Beaver Press | 1924-03-28 | Page 6 | Writers Confuse Smut with Sex, Dirty Stuff; No Reason for Writing It

writers confuse smut with sex dirty stuff no reason for writing it ey by IRVIN S COBB in new york world I 1 I 1 know tl alie e crowd you mean they are so EO busy discovering sex and I 1 garbage they have forgotten beauty exists in the world and they have become so 0 fascinated with the words themselves they have forgotten that words are supposed to convey something to the mind other than more mere sound take tah e the case of Ch chicago iengo for instance chicago woke up one morning in and discovered that there wore were a lot of writers there bang the chicago school came into being They seem to realize that writers are arc somewhat 1 like skunks got get enough D of eni cm together 0 and you have a bad smell N not that im saying they cant write some of them can but tl aliey ey are re floundering I 1 a lound around l in a mazo maze of words chicago seems to be suffering from nervous culture many of her writers are arc writing propaganda and propaganda is never art it cant be and then many writers con fuse smut with sex dirty stuff na nb reason for foi writing it