The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
WHAT MARK
 TWAIN LIKES
MENTAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM GIv-
 FEN TO FIRM OF PUBLISHERS.
lnnermost Secrets Revealed to the Case of the Whole WOrld.-Pref- erences in Poetry, in Ro- mance and Religion Now
 Made Known.
{BY MARK TWAIN.)

(BY MARK TWAIN.) have received from the publishers. Leypoldt & Holt. New York. a neatly printed page of questions. with blanks for answers, and I am requested to fill those blanks These questions are so arranged as to ferret out the most se- cret points of a mans nature without his ever noticing what the idea is un- til the thing is done and his "charao- ter" gone forever. A number of these sheets are bound together and called a mental photograph album. Nothing could induce me to fill those blanks but the asseveration of these gentlemen that 1t will benefit my race by enabling young people to see what l am and giving them an opportunity to become like somebody else. This candor overcomes my scruples. have but little character. but what have l am willing to part with for the public good. would have been a better man if I had had a chance. but things have always been against me. 1 never had any parents, hardly-only just a father and mother-and so l have had to struggle along the best way could.
 do not boast of this character. further than that built it up by my SelL HI Ouu uouIs uuElHB tHc ldSt tIlIly years. and without other educational aid than I was able to pick up in the ordinary schools and colleges. l have filled the blanks as follows:
 What Ia Your Fnvorite.
 Color? Anything but dun.
 Flower? The night blooming sSirius.
 Tree? Any tree that bears forbid den fruit.
 Object in nature? A dumb belle.
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 Season of the year? The lecture sea- son.
 Perfume Cent per cent.
 Gem? Jack of diamonds when 1t is trumps. ... ..-..
 Style of beauty? The subscribers.
 Names, male or female? Maimez (Maimie). for a female and Tacus and Marinus for males.
 Painters? Sign painters.
 Musicians? Harper & Brothers.
 Piece of sculpture? The Greek Slave" with his rod.
 Poet? Robert Browning when he has a lucid interval.
 Poetess? Timothy Titcomb.
 Prose author? Noah Webster, LID.
 Characters In romance? The Byron family.
 In history Jack the Giant Killer.
 Book to take up for an hour7 Van derbilts pocketbook.
 What book not religious) would you part with last? The one might happen to be reading on a railroad during the disaster season. What epoch would you choose to have lived in? Before the present Erie it was safer. Where would you like to live? In the moon. because there is no water there.
 rayor,te amusemento Hun+ing ,ba tiger or some kindred game. Favorite occupation? Like dew on the gowan-lying." What trait of character do you most admire in man? The noblest form of sannibalism-love for his fellow man.
 In woman7 Love for her fellow man.
 What trait do you most dctest in oach? That trait" which you put Tor" to to describe its possessor.
 If not yourself. who would you rath- CT be? The wandering Jew, with a nice annuity.
 What is your idea of happiness? Finding the buttons all on.
 Your idea of misery? Breaking an egg in your pocket.
 What is you bete noir? What is my which?
 What is your dream? Nightmare, as 0 general thing.
 What do you believe to be your dis tinguishing characteristic Hunger
 What dol you most dread? Exposure
 What Is the -sublimest passion of which human nature is capable? Lov- ing your sweetheart's enemies
 What are the sweetest words in the world? Not guilty"
 What are the saddest? Dust unto dust"
 What is your aim in lifey To en- deavor to be absent when my time comes.
 What is your motto? Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.
 But, testing aside. the mental photo- graph album is novel and ingenious idea. If one will take the trouble to write answers to those questions. se- riously and conscientiously. he will discover when he Is done that he has made a record whereby a stranger may gather a pretty fair estimate of his real nature and the peculiar bent of his character. A well-fiiled album