Show SHAKESPEARE NOT SO WISE For a long time the th world III li i General and the speaking portion of ot It In particular has been n taking a a certain gentleman who one once dwelt on the th banks bank of the Avon on with too great treat a degree of seriousness We W refer of ot course to Will Shakespeare to whom the centuries have been most kind TIme not only has mellowed and enhanced the gentleman's lit literary excellence but it has gone conon on to give him considerably more credit than was his due as asa as a wit and a philosopher Hamlet of ot course Is still Ham l Ham Ham- Hamlet let iet t and the th greatness fatness of o that mel m l prince has withstood tood the acid test It was Shakespeare none Shakespeare non other who who once raised the question asto as asto asto to the value of ot names name In Ina Ina Ina a name n name he asked A rose ros by any other name would smell as sweet That we maintain mah is not phi philosophy 10 ophY Or at best It Is pretty shalloW philosophy There are many names that have hav very pro pro- pronounced pronounced echoic qualities to them For Instance there Is the tho word gooey We W dare dar you to think ot of gooey as a something that Is fe fenot not sticky sUcky or gummy And as for forthe for forthe the rose well would its fragrance be as sweet It If It were ere for Instance avlener a wiener It seems stems to us that many of o the pearly drops of ot Shakespearian wis wisdom dom that hue have come corn reeling and rocking down the th ages ace are arc just a little phony It if you know what we mean Were the th gentleman alive today and gave cave utterance to some of ot his famous phrases we would be b willing to wager a week weeks week's salary agaInst your other golf ball that he be h would be bo set down down as somethIng of ot a wise wise- wisecracker wisecracker wise cracker cracker Instead of ot an oracle |