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Show i SUB 1 I ROSA j mimi Being Well Informed SOMB man who wanted to be sraaK said that a well Informed woman waa one who waa on a party wire. Naturally there are people who listen In, bnt they are not always women, tor cariosity la aa much masculine as feminine. Being well Informed seems to be a sort of mania today. Plenty of encyclopedias en-cyclopedias are on the market and after we have dodged these we are confronted by Ask Me Another Question Ques-tion and things of that aort Now, It'a nice to be well Informed about history his-tory and- current events, but we mustn't, kid ourselves Into believing that we are clever almply because our brains bave stored up a lot of Interesting Inter-esting Information. A well-stocked mind of that sort Is like an attic. It's better to have a brain like a suitcase, weU packed and easy to carry. The superior person Is one who has taste and courage rather than Information, Infor-mation, or even sclentldc knowledge. When I say "taste," 1 mean the ability abil-ity to select the Idea or word that's right to the point That really constitutes consti-tutes the clever person. We women exercise teste In dress, why should we not do the same thing In conversation? We think of taste In connection with the body, but It can arply as weU to the mind. In a certain sense everybody has what everybody else has. The same earth Is underneath all feet the same sky over all beads. But there are some peop'a wn0 t"1 the BD"lt' 10 pick out the Impression tbey want at the time and that's the thing that does the trick. It makes that person Interesting. Such lasts In converse tlon and action means originality. If you do no more than remember what happened or what somebody else said, you are no better oft, no wiser than a parrot It's a better bird wblcb can sing Its own song. But such ability to select Impressions Impres-sions and words amounts to little without the courage which enables you to put the Idea forth. We are all a bit timid. We have our Ideas about filings, but we prefer to say what we have heard. That means a String 6' bromides. We need to be pepped up by courage; then we shall speak tight out In meeting and give our opinion. When1 It comes to brilliancy In conversation, con-versation, a clever person Is one who Is constantly carrying on conversations with himself Just to see how tbey wUI sound. Then when he or she Is In a company, that sort of person is prepared. pre-pared. All this amounts to saying that a person should bave faltb In himself. Be as well Informed as you can be. Answer as many questions as you can. But remember that originality Is the best bet and for this you'll need the taste of the mind and the courage of the will |