Show il II 11 Ie I 1 SMAll TALK i iBY BY Rip Dip Hanson Hallson IIII Sleeping a In la Epicurean Cabell's statement Life is a series serie of discomforts diversified only b ba by bya a few disasters no one on it its I I surface will seriously dispute Th The aim in living then is to make mak ones one's discomforts as comfortable as possible Sleeping is a case in point Most people go to bed am and find it very difficult to induce indue sleep once induced however they sleep sounder than a professors professor's cranium When awakened in th the morning by some some external influence influence influence ence they suffer agonies in shaking shaking shaking shak shak- ing off the spell of l poppies poppies poppies pop pop- pies exchanging the delicious sensation sensation sensation sen sen- of drowsiness for the cold brutal activity of a new da day Sleep handled in this unintelligent unintelligent unintelligent gent fashion is isy indeed a fort Personally thanks to the aid of my pressured high-pressured ingenuity I have made sleeping one of my most pleasurable displeasures Each night before retiring I set at periodic periodic periodic peri peri- four alarm clocks Two hours later I am awakened by bya a vociferous and persistent alarm I jump out into the cold and shut it off then I return with great gusto to my warm and delectable bed Here for three or four minutes minutes min mn- utes I experience the most transporting transporting transporting trans trans- porting bliss in just lazily consciously consciously consciously con con- dozing of off into the realm of dreams After four alarm clocks have had their little say during curing I the night with truth I can state i that the discomfort of to sleeping-to a certain extent has extent has been enjoyed Swains and Swans A maidens maiden's capacity to receive flattery is as unfathomable as her ability to tolerate it is Within the first few moments moments moments mo mo- ments after exposure to an embryonic embryonic embryonic em em- Don Juan whom she has just met the most ordinary girl girlis is liable to tb an earful of most compliments com com- so so superlative in degree that Aphrodite herself herse could riot not not without loss of modesty receive And yet seemingly the modern girl not merely tolerates this posh posh but but likes it and lives on it If I were a girl the tenth would- would be wooer who tried to tell teU me my eyes were vivacious and divinely violet my alabaster forehead was worthy of a Madonna my mouth was like two rose petals with a drift of driven snow in between between between be be- tween my figure would would make Venus de Milos Milo's lines look like those on ona a woman washer and my cheeks oh my cheeks were like red red roses swimming in pools of milk why milk why I would either ei either either ei- ei ther kill or the adorable dear throw my arms around his neck and give him my best kiss The Chronicle Editorials Mercy and My Goodness The Chronicle editorials are divesting me of my sense of security and leaving a dark brown taste in my mouth Why Because they are lre destructive destructive destructive de de- Any God-fearing God and thinking right uplifting and and sane members of this great Democratic student body will agree with me that constructive criticism only is valid destructive criticism is merely merely merely mere mere- ly the ebullition of a superficial mind Any mental adolescent surely surely surely sure sure- ly can destroy the convention order order order or or- der of things but only the profound profound profound pro pro- found intelligence can construct In short to phrase the point ir irrefutably irrefutably irrefutably ir- ir refutably one must build a house I before he has the right to tear it down As George Jean Nathan nutshells nutshells nut nutshells shells it and seconded I suppose by H. H L. L Constructive criticism is like a cannon destructive destructive destructive tive criticism is like a pop |