WHO'S WHOOP FOR VERMONT

In the Independent, Casper Harvey supplies a study of "Who's Who in America" from the geographical point of view. Amid a maze of ratios and figures, the fundamental formula for success stands out vividly, "Be born in Vermont and move to Massachusetts". That this recipe worked in the case of President Coolidge, regardless of the man's nature, is a sure proof of its reliability. Somewhere in the rocky soil of the Green Mountain state lies the secret of prominence as yet unexploited by realtors. Judicious advertising among eugenic-minded people might cause an emigration to Vermont. Using the Independent's statistics as a basis it is not difficult to compute that 519 1-2 couples so enticed would give the real estate can increased sales and the moral satisfaction of knowing that another great man from Vermont would get his name in "Who's Who". More Calvin Coolidges, George Harveys and Garibaldi Sargents can in this way be produced at will.