ng by one day. He looked at the chalk drawings and knew
at once that the boy had real artistic talent. He became interested,
gave the boy an education and now he is one of America's celebrated
painters.

"Study yourselves, boys. Do you love music? If you do, and if you have
the talent to become a musician, don't throw away your talent by using
your ability for any low purpose. Make music, like Haydn, who praised
God through every note!

"Do you like to draw? If you are to be an artist, do not use your
talent for low purposes. Let your work be of a kind to reflect credit
upon you--work which will make other people better for having seen it
and for having been influenced by it.

"Do you like to speak? Do you plan to study medicine, or law, or to be
a teacher? Whatever your plans may be, based on what you believe your
best talent to be, do not let your talent go to waste like this oil
did for so many years. Treasure it up, refine it, and in whatever
direction God may lead you, you may be sure that you will have ample
opportunity to let your talent bring greater brightness into the
world. And then you, too, would not part with your possession for any
price!"

THE STORY OF A HAT
--Politeness
--The Common People

A thought for the Thoughtless Who Have But Little Politeness and
Respect for the Common People.

THE LESSON--That every one who truly fills his high or lowly place
In the world is deserving of respect and honor.

This story contains a splendid lesson for all of us. There is much in
it to start the boys and girls to thinking of the worthiness of doing
the humble things in life, and of the respect due those whose place
may be more lowly than theirs. True worth is the measure of our value
in the world, whether our work be great or little.

~~The Talk.~~

"This morning I am going to tell you 'The Story of a Hat,'--and this
is the hat. [Draw only the hat, A, completing Fig. 100. This is the
same drawing as that of the lower right-hand corner of Fig. 101,
before the face is added.] I don't wonder that you smile. It's a
seedy-looking old hat, isn't it? It looks as if it ought to be burned
up or else dumped in the ash barrel; but, before we do that, let us
hear the story.

[Illustration: Fig. 100]

"Once upon a time Mr. Brown, a college president, was passing a
clothing store when he saw, displayed in the window, a hat like this.
[Draw only the hat as in B.] Mr. Brown went into the store and tr