The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-09

What wraugling, scrambling, hus-
Ting, jostliug world this is! See the
auxiUus, carewOrn face, ever in a hurry,
here aud there, 70 and fro, forever and
forever onward No moment for leis-
ure, no hours for recreation, no oppOrtu-
nifty for cool, calm, ripening thought,
and a more thorough knowledge Of and
better acquaintance with ones self.
Everything on tue hign pressure sys-
teu. The average child scarcely is out
Of the cradle when it il hurried away TO
school. compelled 10 sit six hours In a
day, five days in the week, aud from
thirty 20 forty weeks for the first num-
her OF years, on a hard bench, studying
the bare, naked letters from printed
book. Then comes the choice Of a vOca-
tiun and the rushing for its climax.
And soon after, M natural order, follow
the wrecked mind and body, failures,
ui-appoiutments, regrets, discomfort and
unrest. Tue child las teen literally
crammed with food, whether digesti0ie
or indigestible, until surieited. Ii has
no relish for anything, aud therefore
loathes all. without haste and with
out resr' is a law OF nature. Her pro-
ductions are never premature, lmper-
feet, or incomplete. With no couflict-
iug or intermediate agencies, every tree,
plant, and animal would grow natural,
aud therefore perfect, adapting itself eX-
actly 20 the uses for which it was de-
signed. The tree grows To purpose,
for use, extracting nothing from the
earth aud atmosphere but is necessary
10 its growth and susienance. The
flower takes just what 10 must have To
grow and thrive, makes glorious its
brief life with beauty aud fragrance, and
departs, leaving it, stOre-h0use securely
packed with germiuaung seeds. The
child delights 10 take its first lesson ia
E the green fields, beside puriiDg rivulets,
studying the wonders OF the earth, sky,
trees, pebbles, and ali things natural
and beautiful. One watches for "a fall ia
F the rivulet ia which TO place his minia-
ture water wheel, and thus his first ies-
son as an amateur maehinist. Another
I listens TO the song Of the birds ani the
E breeze, and in his soul was whispered "a
nursery rhyme, developing thereafter
Into the everything productions of the
I true poet. Another studies the pebbles.
thiuks OF their structure aud variety.
T thus preceding the natural miueralocist
And still another watches the star. iu
+ the clear blue sky, wondering II they
are really worlds and how they travel,
and whether they ever collide with each
other, and who laid the track i'm the
vsst sea Of blue for them % travel in.
/ And so on through the long list Of natu-
raj vocations to which humanity l.
adapted, each little organization draw
I ing from the vast field Of nature iu.,
T what is necessary 10 its growth and de-
velopment, and all acting in the sphere
T for which they were created, they prove
successes, and the world calls them men
aud women Of genius only because they
are ia the right place. Would it not to,
wei to break little away from the con.
ventiOnalities Of society, aud Instead OF
I forcing our children like hot-house
growths into vocations Of life not of
their own choosing, give them time and
opportunities TO develop aud perfect. So
far as may be, the special talent God
gave them, eai:h for the most wise aud
noble purpose