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Show 1 j HOWE ABOUT i j By ED HOWE I C G Copyright by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) I have uotli-ed that every man who really anmuuts to a good deal is prompt: he makes tew appointments, and keeps them. And when he works, he works. But look out for the man who loafs half the time during his business hours, and Is never on time. I frequently hear men tell Jokes, and there Is that merry twinkle In their eyes which the newspapers say, denotes a good one. Still, the Joke Is dull as ditch water; if I haven't heard It, I'm sorry I did. Writers have a high opinion of their calling I do not share; I believe business busi-ness men are saner, more useful, and more intelligent. ' All things are tried out In the crucible of business, which Includes experience, accomplishment, science. If a certain formula will not work, practical men abandon It, and try something else. Thus all good results have been accomplished. But writers are never discouraged : today they demand the same Impossible Impos-sible things their brethren demanded centuries ago. I lately met an old fellow on a railroad rail-road train, and heard him talking to some of the other men In the smoking room. "I have nothing to do but read," he said, "but am not enjoying myself much. When I was active, and out in the world, I heard the men say better things than I meet with In books. Incidents actually happening In my dally life were more Interesting than the plots I see worked out In books or the movies." I was calling the other evening, but departed when I caught the hostess, a very polite woman, yawning. She did It as amiably as was possible, but I caught her, and relieved her at the first evidence of distress. A polite woman is a great work of art; I like that woman for trying to hide her disposition dis-position to yawn. I have noticed that when I bore a man he yawns openly and unafraid. But under similar circumstances a woman will yawn behind her hand or fan. . . . God bless the ladies. When I am introduced to a stranger, the name means nothing. What I am Interested in is, "What does he do? Ajd how does he get along at itV |