| Show TEE x t CAN AMERICAN BOY No iVo 5 5 The 5 The Great Mystery Case CaseBy B By THOMAS S L T. I II I I. I IX N r- r th the co course o of this article there thee is something about a potato down cellar Let that you ou arc a great detective You are arc called upon to solve a a. mysterious case What hat would woul you OU do o first Get Gel all the tho facts fRets in the ca case e And then Determine from Crom these facts the conditions conditions con con- and anti circumstances the they point to or suggest Stated In other words you have be beCore before before be- be fore Core you ou 1 The m mystery ster 2 The facts in the case as they appear at the present moment You must discover what led up to these facts The They are art of the past Now a boy born to citizenship Inthe Inthe in inthe the United States or anywhere else must be Just juH this kind of detective He has a great mystery case on his hands hand And he must solve it it Being Bing an nn American Bo Boy you want to know what the mystery case is Ig that as ns a a. great detective vc you must work on It is called The Meaning of ot tho the Present or 01 I How to lal l Make e Good In tho World This Is really a n great case If you ou are the great rent detective you OU ought to be to solve o It It your Sherlock Holmes method will be something like this During the early years of life you will be getting geltin acquainted with the place of oC the tho mystery getting your our bearings bearings so so to speak Having become become become be be- come old enough to think for fOl yourself yourself your your- our self you will Hill begin to examine your ur surroundings s carefully You will ay say to yourself I must timid find out what the world about me Is doing In order that I can begin to I world work on the great mystery case o of Making l Good This is mal making a study of oC the Pres ent You will begin to notice that people talk and write about things that are not happening now nets They constantly refer to times people and conditions that no longer exist When Then hell you rou begin i to Investigate what the they are arc saying you OIL Oll will find that the people of oC the world toda today are thinking their thoughts and governing Jo th their conduct cr very largely larget from fromn the experience o of other men who like you American Do Boy were born into this world worl and amid studied It Then Ihen you OU will ill see sec the necessity for Cor making a study tu ly of oC the Past Vast A da day will nev never r come in your our at attempts attempts attempts' attempts attempts' at- at tempts tempts' to solve this mystery case when you can Ba say as an ordinary detective often orten can Now I have all the facts present and past and tho the problem is solved I You will wilt have to put put put-in In eT e every day of or I your our life on your our case constantly studying the Present to know what tho the worlds world's work Is Is and also constantly constantly constantly con con- studying the Past to know how we came camo b by the thoughts we wc think thoughts which we have havo received and which we wo apply to the Present and from rom them govern ourselves about the Future II So It Is a great case Now ow this group of or facts which lead lend up Ull to the Present and which also make the Present are recorded In boo books liS As you ou become e educated you ou may form the habit of oC reading books If It you OU do you ou ma may be thankful tui for you OU will wili possess a habit that can be made valuable This habit becomes valuable when you rou use It as one of the aids In your business of oC solving the Meaning of oC tho the Present Used otherwise it may be a pleasant habit but not a thoroughly useful one Therefore do not underestimate your our power to road read It is tho I key er that will unlock the Past for Cor you and ItIs it itIs itis Is the Past alone that unlocks the Pre Present ent and lets you In as the ex expression expression ex- ex pre slon says s. on the ground floor Books Dooks that do this for you are many mam In number but the they are grouped under few Cew heads like History Biography phy Education Science and the like I It Is never neve n necessary cessar to read them ail ailand ailand ailand and and besides it Is Impossible lc A Afew Afew few few- books wisely selected elected will let Jet you OU OUInto into the Meaning of oC the Past In one of or these articles we will present such uch sucha ucha a list as os a a. suggestion for COl those who are determined to solve this mystery ca case But before the American Boy touches a n single le book bool it should be beI clear to him him that the act of or Making l I Good In the case Is s nt orth worth his highest effort It H should also be clear to him that 1 1 J. The world about him Is a great greut world and it demands his stud study 2 2 The world Today Is the daughter of Yesterday and he must study study- stud both with great care I If you do not care to take taka this point of view or this trouble and and there Is a alot alot lot lut of It you OU can go down own cellar and shut out the light anti and tell the Past and the Pr Present ent that you ou do not care to bother with them In your our st study dy of oC the thc World orld of or today to to- day you will be bo surprised to find how howman man many people do lo live live- down cellar where like Uke a potato In n the Spring the they throw out a sickly sprout or two and then arc are carried curried out and burled If you OU are arc going into this mystery cat case o do not live JIve down cellar be a great grent d detective vc |
