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THE FIRST KISS. Synopsis.?With his grandfather, small Ramsey Mllholland Is watching the "Decoration Day Parade" in the home town. The old gentleman, a veteran of the. Civil war, endeavors to Impress the youngster with the significance of the great conflict, and many years afterward the boy was to remember his words with startling vividness. In the schoolroom, a few years afterward, Ramsey is not distinguished for remarkable abUlty, though his pronounced dislikes* are arithmetic, "Recitations" and German. In sharp contrast to Ramsey's backwardness is the precocity of Uttle Dora Yocum, a young lady whom ii? his bitterness he denominates "Teacher's Pet." In high 9 school, where he and Dora are classmates, Ramsey continues to feel that the girl delights to mani.fest her superiority, and the vindlctiveness he generates becomes alarming, culminating in the reso lutlon that some day he will "show" her. At a class picnic Ramsey Is captured bag and baggage by Mllla Rust, the class beauty, and endures the agonies of his first love. Ramsey's parents c&Ject to Mllla and wish he'd taken up with , Dora Yocum. 1- =C CHAPTER VI.?Continued. ?6? MlMn hung weightily upon his arm, and they dawdled, drifting from one . , side of the pavement to the other as thev slowJv advanced. Albert and Sa die, ahead of them, called "good night" frqin a corner, before turning down the side street where Sadie lived; and then, presently, Ramsey and Mllla were at the letter's gate. lie went in . with her, halting at the front steps. "Well, g'uight, Mllla," he said. "Want to go out walking tomorrow v night? Albert and Sadie are." * "I can'-t tomorrow night," she told him with obvious regret. "Isn't it the worst luck! I got an uunt coinin' to visit from Chicago, and she's crazy about playing 'Five Hundred,' and muma and papa said I haf to stay in . to make four to pluy it. She's linhle to be here three or four days, and I guess I got to be around home pretty much all the time she's here. It's the worst luck!" He was doleful, but ventured to be j literary. "Well, what can't be helped ' must be endured. I'll conie around when she's gone." He moved as if to depart, but she still retained his arin and did not prepare to relinquish it. "Well?" he said. "Well what, Ramsey?" "Well?g'night." /X. I x /U.I. * 3Mie ginnceu up at uie uuiiv nuiu of fhe house. "1 guess the family's gone to bed." she said absently. "I s'pose so." "Well, pood night, Ramsey." She \ said this, but still did not release his arm, and suddenly, in a fluster, he felt that the time he dreaded had come. Somehow, without knowing where, except that it was somewhere upon what j seemed to be a blurred face too full j of obstructing feutures, he kissed her. ' She 'turned Instantly away in the ! darkness, her hands over her cheeks; and in a panic Ramsey wondered if he hadn't make a dreadful mistake. "S'cuse me!" he said, stumbling toward the gate. "Well, I guess I got to be gettin' along back home." He woke In the morning to a great selMoathir.g; he had kissed a girl." Mingled with the loathing was a curious pride In the very fact that caused the loathing, but the pride did not last long. He came downstuirs morbid to breakfast, und continued tlris mood afterward. At noon Albert I'axton brought him a note which Mil la had asked Sadie to ask Albert to give him. "Dearie: I am Just wondering if you thought ns much about something so sweet that happened last night as I did you know what. I think it was the sweetest thing. T send you one with this note and I hope you will think It is a sw? t one. I would give ??... ?onl nnu If vnii ivprp herp now , _>./1. ?. w... .. ? and I hope you would think It was sweeter still than the one I put In this note. It Is the sweetest thing now you RETAIN YOUR I ? 7 Writer Asserts That "Flu" Is Spread by Practice of Doffing the Hat in Salutation. Influenza has always been widely mysterious In Its operations. Long ago one of our warships was off the west African coast, says London Answers. when a dense black mist advanced from the shore and swept over i- the vessel. All the men on deck at the time were stricken dowu with fhe "flu"; and a little later the remainder of the men and officers were attacked. The ship was at once ordered home, and, though many of the cases were complicated w ith pneumonia and bronchitis. none, luckily, proved fatal. The patients were treated with cinchonu , hark and ammonia, which was then a recognized formula for malarial fevers. During the devastating epidemic of "flu," the Turks In Europe escaped because, it Is said, they never removed i mi... f.icnlfv nf Weir lurnuns. me mcu.>.?. .......? Vienna officially declared that Influenza was largely due to the practice of doffing hats in the streets. In support of this contention, it was pointed out that the great majority of the victims were of the male sex. / MIMaM Hm 3 Jc^hTaitoti^oii Illustrations by / ight.by Doubleday. Page & Company. 0 are mine nnd I am yours forever klddo. If you come around about frldny eve It will be all right, auut Jess will be gone back home by then so come early and we will get Sade and Alb to go to the band Concert. Don't forget what I said about my putting something sweet In this note, and I hope you will think It Is a sweet one but not as sWeet as the real sweet one I would like to? * * I ?> r.A? I ?vi r\ll1ol*?rtl V* .At 11115 JJUllll XVUIIISCJ llllX'UIOtTCV tore the note Into small pieces. He turned cold as his Imagination projected a sketch of his mother in the act of reading this missive, and of her expression as she read the sentence: "It Is the sweetest thing now you are mine and I am yours forever klddo." He wi.thed that Milla hadn't written "klddo." She called hlra that, .sometimes, but. in her warm little voice the word seemed not at all what It did In Ink. He wished, too, that she hadn't said she was his forever. Suddenly he was seized with a horror of her. Moisture broke out heavily upon hlra; he felt a definite sickness, and, wishing for death, went f**th upon the streets to walk and walk. He cared not whither, so that his feet took him in any direction away from Milla, since they were unable to take him away from himself?of whom he had as great a horror. Iler loving face was continually before him, and Its sweetness made his fk-sh creep. MUIa bad been too sweet. When he met or passed people, It seemed to him that perhaps they were able to recognize upon him somewhere Pausing in an Alley, He Read Her Note. the marks of his low quality. "Softy! Ole sloppy fool!" he muttered. addreslng himself. "Slushy ole mush! . . . Spooner 1" And he added, "Yours forever, klddo!" Convulsions seemed about to seize him. Tnmlnn n pnrnor tt-ltli ht? hpnd i down, he almost charged Into Dora Yocura. She was homeward bound from a piano lesson, and carried a rolled leather case of 6heet music? something he couldn't Imagine Mllla carrying?and In her young girl's dress, which attempted to be nothing else, she looked as wholesome as cold spring water. Itamsey had always felt that she despised him and now, all at once, he thought that she was Justified. Leper that he had become, he was unworthy to be even touching his cap to her! And as she nodded and went briskly on, he would have given anything to turn and walk a little way with her, lor it seemed to him thnt this might fumigate his morals. Rut he lacked the courage, and, besides, he considered himself unfit to be seen walking with her. He had a long afternoon of anguishes. these becoming most violent when he tried to face the problem of -IEAD COVERING p A traveler found Influenza to be unusunlly severe In Mexico, where, as he remnrked, there Is so much hatdotflng. It may be the case, however, that such a large proportion of males are attacked because of the constant drain on their vitality by the nature of their dally occupation. The writer was recently informed by a high medical authority In London that influenza epidemics of late years showed the principal sufferers to be male persons who had reached the most active years of their lives. The Mummified Miner. The collection of the Museum of Natural History In New York has j been enriched by addition of a mum-: milled miner from Chile, which was presented by the owners of the mines where the body was uncovered. The miner was after copper and had burrowed into the earth a distance of 15 feet when he was caught by a cave-In and burled. Doesn't Need Any Help. A smart woman inay be able to make _ r\f nnr Hnt ttlnfo ! <1 hum vi ?** ?? ???*! ikv/i v "i ivu j?nr i doesu't.?ritiladelpliia Iuquirer. his future course toward Mllla. Ho did not face it at all, In fact, but merely writhed, and had evolved nothing when Friday evening was upon him and Mllla waiting for him to take her to the "band concert" with "Alb and Bade." He made shift to seek n short interview with Albert, Just before dinner. "I got a pretty rotten headache, and my stomach's upset, too," he said, drooping upon the Paxtons fence. "I been gettin' worse every minute. You and Sadie go by Milla's, Albert, and tell her if I'm not there by ha'-pas'* seven, teU her not to wait for me any ' longer." "How do you mean 'wait'?" Albert < Inquired. "You don't expect her to come pokin' along with Sadie and me, i do you? She'll keep on sitrin' tnere at home just the same, because she wouldn't have anything else to do, If you don't come like she expects you to. She hasn't got any way to stop waitIn' !" At this, Ramsey moaned, without affectation. "I don't expect I can, Albert," he said. "I'd like to If I could, but the way It looks now, you tell her I wouldn't be much suprised maybe I was startln" In with typhoid fever or pretty near anything at all." He moved away, concluding feebly: "I guess I better crawl on home, Albert, while I'm still able to walk some. You tell her the way It looks now I'm liable to be right sick." And the next morning he woke to the chaflngs of remorse, picturing a Mllla somewhat restored In charm waiting hopefully at the gate, even after the half-past seven, and then, as time passed and 'he sound of the distant horns came fulntly through the darkness, going sadly to her room? perhaps weeping there. It was a picture to wring him with shame and pity, but was followed by another which electrified him, for out of school he did not lack imagination. What If Albert had reported his Illness too vividly to Mllla? Mllla was so fond I ' What if, In her alarm, she should come here to the house to Inquire of his mother about him? What if she told Mrs. Milholland they were "engaged"? The next moment ltamsey was projecting a conversation between his mother and Mllla in which the latter stated that she and Ramsey were soon to be married, that she regarded him as al- , ready virtually her husbaud, and de- , manded to nurse him. In a panic he fled from the house before breakfast, going out by way of a side door, and he crossed back yards and climbed back fences to reach Albert Paxton the more swiftly. This creature, a ladles' man almost professionally, was found exercising with an electric Iron and a pair of flunnel trousers in a basement laundry, by way of stirring his appetite for the morning meal. "See here, Albert," his friend said breathlessly. "I got a favor. I want you to go over to MlUa's?" "I'm goln' to finish pressln' ^iese trousers," Albert Interrupted. "Then I've got my breakfast to eat." "Well, you could do this first," said Itamsey, hurriedly. "It wouldn't hurt you to do me this little favor first. You Just slip over and see Mllla for me, If she's up yet, and If she Isn't, / you better wait around till she Is, because I want you to tell her I'm a whole lot better this morning. Tell her I'm pretty near practlck'ly all right again, Albert, and I'll prob'ly write her u note or something right soon?or In a week or so, anyhow. You tell her?" "Well, you act pretty funny!" Albert ' exclaimed, fumbling In the pockets of 1 his coat. "Why can't you go on over I and tell her yourself? But just as It ! happens there wouldn't be any use c your goln' over there, or me, either." * "Why not?" "Mllla ain't there," said Albert, still r searching the pockets of his coat. 1 "When we went by her house last night r to tell her about your headnche and ( stomach and all, why, her mother told r us Mllla'd gone up to Chicago yester- ( day afternoon with her aunt, and said 1 she left a note for you, and she said if ( you were sick I better take It and 1 give It to you. I was goln' to bring It over to your house after breakfast." F He found It. "Here!" Ramsey thanked him feebly, and de* 1 ? ? r\nwfInl otnnofan. , parien ui a muie ui yumm oiujjc^vi (Ion, brought on by a glimpse of the Instabilities of life. He had also, not relief, but a sense of vacancy and loss; for Mllla, out of his reach, once more became mysteriously iovely. Pausing In an alley, he read her note. "Dearie: Thought I ought to call you up but over the 'phone Is Just nix for explanations as Mama and Aunt Jess would hear everything and thought I might seem cold to you not saying anything sweet on account of them listening and you would woflder why I wus so cnhl when telling you good-by for a wile maybe weeks. It Is this way Uncle I'urv wired Aunt Jess he has just taken In a big touring car ^ on a debt and his vacation starts to- I morrow so If they were going to take s a trip they better start right way so c Aunt Jess Invited me. Now deurle I c have to pack and write this !u a hury t so you will not be disappointed when t you come by for the B. C. to-night. Do t not go get some other girl and take t her for I would hate her and nothing in this world would make me false for one second to my klddo boy. I do not know Just when home again as the folks think I better stay up there for - .. - ??^ n.. r Q VlSlt flt AUHl Jfss uuu uuuv rurvo home in Chicago after the trip Is over. But I think of you all the time and you must think of me every minute and believe your own dearie she will never no not for one second he false. So teiJ Sade and Alb good-by for me and do not be false to me any more than I would be to you and It will not be long till nothing more will Interrupt our sweet friendship." As a measure of domestic prudence, Ilamsey tore the note Into irreparable fragments, but he did this slowly, and without experiencing any of the revulsion created by Millu's former missive. He was melancholy, aggrieved that she should treat him so. "Yes, sir; that quiet litta Milla's a regular oH married woman by this time, Ramsey." (.TO BE CONTINUED./ SDOYS SCOl/TS (Conducted by National Council of tha Boy Scouts of America.) WEST VIRGINIA GOOD TURNS The following are a few of the good turns rendered by troop and Individual scouts under the Clarksburg council during 1921: Paid rent for poor peopie In order to keep them from being put out of their homes. Paid grocery bills for >ther people. Gave $10 cost of adopting a Chinese girl for one year. Acted is messengers at various conventions. Distributed literature for various causes. Put up posters and cards and distributed hundbills for lied Cross. Uiwrlofl 4V.I* nnt?\ ohntt' and phnmhpr of WUgJCU lUi UUIU OllV?? UKU VKMtMww. commerce annual tour. Assisted In henlth drive. Assisted In planting trees. Gave service to Civic club and If. W. C. A. at various times. Built ind set up birdhouses. Erected booths it church bazaars. While In camp assisted fanner In odd Jobs. Acted as ?utemen without pay at athletic contests other than scout activities. Put up side curtains and secured wind shield on automobile in order to keep the rain out while owner was In office juilding attending to business. Gave ?ntertalnment to public during anniversary week. Cut grass and kept awn on church property in good conation. Cut grass on small park and iept lawn in good condition for one fear. Worked In booth during better )nby week. Fifteen buglers sounded 'alls for the V. F. R. on Armistice day. distributed Christmas baskets. 'SERVICE," SCOUT WATCHWORD .A**'' Mways Courteous, Willing and Efficient Are the Little Fellows When Called Upon to Render Assistance. THE TWO BIG THINGS In addressing a gathering of scout eaders at Lansing, Mich., recently, ?hief Scout Executive James E. West jointed out that the success of the icout movement must fundamentally lepend upon two things?first, the de lire of the hoys themselves to be icouts; second, the willingness of the Ight kind of men to give leadership. 3e maintained that only as the scout novement rang true to Its Ideals ould It get either the right kind of nen or the boys themselves and asked very executive present to test out lis plans for scouting, to see If they ontributed to one or the other or >oth these fundamental necessities. ORTY-TWO BADGES AWARDED On December 16, the Newark, N. J., :ouncil held Its quarterly meeting In he city hall, and 28 life and star and even Eagle badges were awarded. '"Yank Dlorihy of Troop 60, and George Vagner, were given troop aid Insignia. Service badges were presented to John >aterson and Paul Kraneter of Troop I, to William Perry of Troop 71, to C. 3rower Woodward, Troop 7, and Milord Vieser, Troop 100. Deputy Comnlssioner Hugo Cederhola and his son )scar, Troop 56, received Eagle ladges at the same time. FROM PRESS TO CHURCH Troop 40 of Dayton, O., has, unler the leadership of Scoutmaster tny Dibble, established a new mesenger service In connection with the hureh under whose auspices they are irganlzed. Whenever a new church aiUetin or announcement comes from he press, scouts are instantly on hand o deliver the literature to the mem' iers of the congregation. DOINGS OF BOY SCOUTS Boy scouts will co-operate In the >lantlng of the memorial trees which t Is planned to place all along the naln highway from New York 'to Buf'alo, ns a memorial to the soldier lead. Officers of Endicott Post, N. Y.. American Legion, have announced that hey are ready to back scouting to the Imlt In the new Town of Union coun II. which will embrace Johnson and Sndlcott cities. The boys of Troop 1 of Carlsbad, V. M., have been elected associate nembers of the chamber of commerce vith n scout on every important comnlttee of the chamber. In order to show the public just what icouts do and why every boy abould ie a scout, the Mansfield, Ohio, boy icouts recently held a demonstration showing first aid, signaling, fire bulking and other scout activities. Special tress was laid on how to roll a pack, vliat to carry In it, how to put up : ent and the correct manner of sleepng in a blanket. OUR I ' S c ? ? Department Devc IJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1 Something to | BqF. A.1 niiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii UNIFORM CIVILITY 0 RID welcome to the world when everything seems to be going against you, Is to exhibit the right sort of courage and to show yourself capable of overriding difficulties. Though firebrands may be thrown across your pathway and backbiting tongues assail you, if you still remain amiable and courteous, you will emerge from the ordeal unscathed. Civility nnd all that It Implies gives you the staying strength to surmount obstacles and to press forward In all kinds of >venther. Scowls, frowns and short answers very frequently make of the talented and gifted, sorrowful tollers, while, on the other hand, urbanity and suavity elevate men and women of moderate attainments to power and affluence. Civility commends Itself to people who know not Its name, but recognize It when they see It. The crabbed old boor and the proud youth are now and again arrested by Its soft answer and smiling face, and even the rude ji The Friendly Path :i i| By WALTER I. ROBINSON ;[ SELFISHNESS '"p HINK of your tasks and not of yourself. Most of those who find their dally work monotonous nnd Imagine they could get much greater enjoyment out of other employment would not be likely to make any greater headway or find greater pleasure la doing any other job under the sun, unless they first had u change In their own viewpoint. Usually It Is not what one may be doing, but the spirit In which It Is done which makes work pleasant or undesirable. When people ore constantly thinking of self nnd placing themselves above the Importance of the duty at hand, the task will seem distasteful end Inconsequential, regardless of how much Its successful accomplishment means to the world. The story Is told of a school teacher who hated her work and was extremely anxious to become a nurse. She complained that there was nothing to her life but a mile-long trip between two ugly fences twice a day nnd the Intervening hours spent ij> teaching the same monotonous lessons over nnd over again. So she thought It would be so very lovely to don a white cap nnd apron and devote the remainder of her life to caring for the sick. Fortunately she stated her opinion to n clear-headed nnd broad-minded physician nnd asked him to aid her In finding employment as a student in a hospital. When this man heard why she wished to give up teaching as a profession, he kindly told her that she was temperamentally unfitted to be a nurse, for nursing meant ex treme self-sacrifice. if sne tnougnt bo much of herself that she couldn't find enjoyment in the work of making good and able Americans through teaching, due to her constant thoughts of self, he contended that she would have even a smaller chance of getting enjoyment out of the nursing profession, which demanded more devotion to others' welfare. H' MOT] COOK "Don't bring worries to the table, Don't bring anger, hate or scowls; Banish everything unpleasant, Talk and eat with smiling Jowls. It will aid your own digestion, If you wear a smiling face; It will Jolly up the others, If you only set the pace. Knowing something funny, tell It; Something sad, forget to knell it Something hateful, quick dispel it At the table." GOOD THINGS WE ALL ENJOY CHICKEN cooked as a pot roast Is much superior to the ordinary fried dish, us it Is moist and Juicy. Cut It up as for frying, place in a tight kettle with a little fat, stir until hot, add a v?ry little water io keep it from burning and cook c!osely covered. Usually no more water will be needed, but add very little, a tablespoonful or two nt a time. Season and cook very slowly for two or three hours. Longer Is better. Fruit Salad. Place halves of stewed pears on crisp lettu<" * leaves. Iteinove the pits from wh'te cherries and arrange around the pears. Serve with cooked salad dressing. \ Potato Soup. P.oil four medium-sized potatoes in salted water and when soft put through a ricer. Slice one onion and scald with one quart of milk. Remove the onion. Add the milk to the potato, season with a teaspoouful of ORE j : )/i I \ lagazine Material ^ ' ? Kiddies six |j JWillM.Maupin i; <'*#<//?*#*********???***???**???/' t AT EVENTIDE OpWO little shoes, run-down and ' worn, Tossed In the corner over there; ' Two little stockings, soiled and torn, ' Lying beneath the rocking chair. # ' One little sweater, one little cap, Little knee pants, a shirt once white? ? All In a heap, and In my lap , One little lad, his eyes shut tight ; ) \ j fe/it ;ectic ted to Attractive N llllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllUIIIHIIIIIIL Think About f IDALKER | iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiinir vagabond will stop a moment when 11 crosses his path and stare at It It open-eyed wonderment. In some subtle way civility touches hearts and knits mankind closer to gether, yet, despite this fact. It has a long way to go and a great dea of bard work to do before It can over take the masses and make them un derstand Its true worth. To those who are Just startinj careers, and especially to the young good manners are as essential t< their success as good commendations Indeed, politeness may be said t< be the better thing of the two, for th< reason that It builds character, ant makes it Imposing in the eyes of oth ers. There Is no time In one's life tha courtesy of behavior In the treatmen of others fails to win recognition. The employee who Is unlforml; civil, considerate of his or her era ployer, and thoughtful of associate; as well, is usually the first to win pro motion. If you will think back, study caus< and effect, you will find as you reflec that the greater number of failures It life had their beginning In Incivility and that those who today are conspic uously successful In the arts, profes slons nnd industries were In their be ! ginning, and are now, habltuallj ; courteous In words and acts. (Copyright.) | SCHOQ (? HOSKtNS 1 rptes: LmtiMiJlllceMwagt OW The young woman was lntelllgen enough to know that what the physl clan told her was true. Hour afte hour she battled with herself to ge the right viewpoint, and finally sh won her battle over selfishness. Thei , nnlnvoKlo nnil ehi ; ner >vui& uc^uiuc wujvjuu.v uuv? v.. did It so well that Its Influence fo good was reflected In her life and he smiles. No work will make one happy If hi thinks more of himself than his Job (Copyright.) UER'S BOOK Hp salt, one-fourtb of a teaspoonful o: celery seed, two tenspoonfuls o chopped parsley and a dash of whlti pepper. Melt three tablespoonfuls o fat In a saucepan, add two tablespoon fuls of flour and when well cooked stir in the milk and potato. Sprlnkh with the parsley and serve. Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Unloi 0 The Old Story. Mrs. Wabash?I thought when I mar rled you that you were original. Mr. Wabash?And am I not? "No; you're using the same excuse: for stnylng out late that all my othei j husbands used!" | o I THE mm CHERUB Tki* world seem* retker ytr^nqe to me; riy wty in life 13 oft ?n | reurfv Itlnink 111 <jet tuijusted tkov^k If I ctr\ jvyt live long enoudk. /X l\) ' Two little arms that 'round me twine; 5 Two sturdy legs worn out with J' play; 1 One little heart that beats 'gainst t mine, * Full of joy at tho close of day. One little nightie donned at last, t Ready the lad for slumber deep; t One more d$y with Its Joytirae pastOne little moment?then asleep. f I Sleep, little boy, till the morning 3 breaks; Dreamless sleep till the stars shall fade, i And the rising sun ev'ry songbird t wakes i And njuslc rings In the leafy glade. , Sleep, little boy, and watch the ward O'er thy cot may the angels keep. - Safe In the arms of the children's Lord? r Sleep, little laddie?sleep, sleep, sleep! (Copyright.) L DAYS -OLD UMlXfTtofco. I w/ luic^ ^ j| I r, | Uncommon Sense | ' By JOHN BLAKE B ONE JOB IS ENOUGH A YOUNG reader has asked as If he can study law and the violin at the some time. He can. He also asks If he can be a great lawyer and a great violinist. He cannot. A man who wants to be a great lawyer Is not going to have time to master any musical Instrument more complicated than the penny whistle. The law requires time and thought. The violin requires time and practice. Kubellk spent about eight hours a day with his fiddle. At the end of that eight hours his tired brain would refuse admission to a single page of [ Iilackstone, even were his fingers not j too weary to hold the book. No boy should study the violin with a view to maaing it a proiession unj less his talent Is such that he never could be contented with anything else. l Of all the Instruments In the world It Is the hardest to master, and none but geniuses ever can prosper as well - by playing It as can any fairly successful lawyer by following his profession. 9 A very great Illustrator, known U r (he writer, discovered when he was twenty-one years old that he would have to stop trying to be a concert singer. He had a good voice and good musical ability. But he found that cultivating one or either of these would take the time he needed for the study of drawing. Because he quit the music he became rick and famous. Had he kept at it he might have become a choir singer, or sung small parts In musical pieces. But he never would have got any further?a fact he found out before It was too late. Very few men can do any two things very well. Nobody ever born can do two things supremely well. Music Is a tine accomplishment and brings much pleasure to people in other lines of endeavor if they follow It with , moderation. But only musicul geniuses should special Ire In It. (Copyright)