Life — April 7, 1921 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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The Thoughts of Hermione The Modern Young Woman We gave an entire evening to him recently—our little group of serious thinkers—and discussed him thor- oughly. Heisso . . . so. you get what I mean. A writer is cither Cosmic, or he is not, you know . . and don't you think that Wells looks Cosmic in his pictures? Ever so much more Cosmic than Chesterton, though, of course, Chesterton is — larger, physically. And I think Ches- terton is larger psy- chically than Wells, too. Mr. Chesterton has such psychic don't you think? Aurelia Dart and I heard him lecture, and | we didn’t remember | half what he said be- cause we positively entranced, if you get what I mean, by his dear Psychic Eyes. Al- though, of course, what he said was wonderful, too. So paradoxical, you know, and all that sort of thing. Our little group agree that Wells is more Cosmic than Chesterton and Ches- terton more Psychic than Wells, but we had quite a discussion the other evening about Einstein . is he more Cosmic than Wells, or isn’t: he? He's the Relativity D™= you think H. G. Wells is just simply wonderful! well, er, Cosmic, if were so | KNOW THE LADY? Miss Ina May Gallagher Dent Had a quaint conversational bent; She'd say, in between, “Tf you know what I mean”— As if nobody knew what she meant. sure whether it was about the Sexes or about the Russians, but she objected to it either way. And, of course, both the Sexes and the Russians might be dangerous topics of discussion to the untrained mind. Like Psychoanalysis. Really, you know, the untrained mind shouldn't tamper with Psychoanalysis at all! Nor Ouija, either. but with sincerity, They shouldn't be taken up just for fads, you know, It's simply terrible to go into such things in a frivolous mood. One must have Rev. erence, if you get what I mean, Our little group Psychoanalyzed a Spirit Control recent- ly. He was working the Ouija Board for us, you know, and we thought it would be quite wonderful to Psychoanalyze him with the Ouija Board It turned out he had the queerest Com- plex! He said he was Shakespeare, and that Queen Elizabeth was in love with Though, of some of the Controls are not to be trusted at all. Aren't interesting! They are quite the thing these U n LZE |! really, WA All the Best People MOTGONERY FLAGS him, course, Complexes days, JAMES have them. Appendicitis has gone out, you know, and Complexes have come in. I've been them up in connection taking man, you know. A lot of the old things, like Atoms, are going out and Rela- tivity is coming in. The Best People have all taken it up. Though Mama says she objects to it. Poor, dear Mama! She is not at all advanced, you know. “Hermione,” she said to me the other day, “I don’t say much to you about your Advanced Thought, or your Causes, but I wish you would drop Relativity. No good in the world can come of a young woman meddling with things of that sort.” “Mama,” I told her, “I will not drop Relativity! 1 will Express Myself! And taking up Relativity is one of my ways of Expressing Myself.” Mama cried. It turned out, you know, that she thought Relativity had something to do with the Sexes. She was the same way about Hedonism. She wasn't quite with my Sociological work. I haven't lost my interest in that, at all. I still go Slumming, you know, and try to get the Masses to live better lives. And now one of the things I am doing is taking a Psycho- analyst on my Slumming tours with me, The Lower Classes are just full of Complexes! would surprise you! And how can the Masses be uplifted unless they are first Psychoanalyzed and relieved of their Complexes? Really, they are every bit as important as Adenoids. But I must say the Masses aren't one bit grateful. Think for them, toil for them, sacrifice for them—and in the end they disappoint you. But we advanced thinkers are used to in- gratitude. I find it in all my Causes. In my Americanization Really, it comicbooks.com