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her q little. Mrs. Middleton ad
nitted, avoiding her daughters
accusing eyes. .'She needed some
new shoes. You've no idea how
her slippers wear out since this.
new Charleston dance came alOngi
And she did 10 want some cut.
steel buckles for theE1-tl1e poor
child, she loves pretty things"
And she has S20 b week to
spend for fhem!" Mary Rose said
hotiy. she never pays you her
board any more. know It. She
just spends every cent she can
beg. borrow Or steal on her own
baclki She doesn't care whether
you have anything or not.
Mrs. Middleton raised her hand
In protest Hush, hueh!g sllO
begged. DON'T be 50 hard on
her Mary Rose. She only q
baby
4 She's only two years younger
than 1 am" Mary Rose thought,
she didn't say II. What was the
use of distressing her mother.
Nothing would change. Flossie,
anyway!
no BE Cdntinueh.)
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may take to drink or dope in his
effort to pep up" for the job.
Or it may be the other way
around. The physically strong
boy may indulge In physical
pleasures and waste his life
while the weakling, unable to in
dulge in play and late hours, may
hew to the line and be the sue
cess.
Oh, we are all pawns in the
game of life! And the best we
can do is to discover our strong
est good trait and develop it,
with one hand, while we hold
down the lid on our evil trait
with the other hand.
"The Moving Finger writes"
and He writes it on your soul, on
the day you are born. OF course.
TT am the master Of my fate, /
am the captain of my soul"
but It's comforting, after all, to
have some naughty, careless old
-great-grandfather to blame
1t on, when / fall down" on the
job / had the finest father, the
loveliest mother. the most inspir-
ing environment and the sweetest
home in the world--and LOOK
at the cynical things write!
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Of course.

HEREDIT4, or course!
II There are times when /
am almost fatalist-times, when
I positively believe in the old
fashioned doctrine Of predestina-
ton.
That Is, I believe that our fate
is determined at birth by the
predominant characteristic which
we inherit from some long-dead
ancestor. We may, through eff
fort, luck, or environment make
many detours from the path Of
destiny-but we always end at
the place for which we started.
Environment has very little to
do with anything about you, ex-
cept the polish on your finger
nails and the way you accent
your 'a"s. 1t may affect you
superficially-give you manner
and charm and teach you how to
wear your clothes and what to do
at afternoon teas--but il never
made a weak man strong, a
foolish man wise. or a lazy man
hustle, any more than it has ever
made brunette out OF O. blonde
"a LALhCu ~ OAuG Gyc OEOWI.
For instance, il your strongest
characteristic, at birth, is ambi-
ton, then you will follow that
star Of your ambition, no matter
where you start nor what is in
your way-and 1t will drive you
on to success. But, IL your
strongest characteristic is your
weakness"-your self-induIgence
then no matter what your en-
vironment, what your education,
what your chances, or where you
start, your weakness will carry
you down.
Once / had a pet kitten, born
in my own house and fondled
and fed from birth; but he re-
manned always wild and fright.
ened and ready for flight or fight.
That kitten was headed for early
observation-disclosures he got there
His father muAt have been a.
wild, ,back-fence caveman, an
atavistic sheik--Or maybe it was
his grandfather-for his mother
and all his little brothers and sis.
ters were gentle, well.bred and
very refined felines.
There IL no doubt that the right
environment will bring out and
develop the best that is in YOU
IL 1t is already THERE; but, no
environment will PUT it there.
and no environment will kill It If
1t IS there!
A log cabin never made
United States President and
Pittsburgh mansion never made
a rake or g. criminal OF any man;
but neither did having to chop
wood ever keep a man out of the
White House, nor a college educa.
ton and home training ever keep
one out OF Jail.
Two children brought up in pre-
cisely the same environment will
turn out utterly different people.
One viii be strong, honorable, and
. with a high sense of RESPONSE
bility-and the other wiz be wild,
reckless and derll.may-care. One
will earn a fortune-and the other
will borrow 1t from him. Two
boys, born OF the same parents
and reared in the same way, may
have equal talent in the same
direction. But me may inherit
physical strength and succeed in
his career-While the other, bur-
dened with physical weakness.
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TRY THE TIMES
DAILY
SIX
I QUESTTONS

/. Literature. Who wrote "The
Count Of Monte Cristo?"
2. History. Why are the Battles
of Saratoga in 1777 ranked among
the decisive battles Of the world?
8. Geography. What Is the
chief export of the Island of
Jamaica?
4. Business. How much is spent
for advertising annually in the
United States?
5. Mankind. Which are the
two great political parties Of
Canada?
s. Human Nature. What is the
principal cause of misconduct by
children?
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions
/. Science. The presence of lac
ticacid bacilli.
2. Law. When he has exclusive
rights to it.
8. Civics. The United States
Constitution ARTICLE /, Section %.
4. Art. In France.
5. Music. Leopold Auer, Hun
garian.
8. Health. To destroy disease
microbes.
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thanks F'lOssie answered. yawn-
ing.
Mary Rose lay thinking OF John
Manners, her wide eyes fixed on
the gray oblong that was the
window.
For years she had had a great
curiosity about love, and an
enormous longing for 1t. Even
when she was a little girl, she
had read about the Prince In the
fairy tales, and had dreamed Of
the time when Prince should
come to her with q Glass slipper,
or a on the eyelids to waken her
just as all girls dream Of q
Prince.
And now at last, love had come
to her--had shown itself to her
as the gIamorous, shining thing
It isand she would have to put
II away from her, out OF her
heart, out Of her life.
For John was going to marry
Doris HING. The Prince was go
. ing to marry the Dollar Princess!
When Mary Rose went down
stairs the next morning she
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Who Said 1t

mind Is the great lever Of all
things: human thought Is the
process by which human ends are
alternately answered"
Daniel Webster pays this trib-
ute to the mind Of man in his
Address at the Laying of the
Cornerstone Of Bunker Hill Monu-
ment."
"Who thinks that fortune cannot
change her mind.
Prepares a dreadful Jest for all
Mankind"
Pope, In his "Satires," warns
against taking too much for grant
ed for the future.
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Read This First

FLOSSIE and MARY ROSE
| MIDDLETON are two pretty
sisters, the daughters OF wild.
owed mother. They both work
for the Dexter Automobile
Company.
Mary Rose " secretary 10
the sales manager, JOHN
MANNERS, and ID In love
with him, although he's en-.
gagged to marry q girl Of
wealth, DORIS HING. Be,
cause Of ller. feeling for him,
Mary Rose refuses q repeated
offer Of marriage from TOM
FTTZROY. . successful young
doctor.
FlossIe, = horn fIirt, helps
keep the office files under
MISS MACFARLANE. Mary
Rose discovers that she is ear
rying on q Irritation with The
president Of the company.
HILARY DEXTER, although
she's engaged 70 Dexter's sec.
rotary, SAM dESSUP.
One night FlOssIe comes home
much the worse for cocktails
and MRS MIDDLETON tries
to take her in hand. But It's
too late. Flossio goes viii.
fully on with her jaGzy career.
John Manners becomes more
ana more attentive TO Mary
Rose, and oIle night he tells
her that he loves her. and
how he and Doris HING drift
ed into their engagement,
where there's little real love
on either side. Mary Rose Is
thinking Il over later, In her
bedroom, when FlOssie comes
IN. From Dexter's antOnlO.
bile parked across the street,
she had seen Mary Rose and
Manners, and faunts her sister
about her ''necIking party"
Now Go on With the StOry)
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HERE AND
THERE

THE worlds largest loud
u speaker is now being built in
Germany. When completed. this
huge affair will have three bell
mouths, each measuring 20 It.
across and ITO IT. in heighth.
Ostrich feathers have so lost
their popularity that these birds
are now being killed in South
Africa for their skins and flesh.
OF the former light shoes are be-
ing made.
Out of the 1000 visitors who
signed the official album at the
birthplace Of William Shakes.
peare in Stratford-on-Avon, 80, 900
were from the United Kingdom
and 14,160 from America.
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My alibi? That handsome old
scapegrace-Granddaddy!
TOday's Winner in Heredity Contest
GGHERED1TY gives men the
IA makings; environment
MAKES THEM. What environ
ment can do for an individual Is
determined by heredity. The spe.
cific character of performance
and degree of success are largely
determined by social position, hut
the capacity of the mind for
learning and the physr "a,
stitution are determined by hered.
ity and no social institution on
the face of the earth can over
come by the limitations set by
heredity."
Those are some of the argu-
ments which are emphasized by
Mrs. III. G. McPhee, 3407 Otis
st., Mt. Rainier, Nd, in her let
ter on heredity and environment
submitted in the contest for the
daily award of one copy of Har-
old Bell Wright's recent, novel,
"A Son Of His Father" Mrs.
WcPhee's complete letter, which
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door Of the room opened and her
mother came in.
What are my girIies quarrel
ing about?" she asked, her gentle
blue eyes going from one to the
other. Gracious! I could hear
you way In my room, with the
door closed
just Arguing
we weren't .quarreltng. We
were just arguing" Flossie ans
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In the Home

II patent Shoe plnches any
part Of the foot, rag well
soaked in boiling water should Be
placed over the part. II this Is
done while the foot il Ii the
shoe, the leather will soften to
the shape Of the foot.
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ANRWERS

To Yesterdays Questions
/. Spain declared war on the
United States April "a, 1898.
2. Overtoll's plot to overthrow
the English commonwealth was
Matched in 1854.
3. The first French Musketters
was raised by Louis KILL in
1922.
4. The Society for the Diffu-
sion Of Useful knowledge" was
established in London In 1928.
5. Ispahan, Persia, was taken
by TamerIaine in 1887.
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w H E N DID II
HAPPEN AND
WHERE
QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS
l. When was the blockade Of
Cuba by the United States begun?
2. When was the Golden Legend
compiled?
.. When was Antioch taken by
the Crusaders?
4. When was the nhinting Of
the English gold guinea discon-
tinued?
5'When was the Council OF
Ancients the name OF the upper
French legislative body?
Answers to these queries win be
printed tomorrow.
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This Day IN Our History

yt,HIs i the anniversary 81 Rudyafd Kpng "
1865 His poems and prose writings have him n9n
place IN English literature and that fanous critics thnk VIII
endure with the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-30
Run Through With His Own Sword

WILLIAM LEDYARD heroic Revolutionary officer
who gaantly defended Fort Griswod New London,
Conn., through the body with his sword by the
British Major RromfieId.
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My alibi? That handsome old
scapegrace-Granddaddy!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-22
All Other
Remedies Failed
- -
The Test OF
Time Proves
the Value
%
PE-RU-NA

Under the date of March 6, 1902.
Mrs. Maggie Durbin, l3o Riverside
Ave-, Little Rock, Arkansas, has
this to say about her experience:
was troubled for FIVE years with
a chronic disease. / tried eyery-
thing | heard of, but nothing did
me any good. Some doctors said
my trouble was catarrh of the
bowels, others consumption of the
bowels. The medicine | took did
no good. A friend advised me ia
try PE-RU-NA. I did. After taxi
ing two bottles I found it was help
ing me and continued. Am now
sound and we'll"
A letter from Mrs. Durbin. dated
December II, 1923, shows that. even
after twenty-five years, she is in
the best of health: 81 still recom-
mend PE-RU-NA to nv friends
who need a good medicine and
everybody is pleased. thank YOU
many times for what PE-RU-NA
has done for me-"
There is nothing strange in this
experience of Mrs. Durbin. # has
been repeated thousands of times
by sufferers from catarrh and ca
tarrhal diseases.
For sale everywhere in tablet
or liquid form
Send 4 cents postage to the pE.
RU-NA COMPANY. Columbus. Ohio.
Tor booklet ON catarrh.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-22
LUCKY WILD TURKEYS

'The lion growls about being the
King of the Beasts said Mr.. Wild
Turkey.
you mean" corrected Mrs. Wild
Turkey, that he roars about being the
King of the Beasts"
Eyes, gobble gobble, gobble, that's
what | mean. But if he thinks he can
roar about that l can go him one bet
ter-or one just as fine anyway
What do you mean?" asked Mrs.
Wild Turkey, in much quieter voice,
for she couldn't make as much noise as
Mr.. Wild Turkey could.
II mean that am the King of the
Game Birds"
"Oh dear, oh DEAR said Mrs. Wild
Turkey, don't say that"
"Why not? Its the TRUTH You
can't help but say it is the truth, and
| think it is quite nice, quite nice,
too.''
ut sounds perfectly dreadful to hear
such thing" said Mrs. Wild Turkey.
"Game birds are birds that people
shoot and eat.
"Oh don't talk like that, even if it
is the truth. That makes it all the
harder to hear" Mrs. Wild Turkey
said
She was all aquiver Her feathers
shook.
There, there, gobble, gobble, COB
ble," said Mr.. Wild Turkey, "calm your
self, my love.
"Calm yourself. Hear me through
to the end"
Every WELL" said Mrs Wild Turkey
II will hear you through to the end
wherever that may be-" she added,
''but the subject does make me little
nervous.
"Still as you told me to calm myself
perhaps you will talk to me SO that
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terance in silence. A slight feeling of
-lassitude was beginning to weigh on
him owing to the atrocious hour at
which he had been compelled to rise,
and he felt quite unable to contribute
any suitable addition to the conversa-
ton. Not that it was required: the
ferocious frown on Drummond's face
indicated that he was in the throes Of
thought and might be expected to give
tongue in the near future.
Il ought to have bit of paper to
write it all down on, Peter" he re-
marked at length. where are we.
Peter? That is the question. Point
one: we have the diamonds-more by
luck than good management. Point
two: the hunchback gentleman who
has sufficiently strong constitution
to live at the South Surrey hotel in
Bloomsbury has not got the diamonds.
Point three: he, at the present moment
is closeted with the Reverend Theodo-
sius Longmoor upstairs. Point four: we
are about to consume another cocktail
downstairs. Well-bearing that little
lot in mind, what happens when we all
meet?"
slight snore was his only answer.
and Hugh continued to ponder on the
obscurity of the situation in silence.
That several rays of light might have
been thrown on it by conversation
then proceeding upstairs was Of no
help to him; nor could he have been
expected to know that the fog of war
was about to lift in most unpleasant
ly drastic manner.
Coincidence? Bosh I" the girl with
the heart of gold was remarking at
that very moment. Its a certainty.
Whether he's got the diamonds or not
! can't say, but your big friend of last
night, Zadowa, is sitting downstairs
now drinking a cocktail in the lounge"
Amazing though it rs, it certainly
looks as if you were right, my dear"
answered her father thoughtfully.
"Of course I'm right" cried the girl
"Why, the darned thing is sticking
out and barking at you. A big man
Christian name Hugh, was in Zadowa's
Office last night Hugh Drummond ia
downstairs at the moment, having
actually tracked Zadowa here. OF
course, they're the same; an infant in
arms could see it. His wife is coming
here to lunch. You remember her
that silly little fool Phyllis Benton7
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Science Comes to Aid
Labor of .ShoUeLina

Have you ever noticed that the hard
est part of shoveling in tough material
is getting the shovel in? You push and
you bang your anatomy against it's
handle, until part, at least, of shovel
full has been bitten off. But it is hard,
killing work, asserts the Scientific
American.
But suppose you had helper whose
job it was to strike the rear end of the
shovel. All you would have to do
would be to hold the shovel and keep
it pointing where you wanted it to
work
Such contamination is contained in
one-man clay digger recently manu-
factured. First, there is pneumatic
tool which does not differ greatly from
the pneumatic riveter. This forms the
handle and strikes 800 sharp blows
a minute. Then there is the shovel
or spade, very strong and husky-much
more SO than common hand shovel
The air line is flexible hose which at
taches to the handle end of the spade,
and there is hand trigger to start and
stop the compressed air.
1t does not require an engineer to see
the potentialities of this combination.
Anyone who has watched a pneumatic
riveter mash rivets into heads in ten
seconds, or pneumatic chisel wreck
ing steel work, knows how fast they
eat their way through.
These shovels are not meant for
shoveling coal or sand, but for tough
jobs. For instance, cutting through
frozen ground, tunneling in tough clay
or digging postholes in mean" SOIL
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will feel less nervous at the end of
your talk"
Il will do that" said Mr.. Wild Tur-
key.
"It is great honor" he began, "to
be the King of the Game Birds but
it needn't alarm you at all, my dear.
For, don't you see? We're safe
here in the zoo. We have beautiful,
yard of brush and trees which look
quite wild, and here we live and are
well fed"
''Oh yes" said Mrs. Wild Turkey.
Nov l see why you told me to calm
myself. You are a wise gobbler, you
are"
eve are doubly lucky" Mr. Wild
Turkey continued, "for, as one of my
relatives was saying, there is a special
reason for our good luck-or rather
we are especially lucky, reason or not.
when / say that we are doubly
lucky it means that we are lucky twice.
We are fortunate because we are here
in the zoo and can't possibly be killed
and eaten as other wild turkeys might
very probably be.
In the second place we are lucky
because we are such fine birds with
such royal name and with such beau
tiful rich brown feathers with other
glorious colors worked in, too.
'Then there is the third thing to
make us joyful-jJst what zoo neigh
Dor said not long ago."
what is that asked Mrs. Wild
Turkey.
"We're not like our cousins, the reg
ular barnyard turkeys. They lead
happy life for while.
They're well fed, OH wonderfully
well fed-but all for the sake of max
ing them fat so they will be good and
tender for Thanksgiving day or Christ
mas day.
Il don't suppose they mind, though,
as they'd rather have a short life full
Of food than long one without much
food.
"But we aren't going to be used for
any celebration. We're safe here in
the ZOO
Were well fed and greatly adj
mired, gobble, gobble, gobble. Gobble,
gobble, gobble."
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job without the excellent man to fill
it; no one profession has it much
over another excepting as the men in
it are superior or otherwise. The
good job is the one you make some
thing out of; the lucky chance is the
one you work at with energy and in
telligence and enthusiasm. And 1t
does not make so much difference
where you go, for it is what is in
you that determines whether or not
the job is good or the chance lucky.
(0, 1926. Western Newspaper Union.l
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SchooLbov's Biography

William E. Barton's huge Life of
Abraham Lincoln" which | hope to
review in later issue, reminds me
by contrast of the composition on this
subject written by a New Haven
schoolboy. He said, Lincoln lived to
a green old age and died in 1896. He
is as famous in England as in Amer
lea, Lincoln cathedral being named
after him." Shortly after reading this
original contribution to biography,
stood in front of that magnificent
cathedral, and it seemed 20 say, BE
fore Abraham was, l am. "-Scribners.