EDITORIAL 



AN ANCIENT THEORY OF THE PACIFIC 



Away back in the last century a wit of Washington noticed that 

 two tall blonde geologists were much together on the streets, that 

 they looked somewhat alike, and were obviously very fond of one 

 another; so he dubbed them "The two Dromios." It "took" — 

 even with the victims. They tried to settle between themselves 

 which was the Dromio of Ephesus and which was the other Dromio; 

 but it was too much for them. So they fell to calling one another 

 simply "The Other Dromio." This was really an improvement on 

 Shakespeare. "The Other Dromio" and "The Other Dromio" 

 were as alike as two peas, as everyone must admit. So thence- 

 forward their letters to one another had the same signature and the 

 last letter that passed between them was signed "The Other 

 Dromio." 



Now once upon a time, away back in the last century, these 

 two Dromios were together in the field, and after a long tramp 

 they sat down to rest. Said one Dromio to his mate, " Do you want 

 to know my theory of the Pacific ?" 



"Certainly," said The Other Dromio, "fire away!" 



"Well, sir, in the first place the Moon was pulled out of the 

 west-southwest side of the Earth. In doing this the east side of 

 the crust was badly cracked up. A great zizag crack ran down the 

 west side of Europe and Africa. Europe itself was cracked all to 

 pieces, and stray cracks ran off into Asia and Africa. Europe, as 

 we all know, remains sadly cracked even unto this day. 



"The pieces of crust on the west side of the great zigzag crack 

 pushed off as far as they could and have ever since tried to keep 

 out of world-rumpuses of this and all other sorts. This is the gist 

 of my theory of the Pacific Basin and of the Atlantic also." And 

 then he laughed a laugh that scared away the birds. 



Then The Other Dromio rose right up and said: "Let's 



move on." 



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