In those days any youngman in a fair position
needed two shirts. In other words, modern industrialism was in its infancy. Left to
themselves they would rathergo fishing or dig in the garden. They wouldnt know a
shirt if they saw it.
Why it did this we have been unable to find out.
Now that I think of it, she was worth even more than that. In fact, the audience
followed the lecture word for word. He wouldnthave the nerve, the quiet assurance,
the manner. The comments of the audience as they flowed out of the hall showedhow
interested they had been.
But now if you have a complaint to make to an
Amalgamated LaundryCorporation, you cant find it. It is the genuine article, as
anyone used tothese things will recognize at once.
With asheet of news like that the trip on the
street car to ones workpasses like a moment. Butvery naturally they do not want a
lot of random people rummagingthrough their cars.
Henceforth I will answer no questions except to the
census takerand the income tax man. When I rise from my hotel dinner I carry awaythe
napkin.
The sneaking fascination of the daring criminalhas
put the soldier and the patriot nowhere. We may perhaps last on a little longer if
we dam the St. The humanrace on this continent is coming to a full
stop.
Children havetheir fortunes read in the leaves of
tea-cups.
In point ofnews, and amusements and pictures, the
public always gets what thepublic wants. It seems that there will be no waterfowl
either.
But when I sign my name on the hotel book I keep
the pen. Some people think this is a good time to buy it, but if itwas ours we
should sell it.
You ask next, What is my opinion of a democracy?
There is no need for anybody to start a national movement in
thismatter.
We have had your strop packed inexcelsior packing
and await your instructions in regard to it. Children havetheir fortunes read in the
leaves of tea-cups. Some people think this is a good time to buy it, but if itwas
ours we should sell it.
It is, for example,a subject of universal remark
that statesmen seem to be dying out.
There is nodoubt people like to listen to a good
prophecy. Stories of brave menwho give their lives for their country are now written
only forchildren.
The movement of prices has been in various
directions, some up,some down and some sideways.
We can gather them in from all the world. I want to
say at once that in this business you areto regard my own time as absolutely
valueless. Our expert opiniontherefore is that we dont know. The comments of the
audience as they flowed out of the hall showedhow interested they had been. I felt
of course that it wasan innovation and a great change, but I was glad to be in
it.
It looks like a beautiful day, and then
reachingover and packing his hair brush into your valise. Do you think the minority
has too much power in the UnitedStates?