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Show Conversation Is , Easy. With New Book About Talk By RUTH SNTOZB. "The elevereet man la ha he, whea talking to another, makes him seem slaver. s . With all duo emphasis on tha Him. i Tha sentence quoted above papa out at a from one of the moot uaeful andentertalnlng hooka we have aean In many moona. If you are a poor convereationallet. If yon feel the painfulneea of alienee sr tha euper-palnfulnees of -auperfl-elallty, or It you auffer from aa Innate In-nate senaltlveneee that la forever being eicorlated by the crowding, or one might almoet drop tha "d" aad say crowing, of another yea will want to have a copy of Mrs. lmogene B. Wolcott'a heMr-irak af eonveraatlon around tha houaev "What to Talk About" (Fut-same) (Fut-same) la tha title Mra. Woleott haa given to her collection of clever queetlona to ho ueed as aa aid to aoclalr profeaalonal and hualneaa advancement, -Tha book haa been divided Into three main parts: (1) -What to Talk About to . . . .. followed y a II. t of professions; J -What to Talk About to Thoee Whose Hobby la - which la eupplemented with a list of hob--beea" from beaa to aplrltuallam, and l) "What to Talk About to Thoe Who Have Lived In or Traveled Trav-eled to . . . followed by a llet from Alaeka to Tellowetone park. Apropos of authors. Mra Woleott wrltee: -Some writers aay It paya to foree themoelvea to write Km, thing even though It haa to ha changed later. Often a writer will take a couree elmllar to that of the United gtatea eenator who roe to apeak and began: 'Although I have not as yet come to a definite conelueloa upon thlo queatloa. I hope that by addressing the aenata I aha!! gradually discover my opinion." opin-ion." Of couree, there are times ws can aea rouKh water ahead of the amateur. ama-teur. For-Jaatance. wa adviaa caution cau-tion when aaklng a golfer ques-tlona ques-tlona euc-h aa these: -How far does one walk In playing eighteen holea, aa a ruleT" or "Does golf Increase. Erofaalty or teaeh patience'" We now that the average goiter haa but one anewer to. tha following queatlon: "How long doea It take 'iJ"'? Pj"' olf wsHJ" Anawer: "The first fifty yaara are , the hardeet." , t'SKril, AID MAPPT. - Tha next fifty- yeara are taken eara of In Dr. A. tapthorn Smith a book. "How to Be Uaeful aad Happy From Sixty to Ninety," which la publlahed by Doddj Head Ik Co. Dr. Smith haa eompounded soma axloma for tha man or womaa over 0. We hold that most of thee ara good for tha jroungeet sf ua. Here they arei 1. Remember tha Sabbath day. Work hard on six daya; raat hard vn in. etTMis. tioea goir I n crease profanity or teach patience?" t. Early to bad and early ts rlss mskea people healthy. a. lncreaae the amount of water. Neither a city nor a eltlaen can run a drainage ayatam without waterworks water-works 4. If yon want te keep young, keep la with young people. a. Don't Chang, xtfur lifelong bah' Its at . Tou can't teach an old dog new tiicka. If you have been a amoker all your Ufa, keep ea amoking In moderation, and if you have been a moderate drinker, keep on drinking la moderatloa lf you can get lt. . Keep your foot warm aad year head cool. .1. When yea reach turn ever a new leaf. If yoa were careleas sf your appearance before, begin te dress well. It makee you look better bet-ter endefeel better and you will be no older thaa what you feel. t. Don't worry; carrying a lot of worrlea at la like a ahlp with all aall set aad tha barometer fall Ing. Take In sell and go alowar. It la aafer and yoa will gat there la time. . . . If yoa have a big business, gat soma young horses to pull the wagon and you sit on the seat and drive, hut don't get off the wagon. 10. The devil finds some mischief still for Idle hands te do so keep buay. lej m- opinion. "The Aged anting en their ahelvee With knitting and tha cat Make talk of Youth among tham aelvea. Deploring thla and that ... Youngsters, let them not sbaah Tour love.y. witless school They'd give their riches te bs rash. And 20, aad a fool!" This Is s poem of ens of ths "yotmgstere.' Amanda Benjamin Hall haa had her flrat collection of poems published by George H. De-raa De-raa unaer the caption, "Tha Dancer In the Shrine." Mlsa Hall was awarded the yearly prise of the Poetry society for "Tha Dancer la the Shrine fany a "woman college graduate grad-uate would marry If aha were aeked by the right men." la the answer glvea by Profeaaor Wltlyatlna Oood. eell of Teachera college In hia book, "The Educatloa of Wolnea" fklae-millanl. fklae-millanl. "Indeed." he contlnuee. "la thla whole controversy writers are prone to forgat that. In the matter mat-ter of mating, custom decrees that women muat play a passive aa sometimes a waiting role." We wonder If thla ta true! "Would there be a higher percentage percent-age of marriage ""'among eel lege g red ua tea if the womea were raised from t he 1 r paesl v e and wal 1 1 a g roles? Are college girls eeaktng a higher type of man than the ax a aeeklng them? In "Echo." Margaret Rivera txr-mlnla txr-mlnla wrltea to the contrary. "These are modern days,1 ehe declares, "bat the ewig 'welbllch still awaits, la a fluttered fever ef -concealment, her lord's deputation. It will alwaya ho ao. The penalty of our aex la commuted by that Inhibition; Inhi-bition; we wouldn't sacrifice the Intoxicating torture of this eapreme suspense for all the advantages a chansja of gander may have to of- i f cr. ' - We wish some college glrle would I enlighten ua Do you agree with1 Profeaaor Oood a l. or do you agree with Mra. etarmlnleT THI CTICKEaT m A LA I at A. On the Yukon tho chicken la a pampered luxury. according to Prank O. Carpenter. In "Alaaka. Our Northern Wonderland" Ioubeday, Page A Co In summer the chickens, chick-ens, wh de hot Hk twenty-four hours of daylight, are put la dark-raed dark-raed coops at ( p. m., and during the long, dark dare of winter' the coops must be lighted la order to make the chickens lay. It la tha cuaiom during the winter ta put ehlrkena out to board la chicken I boarding bouses. These are log I buildings, lined and oiled, with the! pact between filled with ahavinga I and heated with air-tight Steve a. J v - , |