting I 1 iee see that mr air howells has just joined it a mels society for the promotion of woman suffrage trust him to be in the forefront always 1 I once heard mr howells deliver a fourth of july oration ionIn in majba the orator preceding ahlm had d boasted a good deal mr air howells showed wed that some of the mans boasts were even impious ile he said that these spread eagle boasters deserved the rebuke that the little child administered to the cackling hen that had just laid an egg the child angered by the hens continuous shook his bis little finger at her and said you fink youre smart but dod made dat egg you nt help but lay it |