Show critic shies theodore Theod gre dreiser Dr elser the novelist was talking about the publics literary taste the public he said likes trash put good stuff before it and it shies like the critic at the players Tl ri ayers A poet smiled affectionately on this critic thrust a ten cent cigar in his hand and said let me show you the proofs of my new volume of poems no no said the critic rising hastily and grabbing up his hat no no 1 I dont need proofs your word Is sufficient fici ent and he rushed off without finishing the two indies of beer that still remained in his glass |