Two Minds ...

It was nearing the deadline for Scripps-Howard's San Francisco News. And dapper Jack Burket, editor recently turned columnist, was blank of ideas. Just in time, he found one, and turned out an essay on the moods of San Francisco at dawn and dusk. Over at the rival Hearst Call-Bulletin, the column seemed to stir memories. Leafing through files, the Hearstlings found an April 23 piece by A.P. Columnist Hal Boyle--on the moods of Manhattan at dawn and dusk. They reprinted the columns side by side, under the heading HO HUM. Sample quotes:

Boyle: "The poet said a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Sometimes it is a pain forever, too . . ."

Burket: "The poet said a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Occasionally it is a pain forever, too . . ."

Boyle: "At 5:30 p.m there is no such thing as failure."

Burket: "At dusk there is no such thing as failure."

Boyle: "If you don't remember it that way--then you never knew New York."

Burket: "But if you don't remember, you've never known San Francisco."

Last week, Burket's column vanished from the News. Burket, the News explained, was on leave of absence.

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