Semi-weekly herald., 1908-07-27
INHERITED TALENT.

year. are among the number.
INHERITED TALENT.
Miss Durant, plain little American
girl. Is In London with the praise oil
royalty ringing In her ears. She
went out among strangers and withou,
anyone's help. Now. she has honor
and wealth because It came easy fol
her to learn fancy dancing. She IL
not the first American girl to make
her first triumph across the water
Mary Anderson won her first success
In London before the Americans knaw
she had talent enough to be a noted
actress,
Some parts Of ones brain cells
seem to be developed more than 9th
ers. There is a person for every diff
ferent kind Of work. You can't make
farmer. carpenter or shoe maker
out OF u natural born artist. An archi
tect can plan large buildings and PEG
pie may wonder at his skill but you
can't make an artist out of him.
One can improve In most any kind
Of work they undertake. but 1t is al.
ways easier for them to do some
things than others. First OF all one
must like the kind of work he under.
taxes or he cannot make success
OF it. There Is great deal of dif.
ference IN peoples dispositions. Even
In sisters.
Helen Gould is OF quiet nature. and
Is noted for her charitable deeds,
She Is only happy when making other
people so. While her sister is proud
and selfish and seeks notoriety.
Hettie Green OF New York is q tai.
ented women. Her talent. like An.
drew Carnegie's is inherited business
ability. or good management.
You seldom see Jew failure as
a dry goods merchant. They are US
ually polite and businesslike Their
business ability is banded down to
them In their chosen profession.
Thomas A. Edison. the worlds
greatest inventor, when he started out
as telegraph operator. was no;
thought to be genius. He dressed
very plainly and was rather hard OF
hearing to all except metallic sound.
Sculptors can carve the most bean.
tiful images or groups from marble
with seemingly no extra amount of
work or study. because 1t is q gilt
born with them.
1t is said Of Fowler. the worlds
greatest phrenologist, that he could
not talk well enough to entertain any
one. only about the work he was most
interested In.
Some women learn to be noted mo.
distes or designers of fashion, while
others after life time of practice can
only be an ordinary seamstress.
l knew lady whose talent wa,
cooking or fixing fancy dishes. Shs
improved until she became n caterer
for large banQuets or fashionable DIN
ners. Her place could be filled by
Dos ~ " RSoPASs AJ1t thtOdkh lhSllu-
different things for the table that con
tained intoxicating liquor she acquired
the taste for It and died drunkard
l think the greatest OF all gifts
one can inherit is u beautiful voice
have heard voices 10 sweet that
1t would seem to make even death
easier. Some are born with voices tc
sing tenor, others deep bass. Others
are strong and loud and suited for
soprano. while few are noted con
tralto and baritone singers. Some are
born for Instrumental music. can.
not understand how women can be
come enthusiastic enough to want tc
rush up and kiss soldier or hero OF
e war. But think. there should b,
an excuse for their weakness when
every nerve Is thrilled as they listen
to the sweet tones of q violin or piano
played by q master hand.
Deaf mutes claim they can feel the
vibration OF music In their hands and
fingers when they attend church and 0
congregation join In singing.
| Sometimes chorus girls climb up IL
the theatrical profession without an,
difficulty and become famous stars
while others study and try for year,
only to be failures. Some are bon
for tragedy queens. others are suite,
for emotional parts. Some prefer tn
morbid part. others are suited for CON
'Tis not everyone who can becoIr
a successful Joker In vaudeville, or
good clown in q circus. The saylnI
is 1T takes a smart man to max
FOOL But they have to have
talent for this special line Of wori
1t LIS not every one who can imltat
a foreigner on the stage.
i A man may be q good actor an
still can not be an impersonator. Tha
is profession all ita own. A sir
: may be good eiocntionlst and poo
actress.
A great many artists. writer's on
musicians have been called "cranks
or freaks" having such odd way
or Ideas as to make them seem r