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Show QUITE AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT Poet Must Be Given Credit for Work-Ing Work-Ing Out an Idea as to Coloring of Hair. A New York poet was favoring a friend with a few of his latest verses. They were descriptive of a beautiful girl. The poet read: "Her hair was massed ir. flowing curls, The color of a whisper." This made the listener sit up. "What's that," he said. "Read that again." "I thought you would say something about that," the poet answered. "I don't want to appear egotistical, but that little phrase gives some scope for the exercise of the mind." "In what way?" "Don't you see," continued the poet, "how beautifully that describes the shade of her hair? Every poet speaks of golden hair, or raven locks. To be a success one must be original It was nearly golden, and I convey the impression by means of that one word." The friend looked puzzled. "You have heard," said the poet, patiently, pa-tiently, "that silence is golden?" "Yes." "Well, If silence is golden, what would a whisper be? It would be nearly golden, wouldn't it?" , |