Show I TOOK TIME TO DO THINGS I In Ox Cart Days Men of Genius Old Did Their Literary Work Leisurely and Well How did they do It those old fellows fel tel fellows lows Take a novel by Thackeray for tor example It Is monumental Looks as asIf asif If It one of at them would be a life work The mere penning of It appals appals-a a modern modern mod mod- ern man Yet Thackeray turned out volume after volume as If it time and energy were Interminable A And 1 his work was practically perfect No slovenliness no carelessness no haste baste no guess guess will do Today we have every accessory to speed every time-saving time device all knowledge classified and and stored In convenient libraries But where are the Or the Hugos Bugos and Bal Bal- Men of their day were compelled to waste time A Journey of ot a few miles mUes took all day or several days A dinner dinner dinner din din- ner Involved sitting up all night and drinking ones one's self under the table A message to a 8 friend was not a ten ten- word telegram but a beautifully penned and excellently expressed es es- es- es say Such letters were preserved and handed down Later they were vere put Into into In in- to print How many letters have you written which will wUl be handed down And how would you like to have the best letter you ever wrote put Into print Chances Ire are re that If It you write more than two pages you apologize And It Yours you sign hastily The men of at the oxcart cart days did things thoroughly and well In the days of at the wireless we have no notime time Lynn time Lynn Mass Item |