Semi-weekly herald., 1908-07-27
book unless they did.


Many gifted people inherit some
taint or weakness Of character and
while they have pieaty Of brain power
they lack will poxer
Most people who ara talented to
write can draw pictures. bit scarce
iy any one who Is gifted 10 sing
makes successful dancer. some
| men can be good doctors and sill
not be good surgeons. Others are
good surgeons and can not practice
medicine successfully. 1t was lady
who cared only for the study of anat-
omy or the human body who made a
special study OF the throat and dis
covered why women can sing higher
than men. Her brother q professor
thought II was q great discovery until
he learned his sister was entitled to
the honor, then he flew into a rage.
A mother sometimes accidentally
| gives to her unborn child special
talent for something. The mother Of
one OF the worlds greatest mathemati.
clans. for months sat at the spinning
wheel and counted on her fingers the
different colors of thread she was
weaving.
The Japanese are expert jugglers be-
cause 1t is handed down to them by
their forefathers. The Indians are
natural bead workers. basket makers
and blanket makers because the work
is inherited.
Very few people can ever learn 10
be ventriloquists. Very few can over
learn to be professional whistlers. Few
can learn to be expert acrobats.
Some of the greatest writer's as boys
were slow to learn. Their brain
power did not develop til later. Mark
Twain. the worlds greatest humorist.
as boy was not considered as bright
AS many others In his class. But mu-
sicians. artists and singers usually
show talent at an early age.
Some people are born with patience
and ability and make successful
nurses. Others become sick from the
smell OF drugs In a sick room.
Sometimes convicts do not know
they are talented until they find their
homes behind the prison walls. Then
they become very clever In some cer-
tain kind of work. surprising even
themselves.
| once knew boy whose brain was
not developed, yet he could carve the
most beautiful things from wood.
knew another who was not bright on
any thing except music.
Some famous artists have talent for
drawing yet they cannot catch express
sion. or become cartoonists.
1t comes natural for some artists
to paint landscape or scenery; others
talent lies chiefly In painting animals.
Some men make brave soldiers and
still they lack magnetism or authority
to become officers in the army. A good
soldier would not always make good
| officer.
Experienced editors can not always
become writer's of fiction. There seems
to be branch for every kind Of work.
Some are gifted with an imaginative
power. Others are gifted with descrip-
tive powers. Some people can attend
fair or exposition and describe 30
plainly the things they have seen that
others can see them too. Others can
see great many things, but cannot
describe anything.
1t takes more ready wit to become
brilliant lawyer than any other pro
fession. Ones brain has to respond
clans and writer's have time TO study
out their thoughts. have seen ora
tors that had wonderful flow Of
language. yet their brain did not act
quickly enough to make good debators.
AZ great talent as any other Is
the management OF ones little home.
and the attentive motherly mothor
rearing her little ones.
When one inherits q certain talent
the road TO success IL not SO easy. 1t
requires a great deal OF hard study and
a great many dlsappointments. The
position OF noted actresses. artists and
authors is sometimes we'll earned.
Some are unsuccessful and die In
poverty and want. Some few. but for
the kindness OF friends would have
slept In paupers graves forgotten aud
unappreciated.
IVA b. HUSSEY.
There is no foolishness about Frank
IL. Hitchcock. chairman Of the Re
publican national committee. The
secret OF his success is the manner
In which he enthuses every one with
the work he has In hand. There are
few men who can stand the amount
of work performed each day by Mr..
Hitchcock. As second assistant post
master general he was the most pop
ular and accommodating official In
Washington. He always had well
como for every one and no one went
away without feeling 1t was Mr.. Hitch
cocks aim TO do justice to one and
all.
While In Washington last winter
the writer had the pleasure OF meet
ing and conversing with Mr.. Hitch
cock on several occasions, enjoying an