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Show JUNGLE JAZZ, i A jungle jazz band entertains visit ' HH era at the Sellg zoo, Los Angeles. The HH players arc three chimpanzees, i They sit on chairs, Mike strumming ihe guitar. Bill picking at tho man dolin with his head cocked to one LWM Hide. Mary, handling the violin, is the band leader. They hold their instm I LWM ments naturally, with the skill of hu-1 HH mans. Hl There's much debate, whether the diecord shattered out by tho monkeve HH is really jazz. Some music critics, op-posed op-posed to jazz, insist that It sound j j like the real thing. HP Consul, most intelligent monkey of! 9mi our generation, U8ed to dress him- 9M self, even to lacing shoes and tying ,i four-in-hand. He ate with a knife and fork, shaved himself, steered an auto and even signed his name with a H; But Consul, like the monkey jazz players, was entirely an imitator. First a man ha to do a thing, with HHi the monkey watching. Then the mon key copies. Hj Man, of all creatures, alone has the HH power of reasoning, making decisions, originating. All men have this power HH Few develop it. 9M People are of two kinda th ere- ators and the imiiators or followers It is human nature to go along do ing a thing In the old accepted way. Occasionally a person with a creative crea-tive brain challenges the old way. He starts In motion that greatest ,ma chine, the human brain. Presently ho creates a new invention, a new theory or a short -cut wa for the old laborious labor-ious process. Such men are more valuable to civilization civil-ization than millions oi imitators contented con-tented with going ahead in the old rut For Instance, Edison. Watt, Whitney Whit-ney and Stoinmets. ' Study the careers of these and othei creative geniuses and it becomes obvious ob-vious that the real contributor to progress Is thr person who discards the old and devises something new and better to take Its place. All people have, within them, the power to create new and better things. The trouble in. it is more comfortable com-fortable to go ahead in the old way. The brain can make a success of any one if it Is spurred on by the great driving force, will power, instead of allowed to grow rusty and stagnant. The current is in every head, wait ing to be turned on to higher voltage. |