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Show THE SCRAPBOOK HABIT Mnnklnd mny bo divided Into two classes: those who preservo fugltlvo clippings and those, who do not. Among tho formor nro many who for lack of classification becumo tho victims vic-tims of their belongings. Thoy clip assiduously, thoy lay nsido nowspa-pers nowspa-pers containing articles they wish to keep for rcferenco nnd they postpouo the tnsk of sorting nnd arrangement to tho rnlny d,ny or the Interval of leisure which never arrives. Presently Pres-ently they nro dismayed to find themselves them-selves confronted by n plto of ephemeral ephe-meral llternturo mountain high, whuro In It seems hopeless oven to bhizo a trail. That Is whero tho person of meticulous, orderly habits shows his Irrltntlng superiority. With him dny unto dny hns uttered wisdom; ho hns tabulated nnd pigeon holed his storos ns thoy camo to his hnnd. It does not provo thnt you nro literary and lenrncii to ralso a nst rubbish heap nround yourself or to llvo In n ruin thnt suggests tho visit of a Zeppelin. Those who keep scrapbooks nro likely ta reckon them among tho most precious Items In their libraries. librar-ies. They will not maintain that nil the contents aro of a superior order as literature Hut from cover to cover cov-er thoro is an assortment of tho things thnt havo found tho collector whero ho lives that havo touched tho Inmost recesses of tho bolng in a mood of reflection op a moment of gayer humor. Tho desultory, casual ouallty Is closer than a diary to the pormutatlong and combinations of dally llfo. "Show mo the scrap book that you -- asres keep and I will toll you who you aro." I For tho Bcrapbook Is tho truest of I all autobiographies. Philadelphia Public Ledger. |