- FRIDAY EVENING, HA TRAINING OF THE CHILD By ELLA WHEELER* WILCOX II There was a wom an of limited men ial powers, who lis •tened to lectures on Mental Science and the power of Mind, and she decided to develop her child of ten into a wonder of wit and musical prodigy. She was utterly lacking in a sense of humor herself, and she had never been able to under stand the different „i am i minor keys, or the intricacies of time, in music. She decided to give her son those things she lacked. She put him in the hands of mu sic teachers, and she procured for him all th, humorous books she could find in the libraries. Then she devoted an hour in the filence each day to asserting success for her child. But the boy was bored with the books; and he was the dullest pupil In music ever known; and after three years his discouraged music master Rdvised the mother to waste no more money on her sons' musical educa tion. but to give him opportunity to develop his taste for athletics. There upon the mother decided there was no truth in Mental Science, or the theories about the divine power in each soul to be what it willed to be. But the woman had not used good lense. Wit is a gift, like music, poetry and painting. A sense of humor lacking, it is dif ficult to train or direct a mind to see the merry or absurd or comical side' t)f things. It would be impossible to teach a i hoy born with a mechanical genius; to compose oratories or epics. It ; would be a waste of time to try. Just so it would be folly to try to train the serious or philosophical mind to humor. Let each human being grow into the best of his own kind. Train him along natural lines—that is the way to educate. Common sense is quite another thing. It can be cultivated by teach - I •rs and parents in children who doi ;•■■■ ~ "" •;;••• .'i.. : | Drmhs m —it answers every bever- I age requirement—vim, 1 vigor, refreshment, whole ■ someness. I It will sat Demand the genuine Nicknames encourage j j substitution. j *1 r-Lio u S $T m THE COCA-COLA CO. H H ! 1 * i ATLANTA, GA. Whenever you see Arrow think of Coca-Cola, FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 22, 1914 not seem to possess it in any degree. But first, the parents and the teach ers must possess it—and few do. I have seen a dreamy, visionary, improvident and extravagant boy trained into practical prudence, thrift and economy by the persistent guidance of an uncle he loved, and who loved him. The brain cells were entirely re made in the course of a few years of constant association with the uncle. Fear is self-consciousness some times, sometimes an anaemic condi tion, sometimes the result of false education. The child that never hears stories about the "dark." who never read "Little Red Hiding Hood" and other ear-inciting tales, and who has not been nagged and scolded by its par ents in the effort to make it a per ect child, is not liable to feel fear on slight provocation. The old theology, with its absurd and blasphemous stories of lakes of hell-fire for the children of unbeliev ers and an avenging and frowning God, did much to awaken fear in chil dren and render them nervous and timid. I have heard mature men describe the nights of horror they passed as little children after listening to one of the old-time sermons and the aw ful terror of death which such per nicious teachings inculcated. A moth jer who, during the nine months tire ceding her child's birth, lives in fear of poverty or death, or who is in ter ror of a drunken or cruel or unkind husband, marks her child with a timid and easily frightened nature. I have seen a child of two or three years who was given to hours of hys terical weeping without any appar ent cause. But the cause lay In the fact that the mother lived with her husband's family, and the baby was unwelcome to all, as the father was dependent financially on his parents. Yet such an unfortunate birthmark ; can be educated out of ihe child by i a cheerful and kind and wholesome; environment. While the great talents cannot be j educated into a human being, all the i unworthy and unfortunate traits can j be educated out and the great virtues | awakened by persistent efforts on the | part of associates, guides and teach- ! ers. A man who wrote good, strong i WHY DON'T YOU consult our institution regarding that loan you are figuring on? If you can offer sound security, there is no better bank in this city or vicin ity for you to do business with. We transact a broad, yet conservative banking business, with strong and influential connections, and our fa cilities and resources are ample. Your patronage is earnestly so licited. FIRST NATIONAL BANK „. r £ 4 , prose, and who was a devout believer in the power of the will to achieve anything, wasted precious time and energy in a determination to be a poet. He studied all the laws governing verse; and he put large, virile ideas into correct mechanical form. Yet he was unable to produce - one line of poetry. All he wrote In verse left his read ers cold and unstirred, and even worse than that, man of his would-be poems jarred like discords in music, even though they "scanned" accord ing to rule. But the divine something was not there. He had mistaken his vocation. In our application of this great law of the power of the will to achieve results we must employ reason and logic. We must use this law along the line of least resistance. Finding where our strongest powers lie and our best abilities we should turn our \ hole intellectual and spir itual batteries in that direction. Think, study, meditate, affirm, prav and work to attain desired results in'the under taking for which we are fitted by na ture. The man who is color blind and unable to distinguish shades and tones easily may overcome this mis- I fortune to a great degree by patient | practice in studying colors. But he Ishould never seek a position on trains jor ships, where the observance of sig inals is an important part of duty; 'nor should he try to become r t artist. :In neither field could h-» g honors. Children should be watel is they : develop into thinking b \ anil their tastes and tendencies d be carefully noted by wise parents and instructors. Then every effort should I be made according to old and new thought methods to encourage the growth of the very best qualities and jto eliminate b* lack of use all unde sirable traits and propensities. By encouraging words and by force-1 ;ful silent thought vibrations the most | unpromising child may be helped to grow into what a wise parent de sires. But the WISE parent never desires the impossible. He does not try to make a mechanic out of a mu sical prodigy; nor a musical prodigy out of a born mechanic who is stone I deaf. ■MraiT FOI SUMMER FROCKS Silk and Crepe De Chine Are Worn as Well as Soft Cottons 8251 Blouse with Yoke, 34 to 44 bust. WITH LONG OR TH REE-QUARTER SLEEVES. The blouse with a yoke is to be mucn worn this spring and this one also includes the new rolling collar and vestee that makes an important feature. It is very attractive and very charging and can be made from a great many different ma terials, yet, at tne same time, is extremely simple. The Japanese sleeves' are no trouble whatsoever to make and the whole blouse can be put together with great ease. This one is made of white cotton crspe with vestee and collar of tango yellow and is worn with n tunic skirt. Such a blouse can be utilized for every material from silk to simple cotton voile. For the medium size will be required 3 yards of material 27 inches wide, yards 36 or 1% yards 44. The pattern 8251 is cut in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, oa receipt ot ten cents. Bowman's sell May Manton Patterns. HIGH FINANCE Harry, a bright youngster, -was told by his mother that she would give him five cents for a dozen pins rescued from the floors, thus preventing her year old-babe, who was just beginning to creep, from finding them. "What will you do with the money when you earn it, Harry?" he was asked by a neii;htor. "With the first five cents," said Harry, promptly, "I will buy a paper of pins and scatter them all, over the house." —ln National Monthly. FRECKLE-FACE Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots. 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MM I 1 BOYS' SUITS $1.98 to $12.00 MM i I YOUTHS' SUITS $4.98 to $30.00 rflipf it MEN'S SUITS $6.98 to $45.00 I "NEVERWET" RAINCOATS $1.98 to $25.00 fSSsKF™ HATS AND CAPS 25c to $6.00 ALLIGATOR RAINCOATS $1.98 to $5.00 | PAY AS YOU CAN 1 NOTICE: •\ Any time you purchase goods from us on Credit and you find positively that same quality of goods in season, £ are sold for less at any store, cash or credit, call and get the difference. \ H«me Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co. Family I Furnishers 29-31-33 & 35 South Second Street Clothien ij OUR LOCATION MEANS A GREAT SAVING TO YOU ENOUGH LEFT OVER Mrs. Ives had entertained her bridge club, and as she had to prepare con siderable food having gotten her hand in, she decided to invite a few people, to whom she was indebted, for the next evening. She made out her list of guests, and sent her little daughter Eleanor to de liver the invitations. Eleanor's first stop was at Mrs. Jordan's. She gave the Invitation and as she was about to depart, Mrs. Jordan said: "Why, Eleanor, I'm aQ-aid your mother is undertaking too much, after having had the bridge club last even ing." "Oh, I guess not," replied the child, "I heard her tell father this morning that there was stuff enough left for three parties."—ln National Monthly. A RELIGIOUS MAN "Say, ma!" said Willie, "do you know I think that that ash man that comes and dumps our ashes every week Is a real good Christian man?" "Why so?" asked his mother. "Well, yesterday he came to Mrs. Smith's house next door and picked up their wooden barrel and raised it over his head and was about to dump it in his car when the bottom came out and ashes fell all over him." "My how terrible." said Willie's mother, "and what did he do?" "Oh! he just sat down-In the gut ter and told God all about it." —In National Monthly. BABY'S NAME It was an eventful day for Rose the day her little sister was born. She was I delighted and took no pains to i-oti- Iceal her great joy. At the sumo time she felt a Kieat Increase of age and dignity, and announced to her mother, at the first opportunity that she no longer wished to be called "Rose" but by her own name—Frances. "We called you Rose, dear, when you were a baby," said her mother, with an indulgent smile, "because you were so fair and sweet that you re minded us of a rose. Can you not think of some flower that your little sister resembles?" Rose curled herself up at the foot of her mother's bed and meditated deeply for a few moments then she went over and took a peep at baby sleeping peacefully In her crib. "I think we might call her cur rant," said the little tot. —In National Monthly. THK I.ITASY OF HOSES For that my roses knew the scathe, For women writ in silver rime, I thought me but a women wraith, A dead leaf on the winds of time. Yet gallantly, with head unbowed. With fingers deft as any fay's. From flax, silk fine, I wrought a shroud. For the gay comrade of my days. I swathed him in It, fold on fold. And set a candle at his head, Then over him, so wan and cold. The litany of roses said. , I scanted naught, from April's flower. Thorny and pale, a rose's ghost. To red, red blooms of royal dower, i That dare the falling of # the frost. "Pray, roses all. for love in death!" My heart said if I spake no word: Sudden I felt a catching breath— Love in his cerements strongVy stirred. "Ix>ve and his rose die not of frost." lie laughed within his sheltered , | close— ! For—you had passed and lightly tossed Within my hand a red. red rose. 'l—Martha McCulloch-Williams, In June 1 Alnslee's. TWO WAR VETERANS BURIED Marietta, Pa., May 22. —For the first time in many years two Civil War vet erans were burled about the same time In the Marietta Cemetery yesterday I afternoon, Captain Sigmund N. Wis- I ner and Joseph McFarland. Tho | Don't let the dish washing spoil | the memory of a good meal. Use fCO ID GOLD DUST It quickly makes dishes, pots, pans and f9§s£j|||^ all cooking utensils clean and sweet. SBSgSTIjS Use it lor cleaning everything. 5c and larger packages. E3SBURBANKSS3 ||||g^ 1 "l*t th» BOLD OU9T TWIUM funeral of tho former waa held from . 'his late home in Market street, the Rev. H. H. Poticher officiating. At the funeral of Mr. McFarland, In tho United Brethren Church, West Mari etta. tho Rev. Mr. Funk was the offi ciating clergyman. 15
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