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By EDWIN MARKHAM
Boy of Yours," issued
X by the George H. Doran
Company, discusses the
various problems of care of youth.
The author, James S. Kirtley, has
a suggestive chapter to parents.
He claims tHat rational child-
labor is as necessary as child play
In the development of the boy.
He says:
“The amount of enjoyment a
bov gets out of the enterprises he
initiates himself Is a wholesome
education; it is an anticipation of
his career and a preparation for
it. He must be encouraged to do
this, and carefully guided. Guid
ance is highly necessary.
"Even employments with hob
bies is a benefit, as it develops
special tastes and, sometimes, fits
for special work in the future. If
no other good comes from them,
they are, at least, employments,
and that is something; but the
memory of them is sure to be a
source of recreative amusement
to him in the future.
“One boy of my acquaintance
went into the white rabbit indus
try and actually paid expenses,
while getting back large returns
of pleasure and information and
sympathy with animal life. An
other went into photography;
while a little group, near by,
studied wireless telegraphy.
Drawing, ceramic work, sketch
ing, music—vocal and instrumen
tal—have given boys lots of pleas
ure and profit.
“Another makes it pay to raise
pigs; another, a certain breed of
dogs; still another boy makes a
specialty of pigeons. There is an
enterprising lad who raises vege
tables in the back yard, on shares,
and he sells his half for enough to
take music lessons on the flute.
Boys’ organizations—gangs and
clubs and troops—may be given
employment by the public and by
individuals. That kind of organi
zation does double good.
“But the note of warning must
be sounded. Perils await the boy.
Among his interesting ventures
are those in which his father en
gages to give him financial com
pensation for services of greater
or less insignificance. Let both
him and his father beware lest he
learn to put a financial value on
those ministries which he should
render freely and gladly, as a son.
Let him learn to co-operate for
the pleasure of doing his part. Let
every command given him be a
summons to his nobler sense of
comradeship, all work come to be
team work and all rewards be a
gratification to his unselfishness.
“The boy is in peril of early
pessimism, as he finds that every
body feels competent to direct
him and justified in imposing on
him by withholding or cutting his
wages, working him overtime, and,
in numberless ways, failing to rec
ognize that a boy can get tired, or
hungry, or irritated, or indignant.
“He may be so directed that his
early ventures will be in the line
of his future achievements. It will
be well for him to have in mind
such boys as Andrew Carnegie,
who came over from Scotland
with a sovereign in his pocket,
but with sovereignty in his soul,
and fired a stationary engine for
two-fifty a week. A boy can get
the virtues of industry, honesty,
fairness and altruism started and
operative in his life quite early.”
FARRAR GETS OVATION.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—After some
weeks of absence because of illness,
Geraldine Farrar returned to the
stage at the Metropolitan Opera
House this afternoon as Mimi in Puc
cini’s “La Boheme.”
Except now and then when her
high tones seemed slightly worn, Miss
Farrar showed no trace of her recent
illness. She had six recalls at the end
of the first act.
chapge in the system of study in the
Chicago schools. The main principle
of this change will be that when a
* pupil leaves the school for the day tfia
work w r ill be completed, just as when
a man leaves his shop or his office hs
work is done.”
Outlining a system to intensify the
school course of study was the first
step of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young as she
resumed her position as superintend
ent of public schools.
Mr. Shoor took his old place as
assistant superintendent. •
HUERTA TO BATTLE REBELS.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 27— President
Huerta announced to-night that he
would resign the Presidency at the
end of the year and take the fie.d
against he rebels in person.
All information regarding Huer
ta’s resignation was refused at the
National Palace. According to the
circulated report, Enrique Gorostie-
ta has been decided upon as the man
* to succeed Huerta as Provisional
Presideivt.
U. S. STARTS PROBE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The De
partment of Agriculture to-day an
nounced a nation-wide investigation
into the present high cost of beef and
the generally unsatisfactory condi
tions with respect to the production
of meat of all kinds.
It is honed that this inquiry will
bring to light the true cause for the
great cost increases of meat food dur
ing the last score of years and that
definite plans may be formulated to
insure a reduction in the price of this
r'irniruvdit v r ta t bu •*<,nwnmr»r.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.—Wi
two hours after 19-year-old R
Cartela had attempted to hold up
P.ttnk of Eagle Rock and had 1
driven from that institution b
broomstick in the hands of
doughty woman assistant oasl
Miss Edith Carr, Ihe would be roi
was captured after an exciting cl
through the hills and lodged in
county Jail.
( artola said he had become ■
perate from hunger and plannet
rob the hank.
Kr II IIIIO (let our •<
Bo * * of Pwint, FREE.
MISSOURI RKMKDT CO., Offloe 15 St.
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