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Make Your Influence Felt in Life WE trouble frith mo*I people it that they fancy -*■ thrmictir* too young or too unimportant to pouei* any influence at all. If they *top to think for a moment they will realise that the pool of immediate environment may he very email but it* airfare it newer without rippleI from the thing* thrown into it. Other* are affected, in *mall way* or great, by the touch of theta circle* and react in tmall wayI or great to environment* which extend much further than, their own. Hod, our lather, give* every one of u* the ilrenglh to create mighty circle* of influence for good.—Ll.OI(VE LTI.EY. CLARA JACOBO This Amhitiou* Daughter of a New England Italian Grocer Row to the Height* of Grand Opera Through the Qualities Miss Utley Preaches About* YOU have heard of the wonderful romance of Clara Jacobo. Per haps you have heard the voice of this new singer thrilling opera audi ences in New York. Just a few years ago, in Lawrence, Mass., customers observed a lovely child standing on tiptoe to peep into the cases where goodies were kept in her father’s little grocery store. Some times one heard the tones of a beauti ful, childish voice lifted in song. “That voice,” declared the Italian friends of Clara's father, “13 meant for the grand opera stage. Ana so they chipped in—as generous hearted Italians do—and sent little Clara to Italy to study. Was this young girl’* head turned by her (uccess? Did the wait* time in amusement* that young girl* love? Not a bit of it! Clara studied hard, worked hard, and showed her gratitude to the friend* who had made this career possible to her. What an influence for good such a life is in an age when in dustry, patience and gratitude are not outstanding virtues in young girls I I think of the triumph of Clara Jacobo and remember how I used to throw a pebble in the pool near my home and run around to the other side to sec how far its circle would extend. You know how circles form about the spot in which you have dropped some object in water? These circles v iden until they sometimes touch the shore of the pool into which a pebble has been thrown. My childish mind could not understand this phenomenon and I always tried to get around to the other side of the pool before the outer circle reached it3 shore. I often wonder how many people arc never able to get around the other side of the pool of their environment quickly enough to stop the harm that some wrong word or deed they have thrown into its depths will accomplish. For wo all live, as it were, on the border of a pool of influence. Every word or act of ours is an object cast into the pool that will send Its ever widening circles of influence for good or evil. Once we set those circles in motion nothing can stop them. They embrace Go Ahead—Profit by Mistakes FROM WRIGLEY’S CREED "Explain sincerely to people what you have that you want them to buy. Ho it in as few words as possible. Then keep at it without stop. Peo ple forget. Don't let them. "If a man knows his business Uioroughly no man need fear big business combinations, or competi tion with big corporations. Only, ha must not copy the big corporation way of doing business UINLIKE many other big execu tives, William Wrigley, Jr., be lieves that the day of large opportunity for the small business man is not passing. “Believe in your product, and ad vertise it. Don’t distrust yourself. Go ahead—and profit by your mis takes.” This the the creed of success, ex pressed over and over, of a man who revealed not long ago that he is able to afford a $6,000,000 hobby. The ■hobby is the ownership of three base ball clubs—the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Pacific Coast League Club mnd the Reading Internationals. A New King CUP WINNER “King,” a Big, Handsome Lion of the Luna Park Zoo, Los Angeles, Holding in His Mouth the Trophy Awarded Him at the Recent Leonine Exhibition Held in That City. ¥“^ VERYONE’S familiar with cat shows, dog shows, bird shows but who ever heard of a lion show? Well, for one thing, the city of Los Angeles, where recently there was a pageant of leonine pets that caused quite a gasp Of excitement among those Californians who have an “an imal complex,” and get their biggest kick out of fondling furry descendants of jungle denizens. Far and away the star of the occa sion was “King,” /of the Luna Park Zoo, an enormous, tail-switching beast who was awarded the blue ribbon. He appeared to be-almost as pleased at tilis honor as his trainer, and obe diently held his prize cup in his mouth while he posed for the camera men. “King” won many juvenile admirers during the show. Is Wrigley’s Advice i V, WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR. Wrigley’s chief amusement is watch ing baseball games. He is able to own three clubs, at a cost that puts to shame mere yachts and racing stables, because he was right in an idea he had more than twenty years ago. It cost him several hundred thousand dollars to prove to the world—and himself— that he was right, but he did it to the tune of millions in profit. The idea was lavish advertising. He hit blase Broadway, the Street of Cynical Laughter, three times. On the first attempt his thin roll of $100,000 evaporated overnight in a flicker of bulbs and posters that proclaimed the virtues of his chewing gum. Trial number two flattened his pocketbook to the tune of another hundred “grand” —but on the third try he went in with more capital and finally had New York chewing away. It wasn’t long before he convinced the entire civilized world. How did he do it? How could an other young man, just as energetic and just as sure of his idea, follow the gum magnate's path to success. , Here are some things that William Wrigley, Jr., has said at different times about himself and the world in which he lives. Out of them may be erected the structure of his philosophy and viewpoint. “There is no reason why a young man can’t come up from the bottom now as always. 1 don’t think he has to have a college education. I was a newsboy and a soap salesman—I once earned $1.50 a week stirring vats of soap with a paddle. Business is as good a training field as college for the young man whose ambitions lie that way." "I rarely am out of bed after 11 p. m., and I usually get up by five. I always felt that if I could get away an hour earlier than the other fellows and get to sleep I was put^ng something over.” “I believe in young men. My son, at thirty, runs the business. He does it on merit If it weren’t growing and expanding under his guidance he would not have the job." "Advertising is the locomotive that pulls business to success.” “Efficiency is what counts, and work. If you go broke don't worry. When my first two attempts to sell gum to New York failed, 1 didn’t lose • night’s sleep. Everybody guesses wrong occasionally.” There is a story to the effect that Wrigley “pere” once gave his son an allowance of $30 a month spending money—with which the boy opened a savings account. The father ordered him to spend it all, else it would be cut off. He wanted his son to concentrate on becoming able to earn more, not save more. “Keep fit. Exercise, get plenty of sleep.” He is an ardent devotee of boxing, golf and tennis, proficient in all three. And finally, the chewing gum king is thoroughly democratic. He rubs elbows fraternally with all of his employes and endeavors, to inspire them with example rather than strict rules. What Do You Know— About Rare Books? 1. What is probably the best known of rare booksT 2. How many copies of this book are extantT 3. When was the first folio of Shakes peare printedt 4. What was the original price paid for itt 5. h’ame two record-breaking library sales in the United States. 6. What great Shelley volume was offered at the Hern saleT 7. Who are some noted American col lectorsf ANSWERS 1. The Gutenberg Bible. The last recorded sale of a copy brought $280, 000. This sale gave the United States seven copies of this Latin Bible. Ger many has 12. 2. Seventy-nine copies. The where abouts of 41 copies are definitely known. The Gutenberg Bible was one of the first books to be printed on the newly invented printing press. 3. The first folio of Shakespear’s plays was printed in 1023, bringing to gether for the first time 20 dramas which rank among the literary master pieces of the world. / 4. A guinea (35) was the supposed price. Ths Lockre Lampson copy of the first folio brought a price of al most $20,000 from a Philadelphia col lector. It was then transferred to the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard. 5. The Robert Hoe sale in 1912, which netted $1,932,060. The Jerome Kern sale in January, 1929, brought $1,729,462. 6. An uncut first edition of “Queen Mah,’’ regarded as the most valuable Shelley volume ever offered at public auction. It brought $68,000. ^ 7. Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, A. D. Newton. The late Amy Lowell was America’s most distinguished woman collector. Says Uldine Utley, Girl Evangelist everything in tho pool within their widening rings. And the rings of Clara Jaeobo’s fine ambition, faith fully brought to fruition have touched the confines of tho world. The outreaehing 'ings of a con spicuous deed spread until you never do see-^-in this world—how far those circles of influence have extended. Many a person has sent the rings of his good or evil deeds circling around the world and wherever those waves touched the world responded to their influence. When we realise how helpless we aro to recall any word or act that we have thrown into the pool of our environ ment don't you think that it behooves us to bo very careful about everything we say and do? No life is so isolated ns to be without influence upon tho lives of others. Every one of us has a pool at our floor in which we may see tho widening circles around the spot in which we have cast a worthy or un worthy missile. The trouble with most people it that they fency themselves too young or too unimportant to possets any influence at all. If they stop to think for a moment they will realize that the pool of immodiiito environment may be very email, but its •urface is never without rip plea from the things thrown into it. Others are affected, in small ways or grapt, by the touch of those circles and re act in small or great ways upon environments which ex tend much further than their own. God, our Father, gives every one of us the strength to create mighty circles of influence for good. Do you know that hands of little children are working in every com munity to carry the message of tho Gospel and tho example of Christian living among tho peoplu of their com munities? And towns where these children work report the heneficient influence of their lives upon their fel low \ On the other hand, there are in a number of schools and towns clubs of children who are working for the cause of atheism. Which group will you emulate, tho ones who refresh their whole environ ment with tho widening rings of loving purpose and righteous living, or tho ULDINE UTLEY Who Finds Lessons in tho Daily Act* of Almost Eroryono. cm's who seek to blight tha flower of existence in its bud? You may not think it, but you are casting pebbles in the pool of environment with one or other of these groups. <j You are exerting a good or a had Influence upon your associates. There is no middle course. Our influence, whether small or great, helps or hinders others in the race towards eternal life. i 11 HOW TO DRESS WELL # I bY ANNE U. STILLMAN Wife of tfic Alillionairc Banker Above ■ Topaz Pendant Set with Diamond* which Swing* on a Black Cord. To the Right I* a Bracelet of Blue Sapphire* Set with Tiny Diamond* and Linked Together with Square Link* of Onyx. Directly Beneath I* Another Link Bracelet with Stone* of Carved Jade Set with Diamond*. The Lower Etching Show* a Bracelet Combining Topaze* with Diamonds and Link* of Clear Crystal. An Earring and Pendant Sat Skow a Sparkling Cryatal Set with Diamond* and Completed by an Onyx Link. EWELS add so much to one’s cos tume—and all women like them. But they must not be overdone. That is a mistako so many women make. One beautiful ring—that is enough! Something around the neck—that is enough! A wrist watch—a bracelet— and the story is told. When buying jewelry you can start at a million dollars and drop to one. You can have any combination—any color. And you can look just as pretty in imitation pearls as in real ones. Don't forget that! You can wear glass beads. Vou can wear emeralds. You can have good t^ste—and you can have bad taste. But, fortunately, the taste in jewelry is improving. Jewels have become a part of the costume—not a thing apart. Women don’t look like jewelers’ show cases at the opera any more. Their friends would laugh at them if they did. One thing is certain — jewels are really more splendid than ever. It is quality and size that count now—and not their number1. Also how they are worn, for there is un art in wearing jewels. One should feel they are jew els—not something from the “five-and ten” store. The dress should be simple if there is anything remarkable about the jewels. You should feel it is a jewel—not a bit of glass. For it is valuable. People have suffered and been guarded and watched. It is rare l It is a jewel. Treat it as such and not as spoils of war. That is so cheap and unworthy. I love fine jewels. I have a few—only a few. But those are very fine. I look at them and admire them for themselves —not because they are mine. I have a samphire that makes me think of bachelor buttons — bachelor buttons that will never fado—that will Uvo long after I am dead. Also a diamond that makes me think of my stream in Canada — dashing, laughing, over the happy stones—clear and sparkling. And an emerald the color of moss. And a silver chain cost ing only $25 that I also love dearly. But that is an ornament and not a jewel. Many dresses need ornaments now adays—and the Shops aro full of them —most attractive things. There is al most anything to go with any type of dress—to be worn for any occasion. A jewel — or an ornament — who cares which—so long as it is beautiful and tastefully chosen l By Clare Murray, New Girl Poet-Artist THE MARIONETTE There must be a place somewhere, Even here in the vortex, 'Where one can lie under the sky And dream And noi count the hours. 1 Yhen one has long been jigging up and down Like a marionette on a siring, Keeping time to the tick of the clock, Silence and solitude Seem good. In nature landmarks stand apart. High peaks have plains between And long perspectives Lead to hilts. “When one he* long been jigging up end down Like e marionette on e (tring.” Life should have such landscapes, Intervals of rest Between great memorable moments. Now the outline of life Resembles the jagged skyline of the city. Crises come so clase and frequent There are no avenues of vision. Up and down emotions are jerked Up like an express elevator— Down like a diving plane. Giddily up and down. No time to stop— No time to see and wonder. Where are silence and solitudet Are they only the gifts of deathf Copyright. 1929. Internationa) Feature Semen. Ue. Great Britain Right* Referred. i 'H 1 ■ ■■. ..■■■■■"■■ . .
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