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Show OU'VE ONE CHANCE IN THOUSAND TO BE GREAT l)ITOR OF WHO'S WHO ESTIMATES YOUR FUTURE PROSPECTS t By ROY GIBBONS. BfcAQO For 22 years. Aloer: pn Marquis and hla faithful blue ft hove kept company in the edi-I edi-I office? of the publication. "Who's tin America' her., of which h jtor, publisher and founder, pre-g pre-g ovr the hopes of tho country's Fand near great day, after over two decades of i observation, Marquis has come he conclusion thr-.t there is nr. E cut to fame, but that glory goes Fto him who workn and waits hhat'n it " he said with a eheory B, "renown Is merely the reward onp porse- pv.i nc e nr.l ' onBisteiit ; pjpIiBhniei-.t- Lucl 1 don't be- Hn It and Sf there is such t i 5 It enters only remotely Into the I Dllity of any man's chance of be-j tig famous " i APPE.VRS BIEN.N I VLiLY current edition of "Who's Who rig published biennallv, content FSR.O'h.i Kke'rhe; or coiled downj aphic? of 'he nation's consplcu iltisen', who huc achieved su-.'-j lt a r .irl'i ilar field, or havo bet-n ' B or appointed to high federa' Ste off- e m stRt:tirs i f '.s? ''O'rt plied ' Uls estlrr ct'-s tea' the chance oft je becoming gr-jt. is one out of pOO'1 of male population. 1 1 also s.iys V.at .. r ;:. of erl.'i-Els erl.'i-Els grr- i 1 : In ioen who have p.iss-fceir p.iss-fceir Mvtieth birthday, .md in w-' gwho have rounded the ha': -.en-1 1 mar soon a? n pio.i d)s In nninc nov. 'ro.i who's Wj;o indJ Kroud cocno'i.ens of officeholders WSO given a -;u .:;.. h n '.ho pe Who hear th'-ni im.-- :itO private It the wheel of political for'cunol Mover them. f INVITED TO FIGHT 0 on v. .no- M; o . 1 hi- .ob. FJjf-h da ho i- ailed i n to T'rw.H'c scojes . . i W'hO Bdemanding apologies, txjjlana-' and : r - 1 1 : ons ' . dip's -Willi Btrn choh-e of o on - J. Kmittrd their nam - . JThy h.j en ' --i h one mai I ni i or man I the ToTn A' T nousr-".t' py of yo i! booh on 7. , to find v-ai'd .u ast ,-... ne' Jrable mention." Bier writer, a woman, and the her 0: o-- serJ 1 lung Jh of the ohb-si I..), to Md E point irpr w 1. " n - los-- a a'uable contribution If cle wasn't printed. Hy." Miectfu captain or rne n bc 1001 B. team, nr.-l ouT simply M him in cm M thovwds su k n Mfet thousands of sur ! . rnmuni-l ." M;uquls sa s, 'and of course' jB't print them A! ..ur material Jepared from fir.t hand informa-pupplied informa-pupplied through ciuestion 1 nut of our own offl fer seldom "is.- a voluntary b;og-H b;og-H And even those rh;i- "wo rO-- often come m replete With high--ing phr.ises suc'i a 3 "I am one of yet kmmn men in city. M V has the large: collection of sll-yte sll-yte in the countv." itu rally we don'- p. ;nt pne- euch ihir i'he;- bni set 'ho menctl to work and start foiling Itt-quis thinks that men aie uk( .potistlcal as women when il to talking about 1 hemeives. "j Ills also -oni:den' that equal He an'' tnr growing tendencv Wmn to march more into the fm of thinup will greatlv ld 'Cln brlnglnc: the disparity which' Ways evist-, between them md on ihe numb-' of f:r ;rs brforol fablic eve teRF kk Ri:gi mt.MrTS i jBulsites for admission of anyl into '"Who's Who.' Marquis I wlnclude creditable personal en-jfc en-jfc in a recogriif-d f.fld of cffoi We an ri ; now lodged atd conspic-.fclace conspic-.fclace in a prominent of'ior ttho f-!"-'. '-h-ss .i.- r..-Msts, wril aplngers, lecturern plil!onthro- Jand business executive!. Tn thi TS. groutiriK automatically qo Bnea of army and naw officers 1 ml certain rank. giba.ssa.i-i : t, :oreltrn countriesj fcember-- of the d to important ports ?re a.'so chanl ot $zn)onebe- W'S-. ' 1 capUln-tJrM conrW jrejt hieh-advool bxh isoraP&Lcf Mm'' I bail uasn arncb r?cry 1000- fh( I you'll smph 4AiK xOard. o glory-- vNVQf included, as ate foreign slneis and artists who make regular vNibs to American, and high goernmcnt officers. offi-cers. Investigators working under M ir-qulb ir-qulb are constantly on tho lookout for new names to add to the- long list of famous ones. They Jiro employed em-ployed to read scientific papers md other manuscripts to flv-j them leads. In brief, to get into ' Who's Who" as Marquis put it. you first must have attracted favorable attention of the public along some worthy line. There is no bar to age. religion or race. And money won't buy you. way in . Marquifl has turned down: scores of bribes. One of the most remarkable facts! to l.e gained from a perusal of "Who's Who' is that men over 90 have tied youths between 20 and 3x! in Ihe pursuit of glory. Li I HOME TO GROVJ 'liter figv.res taken from ihe work! indicate that tho majority Of people I who have made good or become fa-1 fa-1 mous leave the.r own home town and state soon after doing so, and 1 migrate elsewhere usuallv to New York I "Whk-h might be taken," Marquis Bayi, 'as a reverse of the old adage. I that a town is without honor with It? ! ow n prophet." More than 72 per cent of all nau;eT 1 listed in the book are those of col lego graduates. which Merqulo ! points out ls .1 poignant argument in favor of higher education. Marquis pu! himself into print three years ago. at the urgent request of hundreds of subscribers, after having kept out for over 19 years. But unlikw others, who must tell their correct age as a requisite for admission he refused to disclose his! nearest birthday on the ground oil edltoiial privilege. "Who's Who.'' he says, "is not a social blue hook, nor la It a financial record. It is merely Intended to set forth briefly the essential facta about 1 who h who." |