Show CALLING DOWN THE BOASTER good little story told by william dean howells as a rebuke to spread Eagle ism it was william dean howells said a chicago editor who first rebuked ui americana for our spread elsm for our foolish boasting I 1 see that mr howells has just joined a mens society for the promotion of ornan suffrage trust him to be in the forefront always I 1 once heard mr howells deliver a fourth of july oration in maine the orator preceding him had boasted a good deal mr howells showed that some ot the mans boasts were even impious he said that these spread eagle boasters deserved tha rebuke that the little child administered to the cack ling hen that bad just laid an egg the child angered by the hens continuous ca ak shook his little finger at her and said you fink youre smart but dod made dat egg you t help but lay it |