Show l V V Steps of Progress V V I 0 w HAT T becomes of oJ your old clothes after the V ragman and his second hand customers get t through ih with them Teacher taught you in the ed fed schoolhouse that old rags eventually were wiP tl into paper That used to be so Still stin is Q some extent But the chances are arc the clothes loth s you threw away a few years years' ago now are cover covering ng th the roof o f. f of a house Old rags pulped into a af afelt f felt land then permeated with asphalt are covering mi American houses in the form of roll and prepared ep e shingles than all other types of roof roofing roof roof- ing combined V Ancient Egyptians used a similar process Th Their tr undertakers wrapped the dead in cloth and md coated the cloth with pitch Prehistoric hunters made tents and boats of goatskin V then y waterproofed the seams with a coating of bitumen Today we use the same principle in V V VV V V V V V V t. t V V ih j t F Jf J iJ i r the roofing of of asphalted lied p g rags oft often n wit with crushed rush ro rock k gro ground n i t the J the surface Mil Milli Millions io hs of f other modern devices tire are merely extensions or V elaborations labora- labora of things used far back in the mists mist of f V VV V history V V I The steam shovel is an elaboration of the fingers and cupped hand with which the ancient barbarians dug into earth Examine a steam shovel and you'll notice V its steel fingers also that it has a flexible movement based on t the e principle of of the human hutnan elbow In remote disI districts districts dis dis- dis- dis V I of China dentists pull teeth with with their I fingers strengthened by practice of pulling pegs f from om wood The American dentist uses forceps steel i steel fingers V Ancient cliff liff dweller killed a heavy beast To get its Hs carcass up the cliff to his cave cave cae he made a hoisting rope of braided rawhide thongs That was the ancestor of the elevator just as V his crud crude ladders ladders- or ropes with knots for foot foot footrests footrests rests were were vere the or original ginal stairways stair In all centuries centuri s sI I man has had much nuch he same he same problems I E Each ch generation handles these problems s in in inslight ina a slightly slight y different way There may be nothing new under the sun but there is always a new and better wa way of doing everything find Find that new and better way That will be a contribution t to ta progress also wealth for you you provided provided you have the genius of organization atio 1 and salesman ship Sip h. h V V H It VV X V V V V |