San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-11

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 it 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 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
before. But those who have the natural gift
of self entertainment are the smaller part of
the community, and If the multitude are to
enjoy themselves, how is the result TO be
reached!
1t 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
the child 30 ascertain where he is strong and
where be is weak. 1t is in such touching of
the indefinite in the child on the part of
Judicious parent which is the beginning of
an 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. 1t 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 60
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 a careful education of the senses or in
Stincts, so that we shall naturally aim for
the best and a-similate it to our life. You
cannot transform grown up 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 ministrstions 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 humorist is one of the most
valuable members Of the community, though
it is impossible for such person to be taken
seriously; but he communicates 50 much good
feeling throughout. society, that be does for