The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-28
= GAME OF THE SENSES.

When you go TO Your room at night can
you walk directly TO the matchbox ard
put your hand on IL.
When you urn out your light and leave
your room. do you have to tumble for the
door, or eau yea 60 straight across the
room and take hold of the knob?
Can you at night walk among the trees
without running into them, or keep the
gar6e IN path as directly as you would were
it daylight9
Ii you wish TO estimate the size OF any
thing, do you know enough Of feet and
inches to make a fair guess oy simply
looking at it? If you are a boy can you
calculate by yards; if a girl, by feet?
Can you guess the height of a bat by
sight? The sight Of anything hat is de-
eeptive because it looks larger or smaller
than it really is?
Can you calculate HE weight of a book,
a bex Of matches, a bat, a ball, a glass
of water, a letter. by holding it in your
hand?
If you hear street-cars where there is a
double track, can you tell by the sound
which way they are coming?
Ifyou are near a river can you locate a
steamer by sound?
Can you use your knowledge of music
in analy zing the professions of a steam
whistle? Can you tell on which note il
stops?
With your eyes shut can you tell what
kind of a flower is put to your nose? Dc
knox the difference between the odor of a
leaf from a rose-bush and one from a ma.
ple-tree?
Can you tell from the bark of the trees
the points of the compass?
Can you by listening tell what kind OF
vehicle is coming, and how many horses
are attached TO it? Do you know the diff.
ference ia sound made by four hoofs and
by eight?
Can you match coiors without samples,
carry colors and shades in your memory:
BY the touch only can you tell which
material is cotton, which is wooden? Car
you flom a bunch OF different color
zephyrs pick out a black strand, by keep
ing your eyes shut?
Can you by the taste only tell what kind
of meat you are eating? Can you decide
what flavor has been used in a glass Of
soda-water?
Does a rose-petal taste like that of a
violet? Do hard water and soft water taste
alikeo
In short: do you use your senses? Dc
You train your observation, and then re-
member what you observed?
The new methods of education are tax
ing care of eyes and hands used together,
but what classes are there for your nose,
your ears, your touch, your sense Of weight?
Where do you 60 to learn to see in the
dark, to smell fire, TO heal flies sneeze?
Do you not perceive that this education
you must give yourself? You can train
your senses evey moment You are awake.
At this moment what do you see, hear,
smell? Are you sure your really see, hear
and smell what you think you do? Sup
pose you make a game of The senses, y
and see how many come nearer the Booby's
prize than the first one?
If you could bring one of your favorite
Indian heroes ont of a book-materialize
him, you know-and have him join you in
a Donkey game, don't you believe he
would get the tail somewhere near the
right place? He would not be fit for an
Indian hero if he could not walk straight
with his eyes shnt.
And so l like to give my text at the
end instead of at the beginning, here ii
isl
That you are not yourself but only a
fraction of hat you Heavenly Father
meant you to be, unless you nave the full
use of the senses which he gave you =
Louise Stockton.