only disadvantage offered by this arrangement is in regard to alterations. Be- 

 cause of the delicate character of the surface presented, any considerable altera- 

 tion necessitates rearrangement of the whole drawer. But this is much easier 

 than cutting out and fitting a new cotton lining. There might be disadvantages 

 in a very damp climate, through the attraction of the salt-impregnated sand for 

 moisture; and in any case this material should be used only in glass-covered 

 drawers. We have just examined a beach-group drawer set up eight years ago, 

 and found not a trace of moisture or discoloration present. We are strong for 

 the use of neutral gray beach sand. 



SUCCESS 



Dr. David Starr Jordan's definition of Success is, "Doing what you would 

 like to do and getting paid for it." And the success thus ably pictured is not 

 only personal but social. We are all succeeding when we enjoy the service of 

 men who can put their hearts into their work. Such men deserve the highest 

 reward, because their service is ipso facto of the highest quality. Society cannot 

 afford to pay the misfit; and the man who is not doing what he wants to do, what 

 he would rather see done than anything else in the world, is more or less of a mis- 

 fit. The public service, especially, demands and deserves loyalty and enthusiasm 

 as well as mere expenditure of time and a passable ability. 



Yet the Government of the United States, that is all of us, consents to 

 disregard the fundamental laws of psychology and of ethics. We ordain that 

 the man who enters the public employ and who insists upon doing the thing he 



SERIES OF BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus), CONTRIBUTED BY J. G. GORDON, ESQ. 

 (The drawer lining is of Santa Barbara beach sand) 



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