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Show I YOUR IMAGINATION A GOLD MINE ' . . " 6y R E. RUSSELL " ftaaaarah mud Canaultatian Sarviaa, LaSalla Extonaton Unlvaraity, 1 Chicaga' , chltd'a apinnlnV top and tha problem prob-lem of aaparatln tha craitm from tha milk. But tha Invonior aaw that centrifugal forca. which kpt tha aplnntng top la - aqulllbrlum, could alao ba mada ta axtract tba cream. Latar aomaona notlcad that tha aama forca could ba aaad ta dry clothra In tha laundry, aad attll later It waa Jlaeaverad that by tba aaraa mathod amall machlna ahop products coald ba elaanad of thalr oil. Ail thaaa dlaroveiiea wara thai wark af tha Imagination.. WW k.iow now. '' t Moat paopla apeak lightly af tha Imagination an J fall to reallia Ita tramendoua Importanea for getting ahead In tha practical world. 'Tat It baa been reeponeibte for tha creation crea-tion of more fortunea than haa any other human faculty. Juat what la thla wonderful thing. Imagination, and how can each of ua put It to practical uae? Imagination la tha aot of finding a aonneclloo ar tie-up batweea two thlnge that up to thin time have not had thla tie-up. - for example, until tha cream aeparator Inventor came ' aioag. thera waa ao tla.ap between a 1 1 i 1 The pvraoae af tmeittiatfes la to eecure aoma new. profitable Idea. Of tha many Ideaa thua obtalaed, only a few prove of any value, yet It geaerally paya to try out a aua-dred aua-dred new things If among them one worth-while Idea may be diecov-ared. diecov-ared. Few pereeaa know haw ta pat thalr Imagination to praeltcat aee. yet there are a number af almple rulea for doing aa. Ona rule ta ta take gtvea article ar-ticle ar aubatanca and make a Hat of all tha possible waya In which It ran be need. Tor example, let ua auppoee that a housewife Ilvee where whltefiah are plentiful, and.waata to hnow several gooi wave of cooking them. Bo she makea a list of tha differtnt ways of cooking frying, roasting, broiling, baking, boiling, atowtna. etc and trlea each method witn the fish. She may flao new ways af cooking whltsflsh that praduce good' reauTte. or ahe may net, Bu" one la using her. Imagination aa order to find out. A leather goods manufacturer had a targe number af amall piecee of leather left over In making his product. In order not to have to throw theae away aa waate. he had ta dleeover aaaa for them. The dla-covsrlng dla-covsrlng of new usee aow tla-upa wlh thla acrap leather waa the work of tha Imaglnalloa.. IMAOIIf ATIOM reoaiTABLB. Imaglnatlon may also help yea to find a new, better anape for aa article. A mint -candy manutactur A ar though of putting hotce la huT candiea and calling them "life-savers " A eoap maker thought of aendlng hla eoap out In chip form rather than la cakee. The milliner will dealgn a new farm for a hat. Ona profitable uss to which you caa put year Imagination la finding the tie-up between yourself and life. Take the )oba of life, for In-ata In-ata ace. Which ona are yoa beet fitted for? Make a Hat pi them and then try youreelf aut la each af them. , Thea take tae recreation hobbles, hob-bles, aad accomplish men ta of life. Make a list of these, too, and find by experiment which you like moot or caa do beat or which will prove most beneficial ta yoa. You can alao Hat tha daalrabla human qualltlee. auch aa forethought fore-thought aourteey, plaaaaat maa-nera, maa-nera, and courage, and by trial and practise caa maka a aloaer tie-up between aoma af thaaa aualitlea and yeureelf. In fact, tha opportunltlee are on-nmlted on-nmlted for you to uae yaur Imagination Imag-ination for helping you ta make ?-oureelf more uaeful and for gala-na gala-na mora Income aaS happlaeee front Ufa. |