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Show . " ' \ " Want ant to Become"Famous BecomeFamous Become Becom.e . Famous "Fatnous "F F " " atnous " " ? 7 c cBy By ) ' ELMO ELl\10 ELl 10 ELAIO \ SCOTTV SCOTT \V V WATSONOULD \ WATSON WATSONFOULD ATSON FOULD aULD OULD you like l1ke to be famous ? Would it give giveyou giveyou 3 I you a thnll thrIll to have your picture printed prmted in m mthousands . thousands of newspapers all over the United Umted UmtedStates ' , States and pel peihaps haps have the newsreel camera- camera cameramen cameralf - ) ' lf ' camera-J camera J men knock at ) your 'our our ' door and ask you to say att a afew ay tt ttfew few words while they cranked away at theIr theirit theirmachines7 Imachmes itmachines it I machmes machines ? Wouldit Would it give you satisfaction to topie :1 1 : ; e people nudge each other and remarkm remarkin remark in m a low tone , as asassed l . lassed "Look Look " ' There's Theres ' Joe ' Dokes assed by , He's Hes the fellow , noW , who . . : . ' t our "toour answer IS "y y "Yes Yes " es esose "to to " to to't ' It's Its ' not notult notr 't t hose ose questions , r ; ult , you know , fOI you to toany toany any or all of those am- am ams amr - remember . the theg theoften ; r IS s You lOU idiiciiik-- idiiciiik idiiciiikk - ' * - ' " ' - " g k , often attributed to tovin tor torson building Ulldmg ar ar a atjTr . about r rson vin n , r mouse-trap mouse trap - and hav- hav hay- hay havII hayii - II IIthe iihe the he world beat a path to tot t tjTr r door But nui even evc-u evc u - If n you youI youe juu juue I e no "feel feel " " for mouse- mouse mouseconstructIon mousen mouse-T mouse T - - ! . ( construction n or othel othei otheiences othelfences I Iences ences of mventIveness inventiveness inventiveness.f inventivenessf inventiveness.fwon't . , won't wont ' necessarily pre- pre pret pro profit - - fit t your achieving ac1uevmg some somesure somesure someassure sure of fame - brief briefugh briefgh briefITgh ugh gh it may be beo o you want to know how to do doelIi doell doWellr elIi ell ' ; let's lets ' consider some of ofmethods ofmethods of'methods ofmethods ' methods employed m in recent recentths recentthe recentiths recentithsacre's ths the thsere's theere's acre's acres ere's eres ' the case of Ernest Vm- Vm Vin- Vin VmWrIght VinWright Vin-t Vin t - - - Wnght WrIght of Los Angeles , the thefive thefive they-fivc they fivc -five five - year old Woild WOlld war vet- vet vetwho vetwho vet-l vet l - - who v . wrote rote a book Before BeforeBNEST . . 4 . , . \ y ; y 1 1A 1Z 1Y 1R Z A < : Y R d de e kuv kuvW kuvNEST W ( BNEST NEST VINCENT WRIGHT WRIGHT-- WRIGHTwrote - - wrote a 50,110 50110 , word no no\ no noellout \ el elout ellout out once using the letter "e e "e"It eIt " " t . iff g gIt it , he tied down the "e e " " on his typewriter and never nevere e used it m writing wrItmg all the the10 the10ords 10 w \ \\ords ords \ \ ords in m his no\ no nov no\el no el noel \ el Thatnot Thatnot That not only put his name and andure andure re ure m In all the newspapers but but'ion butson buti son $ \ ' Vion \'ion 'ion ion for him a chance to toak toak toak ak akover over the radio And , of ofe ofe ofrse e , when he did he was very veryeful veryeful veryreful eful to avoid using usmg words wordsch wordsch wordsch | ch contain contam an "e e " " gi'en gien en ' there's theres ' the case of Dr Dr.jmas Drjmas . . as H Staggers , rnechano-apist rnechano apist rnechano- rnechano mechano- mechano rnechanoaplst mechanoapist - - | aplst apist of Cleveland , Ohio , whoked who whoked ked steadily for two days and andc andceeded andceeded c ceeded eded in p piling mg up a tower towerposed towerposed toweraposed posed of 3,585 3585 , matches on onmouth onmouth on.mouth onmouth . mouth of a beer bottle before beforeISItor beforeisitor beforensitor ISItor , coming commg into mto the room rooma roomb a hea\ hea heatread heavy \ tread , caused the theer theen theer | er en to collapse Of course coursevanahon coursevariation course.variation coursevariation . vanahon variation pilinghes on this pilIngcbes pilingches piling cbes ches hes up on a bottle is an anparlor ant . parlor anparlor parlor trick which many a atess atess atess | tess has suggested when her hery hery heriy y begins to "go go " dead " But Butemamed Butemained Butj.emained Butjemained toke . emamed emained for Dr . Staggers to toe toe e a bid for fame with It it . . . Im- Im Imlately Imiately Im-piately Im piately - - - lately iately , other people m in variousof variousof various variousJof Jof of the country tried to beat beatrecord beatrecord beat'cord beatcord record recordand ' and for a time match- match matchg match-ngup match ngup - - g up was a popular fad 1 I Iit 1't I't ' 't t know who finallywon finall finally won thee the thee e " of"champIOn of "champion champion " " perform-Sthis perform Sthis performthis in m perform- perform - - prob-yhear prob yhear probhear this feat ( although I'll Ill ' ' prob- prob - - , . hear from others v/ho v ho who / beat beatr beatrStaggers beattriggers r Staggers rStaggers beatStaggers record because 1 I 1en't Ien't Ien't Ient ( en't ent en'talso ' also mentioned theIr theIres theires theirPCS es ) But , after all , does it I itter ittter tter " ter ? i . ds < ' s Fast on Firty-Ttnrd Firty Ttnrd Flrty-Tlurd Flrty Tlurd Firty-Third Third - Day Day.insider Dayinsider . 'nsider nsider , , next , the case of ofon ofon of"on ofon " on Whitlow of Stooping Sloopmg , Tenn > , who heard "a a " com- com corn-id corn id - - - d comd from God " and started to . For more than a month he hemed hefined heained med fined from food of all kmds kinds kindse kmdse e the world waited breathless- breathless breathlessach breathlessach breathless-ach breathless ach - - ach day to learn how he was wasurmg wasuring was"ring wasring urmg uring " the self-imposed self imposed - test of ofendurance ofendurance ofendurance endurance thet - at least , the theunt t of newspaper de- de de-n de n ded space - - - d to his h18 fast and the pictures picturesII pictures1m picturesim 1m im " ( sent by gaveTOpression gavepression wircphoto wirephoto ) gave pression that the world was ttng tag wasting wasttng wastag breathlesslyyen breathlessly breathlesslyy . hen en the fast of this "man man " "mantalked mantalked talked with God " ended on onwd 53d on53d day because "the the " Lord LordItold Lordtold . Itold , = told physicianse physIcIansquoted him to eat " physIcIans quoted as saying saymg that it wasof wasof was remarkableS remarkableB of the most remarkable S B ' . in medical annals " EVI- EVI - - ly Evi-ly Evi ly EVIly they had forgotten some somee someie e other fastcrs fasters who had "hit hit " "hitHeadlines hitHeadlines " headlInes byr in m years gone by ) r DrS instance there v/as v as was / Dr Minneapolisn S Tanner of MmneapolIs Minneapolis , . , v/ho v ho who / , back in 1877 , amazed doctors amazeddoctors daysn by fasting fastmg for for4amazed for 4amazed 42 2 days n they had declared that 10was 10Was 10 was the limit Again Agam m in 1880 1880staged taged Caged 1880taged 1880Caged tagedn Cageda a n 40 day fast which whichtcd whichacted acted actedas andIf tcd as muchattention much attention andti and ' . If ti Ifanythmg tianything " anything anythmg , more newspaper newspapere -e e - e than didVhitlow's did Whitlow's Whitlows \Vhitlow's Vhitlow's Vhitlows \ ' this year Nc\t Nc t Nc.t Nct Next \ . he challenged all aU com com- comers comers comers - $10,000fasting 10000fasting ers to meet him lum in a $10,000 10000 $ , fastIng contest in Incheach whicheach , which . Inch each con con- contestant contestant contestant - testant was to receive daily dally a agallon agallon agallon gallon waterbut jug dug of pure spring water but no food The one who held heldout heldout out longest , was . as to win the con con- contest contest contest - test and the ten thousandThe thousand thousandThe The Champion Faster . But , such sueh was the fame of Dr DrTanner DrTanner DrTanner Tanner couldfind as a faster , that he could couldfind couldfind find no one to take up his chal chal- chal- chal - - lenge challenge Later lie he went to Callforma California Callformawhere Californiawhere Californiawhere where he inspired a colony of offasters offasters oftasters fasters to follow his e .ample ample example > . exampleSeveral Several everal of them made remarkable remarkablerecordsall remarkablerecords records-all records all - all the theay \\ay ay way \ , \ . ay from 41 to to49 4 49 ! > das days da ; ) s But the champion .as as was wasMrs , wasMrs . .asMrs Mrs A H Wiseman of Los An- An Angeles Angeles An Angeles - geles who fasted for 54 days and andby andby andby by weightfrom doing domg so reduced her weIght from 280 230 to 226 pounds Of course coursethe , the all time bme record for abstain abstam- abstam abstain- abstammg abstaining abstaining - ing mg from food was that made madeby madeby by Terrencc Terrence MacSwiney MacSwmey , the IrIsh IrIshpatrIot Irishpatriot Irishpatriot patrIot daysback , who fasted for foJ ' 74 days back in 1920 But , strictly speak speak- speakIng speaking speaking - ing , his Ius isn't isnt ' a "record record " " for he hedIed hedied hedied dIed as the result of his ab- ab abstmence abstinence ab abstinence - - stinence stmence stinenceSo stmenceSo So if you are thinking thmkmg of be- be becommg becoming be becoming - coming commg famous by hanging hangmg up a anew anew anew new record in fasting fastmg , better betterHunk betterthink betterthink Hunk think twice before you start For Forthere Forthere Forthere there are arc other-and other and other - and safer-ways safer ways saferwaysof safer - waysof of doing domg it You might make makesomethmg makesomething makesomething somethmg something bIgger-even bIgger even bigger - even though thoughnot thoughnot thoughnot not necessarily better-than better than better - than It Ithas ithas ithas has ever been made before Take Takea a tip from Louis Waynai Waynm , a Los LosAngeles LosAngeles LosAngeles Angeles carpenter carpentcr , for mstance instance mstanceLast instanceLast instanceLast Last ) year 'ear ear ' the newspapers car car- carrIed carried carried - ried pictures of him dlsplaymg displaying dlsplaymgwhat displayingwhat displayingwhat what "largestBible largestBible was said to be the "largest largest "largestBIble "largestBible " BIble m in the , world . orld " Its pages pageswere pageswere pageswere were three feet wide and three threefeet threefeet threefeet feet long and , using usmg a hand- hand handstampmg handstamping hand-stamping hand stamping - stampmg stamping machine machme which he con con- constructed constructed constructed - structed himself , he stamped intoeach mto into mtoeach intoeach each of its 8 048 043 pages every everyseparate everyseparate everyseparate separate letter , symbol and andpunctuatIon andpunctuation andpunctuation punctuatIon maik mark mat k The huge book bookas bookwas bookwas \\as as was \ \ bound with metal and ItS ItSwCIght itsweight itsweight wCIght weight was "as as a " as 1,094 1094 , poundsHe poundsHe pounds poundsHe He Won at "Chin Chin "Clun Clun " Golf . " Just recently J 0 WhIpple WhippleJr , Jr , of Princeton Prmceton university umverslty re- re received received re received - - ceived a silver cup for wmnmg winning wmnmgthe winningthe winningthe the first intercollegiate mtercollegIate chin chm golf golfshaIng golfshaving golfshaving ( sha\Ing sha Ing shaving \ ) contest m in New York York.Students YorkStudents . Students from various eastern easternUnIversItIes easternuniversities easternuniversities UnIversItIes reported at the place placewhere placewhere placewhere where the contest was held wIth witha a 24-hour 24 hour - - growth of whiskers on ontheIr ontheir ontheir theIr faces As in golf , the least leastnumber leastnumber leastnumber number of strokes of the razor razorwas razorwas razorwas was to decide the winner wmner Whip WhiP- WhiPple Whipple Whipple - ple won ' with 'Ith Ith ' 31 strokes , no cuts cutsand cutsand cutsand and no penaltIesAIl penaltiesAll penalties penaltiesAll All AIl of which indicates mdicates thatthere's thattheres that thatthere's thatthere's there's theres ' a great variety of ways In Inwhich inwhich mwhich which you can become "famous famous "famous"if famousif " " If you so desire In fact , there thereare thereare thereare are so many different ways that - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i A AI I t r t3tr t 4 "c c " , s3 t3t t3ts t3tT t3tit s T it itf f " , bRh bRhy5 1 y5 t t11M 11M 11Md 11Mi ' / v ? r d ( i ' ; 4t A"y Ay A"yy " , t.NY t.NHhCt . Y 7 . Y y , r Y x t.N tN xt.N / H/hCt H hCt HhCty y . q 1 14P ! /4P 4P / 4Pk ! k .f f . > > " Y Jf . " DR . T THOMAS Ol\IAS Ol IAS \ H . STAGGERS STAGGERS- STAGGERSHe STAGGERSHe - - He succeeded in piling pIlmg 3,585 3585 3,585matches 3,585matches 3585matches , matches on the mouth of a beer beerbottle beerbottle beerbottle bottle . they might even be subdivIded subdivIdedand subdividedand subdividedand and classified m some such ways waysas waysas waysas as this ( A ) t those iose ose who are . _ . . _ ( B ) those who do something somethmg , andC andC and andC ( C ) those v/ho v ho who / don't dont ' do some some- somethmg something something - thing thmg thmgThose thingThose thingThose Those Who Are Are.The AreThe . The ( A ) group might be sub sub- subdIvIded subdivided subdivided - divided according accordmg to age as to to"the to"the to"the tothe " " "the the " "For For " "the the oldest and youngest For e example .ample ample > . , Albert A Cole of ofPortland ofPortland ofPortland Portland , Maine Mame , woke up one onemornmg onemorning onemorning mornmg morning to find himself famous famousand famousand famousand and his picture in the papel papeis S as asthe asthe asthe the ol oldest est active grocer in the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States because he was waseIghty waseighty waseighty eIghty four ) , cars ears old and had hadserved hadserved hadserved served continuously contmuously as a retail a "Ts4 Ts4 " pg pga8 , a8 , V hJ hJrft rft i ( a j i M MA la , Yt Yta --a a - - is Ott Ottw w \ d A\ A AY Y , r rMho ais / Mho lyk lykt t hf hfy " 1 1 y , , ; , yyyQQ yyyQQJ J A . 3Paying 3 . . < > Paymg Paying tribute to one of the queerest characters America ever everproduced everproduced produced , "hen hen when " "Emperor Emperor " Norton Nortonas " \\as as was \ reburIed In Woodhwn Woodllwn cemetery cem- cem cemeter - eter etery ) In San rranclseo rrancisco . Joshua Norton (18191880) 18191880 (1819 1819 ( ( 1880) 1880 ) proclaimed hIm- hIm hImself himself - self "rmpcror rmpcror "Emperor Emperor " : of the UnIted States and Protector of 1\IeXlco 1 IeXlco Mexico \ , " con- con conferred conferred - I ferred hUes titles of nobll1t nobiht ) upon Jus his frIends and Issued lus his own currency currencywhl.h currencywhich whl.h whlh which ( . was \ as honored In payment of his debts by everyone acquamted acquainted acquamtedwIth acquaintedwith wIth the old man's mans ' Idiosyncrasies . grocer for 73 years and eIght eIghtmonths eightmonths eightmonths . months Clear across the country countrym , m Los Angeles , Calif Call ! , Mrs Aba- Aba Abagall Abagail Aba-gail Aba gail - : gall gail Leffingwell LeffingweU was being bemg pub pub- publtcized publicized publicized - licized ltcized because she was "nmety- "nmety nmety "ninety- "ninety ninety "nmetyeIght "ninetyeight "ninety-eight "ninety ninety eight " - I eIght years young , " had Just lust ] ust had hada ' a permanent waveAs waveAs wave waveAs I As for the "youngest youngest " ) oungest , " there therewas therewas therewas was little bttle ten year old Warren Warreni WarrenRapelJc WarrenRapelle WarrenRapelje i RapelJc Rapelle of San Gabriel , Cahf Calif Califwho , who operates opcrates his own ovvn model aIr- aIr aIrI aIrplane airplane air airplane - I plane supply store m his home homeand homeand homeand and , when he |