Se Pretenses. They knew he was a Genius, because nothing pleased him. He
decided to start with something easy and dash off an Operetta. Having
sat through some of the Current Offerings, he noted that the Dialogue
was unrelated to Real Literature and the Verses lacked Metrical
Symmetry. It would be a Pipe for a sure-enough Bard to sit down on a
Rainy Afternoon and grind out something that might serve as a Model for
Harry B. Smith. So he had a Vase of Fresh Flowers put on his Desk every
Day, and he woul