davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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first test. It is, according to scientists,
the most accurate means yet devised
of gauging an individuals ability to
follow directions.
The test goes on over a number of
printed pages. There are tests for
general knowledge, for association of
ideas, for quick-thinking and mathe-
matical ability. There is test for
common sense, with questions like the
following:
If a sailor falls overheard from
a ship at sea. he should first:
Il try to climb back up the ships
side.
I float, remain calm, and call for
help.
i dive to the bottom.
Make a cross in the square op-
posite the best answer"
And there is a set of tumble sem
tences. When the words of each SEN
tence are Strengthened out and set up
in their proper order. they make a
sentence which is either true or
false. The test requires rearranging
the sentence and marking after 1t
whether 1t is true or not. For ex-
ample: Sails is steamboat usually
propelled by a." Or Forget trifling
friends grievances never"
In the Army. where similar tAsos
were given. recruits scrat6&16
Evening star., 1926-11-14
BY DAVID CARTER.

- HORUS girls are beautiful,
but they are not dumb
The ancient association of
beauty with mental inanity
is unfounded. DR.. David
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won't publish the BOBBY prize. will
yout'
The girls were slangy only when we
had made them miss cue. After all,
you can't blame them for that.
WHEN our tests got under way
every one liked them. passed
the pencils. The doctor, however, was
serious about his work. He would
hand to the astonished, bare-backed
group about him a figure like this:
He would raise his hand, displaying
a stopwatch; then he would intone his
directions:
Put a figure 8 in the part of the
diagram in the square and IN the tri-
angle, but not in the circle. .
STOP"
Wait some girl was bound to cry.
What did you say?"
Hey. You go too fast
"Oh. I'll never do this
"Gee, isn't this fun
The doctor, oblivious to Interrupt
tions, would continue:
Now, girls, ready? Put a cross in
that part Of the figure before you
which is not in the triangle, not in the
circle, but in the square. l..
STOP!'
That IS one q y questions in the
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their heads and deVoured the erasers
on the pencils. College men and
women have worried and fiunked
these poSerS.
But the chorus girls. out of breath
from the final number and with a
current stage cue to keep in mind,
ate up the questions and asked for
more.
DIR. Wechsler was astounded from
the start. The interest these girls
showed and the speed at which they
raced through the problems seemed
almost unparalleled. When our visits
were ended and time had elapsed
for computing the results the doctor
made a statement for me, showing
how he felt about it.
The high scores made by the girls
tested" he declared. may be due in
part to the fact that they represent a
selected group from among the best
class of revue, but our results are
sufficient to prove beyond any doubt
that the popular view concerning
the low intelligence of chorus girls
is without foundation The fact is
that both the educational and intel
lectual equipment of the present -day
chorus girl is considerably above the
average found in most other trades
or professions. intellectually they
are probably only surpassed as
group by the school teachers.
From the results obtained one
may also infer that there is prob
ably no correlation either way he
tween beauty and brains. The phrase
beautiful but dumb seems to have
no foundation in fact. 1t is prob
ably one of those myths which the
leSS-favored part of humanity likes so
much to preserve as a compensatory
balm.
IF stupidity seems more frequent
among beautiful women than among
the plain looking ones, 1t is because
the former are so much more in the
limelight. Nobody pays much atten-
tion to a girl who is dull as well as
homely. though many pretty women
get into places where they don't be-
long simply on account of their good
looks"
HIGH scores: In case You are not
familiar with psychology tests
/ am going to ask you to con-
slider some other scores of the kind
before we come to those made by the
chorus girls.
The average of the male population
in the United States, obtained from
100000 subjects during the war, is
81. From the Memoirs of the Ma
tional Academy of Science" we can
pick at random a few other signifi-
cant figures. The average recorded
for actors 70 Is. for business men So,
for coliefe women f3n and for college
Evening star., 1926-11-14
BY BEN McKELWAY.

~ Y watch said o'clock. but
INN my watch cost 81 and is a
N consistent liar.
4 Il c. f. Bush, engineer of
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The cause Of the delay is at once ap-
parent. "A vulgar, crawling freight
train is ambling across our right of
way. Back of us the high-hat Gus
toners in their parlor cars are breath
ing the invigorating atmosphere of
Baltimore's famous tunnel. The fire
man and the engineer of the inn
pudent freight train jeer at us, taking
evident relish in having stopped the
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An orange light, indicating caution,
flashes out of the darkness.
Approach" yells Bush.
Approach" Phelps agrees heartily
Bush gives her a touch of air and
the long train slows down Around
the bend there's a warming red light.
"Stop,' says Bush. and he comes
to stop just as the nose of No. 3749
pokeS out of the tunnel
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skirts of Baltimore he pulls out his
watch and gives it a tentative glance.
We are on time to the minute. For
the first time, Phelps, the fireman,
has a chance to rest, and he climbs
up on his seat, which has been usurp-
cd thus far by the observer, and
pants. .His train glides down heavy
and long grade and plunges into the
"hole" of the Baltimore tunnel.
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limited. Bush and Phelps return their
greetings with suitable dignity. They
both feel rather hurt that this crack
train should be held up by that up
start Of a freight, but the delay is
momentary and as the caboose of the
freight Clanks over the crossing and
clears the line, the signal tWinklcs
green, and beckons us on
Bush shoots enough steam into
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Continued on Fourth PaceJ
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is unfounded. DR. David
Wechsler and I have proved these
things in a series of tests conducted
Under the auspices of the World
Magazine. DIR. Wechsler Is associate
of the Psychological Corporation. l
was assigned to hel3 him test the
lovely chorus girls.
Backstage, while the screens, plat
forms and big lamps were being
shunted into place for the first act, We
would set up our desk and spread out
our papers We wanted working
atmosphere for the girls we examined,
and we got 1t.
At each of the five theaters we Wis
tied. stage hands stumbled over US,
props fell on our heads and our qu"S.
tions would be Interrupted repeatedly
by the excited call. Your number,
girls
And everywhere there were girls.
Girls in costume, girls for tableauX,
girls in street clothes, girls hastily
dressing. Big show girls. medium
chorus girls, little dancers. Streaming
by, from one act or number to the
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lights TO pick from. tor At times there
are six parallel tracks. each Of them
with signals. some Il warning red. 9th
ers golden yellow. others. like ours.
a cheerful green. The observers uu
trained eyes confuse him. ana he T.
forever picking up signals intended
for somebody else and looking tol
confirmation 10 Bush. Rut not Hush
His eyes are FOR his signals alone. H."
is not hOthering his head about what
the other fellow must do The whecl-
Of his big engine sing him that sun@
that George O'Connor and Matt Ho1.
like IL si'as lies Mindin His R1s
ness. an Coin Along.
Finally the observer catches his
breath, what there H. left Of II. fur
this time there is uo uistaking tn.
orange signal that means slow dovr
Approach Bust. wells.
"Approach," answers Phelps. stop
ping his shovclng and looking ahead
Push cuts off his steam. feels hi
air. and No. 3I49 ciides CoJstiu= down
the rails.
We run through the ,t,lock aud far
ahead we pick out lights moving
hack and forth and jrr!,iHe Up aut
down. one OF them j. waved o.
citedlY across our path aud No. 374"
comes gently tn q halt ut the foo
of a signal that sldrcs down at u
with an angry red eye. Bush toot>
his whistle aud notifies the conduct"r
with two short. sharp blasts, thai
, he has struck a closed block. Then
he moves forward, at q suaii's paCr.
toward the moving Lights ahead. Tn"
lights turn 10 lanterns and t'are>
burning in the middle Of the track
\ man with u lantern runs toward
mr. a. g =
nim What the trouble"
Nobody killed"
Bush explains ,hlt the arade cross
ing is no other than the famed ~"
Russey's lane. where So iuauN peopl'
were on the night uf he ilall-Aiill~
murder. Somebody crossing tn" track
in an autOmoh !" had stalled. anu
jumped from the cav ;,S so. :. run
/. ming ahead Ut tvs. smashed II tO
srnithereenS. The rcd tHi lights Of
; No. : ar" ju>t Hiicad II us. TN
rear end of tn" trTi.r harbotinG I'll
crowd with lanterns. The railroad of
ficials checking up eli names au,
other data useful later ON. Bchinj
US We hear the 'tWo short blasts Cd
another train that has moved cHu
tiously UP in our rear.
No tn2lly uuo>cs %head. Eu~!
whistles to recall his brakeman. Whr
has gone to III" rear with a Lantern
and when he climbs aboard. he sig
nails off with a tuot-to"t ou the hci,
rope. Then ". & udt aga.r. aud iu
: few minutes We 49," chasing tn
dinning ta!l Ii%H,@ "f 80. y intr
the darkness
For Il few block, he liriited Is KEEP
moving slowly dujN No. move
out of danger. then We get tho clear
signal. and Bush wells II ont witt
real enthusiasm ana gives her more
steam AZ Wa prepare To- make IN
for lost time.
Fourteen minutes late Bush. al
fable, friendly. Wi!.;uc tu explain
/ everything u few minute ago. ha.-
settled down now to serious business
. Phelps shovejs coal without Il pauS,
+ fhe limited is hrI,j1d tin- aud mus
make it ti.
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men III. These results give us some
thing to judge by when we hear that
the chorus girls on the same test
scored an average of 12S.
Do you realize what this means?
Those pretty little girls whose fea-
lures and figures. mascara, rouge and
rhlnestones impressed me, but whom
/, like everybody else. thought were
dumb, are brighter than any class
of people in the country, except one.
When the traditional IT. Il. NJ man
ages to take out the traditional lady
of the footlights she has it over him
by some AZ points of tested intellect
When an actor Sneers at the pony
shows he doesn't realize that the
girls, as a class, are SO points quicker
thinking, better informed and skilled
in the use of language than the like
Of him.
Il x ,sss
sF you thought chorus girls were
dumb, consider Miss Edith Davis
one Of the most charming brunettes
in Naughty Riquette.' Her score
was lS4-''a score" says DR.. Wech-
sler. attained by only three-tenths
Of one per cent of the population of
our country. That is to say, out of
1000 people taken at random the
chances are that 997 will make a
score below that and only 3 indi-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-10-22

kind OF love YOU have for Curtiss
All l can 90 is 70 ask you 70 try
and forgive me. l."
"But, Ellie" I interrupted, don.
YOU see that you almost drove me
into the arms OF Barry2 That YOU
were responsible for me permitting
him % make love 70 me and even con
Sidering marrying him and divOrcing
Curtiss ?" There was terror in my
heart at the thought Of what might
have happened on account Of Ellie.
unkind and fallacious story.
A serious expression had changes
her entire appearance and three wa.
something so pathetic about her apOl
ogy that / lost all sense OF havin.
/ Deen angry and going over 70 he
I patted her shoulder.
Never mind, Ellie, we've been to
close Tor me not 70 forgive you, he
sides, 'all's well that ends we'll an
I'm thankful all this came out be
fore l had done anything impetuou
and silly" I breathed q sigh OF II
| lief and once again / was radiant
happy, Il don't believe ever woul
have married Barry, really, b I
never would have accepted mis- a
tention and led MIN on ike / d
except ] was so hurt with what 50
gold me about Curtiss." We BOT
remained silent for a while then
moved over TO the desk and sign,
q note which I hal just written.
read il over.
Dear, dear Barry" il began,
, am returning this afternoon 10 Gu
6ss. I an doing the right thing,
believe, for your happiness as well
my own for ] think too much Of o
. friendship 70 come 70 you when 7
Z heart is IN someone else'S keepiu
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ence Of others.
"No," I replied quickly, "but 1
have heard from a mutual frined Of
ours that he still cares for me and
that he has been sulking in silence
because I left against his wishes. Al
so-listen 70 this Elliei He hasn't
had a single date with Letitia Ev-
ansi"
She moved uneaSily, then walked
over 70 the window where she stood
FOR a long while as II she were OBJ
livious Of my presence
Listen. Sallie. it was pretty darn
rotten Of me 70 tel you those things
about Curtiss and right now / want
to say that Pm sorry as the dick
ems. Been sorry ever since / saw
how bravely you were trying 70 for
get him but I kept kidding myself
that il was for your own good and
that's why I framed up the whole
business"
Ny thoughts flew back to the da!
that Ellie had turned me agains
Curtiss and / remembered that eve
then II had seemed queer 70 me tina
she had refrained from telling m
from whom she had gathered her dis
turbing information.
~Oh," with clenched teeth fun
the word at her, you hadn't eve
HEARD those things you told N
about him wanting 70 marry Letiu
Evans. You mean you Just slmpl
LIED about it, Why, Ellie no
oculd YOU be so utterly cruel ?"
please don't rub It in, for the loy
Of Nike, I feel terribly enough aboJ
il already. I only thought I was q,
ing the thing that eventually woul
make you happy. I realize now II:
/ know absolutely nothing about Z
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Reunion

Reunion
was in the midst of packing when Ellie in and took
look at my OVERLOOKING baggage which occupied consPc
uous places on chairs and tables
we'll she dravled looks like moving day around these
dggings Whittier away SalleyAley and what's the idea
of this mysterious disappearance at la HoudmP Elhe
prded herself on being surprised at unexpected
occurrence and type, she seated herself nonchaan
on the edoe Of the bed and calmly smoking cigarette.
looked amusedy in my direction
I'm going home the five o'clock tram answered
struggling for composure, and Oh Ellie, I'm SO happy
CAUGHT glimpse Of my face in the mirror OF the crossing
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MEET SUCCESS
HALFWAY

Graduates Of Dakota Bu,i,...
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on their actual business trs;1;--
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where.) They re promptly Dl,c.:
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Forest River State Bank; Lso7,.5
Saue TO Farmers Security RI
Chaffee. The president Of \.
first named bank, and cashier, -
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Watch success stories each w..L
Then Follow the SucceSsfgPi
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STalllL Z37llSSa3ss2
OCTOBER 18th = 2Srd.

your birthday week most marked characteristic : -
unconscious l duty You feel responsibility have no de-
divide and you succeed fail in your undertakings you want
do all yourself L..
ur ex mechanical and commercial ability enables direct
others in an INTELLIGENT and capable manner you become leader all
things. y
You sympathetic kindly nature lou
charitable judgments
recent Whn you WANT 70 SO
a speaker
impusive and sometimes cause ourse se
trouble by jumping too quickly at conclusions.
Both men and women during music Men born
an Women become teachers aeswomen design
ers, and
Sarah Bernhard wash born October % 1874
author born October
1S 1882
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table and it was flushed with excitement and pleasure the
thought of returning Curss Eies saucy expression
changed instantly of surprise and disappointment
dreaded her questions which knew bound OoloIv
so at last you We heard from Curtss?
1t was great temptation answer her indirectly and
leave the impression that had been in direct communication
whit Curtiss but this could do with her gaze fixed
,,averinqly upon me. After all what did it matter? As
Mrs Wright had said the whole thing personal ques
ton which required my own decision without the interior
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A very distinctive black satin
dress@ong-sleeved - high-eollar-
cd and trimmed with cut steel mail
heads on collar, cuffs, and belt
The skirt IS scalloped IN tiers with
an intriguing bouquet Of euIbroid-
cred wool flowers tucked" in at
the belt.
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- Never mind. 1 whis-
pered TO myself. I would
make up for everything
and we would be SO hap
pI. Y let myself in with
my key which I still
kept in a small pocket
inside my hand bag.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-10-22

Ina Dumbell says a fish market
is the only real five and ten scent
store.
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No FOOLIN' HER

Nav Maid-"I found this purse
upon your desk, SIR. Cor
Junior-'I must reward you Loi
vour honesty. 1 left 1t there pur-
posely as a test. III,
sir"
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Hank Silvertree ru 5 h ed into the
General Store and painted: Got !
rat trap Lem? I'm IN a hurry'
want to catch a train!
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When a girl elopes from her PED
room these days the Old Man gener
aIIv goes out and holds the ladde
for her.
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TOO BAD

TOO BAD
'Your internal loud speaker kept
me awake till two o'clock last night.
That's too bad-if you had stayed
with it Just a while longer you'd nave
heard some swell stuff from Paris.
The secret service m n who SAID
that women aren't good detectives
couldn't have been married
COULDN'T STAND ONE
$50 YOU didn't take any vacation
this year? ?" -,
mo. / thought I needed a rest!'
They can improve the auto-paint
If I'D to look nice-get more miles
horses sense.
HIS MASTERS VOICE
Sergeant - Button up your coat.
Young married recruit - Yes
my dear"
4 little shine on daughters nose
nowadays bothers her so much as
dust on the furniture bOthers hel
mother.
The attention of the Society fol
the Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals
is called to the fact that a radio Sc
/ has been installed in the Toronto
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They can improve the auto-palnt
if up to look nice-get more miles
horses sense.
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CnIrInNT STAND ONE


$50 you didn't take any vacation
this year,"
mo. / thought 1 needed a rest!
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200 for the entertainment Of the oc-
c,nants of the monkey cage.
When a man is hit by an auto ana
not killed the doctors say merei!
that he is badly rundown.
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Us MASTER'S VOICE

Sergeant - Button up your coat.
Young married recruit ~ Yes,
my dear"
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The secret service m a who said
that women aren't good detectives
couldn't have been married.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

Gentlmen's Travelling Sets
Serving Trays
Fancy Candles
Ladies' Toilet Sets
Compete Sets
Beads, Beaded Bags
Eversharp Pencils
Search Lights
Nantines Incense Burners
Memory Books and
Christmas Cards
Christmas Candy
Edison Photographs
Shaving Sets
Narcissus Jars
Children's Books
New Amber Ivory Sets
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

tion has more than been fulfilled for
the McManus brothers have never
had to buy a COW since that time.
Their present herd of 80 head is
composed of Laura and her direct
descendants, all bred from pure bred
sires. Twelve daughters, sixteen
granddaughter, and four great grand
daughters are all in the one stable.
In 1923-24 the entire herd of 25 COWS
average over 300 lbs. of butterfat
per COW.
The old foundation COW is still in
good physical condition and carrying
a fair amount of flesh. Only three of
her teeth remain but her eye is
bright and her step is firm and delib-
crate. It would be difficult to pick
her out as the Oldest COW in any av-
erage lot Of mature COWS. She is still
milking.
Financial Kings Interest, another
Pennsylvania Jersey, is the Worlds
Champion for reproduction, all
breeds. She had 21 calves, 20 of
which were heifers, and she has two
production records Of 400 lbs. of but
terfat made in her 18th and goth
years. She died at the ripe age Of "a
years and months.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

'I wouldn't take ten thousand dol
lars for the old cow said J. E. Nc
Manus of TOwanda, Pa, referring to
Laura, the 23-year-old cow which
was never off his farm until she was
exhibited at the Dairy Cow Beauty
Contest at TOWanda, a few weeks
ago.
Laura, a pure bred Jersey, is more
than great dairy cOw-she is an
institution in herself. In the %
years that she has been on the Nc
Manus Brothers farm she has given
them 10 heifers and 1 bull calf. She
has been a persistent mixer for over
a score of years, and in her goth
year she made a record Of 40S lbs. of
butterfat in the Laurel Hill Cow
Testing Association. According to the
testers figures she returns $2.12 for
every dollar spent on her. This esti-
mate takes into consideration the
cost of labor, pasture, and feed.
The last time that Charles Nc
Manus, father of the two brothers,
was able to go to the barn before his
death in 1905, he looked over his
herd and then said to his two sons:
-''Boys, always keep Laura, she'll
make a wonderful cow" His predtc-
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

Try our cent-a-word advs.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
L. S. MAIL CARRIED BY
AEROPLANE

The transcontinental air mail
route between the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts is lighted each night be-
tween New York City to Salt Lake
City. The Postmaster General has
asked Congress to appropriate mon
ey to light the route all the way
from coast to coast, and he says that
when this is accomplished air mail
will be delivered with a loss of only
one business day in transit between
the two oceans. Mail planes flying at
night carried mail on Government
operated lines nearly one million
miles the last fiscal year.