NOTORIETY

n : The fame of one’s competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most acce ible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob’s-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending. NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a proce of reasoning—which is a phenomenon. Neverthele , the discovery and exposition of noumena offer a rich field for what Lewes calls “the endle variety and excitement of philosophic thought.” the noumenon! Hurrah (therefore) for 235