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Show K.ai-.., . ..I. ..-,:,: .t...',. ij,..- n litwiiimiiiV-"''" How to Control People QNE SUNDAY AFTERNOON Roy L. Gladwell, Montreal, Cana- da, had a friend call with his cocker spaniel pup. As was to be expected, the children made a fuss over the dog and everything went smoothly for a while. It developed that the dog's master fancied himself as a dog trainer, and was anxious to demonstrate how quickly his puppy had mastered mas-tered the trick of retrieving a thrown ball. As it happened he had just the right type of "bouncy" ball in his pocket! With appropriate fanfare the ball was tossed the length of the living room by the guest. Nothing happened. Then Robert Gladwell, aged five, went after r . the ball, picked it up and held on to it. He had 8 8 no intention of retrieving it! "Throw the ball for the puppy, Robert," said his mother. "No!" "Give the ball to Mr. Bordeau," ventured Roy. "No!" This caused an embarrassing predicament with which most parents are familiar. Then occurred for Roy Gladwell an inspiration. "Robert," would you like to see the puppy run after the ball? "Yes!" Robert beamed all over his baby face. "Thn throw the ball." The ball came bouncing down the room. So Roy was happy, Robert was happy, the dog's master was happy, and the puppy was happy! ; For the first time in his life, says Roy, he had succeeded in persuading somebody, admittedly only a child but a very stubborn stub-born one to do something he wanted done, by arousing in that person an eager want. |