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A WKLL KXoWN educator, talking ** to the graduating class of one of our foremost universities, gave them most probably In jest, some advice for getting on in life that is Interesting chiefly for the foolish discussion It has brought forth all over the country 'To snob- young men." said he. And for the gist of bis program for a young man to gel ahead in the world. ho told them to stand aloof, to throw a bluff. to cultivate i ^e right people, to make a play lor the boss' daughter instead of his stenographer. And people have been comment ing ami disrating and interviewed on the question 01 whether it is real ly bett? to be a snob and get ahead or not to bo a snob and not got ahead ! "What happiness," is one naive re i GABBY GERTIE I ??The mistress still believes she's right even when the maid's left." V-f* * * * ? ? ? ? ? ? . i . .... . . IT "RINGS TRUE" i By Jean Newton. WE SPEAK of a story or an ac count of something "ringing | true" when we mean it bears ever> semblance of truth and sincerity. Usu ally it doesn't "ring'* at all. The story may come to us without even the j sound of the human voice. We may ! read of it and yet use the expression "it rings true." The words however are a survival ot a time when ir was by literal "ringing" that certain truth or falsity was established. The expression "it rings true" had Its origin in the days when a large j quantity of counterfeit money was be ing unloaded In the country and it was | a common sight to see people drop u coin they had received in change to I the counter in order to hear the ring by which they could distinguish the | genuiue from the imitation. The term mark, "in marrying the boss* daugb ter If you don't love her?" The assumption seems to be that it's sure to work ? this being a snob. You're sure to get what you want ? the boss" daughter can't fail to fall Into your arms ! The only question seems t?? be ? will you be happy ac cepting :i 1 1 this good fortune just for beinvr a snob? And that's all bunk, of course. I suppose it has happened that some one has r:*en by haiigin^ on to some one higher up? but it doesn't happen often. All other things being equal, good connections are usually a valu able asset. In their way they may be as \aluabie to a young man who ha3 something teallj worthwhile to ^ive, as that other asset, the neces sity to uiake his own way. liut good connections arc rarely acquired by concentrating on them. They are ratlier a part of the recognition that comes to people who are trying to do something worth while, who are in work for the love oi it rather than for where it is going to get them, witness the phenomenon of Lindbergh. I>??n't assume this to be a preach ment agnnst being pra "tical. I'ai from it. One must be practical. But the most impractical tiling in the world Is to try t?? get ahead by concentrating on that, by being a snob. The point is that in the tlrst place it is bound to keep you from giving of your best to the work that should get you ahead ? ami tlien people always see through it. If you look hack you will come upon a recollection, as we all ??. of so m eon a who tried to cultivate "the right people." who always had an eye open for those who would be of use to him. for "getting In right" ? some one who tried to get ahead by being a snob. And you will have a recol lection of someone avoided and de spised, someone doubtless who is still marking time on the same old tread mill of trying to "get in right." <(&. 1929. Roll Svn<llcate.> | TO THE EDITOR! By Fred Barton. I HAVE developed a delightful at> sentmlndedness. I put on the brown suit and found 35 cents In the pock ets. Then 1 doncd my white flannels and found SI. If th!s keeps on I'll soon have money enough to retire on. But absentmindedness has Its faults. I mis-cent n letter to Buffalo. Ohio ? yes, there is such a place. Also there's a Boston, Ohio, and a Vienna, Oldo. But probably all three together wouldn't make one Loyal Oak or I'ar ma Center or Western Star. When it comes to the size of town**, names don't mean much. (Copyr lgor.) Society Girls Paddle Canoe Across Catalina Channel ^sS? These len society delis fr< m Camp Tojon on Catallna Island were photographed Just before they hail completed the extraordinary feat of paddling their war canoe across the treacherous waters of Catnllna channel. Losing their way in darkness anil getting two miles oft their course, they required 5 hours and 45 minutes to moke the 20 miles to the mainland at L >s Angeles harbor. took hold anil came into popular usage in the figurative sense in which it is familiar today. (Coyyrlgut.) Nonconformity Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist, lie who would gather immortal palms must not be hie lered by the name of goodness, but must ex plore If it be goodness. Nothing Is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to your self, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. ? Emerson. MOST BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN MOTHER AND SON Mrs. Richard O'Connor, twenty-two, of Dover, N. J., and her flve-year cU son, James Richard, who were selected by unanimous vote as being the noct beautiful American mother and ion. Judges In this contest, which was nationwide, were John Barrymore, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cornelius Yan aertllt, Jr. A Mountain Top Point of View By LEONARD A. BARRETT wwvwvvvwvvvvwvvvvvwvvvvvvu TLIIS article is written od one of r lie highest elevations in the Allegheny mountains. From this point of view three states and seven coun ties are visible. The vast expanse of territory is a veritable dreamland of trees and shadows of vastness and silence. In the presence of such beauty na ture seems to teach valuable lessons. She seems to say. "Come along with me and I will show you real power and beauty. En ter into the si lence with me and I will point the way to calmness and self-control. In the music of my cathedral songs of birds and rustle of tree tops ? t here are no discordant notes. My music is a grand march of progress ever L. A. Barrett. onward and up ward which Is at tuned to major chords." from u mountain top point of view the perplexities of every day life, which we have left behind for a while, seem very unimportant. Re turn to them we must; but when we do so. it Is with a broader and wiser insight because we have been per mitted to see these perplexities from a point of view of calm The beauty of an oil palntln^i, enhanced when viewed at a ilsstanct A too near point of view spoils u? picture for us. A lily lifted too ne? the sun will wither to white ashes, hut when allowed to grow |n earth's gardens sufficiently removed from the sun, its heat and light contribute to its beauty. Get away from your work and r? into the mountains. It Is one of the best investments one can make, it pays bin dividends in terms of those iife values which enable a man to master his work and not he mastered by it. Fatigue is natures warning signal that we need a vacation. Rest is ture's method of storing up enerjrr and reserve force. Therefore, get ye to the mountains! Rest is not quitting the busy career Rest Is flttins: one's self to his sphere. ((?>. 1D29. Wenteru Newspaper Union.! 4+->+++'M'+4+Hm?mw? ?SUPERSTITION ABOUT} t TWIN CALVES 1 + ? J + ,By H. !. King. A RATHER common superstition in this country ? that is, among farm ers ? is that twin calves bring bad luck. "You will never be rich/' "the end ol possession" are some of the signifies* tions of the omen. This is a survival from the cult of the Roman goddess Diana, who was the Greek goddess Artemis. Now Arteinis ? or Diana, as we prefer to be Greek or Roman? was the protectress of domestic animals and one of the Identities of Artemis was Ilithyia. As Ilithyia she presided over birth. Diana was generally ft beneficent goddess; hut she was not always so. The ancients endued their gods an?i goddesses with very human qualities and Diana, the Virgin Huntress, was represented as a rather "touchy" spin ster. very much of n prude and taking vengeance upon those who offended her prudery. As witness the mannei in which she treated that unfortunate nymph, Callisto, and that Peeping Tom of an Act aeon. Now Diana was born ft twin herself and, considering that she presided over domestic caule and over birth, regarded the birth ol twin calves as having a personal touch offensive to her sense of de corum. It was that same delicate sen sibility which caused the early Vic torian spinster to take offense when some crude person mentioned the "legs" of the piano. An offense of that aoit Diana always punishes. <? by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.! Billie. Brownie Sandman Story BILLIE BROWNIE was much ex cited. He was going to call upon a bird creature he had never seen before. Of course he always enjoyed calling on his old friends. He liked to hear more of their news. Sometimes he liked to have them tell him the same things about them selves for then he could tell others who hadn't heard all the news, and he could freshen up his own memory about their ways. But it was an event to call on a new creature he had never seen at all. He put on his best brown suit and his best brown stocking cap with the brown tassel at the end, and started on his journey. The new creature upon whom he was to call was the Kiwi. He didn't quite know how to pro nounce the creature's name but he did his best, in his own guesswork fashion and knew that would do. "One comfort always Is," Billle Brownie said to himself, "that animals won't glare at you If you don't pro nounce their family names correctly.** He followed the directions Mother Nature bad given him. And then he came before the Kiwi. ?Tin Billle Brownie," he said, intro ducing himself. "Mother Nature ha3 given me the power to understand her children and the way they speak. ?Ton will And, too, that you can un derstand me. Mother Nature attended to that, for, as she said, a one-sided conversation wouldn't be of much use." "I do understand you," said the Kiwi. "It's a fine day," said Billle Brownie, for the Kiwi didn't seem to be doing any talking, though he looked friendly enough. He didn't look particularly lively though. -Is ltr sara the KiwL "I hadn't no ticed." "Yes," said Billle Brownie, "or at least, I think it is. Some might say it was a bit too windy, or others mlgit say it was a bit too sharp, but to my way of thinking it is very pleasant." "What is yonr way of thinking?" asked the Kiwi suddenly. "Well, well," said Billle Brownie, "it's just a Brownie's way of think ing." "Oh," said the Kiwi, "then It doesn't mean that only along one certain road or way you can think? You are able to think anywhere?" "Dear me, yes, I should hope so," said Billie Brownie. "I wonder," he went on after anoth* "Gracious, No," Said Billie Brownie. er pause, "If yon wouldn't tell me something u'uuut yourself V' "I don't mind doing that," said the Kiwi. "Ton can see what I look like with yonr own eyes ? for I notice you have yonr own or at least I suppose they are your own. You didn't borrow thera, did yon?" "Gracious, no," said Billie Brownie. "Then," said the Kiwi, "you can no tice with your own eyes that 1 look something like a small ostrich and something like a white leghorn hen. \ "In tact, I'm somewhere between the two In the animal world. I'm from Australia ? a country Is which many curious and Interesting animals live ? and I'm like a mixture of a small Aus tralian ostrich and a white leghorn hen, as I said, and as you can see. "I have down instead of featheri. The eggs I lay are not so large jab those of a hen. ?'I can't fly at all worth mentioning. In fact, I'm just an odd creature. "But I'm odd enough not to mind being odd. "If you are odd and are sorry you are odd. It Is a great pity and Is apt to cause you unliapplness. "But If you're odd and don't mind, then no harm Is done, and everyone is more or less satisfied. "You came to see me because I was odd, possibly?" "Possibly," said Billie Brownie, "as long as you don't mind the use of that word. "But truly I came to see you more because you were a new creature I'd never seen before, and I wanted to tell my friends ebout you." "Ah," said the Kiwi, "so the friend.? of Blllle Brownie will know about me I That's not so bad, not eo bad," the Kiwi ended, looking at Billie Browal* In rather a foolish way. (Copyright.) (# by UcClure Newspaper Syndicate. }
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