Evening star., 1934-11-11

RoILa Clark has the hobby of
stoallotcing all sorts of odd, in
digesfible things, mhich he
does, sOmehOU, uifhOm hurt
ing himself in the least. Here
he's shOicn eating razor blade
and a china plate.
Then your skill a lobbyist comes in victim
izing the same person again.
BY keeping a serious face (its hard to doD
and offering profuse apologies, Mr.. Weber
again WctimiZed the judge Immediately with
identically the stunt.
Down in Gainesville, Tex, the Little Theater
went on the rocks from lack of patronage
But Mrs. Geraldine Murrell pretty young social
leader there, had unusual hobby. She
did circus stunts for fun-balancing and tum-
bling, bareback horse riding. She was better
at that, in fact than at acting on the Little
Theater stage.
So she organized the Gainesville Circus. 1t
grew into truly noteworthy affair, nationally
known. Using all local talent. developed and
trained right in Gainesville, they produced a
circus program superior to many of the pro-
fessional performances. Many of their acts
have graduated into the high paid professional
circus world, and all of their actors and
townsmen have had gobs of fun. Moreover
the exchequer proSpered, proving again that a
hobby is doubly good thing.
hRS. BERTA FESTNER, a retired and
wi widowed publisher of a German news
paper, went out West and took for her
hobby the collection of cactus plants strange
fora Of the arid lands.
There many interesting cacti largest and
most famous of which is the sahuaro which
grows up to 40 so feet tall Hundreds Of
others, like the prickly pear, grow head high
or more. But of all the hundreds in Mrs.
FestneI's hobby collection, no one is larger
than postage stamp! incidentally. she also
collects stamps.
Harold Bell Wright famous novelist also
collects cact But his large ones. His
better hobby though, is collecting things that
Indians make-rugs and bracelets and baskets
and pottery and beads and sandals and TOM
toms and all sorts of queer and curious articles.
He has special guest house full of them. and
many in his lovely home. But he is
what like Andrew Mellon; he can afford to
= ride hobby that drains the bank.
Many people collect autographs-pestering
notables for their signatures at every turn But
this hobby was changed a bit by housewife
down in San Antonio Tex. She gets sigma
lures written on samples of fine linen Then
she embroiders the signatures to make
unique and beautiful spread. King Carol of
Rumania, Franklin Roosevelt, Vina Delmar,
Mary Roberts Rinehart Jose Mojica Harry
Lauder are but few of the 100 more that
ner spread now SHOWS.
dwight WOODRUFF was contractor and
- builder, who, like many another got
nicked by the depression. With time hanging
heavy, he sought a hobby stayed close to his
trade. With his pocketknife and a paint brush
he began making models-exact miniatures of
fine mansions, apartments, stage coaches, COW
cred wagons. anything that caught his fancy
So accurate and fine were they that making
them became his profession, due to a brand
new demand
Bill Lee, Western boy reared on a cattle
ranch injured in the World War and SO
had to spend some years in a hospital. For
pastime and hobby he developed unique syS-
tenn of painting landscapes on leather Very
crude at first, his art work rapidly improved.
He did a Grand Canyon scene a calf hide.
showing two great eagles fighting. a mounted
Indian and two panthers- rich art collector
came along and bought it at big price
Stephen A. Ragsdae of Desert Center Calf.
operated a filling station in a lonely desert
spot. For hobby he started collecting desert
animals, adding each beast that he could
catch and tanning them when he could. Pretty
soon more customers were stopping and paying
to see his desert than to get his gasoline.
That's the big thing about a hobby-you
can't loose
In any event you'll enjoy a big kick out Of
pursuing it. And, given a streak of luck it
might even bring you wealth and fame.
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