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APTITUDES .... pitfall*
A large share of the personal
unhappiness in the world comes
from misplaced ambitions. Young
people try to make their way in
the world at occupations for which
they have no natural talent. They
can never make a real success in
such fields, whereas tfcey might
have been very successful in other
occupations.
Educators and psychologists
? have developed highly accurate
methods of testing the aptitudes
of boys and girls, and when their
advice is followed those who ac
cept it are likely to find their life
work not only satisfying but re
munerative. Those who do not
receive or accept such guidance
often find themselves in the posi
tion of square pegs trying to fill
round holes, which can't be done.
? Much of the blame for the
world's unhappy square pegs can
be laid to the doors of parents,
whose ambitions for their children
take no account of the child's
capabilities, or lack of them. Many
a first-rate artisan or engineer
has been spoiled to make a sec
ond-rate doctor or lawyer.
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GIRLS careers
In recent tests of high school
pupils in several cities, to deter
mine their aptitudes, the girls were
found io be much more realistic
:tan the boys' in picking the lines
of endeavor which they were am
bitious to pursue. They were far
more clearly aware of their par
ticular personal aptitudes.
Half of the boys who had ambi
tions to take up law and medicine
were found to have little or no
aptitude for those professions.
Nearly all of them showed more
aptitude for mechanical trades or
occupations. More than half of the
high school pupils who expressed
the desire to go to college were
found to lack the qualities which
a college education is supposed to
develop. That accounts, the ex
aminers said, for the fact that
from a third to one-half of the
boys who do enter college fail to
complete the courses.
The girls seem to be less "high
hat" than the boys in scorning
occupations which call for physical
labor. They do not insist on "white
collar" careers as so many of the
boys do.
AMBITION" . . . . reactions
1 know a young man whose par
ents were bent upon his entering
one of the "learned professions."
He had no aptitude for any of
them, or for any kind of office
work or other "white collar" oc
cupation. He became a drifter, try
ing one job after another and fail
ing in all. because he had been
brought up by fond but foolish
parents to feel that there was
sotaething demeaning in working
with his hands.
Meantime his sister, of whom
her parents had tried to make an
artist, had discovered that her par
ticular aptitude lay in the design
ing and making of hats. She set
herself up as a milliner and is
prosperous and happy. A few years .
ago she raked her brother over the
coals and made him see that there
was nothing disgraceful in using
his bands and nis aptitude in the
use of tools.
Now the young man has found
himself and is happy, repairing
fine furniture and building model
locomotives. He no longer objects
to getting his hands dirty and he
is at peace with the world.
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TOOLS ...... success
A boy just finishing high school
paid me the compliment last
Spring of asking me what equip
ment he needed to make a success
of his life. I sat down with him
and we drew up a list of the "tools 1
of success" which everybody can
acquire.
First are words. A good vocabu
lary. free from slang, will carry a
young person a long way. Next ,
come* a pleasant voice, a good- ,
natured smile, a not too boisterous ,
sense of humor, a courteous man
ner, good taste in clothes, which
does not) necessarily mean dress
ing in the height of fashion, per
sonal neatness, attentiveness, a
good memory, an even temper, and
a lively but not impertinent curos
ity about everything. Combine
those tools with willingness to
give the best you have to what
ever job you have, and the desire
to do your work better each day
than the day before, and one is |
bound to go a long way. j.
Those are the tools of success i
that every boy and girl can have,;
for the asking. They win open I '
unexpected doors to those who j
carry them. 1 1
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MUSIC .... Negro sources
The greatest contribution which s
the Negro race has made to mod-!'
ern culture is i? music. A very >3
high proportion of modern musical
was either composed by Negro t
musicians or derived from Negro'
sources. Anton Dvorak, the great |j
European composer, based hls'a
"New World Symphony" on Am- i
erican ' Negroes' folk songs and <
"spirituals."
It ia not surprising to me that I
the music composition which has
b?en adopted as the "theme song" .
for tkt great New York World's j
FWr of 1?? fc the work of a;
TTagiw eoaspoaar. Every American
??lilaa of iBfortue* was lnvit
l? tf HC i M ?ct?*
Seeing Double
LAKEWOOD, MAINE . . . When over 500 twins meet here this
month for Maine's First Annual Twin Party, they will have difficulty
in distinguishing between the twins who instigated the meeting.
They are (L. to It) W. P. Farrow of Waterville, Maine, and H. J.
Farrow of Winnipeg, Can. The fact that they resemble each other so
closely even though they have lived 2,000 miles apart for nineteen
years under different conditions, the brothers will be closely studied
at the Twin Party by Professor D. C. Rife, an authority on twins.
Each offering submitted was re
corded on a phonograph record
by an orchestra Then the records
were played before a jary of com
posers and critics, who did not
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Pattern 8284
This tailored bolero ensemble is
a year-round style. It's so smart,
and the lines are so good, that
you'll want to make it in several
different fabrics. We suggest Jer
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Designed for sizes: 12. 14. 16.
18 and 20". "Size 14 requires 4
yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric for
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inch bias fold required for trim
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Pattern 8230
This is just exactly what
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very simple and yet truly festive,
with its little row of bows down
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neckline and sleeves. Of course
toe neckline is square, for that's
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19 inch material. 2 3-8 yards
tleating or milling. 2 yards rib
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know the identities of the contes
tacts.
A six-minute symphony by Wil- j
liam Grant Still, a Negro, was
practically the unanimous choice
It is described as a "tone poem,"
and it will be played more than
50.000 times in the course of the
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World's Fair. If the Negro race
has no other representation than
that in the presentation of the
?World of Tomorrow.'' it will
have contributed a large share in
derd t? :he entertainment of the
visitors from all the World.
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for projects to develop new com
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THE LAWS
" Sure we do... and it's
better business , too"
When you drink Beer in a
tavern . . . choose your tavern
WHEN YOU restrict your patronage to legal,
respectable retail outlets, you not only en
courage thc*e better outlets but you've made
a start toward driving out the bad spots
in your community.
Ana tfca-t is exactly the aim of ?he great
tody of honest retailers of beer who. along
with the brewers, recognize that Beer's
only problem is to remove the anti-social
conditions that sometimes surround its sale.
Existing laws caij curb these evils. Help
as by demanding their strict enforcement !
Sales to minors, or after legal hours ... or use
ef a beer license as a screen, for selling illicit
liquor or for operating an illicit resort . , .
all these are violations of the law and should
be stopped. Public opinion, once aroused,
can see that such practices are stopped !
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UNITED BREWERS INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION
21 East 40tn Street New York, N. Y.
Correspondence is invited from groups and in
dividuals everywhere who are interested in the
brewing industry and its social responsibilities.
Lo*k M this 9*M m members'*** i odvertisi ?.
Ad Investigation in one state
discloses the fact that 300 persons
paid pensions (or being blind, al
so bave automobile drivers' li
censes. ?
ADMIX ISTRATt >K> NOTICE
Having qualified as Adminis
trator of the estate oi Mrs. \Y. B
Lindsey Timberlake, deceased,
late of Franklin County, .Vi^t^i
Carolina, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the es
tate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or be
iore the 19th day of August, 1939,
or this tiotice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment. This
18Mi day of August. 19o8.
8'19-6t J. E. HALL. Adm'r.
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