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Show HIS JUDGMENT AT FAULT. One Instance Where Balzac Failed as a Graphologist. If thcro was ono thing upon which Ualzac flattered himself moro than another It was his skill In reading character from handwriting. Hut ho made n sad mistake nn ono occasion. A lady brought him an extract ex-tract from the exercise book of a 12- ear-old schoolboy, and nsked him for an opinion as to the youngster's character char-acter and prospects. Balzac Inquired whether tho child waB hor own. Answered An-swered In tho negative, ho examined tho exercise carefully and delivered bis Judgmnt. "Madame," ho said, "this child is thick-headed and frivolous. Ho will never como to any good. If he wero my child I would take him from school and put him to the plow." Then It was explained to the novelist novel-ist that the specimen on which ho had pronounced so severely was one of his own which had beon discovered hidden away between tho leaves of an old lesson book. Problem of To-day. Now hero Is a new view: A writer In tho Cornhlll Magazlno says that the great problem of tho day Is not how wo shall succeed In trade, but how wo shall keep our bouU ullvo; the problem prob-lem of education not to teach a hoy to earn Ills living but to show him how he may avoid spoiling himself while he earns his living. This Is worth considering, anyway. 1 |