The National tribune., 1883-12-13
LOYAL WOMBN'S WORK
Familiar Talks Experience Meeting.
Relief Corps Notes.
toonduoiqd b. Kate B. sAenrood.I

tional system which directs the ambition OF
every boy towards the professions was pointed
cut Such system il not only short-sighfed, but
it IL positively hurtful. III is a system which
lakes good, strong material and wa1ps and
bends and trims ID for a purpose entirely dllier-
emf from that which, nature intended. The
result Il d horde of idle lawyers and doctors
and professional loafers in every community,
starving IN garrett or preying upon the credu-
lities of The ignorant and turbulent masses.
Now. we take it that the professional man
who is cut ont by nature for the place he must
fiji must inevitably come to the front, while
the man who has taken up its duties as make
shift or to CRAFTY some ill-founded ambition,
must Inevitably so down How much more
certain IL this TO be the case when the supply
H. greater Than the demand. If a community
only needs one doctor and two or more come
in to occupy the field. it is the one endowed by
nature rather than by education who viii in
eritablv take the foremost place. Natural
selection controls in this as in everything else.
EDUCATED woRKNEN.
Educated workinen are the demand Of the age.
AS our civilization becomes more and more
complex labor rises to higher plane. The
work OF the artisan touches the domain OF art
We have 0aiy to look at the results of modern
brieklaying. stonen-asenry, painting, carpenter
work. cabinet making and paper hanging TO
assure ourselves OF this. To do skilled work
there must be men to plan as web as execute;
10 design as well as 10 make that design real
creation A knowledge OF mathematics and
drawing il Indispensable and should be the
essential branches IN all our schools.
III mechanics the field offered TO bright,
clear-hes4ied boy is illiInitable Invention
walks side by side with MIN, and the richest
results If human ingenuity are his for the ask
ing The inventor is the real beDefacEor OF his
r-ace and an ambitious boy who would make
name and i comfortable maintenance for him
4ssarff sTE f.ff
III should bc the study Of every father 10 fathom
the tastes and inclinations of his sons and see
to X that their cdncation is in that line. Many
good nachimist is spoiled in poor lawyer,
and many aruGimuntary capitalist lies folded
UP in very poor legislator.
WATT, THE ENGINEER
The constructive talent. wherever it mani
tests itself. should be developed and encouraged
Parents ean help their children amazingly by
atforainr them the means for such Development
Watts great discovery IN steam navigation
NAV he traced back 10 the time when his father
almost ia hi- infancy. gave him a SET OF caTpen-
ter's taols with which TO experiment lie was
also encouraged in d awning mathematical lines
and fieua.s upon the hearth. bis mother cvi-
IDENTIFY Eas not woman who was afraid that
the house would BE- Uttered and male untidy
by the plag ui the children.
Every one viii remember the story Of how
Watt 0ccap Ell himself with the kettle and by
means Gf cup and spoon made an early ex-
pertinent iii the condensation of steam. Later
tie boy WAS allowed TO experiment at viii
among the sails and ropes, blocks and tackle
OF his fathers marine stores. He also SET up a
little Forge for his use and repaired and made
various l. in6s OF instruments. From this at the
are or eighteen. he took up his trade as a Elath-
emafiral instrument maker and SO progressed
until ne stood iaFth the marvel OF his age and
the 1Ddei and benefactor OF generations to
II faart-
erai centuries had home aud school combined
10 crush the young experimenter and Inventor
In has cradle.
What should our children read is the qnes-
ti0n wilich often reaches Everything, in
fact bait what they arc reading. would be the
best rRply iA too many cases Cheap iilustra-
ted story papers, dime novels, maEkiEh trash
like Peck : Bad Boy literature: tales of wild
adventure. the daily annals Of the police c0uri
and daTiraved Hociaty-these certainly do not
come under the class of what they should read
And yet. iii tos many families, reading Inat1el
like the above constitutes almost the sole sup
ply Of the youth and children w hat wonder
that we lscar every few days of boy tragedies
OF accidental shooting. qnarreis with knirea
ard dcFTinecrs, Of dis0bedience Of parents and
Of running away from home to plunge into tho
dissipation ard vices OF the lawlesS frontier.
RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME
We have now in mind boy more than nsu
ally bright and winsosae, the child Of piou
parfnts who after a course Of stories Of life il
the West concluded to initiate the hero of one
Of them and run away from home. The nigh
was fixed and al the family were sound asleep
when he arose, tied up his clothes 10 bundl,
aud made his escape from an upper window Il
porch and sliding down the pillars put on
for the lanG Of his hopes The romance of th'
story il destroyed by the statement tina
with less trgable and at far less risk Of arcas
ing fhe hugsaiioid. be could have turned Tia
key ln the bolt and walked out Bat tbi
would not have been rnning away from home
Two other boys Of our acquaintance n,
away from beautiful home aud in6ulgen
parents after reading library Of reckless b0T
der tales. eliminating with a sight Of q tray
cling show and did not stop until they got {
Omaha where, from sheer want, they teIe
Eraphsd. threngh the Authorities. for tbei
father t0 send thela money TO return HON
again.
PROFITABLE BOOKS TO READ.
While aH occasional book Of adventure ma
be proiitaBiE read by the boys aud the girls
tile faulty. there should be systematic etfoi
10 lead tbeIn along % soneting better. Book
that combine both instruction and adyentuu
Ee can oonsrientl0psly recommend. Sue
books are jales NeT1le's unique series includ
ing Around the Norld in Eighty Days
Forty Leagues under the Sea, &c.: also, Ii.
giDs0ns Young Folks Books of America
Explorers" Tor girls, more especially, Mi
AlCDtts stories and the sweet tales of writcl
like Fansy Mrs. Alden are inyalnabl
Marion Hariand's Plain Talks with Girls
should be in the haHds Of every coming woIGai
CURRENT JUVENILE LITERATURE.
OF the magazines and papers that can
pr06tabiy READ in the family circle, by Il
youth and children. we can BneQuiyocaIly re
ommend the following for boys and girls or,
twelve: st. Nicholas. The Golden Argosy, III
Youths Companion. For boys and girls und
twelve: Wide Awake, The Psnsy, Our Lit
Ores, HArper's Young People. While I'll
general distinction lis drawn, we are glad
say that not only the boys and girls but 10,
aud women Of all ages VIII end much 70 a
mirc and enjoy IN all Of these. most of viii
are beautifully illustrated Beware Of cate
penny trash Some kinds Of books and papc
are dear III offered for nothing. They sow {
seeds Of moral poison that eill spring up n
choke the heaithful and beautiful growth
which every father and mother who has pro
erly instructed their children may be jusl
proud.
c0MMoE DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES
NAnEiE5IEsD. MASS. December 1883
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