No. 14.--MR. HARRY HOUDINI

=1. What is your favorite theater?=

All the world is a theater to me.

=2. Which is your favorite hobby?=

Browsing in old bookstalls, seeking old dramatic items for my library.

=3. Which is your favorite pastime?=

Out door athletics and long distance swims.

=4. Which is your favorite song?=

"Auld Lang Syne."

=5. Which is your favorite sweetmeat?=

Candied fruits.

[Illustration: Mrs. HARRY HOUDINI]

=6. What is your idea of comfort?=

Seated in a large arm chair in library and hearing Mrs. Houdini call

up: "Young man your lunch is ready."

=7. Which is your unlucky day?=

Haven't any; an unfortunate incident at any time simply builds a

foundation for something better.

=8. What is your favorite motto?=

"And this, too--shall pass away."

=9. When have you felt at your worst?=

Once when sailing round the world, at a longitude of 80°, we had two

Tuesdays in one week and no Wednesday, which meant losing a Christmas,

and I was seasick at the time. It will be an awful thing to eclipse my

painful anguish.

=10. What is your pet aversion?=

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