Wichita eagle., 1888-09-08
TO ENJOY YOURSELF
IS AS MUCH OF AN ART AS IT
is TO MAKE A FORTUNE.

is TO MAKE A FORTUNE.
Hon to Acquire the Power Of Self Enter
tainment-The Training Which Ante
dates the Three R's-The Child's Five
Senses-Genuine Culture,
Every one thinks that he can enjoy him
self, and does not lack for efforts to realize
his ambition, but it is as much of an art to
have good time as it is to make for
tune. The latter does not come by whistling
for it, and the good time does not follow be-
cause one is on a vacation and in search of
it. The larger number Of persons enter upon
life without any special consideration of its
meaning or its opportunities, or what they
can do with themselves If they can earn a
living they think that they do well, and If
they earn more than living, they are rretty
sure to show that they do not know how
to make wise use of their surplus This is
seen often enough to almost allow the form
ing OF the rule that people usually enjoy life
IN inverse ratio to their opportunities. They
find themselves, for instance able to take a va
cation after perhaps twenty years Of incessant
activity in business or manual labor. The fact
OF month or two to spend, not under the
click OF the telegraph, but in going about at
their own sweet viii, is SO new, so out Of
range with all their antecedents, that they
do not know what to do with themselves
They are like Adam and Eve when cast out
of paradise. They have all the world before
them, in its most inviting aspects, and they
stand before it in the attitude of those who
do not know what to turn to.
THE EARLY EDUCATION
One can have deep sympathy with these
persons, but 1T is easier to save the younger
generation from repeating their mistakes in
life than to rescue them from their perplexity
The difficulty lies deeper than the occasion
that discloses it. 1t lies in the early educa-
ton. The greater part of our people are edu-
Gated in the three Rs, but they are not edu-
Gated through their natural instincts or
tastes. Many break through their bread
winning service, and follow some aside for its
own sake, and it is not necessary to tell such
persons how to employ themselves in their
vacation, be it a day or month. They have
the power Of interesting themselves in their
self activity, and there is perennial fountain
of life in this capacity. 1t is the power of
self improvement. 1t is the ability to make
two blades of grass grow where but one grew
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of self entertainment are the smaller part of
the community, and if the multitude are to
enjoy themselves, how is the result to be
reacheda
It is a process Of unconscious education
that goes back to ones childhood, that be-
gins with the mothers education Of the
child's five senses before the days of the pub
lie school, that marks her trysting time for
f6oo hill t~,p
where he is weak. 1t is in such touching Of
the indefinite in the child on the part Of
judicious parent which is the beginning Of
On education that gives one the command, in
the course of time, of faculties that most per-
sons have never used, because neither in
youth nor in ripened life have they ever
found out that they had them. It is this sort
of training that antedates the school, and,
when the education Of women has advanced
less than thousand leagues beyond its pres
ent reach, and most women are where the
really intelligent women are now, We shall
have an education through the instincts, as
well as through the purely working qualities
of the brain, that gives us the education of
the entire man or woman.
AN UNFAILING METHOD.
This is a glimpse Of what is meant by 20
ing to the bottom OF things and beginning at
the foundation. The capacity to enjoy life
above the animal nature is largely the result
of q careful education of the senses or in
stincts, so that we shall naturally aim for
the best and assimilate it to our life You
cannot transform grownup people into what
they are not, and it would be cruel to pain
many persons by pointing out to them their
deficiencies. That is not required, but it is
one of the sweet amenities Of existence to
assist our fellow men, where it is possible, in
widening the circle Of their facilities for en-
joying life. 1t can be done by suggestion,
by example, by ministrations Of affection,
and where it is done with discretion one is
almost sure to receive the hearty thanks of
those who have been led to feel a new inter
est in the things that are around them
It is said that hun1orist is one of the most
valuable members of the community, though
it is impossible for such person TO be taken
but he communicates SO much good
feeling throughout society, that he does for
the dull and over serious what a thunder
storm in season Of dull weather does for the
atmosphere. He electrifies the air and gives
relief to pent up natures. The persons who
enjoy life through having an aside that gives
them genuine culture, and who have the
capacity OF communicating the suggestion OF
this power to others or of awakeDingi it with
in them, are the benefactors Of society II
they happen to be Landlords, they always
have crowded houses. II they are teachers,
they always awaken their pupils and push
them forward If they are parents, their
children in mature life are sure to rise up
and call them blessed There Is the capacity
in nearly every one to get more out Of life in
q good sense than they are getting, and the
secret Of it is to use ones little spare time !
every day for tie purpose Of advancing on |
the line Of what one likes to do to the things |
that lie outside Of ones immediate industry !
or calling. This is en- unfailing method for |
out to permanent supplies Of enjoy |
Herald
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