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Show Polite but Empty. Tho ago when wo boasted ot holding hold-ing our own opinions Is past. Today, tf wo possess any vlow at all, It Is not usual to express them. This Is a pollto, a non-controversial ago, ono In which ono fears to confess to Btrong foollngs, To hold ono's own opinion Is to risk being called opinionated, and tho world tidny would avoid that ot all costs, Our conversation has degenerated de-generated Into a stato of non-committal phraseology, and n superficial amiability Is tho right note to strlkn. Amiable wo must bo, thn world do-mnnds do-mnnds It; argument Is the worst of form. There wau a tlmo when two subjects sub-jects only politics and religion -wore held tnboo today nil subjects that mny lend to dissension are to be avdi i ed. London Mirror |