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Picking the Right Job For Yourself | THE ft MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1919 yee of Married Folk We All Know NO. 5—THE STAY-AT-HOMES You Will Never Find a Happier Couple Than the Stay-at-Homes—Their Home Life Is ideal, and They Find in Their Home Their Ideal of Con- tentment, Companionship and Absolute Hap- piness. USE OF MENTAL TESTS of | FOR SELF ANALYSIS a | Pourth of a series of artictes written especially for The Evening Werta by Maz 8. Watson, vocational expert who devised most of the trade tests used by the War Department during the war. The first three articies in this series were devoted to “Picking the Right Man for the Job. By Max S. Watson Coprtight, 1919, by The Pree Publishing Cn (The New York Broning World.) RE you a round peg in a round hole? If you are not you may be interested to know that it is possible by the use of standardized mental tests to help pick the job for which you are best sulted. The tests given below are typical of those be ing used by the modern vocational psychologist to help decide whether you should be a salesman or a mechanic, or whether you should follow some other occupation. ‘There has always been a popular “idea that ability to be a good carpen- der, or a plumber, a machinist or a WHICH WOULD compere OLE focseneseness RATHER BE: “Cocoon Woman” of To-Day Or Cave Woman Ancestor? Estelle Bertine, Physical Director, Advises ‘Revert to Type, Exercise Like Cave Woman, if You’d Be Strong and Well.’’ Would You Be Willing to Live Like a Cave Woman for Health? By Fay Stevenson. Copyright, 1919, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The Now York Brening Wortd.) ERHAPS they dont hang a placard with “There's no place tiko home” over their front door, but certainly that is what the stay-at- homes thoroughly believe. The host or hostess who can induce them to leave their “happy home” for even one evening, Sunday afternoon or holiday, deserves a gold medal. The stay-at-homes appreciate their own home, and while they make delightful hosts and hostesses them- selves and cordially welcome visitors, they are very loath to leave their fireside. To them that fireside holds 1. What did Cinderella lose at tho ball? Aookkeeper depended upon some very 2. What was the name of the first it the best that there is in life. Both husband and wife « ppectal physical characteristics. All| Sea-plane to cross the Atlantic? feel that it is the one place in the world to find con- % = elentifc research has tended to| 8 From what animal is sperm oll tentment, congeniality, companionship, relaxation and ¥ t prove that the ability to do anything well and be successful at any voca- tion depends largely upon the inter- ast in that particular line together with sufficient mental ability to per- secured? trees which grow in America? 5. What two American bfothers in vented the aeroplane? 4. What is the name of the largest 6. What is the common namo for Sue COULD BE absolute happiness. You may travel far and wide but you will never find @ happier couple than the stay-at-homes, To begin with, they are perfectly devoted to each other. They have found the love, the sympathy, the understanding ' i form the task. Interest in the work shar or Phe THe “CAVE WOMAN* and the “peace that passeth all understanding.” ‘Their home life is ideal, tales hat stibarace ecm onal 7. What American battleship was OF EARLY DAYS~ and like twe happy birds who have built @ cozy nest they only make : i ‘There is no mental or physical char- | Sunk in Havana harbor? Sainte. peta ined the pte tet ideomte OR back agate. eristic among averag ie] 8 On what party ticket was Roose- ‘ou can y expect such a cou- { Saheae peers nait*Ga apes walt ¢: CORMaate Wi Mita Sohn: @o THE MOVING ple to seek constant outside amuse-|mon, distracted from his business it determining their success in work as | #on? HERSELP ment. No social event or evening] plans or in any way unfitted for his 4 the conditiona which summoned them| 9. What was the name of the little passed among friends can measure Up |{ife work. He has every opportunity =: ;* paar whether or| white girl {ft “Uncle Tom's Cabin”? to those quiet evenings of their OWD.|in the world to get abead in life. His } Seay WGn as thie sea iee|’ 16 Ob what) detniak 00 Galeceae To spend two or three such evenings |home is @ place to find rest, com- rf i te igh og Bron hes ail ana | oomnpoued? ' a week away from their own fireside|panionship and love It is not filled S| Mcuam atiieMels Waa Mak ac td oad | SAT WHRS dace bgt heen tote: the would rob them of many happy hours | with talkative, unattractive people or P ee eet te | cadens Giay, of real companionship. And the play|a nervous little wife waiting to have © seeee WED Be Grpeaionts and ihe wae MY which will attract the stay-at-homes|her dress buttoned up so that they fy Seer ‘has 6 wits Gad three ctdiiren| | 18 in what country la the mouth of must be @ very exceptional one in-|may hurry gut to another’s home or ' they cannot be considered as equal beeen Pelt Ad deed. No stage setting or love scene|a popular show. Nor is he bidden to dandidates for a position. hat is the highest range of appeals to them as their own Uttle| hastily cram a delicatessen supper Considering these facts, al! that| mountaigg in the world? home setting. Instead he finds @ calm little wife, a may be expected of mental tests is to} 14. t War oommGeted ‘the, drink ‘The stay-at-homes make a business | substantial dinner, a comfortable i determine with a fair degree of ac- | of the gods by the ancient Greeks? of having a good time in their own|chair, his slippers and dressing sack. { curacy whether or not a person has} 15, What drug is used to make the Tinie. Aha havthe Gvanptbing Chal 1s | Etoiiay’ iasae W WORD Meee WORKTID t the necemsary mental qualifications | pupll of the eye become larger. HABAAeH ABA'US Vo Gites TOU GREASY hla GasASRIAIy, j , 19F certain vocations, General intel-| 16. From what country was the interest them in theatre tickets, but! ‘There are millions of stay-at-home { pence Se het © SDINe mental char- | Louisiana Purchase made? ' a new electric washer will furnish | couples scattered all over Manhattan acteristic, It ts made up of a num-| 17. Who invented the wireless tele- sible. The Chinese binding of the|ponversation for weeks. Since the/and the other four boroughs, And, ver of more or less special mental Voilities. A person whose general in- telligence might be considerably above average as shown ‘by a scale, might do very poorly in one or two of the separate tests of the scale. Some people have a good memory graph? 18. What American poet wrote “The Village Blacksmith"? 19 What European oity ts noted for the “Passion Play"? 20. What is the governmental priv- ihege of free postage called? feet is only a few degrees worse than many of the things American women do to theirs. The corset constrains the body quite unnecessarily. “The indolence induced by eiviliza- tion and sedentary occupations, the home is the main issue in their lives they believe in having it a perfect home. Comfortable chairs, cozy cor- ners, potted plants (no doubt a rub- ber one among them), up-to-date household appliances, a player-piano strange to say, these stay-at-homes are the most sophisticated people on earth, It is your country town couple who go gadding about, chase the the- atres and new friends. Your real city-bred couple have “seen it tall,” hampering effect of clothing, un-Jor a Victrola, the latest books, maga-|and are content to settle down and _ for names, others for facts; still oth-| Answers: doubtedly are two reasons for the|zines and an excellent larder are their |be real, old-fashioned stay-at-homes. ‘veda vane Leve dro ‘ut good in 1. Lema 2. NC-4, 8. Whale. 4 business woman's not keeping her-/etronghold. This home, the place| Usually Mr. Stay-at-Home has seen mathemat reasoning. equola. (redwood). |5. Wright. 6, self physically fit. Another reason is|where both spend so many hours, |all sides of life; he has heard all the ‘ In order to determine which type] Ball. 1; Maine. 8. Progressive, 9 Sooo exencises LA NAR aL ey that many women use their paysical must be amply fitted out, poled Cpou ale HeOn bees cll tw Rl of mind t» best sulted for certain! Art) |y, imanek Wk Westen ry weakness as a basis of flirtation.| Mrs. Stay-at-Home manages to £0| known stage folk and knows all about vocations it is first necessary to dis-| Belladonna. 16. France. 17. Marconi They trade on their lack of strength! to the matinee, visit a little circle of | the city in which he lives. In many cover what type of mind has proved | 18, Longfellow, 19. Oberammersau. to attract the attention of men, to muccessful in the vocations in ques: tion. This can only be dorie by giv- ipg tests to a considerable number of people who are successful in that particular work and to others who ave tried this work and been un- uccesatul, By this method those tests which seem to give a high oor- relation with ability in the vocation under consideration may be discov- ered, These tests can then bo tried on people of unknown ability to see | whether they had those same mental attributes, Of course, if the people who had tried thi particular vocation and failed through apparent mental unfitness also made a high score on these particular tests the value of the tests would be discounted. A test of mental fitness for a particular occu- 20. Franking. | HIDDEN W In each line of letters in the box line aroun h word they will make a me | Three Intell you find it. MACYNOWUNFEQPROVDKXLTHATELNGKUOXHIFJ QEWRTUIOTHEAQDC KOWAR BLAKXOVBGKQJH RG TAHASENFODPRGEPKELAFBEENECMOHFWCMFDF 1ODEKI GWONCPOK ICCED GBGWSTIAWITHBVBHMI KISUCHOMIKOG EPAMUOPKWI HGLORYCMFDIHFM IBNCEFORIOEPOKRFBHMVAMERICANXHRDLUTDA ESOLDIERSTIOAH RDLMFYFYRHPOZEVER YONEMI TUIOPWSHOULDNE BCFACLOOKEBNSWJSRHGWDK DRIVTOWARDEILVRYIFHD LRBDTHEOHMFSWBHM igence Tests ORD TEST. below two words are hidden, Draw If all the words are found allowed: 31-2 minutes. A SENSIBLE DRESS By Marguerite Mooers Marshall NSTEAD of the cave woman, to-day we have the cocoon woman. stead of the deep-chested, bright-eyed, supplemuscled creature who In- I make men wait on them—and the men like to do it! A girl will draw @ man out of @ crowd at a party by saying she is tired’or faint—thus giv- ing him the cue to take her to a cor- ner, pile cushions about her, fan her and flirt. “Remember,” Miss Bertine cautioned with a smile, “this is only ONE of the 18 why some women dodge ex- ercise—don't make me sound as if I thought it the only one. And it is dreadfully short sighted. The best men, the truly mode:a men, are not attracted by this feminine pose. “Women who work like to take their recreation in company with men. If women would only realize it the jol- lest, the most wholesome and worth- while forms of recreation for men and feminine friends and get her recrea- tion and amusement in the afternoon. She realizes that her husband is in touch with the outside world all day and longs for the comfort and qui- etude of his home in the evening. By getting her little afternoon outings she is more than content to spend her evenings at home, Naturally enough, the stay-at- homes are always efficient and fit. Mr. Stay-at-Home is not kept up late nights, made to converse with people with whom he has nothing in com- cases he has travelled all over the world and is so thoroughly sophisti- cated that “there is nothing new un- der the sun” for him. Likewise, Mrs. Stay-at-Home has seen “her bit" and is thoroughly convinced that the home life gives more happiness and real contentment than any other life. ‘The stay-at-homes are not narrow, they are not greenhorns or people who do not enjoy life, they are sim- ply a couple who have seen all that. there Is to see and decided that, after 1, “there is no place like home.” Football Tickets , By Neal R. O'Hara. Se stareiesd ees tae woe MFRCHDWFUTUREAOIRDLFKND WITHMFWYPVBG rolled the heavy stone into the cavern's mouth to protect her babies, women together are sports, Let them WING to the bigh cost of foot- | Yal k m i Nicene the 7 NG to the bigh cost of foot-|Yale game. Fans w de test for @ special trade, All ESINCEREGAHBNENDEAVORCERPEBHRVCDFABHC when her husband was out hunting and the sabre-tooth tiger came prowl-| so on long hikes Saturday afternoon a s _ Fan 4 ; get four area we toes / ing around, we have with us the soft, super-civilized female, swathed in|or Sunday instead of the eternal balls, seats at the Harvard-|quarters for $2.50—which is fair experts in that occupation should MOTALWTOWARDCES ULSECURINGAVNSTRFBDVH | a close-woven, silky cocoon of comfort and inactivity,|ancing and moving pictures, Only, Yale game this fall willbe $2.50|enough. A lot cheaper than you can ie eee with, # high score and all proved PAGTHOSETAEFOSWRDMLUWYPRINCIPLESRGFVA | hot only unable but-unwilling to use her muscles in|!f ® girl ts to share, outdoor sports|apiece, Otherwise the seate will bo/get four quarts, Of anything, bet failures should have a low score, with a man she must BE a sport.|the same as in former years—hard as| Big problem at Yale {s to get the Perhaps the most intensive work in MQFEMRTHRDFORSHRDLUHRDLDWHICHBFDLIWF sport or work. She must not expect him to piok up|Tock and two miles from the 45-yard|moncy. One way's to fll up the k this field in America has been car- | KEXOURBF DIZGWLRNTH RWMENKYUGWLNURWQ | And it’s about time the cocoon woman reverted to] )/° mull Not Gut te carry ¥ Ine, Football consiste of leather.|bowl, Can't fill it with Tom and searc! je Carne e B v e! ‘ one is wind, he 19 can pack in a lot of Tor *) tute of Technology. Experiments for APLIVESCLEQKSUTCTHETERNSTJDAOHRWDBCVM well. ‘There is the argument,” I sug- Daina cap ona is fair enough. | Harrys, About vey ne ee Le many vocations are now being under- | MCFK ANIGWORLDV MRBFDMIEHRWMUSTRD TVRY ‘That 1s the candid conviction of Miss Estelle Ber-| ested at this potnts “that since wel ac, of L, has got ‘em worried xt |ceipts for the Yale team this season “ e Ehge ae yng encpemeer aed CEREMAINAUDEDRIVSAFEMAKRSEPMRFDBFDVSG tine, physical director of the Health Centre for Women| 1) 0Nver i ee oe need any [Cumbridae. Same thins of New Ha-|should be about $200,000. Subtract may be expected which will be a b' . “ oon @ 4 sica lo ne Be Re eo P ton, They don’t know|the players’ salaries , A pnsees at "’ all DELIVRYFORBUILKDEMOCRACYTRIXOGECAXHVW ey aa «at No, 43 East 22d Street, who is herself one of the) Fi) muscular development.” ven. Also Princ i w|the players’ salaries and they'll only ep im ementifc: vocational direc- * ES? most glowingly healthy and alive young women I have) wy.) aia ‘eart where their next million dollars is) have $200,000 left. Yale team won't tion. . . “| “But we still have to digest our| _, from. Gotta reduce gridiron! be able to make both ends meet tank ; had the pleasure of meeting in New York. The Health Centre, which 13/404" gently remarked Miss Be coming . se 6 } 8 meet un Al! occupations may be divided into! ARITHMETICAL REASONING. | of ribbon for 84 cents, What will safety : F Me teases 4c ths anal Sark ile remarked Miss Bertine.| axpenses or be as flat as gridiroa|iess they make a circle out of the general groups which have certain eat Mk fen ton baa he charge for 1-2 yard at the little more than a month old, was yes ~ | Also we have to sleep with rested) pancakes themselves, line, y: Apterests In common. Sone people| “ig anawers to These Ten Prob- same rate? Wu GAs anit tia wen At ihe, ReneMuaEeTD HOSP uhh ga nerves, There are other physiological! 1... scheme calls for shorter hours| Harvard's got the same kind of ere C a ° c1 al Conference of Women tio omen can perfo New sone nee Ms ft are especially interested in mechan-| jQ0” 10—A bottle and a glass cork together | ‘at Miss Bertine rec ently bad the PEAS OAS. se eaenee. aia functi ns whieh wromen oan perform| 4 Jonger gains by the football play-|Problem. Receipts for the H-Y game fom, others in business; still others) | oi ste at conten yard| — c08t $1:10, The bottle cost $f more | Pissiclans of what she called “the most neg po properly only when certain Is ey Management wil demand lower | Will only bo, $125,000, Football fo ‘ are interested in sports and oul-door hi h la fest of zl than the cork, What wasthe cost) “It | Miss Rertine maintained ani ————| have been developed and the whole punts to cut down expenses. Gridiroa|the game will ec $9.50 this year a life and again there are minds which | . 19" mue ray Paige ate | of the cork? with vigor, when 1 talked with her|she wears her most unhealthy clothes | body is in vigorous health. vant be stretched to 150 yarda to give| instead of $8.75, and it looks like a run to literature and art, ‘The voca~ pals ¥3 My hig spa eeegecelinsd WORD TEST. in her oMce at the Health Centre.|—her tightest dress and highest-| «Girls who have come here to the| the rang a longer run for their money.| PIX deficit for the main game of the manicures seers follow he BO}0- Sr haan ta sus tera esiiet It the two words in each pair have | business and professional | heeled slippers. In many dances there | jealth Centre, to whom we have] y,ryard will use smaller numbers for|Season, May have to raffle off the ral Interest as much as possible 1. ORE BUR EO ee eaning or Rasiy the women of New York|is little vigorous movement. Then,| given a physical examination, for|.ignals and Yalo line plays will re- {College library to pay the ushers iy, the Whe At 9 10m of-qeners! in-| SA rectangular tank is ton foot) ee iin vai aee aie atta G do not exercise; they|too, the girl who attends them 48| wnom we have prescribed certain cor-| wire ony one buck All ticket speculators who ar | sane, ya line under the letter § ne Duc are formation such as shown in the twen- wide and BO tony lang ingle Mt ee eee wean the opposite lo not WANT to ise, ‘To them, loften chiefly int&rested in meeting and] rective exercise and advised certain| tampridge cheer leaders will also| Harvard graduates are invited to ap ty questions given below, it is pous thera ore 1,000 cubic fect of wa! ae My met n ie ot poe © or im i ¥ lexercise me work. 'And we're too | flirting with men—which means that] sorts, have discovered repeatedly i bh their own cough drops tnis|Ply for their tickets early in ord Cieriav aaa a like uudar ihe ports e dis peautes ish their own cough drops arly in order le to detect the particular field jn) the tank how deep is the |the oi tired, they assert, ia | ured tones, ‘te ane aite out tor at least ae mush time | that the more tired they are the| year, and the ‘varsity and scrubs will]! avoid the rush—the bums’ rush which @ person is best informed, For do more work after we've been down- |as she spends on the floor and th che Abbe Hae reine to eat tha of the same pail. Here-|Scalpers’ applications will be give gsc actual vocational firec-| 4—!f solder is three parte tin and , He H 8 Ridin town all day.’ To them there is no|further reduces her sum of physical met WUT, Be Tay me eg ape ent ae had the ee ye rate prompt attention by ie rey ved i tion the test would have to be much bay perss lees, naw many pounds al ines enon’ fun in hiking, roller-skating, moon- | exe) off the fatigue toxins, We make no] pail, All cheers will be given with }committee, Seats remaining ufter of sonar ont eover very apeciie ince, | a feat iaealps POUnE | enireek 8s oO ea lusht horseback rides, swimming,| “Clothes—all our clothes—seem de-] patent medicine claims, but it is ala Cambridge accent to save carfares,|lumnl of Harvard, Yale and Boston Vy Vresent, developments in the perfec- | 5-H $56 to be divided equally | Cautious ao Reckless |e maaeium de nes ait tie splendid | signed to deprive us of exercise.” | fact that by exercise alone we have| Harvard management figures no- [Clty Hall a co d for will be placed tion of the human measuring rools | ° forms of exercise for which the nor- | continued Miss Bertine. “There never | erected some swift end marvelous|pody'll be cheated at the Harvard-]0P Sitle in Rahway, N. J, the dey give promise of more scientific mesh-| “Mena seven men, how much will Bony 4 ° Ref Admit} nai gir! should be as hungry as she| was such a bad skirt, from the view-| cures in undesirable physical con.|--—~ iter the: same. ‘els of vocational direction then have each receive? nied efractory lis for hor meals point of health and activity, as the] 4 agit aiytisananen ok No tax on H-Y tickets this fall er been available through any othor| if an automobile travele three- | Gleave a4 Split] “wmey dance,” 1 suggested, although |one worn to-day. You can't walk| Gunn, O16 Si eieeals properly| brought within the reach of her PAY) yale management figures the Hur Famathoa | fourths of a mile in a minute, how Hoax & 2 Deception |; was heartily in agreement with the | comfortably in it, to say nothing of ue wi = ng t ef £004) envelope, the possibilities of evening | varq team may furnish amusement GENERAL INFORMATION TEST mony miles will it travel in one | Beseech . 8 Appeal spirit of Miss Bertine's protest sore vigorous forme of movement. 1t| 24 enough of It she will sleep) rolter-skating parties and that therelnut none of the players hold Equity eT ; " epinit of Mine Ee Protas ore vigorous forms ‘erat soundly, she will want to dress as or goo! ms whic players hold Equity Tene’ tuilewinn Tcdadtiahs . decianed | minute? Besmiruh 8s 0 Cleanse! wnancing, as it is ally done, 1s|is almost impossible to find a suit pound ¥ 6 . : wan Iress a8! are many other good times which] contracts, And they dope it that 1s 4! ) design 7—If John Wad $25 more than he Kind s o Amiable i ms ” “pape . Sat sensibly as ahe can, cost Httle or nothing and earn big asn't a ; 8 Sl oboe heap alln the poorest. of exercise,” she re- | with a skirt which allows a woman to Harvard hasn't a show. In conse al wale pee afi spent to-day he would have $60./Momentous = § =O Immaterial | y.indod. “Outdoors, or in a well-| move freely: the separate sport skirt] 4 any self-supporting Mr! in| ends in health and happiness. | quence only the seating capacity will Pat onre of Keowiaten, can each be| — How much did he spend to-day? | Prefix 8s 0 Append | ventilated gymnasium, with proper| is the only suitable garment of this| New York doesn't know how or where| cise in PUN~and besides! pe taxed. Yale team guarantees t . enevered with agingle word. | BA man bought @ horse and wagon Essential S$ O Fundamental | coining, dancing might be a fine} sort in the shops. Shoes, most of| to find exercise, all she has to do is) that, It's biggest comfort in Ute] weigh one ton on the day of the a A. What is the. tallest building in for $220. He sold the horse for | Obduri H 8 Stubborn | snysical recreation, ‘The dance to | them, are as bad as they can be, and| to write or telephone th® Health| to know you are enough of @ cave] game, exclusive of brass knuckles 4 the United States? Ans, Woolworth, | $160 and made $30 profit on it | Pertinacious 8 0 te "which the business woman goes is In| reduce the feet of the wearers to ntre for @ free consultation, She| woman to lift a trunk or @ car win-| Harvard players agree to weigh 160 B. Who wrote “The Star-Spangled | How much did the wagon cost? Motil | tomy. an over-heated |, restaurant or|such a condition that walking is aj will learn where swimming pools | dow all by yourself, when no man is'pounds apiece, with Banner?” ‘Ans. Key, \ si piece, flannel’ under of @ yard Myopia 8 0 Hyperopia room where the ventilation is bad.| thing to be avoided as much as pos-! are, how horseback riding may be! aroumd to do it for you. wear barred, 7