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Show A Realist. "I am a great believer in realism," remarked the poet. , "Yes?" we queried with a rising inflection, in-flection, thereby giving him the desired1 opening. . "I sometimes carry my ideas of realism to a ridiculous extreme," continued con-tinued the poet. "Indeed!" we exclaimed inanely, somewhat impatient to reach the point of his witticism. "Yes," continued the poet, "the other day I wrote a sonnet to the gas company com-pany and purposely made the meter defective." At this point we fainted. |