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Show tin n I I 1 I I I 11 I I 1 111 I I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1WHAT IS CALLED: CONVERSATION :: By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK V. Dean of Men, University of Illinois. II I I I I I 111 I I I I 1 I i 1 1 1 I I- I-I-l- Mrs. Allen hod been very unhappy at Bath when she nnd her husband with their friend. Catherine M o re- j land, as guest weni down for a few weeks' ho' 1 day. She had been very unhappy, indeed, I say until she met Mrs. Thorpe, an ' old schoolmate of hers whom she bad not seen for years. Now she had someone some-one to talk to, and a monologue upon his own nrt It-tila. and favorite topic, whatever thut may be. When Mrs. Paris has been ont of town for a time and Is back In her own house all she wants Is a chance to tell about her trip. Let .ur get started and you can go about your business quietly and without your saying a word she will run on for an hour giving every detail r. what she said anil what they saw and whn. everyone did and thought She le.tr from one topic to another with the agility of mountain goat and would be quite surprised If anyone should Indicate that the vocal exercise fa which she Is Indulging Is not conversation. conver-sation. Gregory has opinions very definite and settled opinions which be Is eager and glad to expound to anyone whose ear he can get for a fw minutes. He drops Into a group of men or he Is Invited to a dinner party, and Immediately Imme-diately he take matters Into his own bands and begin what he would term a conversation with his friends. In point of fact It Is an exposition. It Is a discourse, It Is an oration. It Is a play of words In which Oregnrj takes all the parts. If you will listen to Gregory for a few minutes he will tell yon exactly how the difficulties In which the farmer now finds himself him-self can be amicably settled. He knows who Is going to be the next President of the United State and why, end he has a solution of the problem of the unemployed which, If people would only listen to him. would put an end to strikes, labor riots, and general discontent- While Gregory Is talking he expects rapt and undivided attention, tie doesn't like being Interrupted or questioned while Is engaged In what he calls conversation. Every community, every organization, every group of a half dozen gathered together bas Its monologue mono-logue artist like Gregory who labor under he delusion that when he Is monopolizing the talk be Is engaging in conversation. I. IMS, Western Newspaper Union.) at once tne two old friends Indulged In what they called conversation In which Miss Austin tells ns "there was scarcely any exchange of opinion an! not often any resemblance of subject, for Mrs. Thorpe tuiktd chiefly of her children and Mrs. Allen of ber gowns." Neither Neith-er one expected or cared for any particular par-ticular response from the other. U was quite sufficient that there was a listener who would not attempt to , stem the flow of words. What Is called conversation ' often only two people In justaposltlon each of whom bas an opportunity to give |