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sENGER, PHILADELPHIA


Keep thing seven years and You'll
have use for it, is a maxim of domestic
economy which used to be reverenced bv
our grandmOthers before steam and elcc-
tro-nagnetism came into fashion. The
saying is as true now as ever it was. and
it is as applicable to matters of intclcc,
and science as to odds and ends such as
arc accumulated by time in the pidgeon
holes and drawers of an old desk, or gar
ret lumber room. Keep any item of in
formation, any science, art or accomplish
ment tor seven years. and it is ten to one.
in these ovcrturning, panc-breeding. spec
ulating, smashing. and falling times. tia,
although you may now be rich and pros
porous, you will earn your living by that
which yon have thus pres, rvcd, or at any
rate some lucky accident may turn it to
profitable use.


My friend, Jerry Godowny, experienced
this Twenty years ago, when we were
at Cambridge together, Jerry was a spir-
tied youth almost at the head of his class
and an heir to an independent fortune.
His acknowledged talents and the ease
with which he maintained his rank IN the
class, enabled him to direct his attention
to variety of sciences and pursuits, which
were not required by the college govern
ment as part of his regular course of
study; and truly he used the liberty thus
afforded him without stint or hindrance.
At one time he joined the Hermetic Club
and studied chemistry. con amore- Then
all his talk between the pulls of a cigar