The Archive · 1925

INVESTIGATIONS

HUMAN NATURE

Man's True Inwardness Tested by Ticket Selling By "Ruramerne Pepys Te was Pope who said proper study of mankind is man" and Pope is so invariably right that tone hesitates to contradict so sent~ envious a gentleman, However, it thus been borne in upon us that this is one of the mast improper studies offered in the curriculum of mortal experience.

'This coneliston has come home to us with stinging poignancy each time we enter, all against our better Judgment, upon a ticket-selling campaign' for one of the numerous Worthy onuses or gifted—genitses in which Shanzhai abounds. it carefully noted here that we do geo in for any Lost Causes, We sill mots ne matter what thumb crews of public opinion or private cajolery ave employed, set out deliberately. to induce the public to nnd its money for that which Eitistieth not. We know it ix 0 Tider not only proper but laudable eet tid of admissions to any sort fof show, he matter how had, in frey to ald any' rood ence; but Wey Wwe prefer te do our hold-up work differently.

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