| Show criminals are arc popular according to novelist Bud budapest apost in an article to in the on popular favorites maklos the well known novelist nov dist makes an interesting scale of the degrees in which various professions fes fess lons and stations in life arouse popular interest on the lowest rung of the ladder of popular interest ond and world renown stand the great scholars dentists thinkers geniuses and benefactors bene factora of humanity slightly above thena thein come the great statesmen next conic come the authors artists creators planners and inventors uglier higher still come the virtuosi orators dictators and genera generalissimos generalis liss simos mog above these come tile the millionaires but the fame of the millionaire Is for far outshone by that of winners of world contests boxing champions flim film actresses exponents of beauty famous courtesans courte sans and race horses and the topmost rung of the ladler of popular favor Is reserved for the great criminals in a word virtue and brain are today tile the most despised and worst paid qualities samuel johns johnson on lie he points out who wrote tile the great english dictionary Is known only to students and while john son eon the negro boxer Is as well known in the smallest hungarian village as in paris or on an american ranch |
