Show Way Back When WhenBy By JEANNE JOSEF STALIN STUDIED FOR FOE FORTHE FORTHE THE TAE PRIESTHOOD ITH what blindness do wo we attempt attempt at at- W WITH tempt to guide our childrens children's footsteps in life lie so 80 often forcing on them an ambition of our own It might be laughable were it not so seriously In opposition to the theman's theman's mans man's own desires but Josef Stalin was forced to attend the Tiflis Tillis Greek Orthodox seminary because his hla mother wanted him to be a priest Young Stalin legally named Josef Jose did not want to be a priest Born in 1879 Josef was educated in the village school of Gori Gorl Rus Rus- sia sla In his young days he was a fighter who bore many a black eye and he was somewhat of a bully although he always displayed intelligence intel intel- and character At the seminary sem n Y Ys s 4 I 1 r e I Inary inary nary he led the other students In plotting against the authorities and local railway workers met in his room Eventually he was dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed in disgrace At the age of seventeen he joined the underground under ground dock workers of ot Batum Ina in ina a riot and when the terrorist Bolsheviks Bolsheviks Bol Bal were formed became active in their movement While attendIng attending attend attend- ing a Bolshevik party conference in Stockholm in 1905 he met Lenin for Cor the first time Josef Stalin was arrested a half hail halfa haila a dozen times and exiled from Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia the last time He changed his name regularly and returned again and again With Lenin and Trotsky he took over the government of Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia in October 1917 After Lenin died In 1924 Stalin supporters exiled exiled ex ex- lied Trotsky and through ruthless executions made Stalin dictator Josef Stalin's life is hardly the kind of biography you would expect expect expect ex ex- from a boy who studied for tor forthe forthe the priesthood JOAN CRAWFORD WAS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR JOAN OAN CRAWFORDS CRAWFORD'S life is an J example of a girl who had talent talent talent tal tal- ent ambition and enthusiasm but who might never have havo risen beyond an nn ordinary occupation without the necessary confidence to keep try- try Ing Joan Crawford was born about 1907 In San Antonio Texas daughter daughter daugh daugh- ter of a theater manager manager Most of her play hours were spent playing show and she danced her way through many struggling years before before be be- fore tore a real opportunity came her way At fourteen Joan went to work as a telephone operator in Lawton Okla Then she was sent to a convent in Kansas City where she had to earn her way by acting as a kitchen maid and waiting on tables After leaving college Joan r 1 S I a Crawford found a job in a Kansas City department store as a stock girl at 10 per week working during during dur durO ing the day and practicing dancing at night Finally a theatrical agent found a ajob ajob ajob job for Joan in hi a show which failed a month later leaving her stranded miles from home Courageously Courageous ly she found job after job In cabarets cab and night clubs in Chicago Detroit and New York She was working in a Shubert show Innocent In Eyes when a Metro Gold wyn-Mayer wyn executive saw her and signed her for tor pl pictures tures Think of ot the troubles this girl had the disappointments and struggles Born in the atmosphere of ot show business she was inspired from the time she could first toddle to find a place for tor herself In that glamorous life Ue Then circumstances took a hand and forced her into occupations bons that were far ar more on the side of drudgery than glamour She plugged lines Into a switchboard switch washed dishes swept floors carried carried car car- ried heavy trays wrapped pack pack- ages But through it all aU she kept her confidence in hi herself herselt Service |