Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — Page 3

The Boy PuBBle

DR. j.S.KIRJLEy

“Mamma, I wish I was two little puppies, so I could play together.” When little Joe said that, he revealed two of the strongest characteristics of boyhood, Insatiable fondness for play and companionship. But with him, play was first of all; companionship was to promote play. That was in the early stages of Joe’s life. By and by, it will be just the reverse. He likes children, especially boys; shrinks from being alone, likes team ■work, from the very start. But there are about five stages in the development of his social relationships, &UK ring his boyhood; then several, during th 6 remainder of his life, but we are not, at this moment, concerned with tracing him beyond the boundary of boyhood. First is the indiscriminate and impersonal stage, when he scarcely asks who his companions are, requiring only that they be boys and plenty of them, the more the better. To be sure, he has his preferences; but he has not yet specialized, In a decisive and final way. Their work is play, exclusively, not original, but imitative. During that period, he is apt to be carried by his strong team sentiment over into the realm of the opposite sex and fall furiously in love with some little girl. In fact, he usually does so, each season, or each session of school, and he thinks he can’t live without her. This is about the only thing in his boyhood that he cannot turn into play. Whenever he forms a special attachment for a boy, the friendship is like soda pop, comes with a phiz and a bang and they must make, the most of -it while It lasts. The two use the same slang, the same yell, the same tones of voice, the s&megamOsandiaeeminldy ,the same personality, the same chewing gum; and, when they have a quarrel and make up, the one who was to blame usually treats. They acquire a stock of common possessions and, when their spell is over they are apt to scrap for the possession of It This period seems provisional and temporary. The next stage comes when he is about ten or twelve years old and it sometimes has the element of permanency in it. What has already been said applies partly to this more personal phase of his team work. He and his chum may become chums for life, and they almost surely will, if they are living in the same com; munity when they enter the next stage. • .The third period begins when ho is twelve or thirteen. That has been

In the midst of his greatest excitements and enjoyments there ought to be a steady and perceptible pull at his heartstrings In the direction of home; and there will be, unless there Is something very much the matter with him or the home; and if the trouble Is with him It probably began with the home. There was a welcome for him when heflrst took his place as a member of that family. That welcome must await him whenever he returns from work or play or school. If his arrival Is greeted with complaints and nagging about what he has and has' not done, he will maA his arrival as late and his departure as early as possible; and he will take his permanent departure as speedily as bls circumstance will permit. He Is a distinct part of the household and Is entitled to a definite, place where he can be monarch of all he surveys. He has as much right to a room, with decorations suited to his tastes, as his sister, even more so, for she has certain other home ties through which she may be satisfied and trained*. His* individuality requires an Individual room and his social life needs fl" place where he can bring his friends; and his talents may be encouraged to decorate It. His stored up energies demand exercise and no* every room In the house Is suited to It It’is mighty comforting to him to know that there Is one room where he is at homo with himself. - He Is also entitled to a position in the household as well as to a place in the house and his standing must be In thblr understanding. If he gets the right standing he Is willing to do a lot of running, for the benefit of the family. It Is not enough to say that he must work because some one else Is the bread winner and he ought to be willing to do something. Another motive must be touched, that he Is a part of the household and what be can of the highest value In itself. And so It is. Manual labor has mental and moral value; and when special talents are utilised It gives a special training for his life work. And when they are used tn the equipment of the home, he derives a special, reward from It Drawing, the graphic arts, mnslc, modeling, writing, reading aloud, reciting—these may have a productive place In his home life. He has to be allowed to be his awn self and do what he can do. That standing is not at the center nor is it sitting on the throne, but by •e side or under the wing of the head of the home. He is a boy, but only a boy. He holds the future, but must bo hold, at present. Ho is not to be a

Team Work

The Boy at Home

identified as the gang period. Here, again, his attachments are more or less impersonal, though restricted to the gang.; The social nature is unfolding in new ways and they do * new things, new even to their forgetful fathere, who wonder why boys are such strange creatures, and declare they were never like them. In this period of team work, they get together by neighborhoods, as a rule, under the direction of some boy who is a natural leader and assumes all the functions of a leader without appointment and without hesitation. There Is no rotation in office and, When the chief goes, the gang is already gone; It has reached its natural term and expires by limitation and the boye-have no more use for it than for their fathers’ old clothes. This team work is in. original activities, 'original to them but.not to the rest of mankind, present or past, for that is what the race has been doing fell its life. It is fellowship in frolic andfun, adventures by land and water, swimming and skating and hunting and fishing, provided the fish bite fast enough; games of all kinds, with no disinclination for rough ones. ~~ The fourth stage of his team work Is that later chum period, when the gang breaks up and they come out of it, as the animals came out of the ark, two by two. He ties up with some special boy and likes him better than any other boy that Over lived, and they are apt to be friends all the rest of their lives. He win like play, but It is different now. This is the pairing age. He and his chum will have many things to talk about, but the two paramount topics will be their future careen and their “girls,” as-they alwaya eaU them. :>.- The fifth stage of his boyhood team work Is when he has a great Inclination to form an intimate attachment with some fairy creature whom he considers the most angelic being on earth. His sentiments about girls have changed.. Something new has waked up in his soul. He can talk with his chum about it, but with no one else. They are just alike on that subject.and know how to be confidential. A great day has dawned upon him. Imagination is at new tasks. The rational and deliberative faculties are in the field. Sentiment hangs haloes over the outlying future. Each stage of his friendship has added something to him and now this one •deems to put some finishing touches to his rapidly crystallzing character. His team work has been a- success. He is ready for a new life.

prig, an overfed pet; nor a pig, overfed pork; nor a despot, an over-in-dulged dependent Her Is not the center about which the family revolves nor a despot adapting it to his caprices. When a boy rules the home he ruins himself. He Is to be adjusted to the family life and not the reverse. He may be a bom ruler, but Is to be under regents tin he comes into his own Inheritance and thereby learns how to rule. But, In that subordination, he Is entitled to find respect for his personality, his talents, his Individual tastes, his elemental and God-given right of choice, on the proper exercise of which his efficiency In life depends. ffiven from the start, his will must not be over ridden, but stimulated and steered. If there is a dash between his will and that of the household head, all that the latter can do Is to set forth the penalty of the wrong choice, let him have all the facts of the case before him tn the decision, let him know that the penalties cannot be escaped. The plans for him must be positive, constructive, optimistic, sympathetic; not negative nor destructive nor gloomy nor autocratic. Those plans are adapted to him and adapt him to the home people. He and his pa can do team work, as he assists with manual or mental or mechanical labor—with typewriter or at bookkeeping or garden making or farming. And yet, often must obedience be exacted of him, without explanation or option; and he must know what that authority means. Ordinarily, when his sense of partnership with his parent* has Intelligently and practically murtured, he gets discipline and delight, efficiency and satisfaction, out of It it is a whole university In embryo, with technology thrown In. Even the care of pets Is of great importance in teaching him gentleness and unselfishness and sense of responsibility. They ■make use of the whole boy in ths* way. His imagination comes to the aid of the family. To call a boy good for nothing and laxy, just because he dreams; Is a degradation of the one who says it To accuse him of doing wrong 1b to suggest to his Imagination that form of wrong doing. He must be trusted and have the exhilarating sense of It, as they trusted the boys at Rugby. Hb must find In the spirit of the home makers the spirit Into which he will grow, more and more. He must find knowledge of delicate things in a way that will not excite unwholesome curiosity. He must be filled with admiring love for the home makers and take his place by their side tn love for the Father d

PRESIDENT TAFT, as commander-in-chief of the navy, recently presented medals of honor to six members of the erew of the battleship North Dakota for heroic action that probably saved that vessel from complete destruction. On September 8, 1910, after an explosion of oil, these men rushed into the boiler room, brought out the dead bodies of three comrades and successfully fought the fire. In the photograph, from left to right, they are: August HoTtx-of St. Louis, chief water tender; Thomas Stanton of Rhode Island, chief machinist's mate; Harry Lipscombe of Washington, Patrick Reid of New York, Karl Westa of Massachusetts, and Charles C. Roberts of Newton, Mass. . »

RELICS OF ANCIENTS

Central American Jungle is Being Cieared for Park. Greatest Wonder Excavated Thue Far la 20-Ton “Stone Turtle/A , Unique In History of Arohaeo- ■ -w? logical Discoveries. Los Angeles.—Charles F. Lummis has gathered his young son under his wing and sailed for Central America, to pursue Important Investigations for the Southwest museum, of Los Angeles, the creature of his untiring labor. The Southwest museum, for which material has been In course of accumulation for a number of years, is destined to be one of the greatest attractions In southern California, Its collection is made up of relics of prehistoric civilizations, mainly gathered from New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Its officers are rejoicing in the opening of new fields of exploration and at the prospect of the acquisition of relics from Guatemala. A fund of about 170,000 is In hand for the construction of a suitable home. The departure of Lummis was delayed until he declared he must hurry away to get in his work "before the bottom of the sky falls out In that land of Quetzal, where the annual rainfall Is from eight to ten feet”

He was accompanied by his 11-year-old son Qulmu, who in coming years Is expected to make his. mark in the scientific world, through his explorations. Lummis Is also one of the board of managers of the American School of Archaeology, which holds annual “meetings” In different fields of research, and Qulmu, since a mere baby, has been his Inseparable companion at these gatherings. The boy Is a great pal with the Indians, and It is said that none surpass his skill and daring in scaling ticklish cliffs. The gathering is this year being held at Qulrigua. , . Qulrigua is in northwest Guatemala, where much of the country la owned by the United Fruit company, sometimes spoken of as the banana trust, and through his. company the archaeological association has secured concessions on the ruins of the most marvelous of ancient cities of Central America. Under the direction of Edgar L. Hewitt, of Washington, extensive excavations have been made. Mr. Lummis will soon be among the staff of experts and will have an Important part In the first Important examination ever made of these ruins. In a letter Professor Hewitt says: , “I only wish you could have seen

REVEALS SECRET OF WOMAN

Scientist Telle Why She Can Defy Cold In Decollete—Special Layer of Fat Acquired. London.—Why can apparently fragile women wear pneumonia blouses In the arctic springs of the British Isles? Why can they do these things and wear an evening costume which would be fatal to the majority of men, and yet suffer no barm? These are questions that have pussled the Dally Mirror. To solve them It applied to “an experienced doctor who has studied the subject** He had been puzzled by the same problems The scientist knew that woman’s 'skin was more tender than man’s and their constitutions generally lees able to stand cold and wet, so he looked Into the matter. He then discovered that “women have a special layer of fat all over their bodies, thicker than a man's and acquired #hen human kind dwelt In caves and huts." "In those days," he argued, "the men were able to keep/ therasel ves warm by hunting and flghting. . . . The woman had to stay

NAVAL HEROES RECEIVE MEDALS FROM TAR

Qulrigua before we began to transform It from an Impenetrable jungle Into -a beautiful archaeological park. We have completed the survey, setting apart 80 acres, and have made a complete plan for landscaping the park. The work Is now half done.” A number of stelae, or monoliths, up to 30 feet high and 4 tq fl feet at the base, elaborately carved" In high' relief, have been uncovered. The greatest wonder excavated thus far is the 20-ton "stone turtle," unique In the history of archaeological discoveries. It Is not the idea of the explorers to bring away these mammoth relics, but to clear away the mass of vegetation, accumulated through ages, and make Qulrigua a wonder center for scientists of the world.

Washington's Origin.

London. —Dr. Solloway, who Is studying the ancestry of George Washington, says that he sprang from the Lancashire Washingtons who can trace their line back to the time of the Danes tn the tenth century. '

Stork Busy in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg, Pa.—Health commissioner Dixon Is not worrying about race suicide In Pennsylvania, for he announced the other day that in 1910 there were 209,636 births recorded in the state, as against 119,771 beatha

HE WINS AND LOSES

Broker Gains Fortune at Awful Expense of Sight. John Schaack Sees Folly of Overwork When Too Late—Says Take Vacations Often and Make Them All Long Ones. Chicago;—John M. Schaack, for 20 years one. of the most prominent brokers In La Salle street has gone blind. This became known recently when after months of treatment with noted specialists of America and Europe he appeared on the board of trade floor absolutely sightless. Within a few days he' will leave for the east where he will rest for the summer at some mountain resort and take further treatment in the hope that his sight may be restored. The cause of. the affliction was a serious breakdown, which he suffered several months ago. The other day Mr. Schaack traded as usual In the offices of Bartlett & Co. He declared that If the trad-

at home In the eave.tb look after the baby and cook her husband’s dinner whenever he might bring it in. “And caves or huts must have been chilly abodes in keen weather with an east wind blowing; and women, who had no hunting to warm their blood and enable them to resist cold, suffered accordingly. "So nature set to work and gradually built up on women a special layer of protective fat That took a few thousand years probably, for nature never works in a hurry, since time is no object to her; but bit by bib the work was completed, and now women can play what seem to men foolhardy tricks with comparative immunity.”

Expensive for Fat Tourist.

Saqta Monica,' CaL—-Tourists who use the automobile stage of the' Topango Development company this summer to visit resorts near Santa Monica are required to pay the weight for their rides. The company has decided that the man who weighs SOO must pay twice as much at least as the maid who weighs about 120.

MONKEYS CATCH COLD EASILY

Dr. Chalmers Mitchell of London Says Animals Are Quite Susceptible to Human Ailments.

Kansas City, Mo. —Monkeys are just as susceptible to colds and tuberculosis as human beings, and often catch colds from the people who come to watch their antics, according to Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, secretary of the Zoological , society- iff London, who passed through the union station of Kansas City on his way to the Philippine Islands. “Cold weather Is bad for animals, and for monkeys, who are nearest to man species, especially,” said Dr. Mitchell. “During the recent cold spell In London—the worst April for 14 years—there was no serious mortality among the animals, but I expect they will feel the results of the severe weather later on. 'Jheir constitutions will have been weakened, and there may be many deaths. - “Damp, not cold, Is the monkey’s enemy. Consumption is their disease in captivity,'largely because they are living In community, and one tuberculosis monkey may Infect the others. Monkeys, being nearly allied to man, catch man’s diseases. . “I wouldn't say that a lion couldn't catch a cold from a man, but I should say It would be unlikely. A monkey, on the other hand, would be easily Infected, as would crocodiles If they were exposed properly.”

Ing gets exciting enough he would delay his trip east and stay on the floor. “I can see my mistake now,” he said. “Now that lam laid on the shelf from overwork I can see the folly of It If I were to offer advice to business men it would simply be: Take vacations often and make them long ones. Be the champion vacation taker/ “When business was demanding all of my attention for many years I believed I couldn't get away; that there was no one I could depend on to leave in charge. lam now paying the price and an awful price It is. If I had my life to Jive over again I would take two or three long vacations every year. »

“Still, if i had my sight back I would not think of quitting the game. I would get right back Into it as deep as ever, but I would rest oftener. It pays to be a broker. I have made and lost much money. I have a comfortable fortune now that Is safe, and I am going to keep It safe. "I wasn't as big a sport as some of the other fellows who, In years past, have made a fortune over night and spent it the next night. 1 never believed in that kind of business. I have Invested my-winnings in bonds and other securities since I became broken in health, and am thinking of retiring for good as soon as I can get things shaped.” Mr. Schaack talked of crops and market reports and quotations in a way that shows his remarkable understanding of the game. All the reports he received were verbal ones from bls brokers ana Triends. "It is mostly a matter of putting two and two together and making four out of it," he said. "I can trade as well blind as I could with my eyesight But of course it would be a hard task. I know just as well what to do and what not to do and I can judge conditions and prices as well as I ever could, but not being able to read will settle me. I don’t want to get out of the game even now, but will if I can regain my sight That Is the only thing I quit for. I would never quit for money, no matter how much I might be ahead.”

Russian Workers in Scotland.

There are thirty-five thousand Russians at work in Scottish Iron and coal mines. >

God of FASHION

By Rev.George R. Lockwood

P—tor

It is a strange thing that humanity can’t seem to get along without Idols. There has never been a period in the world’* history that humanity has not worshiped some sort of idols. You: can’t read the Old Testament without having your heart pained; when you! see how Israel was continually turning away from God, and placing something in their hearts that ought to: have been occupied by God himself. Well, now exactly the same thing hast been true in every age and amongst! every people. There is a strong tendency in the mind and heart of htH manlty to reach out and lay hold upon! something and put it in the placet belongs only to God. The first strange god that let amongst* us is the “Fashion.” This* whole subject of dress is a very interesting one. I always claim that it takes more brains to build a dress* than it takes to build a house—and lb takes brains to build a house. What I mean by that Is, it takes brains tobuild a dress that, in a certain sense,, befits the individual that is being! clothed. It doesn’t take any brains to< reach your arm across to Paris and lug over here some fashion across the water —anybody can do that. But there are comparatively few people} who seem to have the happy faculty of! building a dress that just meets thefri own individuality. Such a dress ast just fits you in every sense of th« word —a dress that is the expression of your own mind and your own soul; —that is an exceedingly hard thing. What is the result of this thraldom, that is in our midst this present dayn There is a dementallzatlon and a demoralization that is going cm in our American life; it is enough to palm anybody deeply. I can't quite understand why America should reach across the* ocean and bring Imr-fash-ion from Paris. If there is one city on the face ofi God's earth that is any lower down in, perdition than another, it is Paris. And why should we be enslaved to> Paris for our fashion? In every other respect we claim to stand on our own feet; why can't America stand on her own feet when It comes tothe subject of dress? It seems to me there are brains enough in this country to create a fashion for ourselves and to break loose from the slavery of a foreign country. But that is not the sad part of it alt 1 I wonder if you realize the terrible extravagance that is associated with this one phase of our American life?) I wonder if you can bring before your minds 'the untold number of homes! that are simply wrecked; or, picturei the hearts that are broken because efl this terrible slavery, namely—thej slavery of America to this god ofi “fashion?” Let me illustrate. Here Is a girl—i she is brought up te a comparatively! poor home; she has not had any ex-t perience in holding money in her own] hands; she marries a comparatively! poor young man, and they go and start) a home for themselves. When he| comes back from his first week, he puts his wages in her hands. She has] had no experience in the use of mon-| ey; and what does she do? Almost thei first thing she does Is to rush out Intel a great city, lose herself in one ofj these big stores and, instead of bring-! Ing home something that Is going to| make the whole atmosphere of tha|i house rich and beautiful she brings! home something that is absolutely] worthless to herself. She spent her money foolishly, and) because the money is simply thrown] away the home Is wrecked and hearty are broken. The second strange god to which D desire to call your attention is the] “idol of education.” What is the ideal! education? Some people say It is] knowledge; some say It is success; others say character and personality. 1 In the eyes of a great many people education is that which fits one to make success in terms of money ; but that is not my own ideal of education. It is that which fits us to servo our God and to serve our humanity, and, anything that unfits us for the service* of God and humanity—call it by any; name you will, but don't call it edu-i cation. \ One of the perils of the east today] is that education is being translated In terms of dollars and cents, instead) of In terms of character and personality. What is one of the secrets of! the great succeess of the west? It to education, and dklucation of the right sort, too. The third strange god that I want to speak about la the god of “amusement.” Amusement Is a good thing; It Is a safety valve. I don’t know what we would do with our nervous/ temperament, here In America, if it were not for amusements. I love to. see people enjoy themselves, especial-; ly after a strenuous week of hard] work. But amusements ought never] to be an end; it ought always to be a) means to an end, and that end must fit] Into the purpose of God and the weW fare of mankind. \ The real test as to whether SAI - amusement Is right or wrong is thistl If It creates in our hearts a dlstastef for the things of the spirit is is wrong} if it unfits us for Christian service It is wrong. And if it doesn’t do any of 1 these things, but prepares us foe th* real and deeper enjoyment of Irat,' then It isrlght, and the more antesement the better it will be fortta- !