If A Man Does Not Go About

She Was Short On Intellect, But Long On Shape.

Always Interline A Contract Before Signing It, Merely To Impress The Party Of The First Part. The One Who Puts His Signature To Articles Of Agreement Drawn Up By The Other Fellow Is Establishing A Dangerous Precedent.

If A Man Does Not Go About His Work With Enthusiasm, It Means That He Has Not Yet Found A Work That He Likes. Every Mortal Is A Busy Bee When He Comes To The Task That Destiny Has Set Aside For Him.

I Got The Breaks. Starting From Nowhere In The Corn Belt, I Helped Edit A Country Weekly, Then Was Jack-of-all-departments On An Obscure Daily, So That When I Arrived In A Big City Everything I Tackled In The Line Of Column Conducting And Syndicate Peddling And Playwriting Had To Bring Promotion, Because I Had No Social Standing Which Could Be Endangered, No Reputation To Toss Away And No Pride Which Might Suffer A Setback. Everything I Acquired Had To Be Velvet. You Cannot Lose Your Silver Spoon If You Are Brought Up On Pewter.

I Am Thoroughly Tired Of The Fable Style Of Narrative And Shall Do My Best To Get Up Something Entirely Different And Possibly Little More Worthy.