"opics of
the Times
It Is time to "down brakes" oa the
long train of railroad horror.
Lots of men make money without
advertising. They are empfeyed la the
mint.
A man who expects nothing hut ad
vice from his relative Is seldom disappointed.
More worry Is caused hy the money
people have than by tte money thoy
haven't
The "role of the road" Is to jet out
of the way of the automobile as Quick
ly as you can.
If a man doesn't acquire the refor
mation germ when be Is sick there Isn't
much hope for him.
Many a man who Inquires after your
health doeeu't care a rap whether It Is
food, bad or Indifferent
Governor Warfield tells the girls the
must not u-arry until they're 24 years
old. Lore knows no governor.
If the business Interests of Man
churia were consulted they, too, doubt
lees would declare In favor of a short
campaign.
When a young typewriter sues her
employer for breach of promise It Is a
sign that she wants to do some dic
tating herself.
A Chicago couple lost $450 to a Bos
ton couple playing bridge. Is there
still a conviction In the middle West
that Boston Is slow?
The timber In the Philippines is said
to be Inexhaustible. They hare said
the same of the forests of every coun
try on earth. Chestnut!
When Dowle was In England they
didn't treat him very well, and he Is
planning an appropriate revenge,
Dowle propones to go back.
King Edward says he takes no phy
sical exercise. Evidently he Is one of
those people who would like to know
what would be the use of occupying a
throne If It were necessary to work.
Admiral Whafs-IIis-Xame of the
Vladivostok squadron Is no - great
hakes at tackling Japanese warships,
but when there are any unarmed mer
chantment around he's a veritable terror.
A Kansas City paper draws atten
tion to the fact that Baby McKee Is
17 years old. But that s nothing. The
original Little Lord Fauntleroy ex
pects before long to become a father-in-law.
Two Chinese editors have been sent
to jail for advocating reform. The
dowager empress wanted at first to
have them beheaded, but decided, at
last, that it would be more satisfac
tory to starve them. China seems to
need a Lincoln Steffens.
Can yon walk? Can yon see? Can
you hear? Can you talk? If these
four senses are yours then you are
blessed. Can you feel? Can you taste?
This makes six blessings. Have yon
counted these before. Have you suf
ficient wisdom to earn your living?
Are you properly clad in summer ajd
warmly housed In winter? Then you
are blessed.
While the Delaware and Hudson
Hallway was Issuing an order tli.it
men over 35 years old shall not be re
ceived Into the company's employ ns
workmen, the Democrats were pre
senting as a candidate for the Vice
Presidency a man 81 years of age. The
railway company Is evidently not in
sympathy with the views expressed by 1
the late Governor Allen of Ohio: "It
Isn't how long a man has lived that
counts; it's what s left of him."
While a woman was waiting to de
posit five dollars in a New England
savings bank she saw a man draw out
nine hundred dollars. She had never
before seen so much money at once,
and concluded that the bank could not
stand such a heavy drain on Its re
sources. She told her friends about it,
and the news spread that the bank
was In danger. A "run" followed, and
the depositors were not satisfied that
the bank was sound until between ten
and twenty thousand dollars had been
withdrawn. The men who read this
paragraph need not say that the thing
would not have happened If It had not
been for a silly woman. Full-grown
men, with years of business experi
ence, do Just as silly things when they
get frightened about losing their
money.
be ring the girls three to one. When
it Is remembered that children ar
lsrgely employed In the more menial
forms of unnkllled labor It will be seen
that thoy are much more apt to be ex
posed to unsanitary and unhealthfut
conditions than are the adults. They
are also less able to enforce demands
for more favorable conditions In the
few Instances where they are intelli
gent enough to see the necessity for
them. They constitute a helpless and
pitiful army of tollers, poorly paid,
robbed of childhood and stunted in
physical, mental and moral develop
menta reproach to our civilisation.
The 'figures showing women's Invasion
of the business world, while disheart
ening to those who are most famtllar
with the conditions that make bread
winners of them, may be contemplated
with more patience. According to the
report 55 per cent of all divorced worn
en. 32 per cent of the widowed and 31
per ceut of the "single women" are
pursuing gainful occupations. That
American married women are confin
ing their energies to the msnagement
of homes is shown by the fact that
only 6 per cent of them are In the gain
ful pursuits.
"I have applied for a position in a
doien newspaper offices and half that
many stores," said the young man who
w as standing at lie desk. "No one
will listen to me. I can't get a hear
ing. I need work very badly. The best
I have been able to get is: 'We have
nothing for you; good-morning.' I'm
discouraged." And here is what the
man behind the desk said. It was not
the essence of wisdom. Just simple
hard sense; a lesson learned by rub
bing up against a busy world, that has
little time for sentiment and none to
waste on lasy folks: "Ton came in
with your hat on, and you kept it on.
You didn't even ahow the man at the
desk the courtesy of throwing away
the butt of the cigarette that you had
been smoking. Ton asked for a place
in the literary department, which
proved that you had made no Investi
gation' of the office you desired to
enter. When questioned you had the
most haxy idea of the position you de
aired to All, and you gave the impres
sion that you were looking for a ft
Job that you were born tired. You
really asked for charity, for in no way
did you show or attempt to show that
you expected to earn any salary that
might be paid you. Listen! There
are no literary positions on the average
newspaper. The man who thinks that
somebody Is paid a fine salary for
reading the magaslnea and writing
book notices is badly mistaken. There
are few soft Jobs in any profession.
Everybody has to work and dig and
sweat As the years pass and compe
tition grows keener tnere is less ant
less of an opportunity for the laiy
man the dreamer. If you want to
work and grow and oe somebody, tell
the next man so. Tell him that yon
will gladly take a humble position, aud
that the hours and the salary are of
small amount, when compared with
the opportunity. Make him feel that
you are In earnest by being in earnest.
Take off your hat and cut out the
cigarette. And if you don't get a place
the first time, try again, and keep on
trying. If the lazy microbe is implant
ed in you, you had better pick out your
room at the poor house. You will not
be a success, even in that Institution;
but you will be out of the way of busy
people."
SCHOOLS FOR LACE-MAKERS.
An economic condition that compels
a single child to toil for Its dally bread
Is deplorable. Human sensibility is
touched by the thought of children of
tender years being consigned to indus
trial bondage in a land of plenty. If
the sight of a few score children toll
ing In a factory arouses the humane
Impulse and evokes vigorous protest,
what shall we say of an army of 1,
750,178 Juvenile toilers, all compelled
to work for a living. This is the num
ber of children now working for their
dally bread In the United States, ac
cording to a special report of the cen
sus bureau: They form more than 0
per cent of the total number of work
era In this country, the boys outnnm-
Instructions In Trying Handiwork that
Flourishes in Belgium.
These Belgian lace-makers, many of
them, have been taught at the schools.
I went to one lace-school in Brussels,
where young girls were straining their
eyes over a sheer piece of needle-lace
it is no wonder that in the last cen
tury lace-makers were blind at thirty
or making a coarser pattern with pil
low and bobbin. The last named kind,
as fully explained by the head of the
establishment. Is especially Interest
ing. The woman sits in a low chair,
holding on her lap a pillow, which
Is made of an oval-shaped board stuff
ed to make a cushion. On this pil
low is a piece of stiff parchment, with
holes pricked to mark the pattern.
Through these holes pins are stuck
into the cushion. Then the worker
takes into her hands the threads,
which are wound on bobbins small
pieces of wood about the size of a
pencil each thread having a separ
ate bobbin, and by twisting and cross
ing these threads the ground of the
last Is formed, the pattern itself being
made by interweaving , a thicker
thread. Three girls In the school were
making with the needle a piece of
point de gaze, and in answer to a
query I was told that it would take
the three girls one month to make one
yard two inches wide, and to make a
complete garniture It would take one
woman a lifetime. In this connection
It is interesting to know that often as
many as half a dozen women work
on one piece of lace one makes the
ground, another the figures separately,
while a third adds the figures to the
ground; and so on, each being an ex
pert in her particular line.
Though conditions are much Im
proved since the time when women
went blind at thirty, the art of lace
maklng Is certainly harmful physic
ally. The majority of the workers
have stooped shoulders. Woman's
Home Companion.
Next Thins; In Order.
"Yes, he thought anybody could
manage a sailboat"
"Did he? What then?"
"They put him ashore." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
If a man has been wronged, and re
fuses to talk about it, for full particu
lars wait till you aee his mother.
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What Young Me Are Thinking About.
IIAT the young men of to-day are thinking
about Is indicated in an Interesting manner by
the statistics of this year's graduating class at
Harvard. Law still leads the list of luteuded
occupations, 117 of the young meu having chos
en It but every year business claims a growing
number of votaries, and this year 84 give them
selves to it. Next comes teaching, with 75 disciple,
though It is suggested that quit possibly some of these will
follow this occupation only temporarily. Then comes civil
engineering, with 32 aspirants. Banking claims '.'8; post
graduate courses, 24; medicine, 18; mining. 13; electrical en
gineering. 13; architecture, 12; railroading. 12; Journalism.
11; the ministry, 8; cotton and woolen manufacturing, 8;
chemistry, 4; real estate, 3; diplomatic service, 3; art, 1;
musical composition, 1; Illustrating newspapers, 1. There
are 7S who are yet undecided as to their occupation. No
doubt some of these belong to our rapidly growing leisure
class and will never have an occupation. The notable fea
ture of this classification seems to the Boston Herald to
be the comparatively small number choosing the ministry
and medicine. Time was when these two professions stood
near the top. But now they are near the bottom. And It
Is also observable that art and musical composition are
away below par, also. It seems to Americans "a great pity"
that any healthy young man should deliberately sit down
to write music. We doubt If. to most of us. It would be
any different if w were positively assured that he would
compose as well as Beethoven. W should shak our heads
all the same and sigh, "II looks so strong, too. Our aver
age ideal Is a Oassatt rather than a Beethoven. As for the
ology and medicine, both are painfully and heroically altru
istic. And it is plain that what interests the vast majority
of us is not so much in looking out for others as hi looking
out for ourselves. We are aiming In this direction as na
tions, and aiming In it as individual. We are concerned
only ia pointing out the fact leaving to others the responsi
bility of elucidating the moral. Pittsburg Press.
The Lessens of Russia's Experience.
HE Japanese bsve aDDronrtated Euroosan sel-
1 A fence, European methods, and European organ
I Iliatlon, and they have shown a skill and in-
Ia1IIaim In K. .nniv.nvlM.lAH wM.in la -
vel to all careful observers. It Is to be doubted
whether any European nation could bar con
ducted its naval and military operation with
as great skill and as great success as Japan ha done in
this war. It is to be hoped that our peopl are
carefully following the operations of the Jspanese, and will
take to heart the lessons that are being offered to them.
In the Crimean War we blundered, if possible worse than
we blundered the other day in South Africa; but we re
fused to take to heart the lessons of our blunders, hugging
ourselves in the hope that somehow or other w should
muddle through. France was equally unprepared in 1870.
Unfortunately for her, she had a more formidable army
to deal with than we had either in th Crimea or in South
Africa, and she suffered accordingly. Now Russia is com
mitting the blunders we have committed so often, and
Russia Is suffering in her turn. It is possible that th
people of this country will refuse to take to heart all these
lessons, and will go on in the bad old way until they come
into conflict some day with an enemy who will not be
dealt with so easily as the Russians in the Crimea or the
Boers in the Transvaal? If we do not learn from th mis
takes of the Russians, and the splendid efficiency of the
Japanese, we shall some day suffer disaster. The London
Statist
The Man with the Diploma.
HE vounz man stens down from the nlatfnrm
H " I with his diploma In his hand, proud of his
I I scholastic achievements, a little flushed by the
apiiau-svr ui u j a iiansiuaics aim irieuus aliu
vibrant with the emotion caused by the pres
ence of the one girl, or the possession of a note
or a girt or a bouquet. The world looks In
viting as a field of endeavor. Proportions are somewhat
distorted, and the young man feels larger toward the rest
of humanity than perhaps be ever has before or ever will
again.
- Later will come disillusionment, a readjusted sense of
proportion, a sharp awakening to th fact that college
gained knowledge la not all that ia needed in th fight. J
th shops, In th stores, in th offices, everywhere that men
are active in the process of making money, the question is
always asked, "What can you do?" not "What do you
know?" Mere information dwindles when measured with
experience, But th young man who has absorbed much
Information, if of th right sort, is certain th tnor
quickly to gala xperlenc. And th great test of his qual
ity comes when b discovers that his book lor is not an
end. but a means.
The college graduate who lacks adaptability, who does
not know how to apply his academic acquirements to th
concrete affairs of life, who falls to see that his Latin or
his mathematics or his history or his scientific studies
hav served their best purposes If he be not a specialist
wheu they have sharpened his wits, strengthened his mem
ory, broadened his view, mellowed his Judgment and trslned
his mind, is headed for failure. lie mny find a nlch as
teacher, wherein he can exercise his acquired knowledge as
an asset in the business of making a living. Hut th
chances are fw aud th rewards of that calling not allur
ing. Th voice of business calls to most of the young men
who are Just now stepping down with diplomas In their
hands. In that direction lie the larger rewards, th surer
success, with the fewer sacrifices.
Th world has only pity for th graduate, who thinks
h can open the oyster with his diploma, but it applauds
the man who puts his certificate carefully away aud then
rolls up his sleeves to tackle th first Job that come to his
hinds, determlaed to do It Utter than It was vr den
befor. Washington 8tar.
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Panics.
saANIC. Inspired by ungovernable frlrht is an
Pevr present clement in a great disaster Ilk
that f th General Btocuin. It 1 Impossible
I a - 4A I - . i . i i
w (uuuum lui wui v vi cmiaouij. especial
ly where larg numbers f womea and chil
dren are involved is panic witnessed in Its most
dismal consequences. Had th vessel had ade
quate provision for th saf removal of every soul Insld of
fifteen minutes, there would still doubtless hav bea an
appalling loss of life, due to no other reason than that
strange dehn ma nixing effect which th sudden appearance
of an Impending calamity exercises on th human mind.
It is difficult to estimate how large a part of th casualties
were due to the stampede and crush which tore away por
tions of the railing and deck, thus precipitating large num
bers Into the water without even th chanc to try to
obtain life preservers. It Is saf to say that several hun
dred who might otherwise have lived perished as a direct
result of the panic.
Had every person on board remained In the full pos
session of his senses the loss of life would have been far
less. For th loss thus occasioned nobody ca& b held ac
countable. Nor against th repetition of such losses can
the most stringent precaution of the future prevalL Wher
ever people congregate la larg numbers they will place
themselves liable to panic.
Given a crowd, especially of womea and children, a
sudden desperate fear, especially fire panic, and a panic 1
Inevitable. Chicago Tribune.
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The Quiet Man.
VEX this unquestioned domesticity may not be
so comprehensive a virtue. To support some
one besides himself In decency and honor is not
all that a man should strive to do, though it Is
much. He should feel the obligation to bring
gayety into the lives of those whom he loves.
It is possible for some men by sheer earning
power to provide their families with opportunities for trav
el and amusement and adventure. But the earning power
of the majority Is limited In these matters; and all the
more is it necessary then, for the man to bring variety and
a cheerful setlvlt and liveliness Into his house. The fact
that the routine of the day has been dull does not excuse
him for being glum and silent at his evening meal. And
too much of the quietness In the world Is but the habit
of a listless and brooding selfishness. It would be wanton
to make these exposures and not offer a remedy. Here Is
a suggestion for the quiet man: "Learn to make a noise."
Atlantic Monthly.
ACORN MEAL
By Indian meal Is commonly under
stood meal made of maize, or Indian
corn; but in some parts of the country
a more primitive meal was made from
acorns. Galen Clark, in his book on
the "Indians of the Yosemlte," de
scribes in full the food supply of the
native tribes. That portion of their
rations which may be classed as bread
stuffs consists of acorns, obtained from
the black oak, so beautiful and so
abundant in the Yosemlte Valley.
The acorns are gathered In the fall,
when they are ripe, and are preserved
for future use in the old-style Indian
cache, or storehouse. This consists of
a structure which the Indians call a
chuck-ah. It is a large receptacle of
basket shape, made of long willow
sprouts closely woven together.
It is usually about six feet high and
three feet in diameter. It is set upon
stout posts about three feet high, and
supported In position by four longer
posts on the outside, reaching to the
top and there bound firmly together
to keep them from spreading. The out
side of the basket Is thatched with
small pine branches, laid point down
ward, to shed the rain and snow, and
to protect the contents from the depre
dations of squirrels and woodpeckers.
When the baskets are full the top is
also securely covered with bark, as a
protection from the winter storms.
When the acorns are wanted for use
a email hole Is made at the bottom of
the chuck-ah, and they are taken out
as required.
The acorns are bitter, and are not
eaten in their natural condition, but
have to be elaborately prepared and
cooked to make them palatable. First
the hull is cracked and removed and
the kernel pounded or ground to a fine
meaL In the Yosemlte Valley this was
done by grinding with stone pestles In
stone mortars, worn by long usage, In
large flat-top granite rocks, one of
which was near every Indian camp.
Lower down in the foot-hills, where
there are no suitable large rocks for
these permanent mortars, the Indians
used single portable stone mortars for
this purpose.
After the acorns are ground to a flue
meal the next process is to take out
the bitter tannin principle. This is
done in the following manner: The
Indians make large, shallow basins In
clenn-washed sand,) in which are laid
a few flat, fan-like ends of fir branch
es. A fire is then made near by, and
small stones are heated, with which
water is warmed. This is mixed with
the acorn meal until the mass has the
consistency of thin gruel. This mix
ture is poured Into the sand basins,
and as the water runs out it takes with
it the bitter quality. The water is re
newed until all the bitter taste is
washed out from the meal.
Then the meal it put into cooking
baskets, thinned down with hot water
to the desired condition, and cooked
by means of hot stones, which are held
in it by two sticks for tongs. While
the mush Is cooking It is stirred with
a stick made of a tough oak sprout
doubled so as to form a round, open
loop at one end.
When the dough Is well cooked it is
either left in the baskets or is scooped
out In rolls and put into cold water to
cool and harden.
Sometimes the thick paste is made
into cakes and baked on hot rocks. One
of these cakes, when rolled in paper,
will in a short time saturate the paper
with oU.
This acorn food is probably as nutri
tious as that made from any of the
cereals.
A child soon learns that Its mother
has a positive genius for sarcasm
when she talks about the kin on its
father's side.
Photographing Lightning.
Any boy or girl who has a camera
and a good stock of patience may se
cure a photogaph of lightning. The
patience Is needed in waiting for the
lightning. When a thunder shower
comes at night keep a sharp lookout
for an opportunity to secure your pic
ture. You cannot get a picture of
lightning during every thunder shower.
Clouds or a heavy downpour of rain
often conceals the flash from view,
and we have "sheet lightning." It is
useless to photograph this, but you
may by Its light get an interesting pic
ture of the landscape.
When th sharp "chain Ughntlng"
comes, select a window from which
you can see It well, or, if it is not rain
ing, go out of doors and set the camera
on the tripod focused as for a distant
view and pointed toward that quarter
of the heavens in which the lightning
is most frequent. The diaphragm
should be set to the largest opening
that Is ever used, the slide drawn, and
the lens uncovered as for a time ex
posure. Then follows a wait or one,
two, five or even twenty minutes, until
a bright flash comes within the field of
view of the camera, when the lightning
takes its own picture. Then cover the
lens, push in the slide, and you are
ready to try again on a fresh plate.
St Nicholas.
Has a Level Head.
'That architect is making a big hit
with his new scheme for suburban res
idence." "What's the gamer
"To every man who gives him a con
tract for the building of a suburban
residence he guarantees a constant sup
ply of servant girls for ten years'
time." Philadelphia Press.
After a man has boarded a number
of years, he begins to think a vege--
taDie garaen a more oeauaful sight
than a flower garden.
MRS. CLEVELAND IN PRINCETON.
tk sUae rrWnda lla Oml Facility
and la Very PoenUr.
It Is said in Princeton that. If sirs.
G rover Cleveland bad been a matt, hf r
equipment for a high place would hare
been as uUtot!al as thai er ue ex
President Beside th breadth f
view, tact snd personal tuaiuellsut
which hav woo ber th respect sad
affection of sll dwellers la th nai-
verslty town, sh possesses a faculty
which is sn Invaluable asset to a pub
lic man. Sh Is celebrated ia Princ.
ton for her remarkable memory of
name and faces.
At a recent afternoon asaoroblag st
which sh was ou of th hostesses, a
guest who wss a stranger la th town,
wss asked if sh had ever met Mrs.
Cleveland.
"Ye, she answered, "we chatted
together for a moment once la New
York, but it was seven or eight year
ago. She's forgotten sll atKiut me, er
course, and 1 shall hav to be Intro
duced again."
"Oh, no, you won't," replied hrr
friend; "uo oue ever has to be lntr
duced to Mrs. Cleveland twice."
Th Utter, after greeiing tb i'rluee.
ton woman, turned to the visitor Willi
a quick smile of recognition.
"Why, Mrs. ," she exclaimed.
hesitating not an Instant for the nit mo.
"I am very glad to sec you! Huy New
York womeu doit t come to vlMl u
very ofteu. You must not forget lo
call on me."
Mrs. Cleveland had made another
friend. Among her greatest admirer
are th young men of tb university.
"On my way to her bouse to ai
her to be a patroness st an affair we
were getting up," said a freshman. "1
couldn't help thinking how sh had
been th first lady of th land, had
met moat of th brainiest wen of the
country, and all that sort f thing,
and I was In something of a flunk
when I rang th doorbell. Rut after
I had been talking with her for about
fifteen seconds 1 felt ss if I had knewa
ber for fifteen years.
, A colony of millionaires has rem
Into existence In Princeton within a
recent period. A woman member of It
who was striving for sa inner place
In the exclusive circle In which Mrs.
Cleveland holds swsy exclaimed t her ,
one day:
"frlnceton I a charming plaee, ef
course, Mrs. Cleveland, but It is so
Inconvenient to hav to send away for
any tittle thing. I have often noticed
how prettily dressed your children are.
Did you order tbelr garments In New
York or Philadelphia 7"
"Why, la neither city,H wss th re
ply; '1 get almost all of the children's
things light around In Nassau street.'
Princeton women are proud of Mrs.
Cleveland. In th philanthropic,
church, and social activities of the
town she is the prime mover. The
qualities of leadership which distin
guish the ex-President seem to be pos
sessed In no less degree by his accom
plished wife Success.
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THREW HIS MONEY AWAY.
When Mr. Locke returned to Bush
by after some years' residence In the
West there was much speculation
among his old friends and neighbors
as to the extent of his present pros
perity. "Looks mighty well-to-do, same as
If he wouldn't trade In anything less'n
bobtalled bosses," said one man, "but
you can't Jedge by looks, not always."
"No-o," said another old neighbor,
"though they count looks do, and no
mistake. But something be did In
Nashuy the other day come to me, first
hand, from Bill Saunders, and I guess
there's no doubt about Eery being well
off In this world's goods.
"'Twas like this," said the old man,
after a sufficient pause for his audi
ence to close In. "He took Rill over
there for the day, paid all expenses,
gave him a first-class dinner, bought
him a couple of neckties and a throw
for Bar's nn to put on her head even
ings. And last off, he towed HID into
a drug-shop to give him some ice
cream sody. 'We've got Just time be
fore we tak the train,' he eays to Bill.
"Well, sir, they drunk off the sody
with one eye on the clock, and Ezry
be handed out a quarter to the clerk
to pay for it He put the quarter in
the change machine, and then he Jab
be an' Jabbed to get the change ont,
and there was something wrong, so it
wouldn't open.
"'You wait a minute, sir, and I'll
get the five cents next door,' says the
clerk; but Eiry took his bag up, and
Jest waved it at the clerk, careless as
If they'd been talking about a pea or
a bean.
'"Keep it for good luck,' he says.
'We've got to catch a train. And Bill
Saunders says that he didn't any more
heed htm saying that there was an
other train In two hours than if he
hadn't spoken I I guess there's no man
ner o' doubt but what Ezry's financial
ly prosperous." Youth's Companion.
Berrr He Book.
Husband That's a foolish habit you
women have of carrying your pocket
hooks in your hands when on the
street
Wife Why to tt?
Husband Because a thief could eas
ily snatch them and get away.
Wife Well, If the husbands of other
women don't give them any more to
put In tthelr purses than you give me to
put In mine the thief would starve to
death.
- Every young person looks at an old
person as much as if to say: "What's
the use of being so wrinkled and fee.
ble? I know I never will be that"