Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-06
ONE GENT
4 GAME or rRE sENsEa
Illusionary Spectacles That PuEHle the
vIslon and the Mind.

Innsionary Spectacles That Puzxle the
vIsIon and the Mind.
When you 60 to your room at night.
can you walk directly to the match
box and put your hand on it
When you turn out your light, and
leave your room do you have to tumble
for the door, or can you go 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 garden path as directly rs you
would We're it daylight?
If you wish to es. innate the size of any
thing, do you know enough of feet and
inches TO make fair guess by simply
looking at it?
If you are boy can you calculate by
yards; if girl, by feetg
Can you guess the height of hat by
sight? The size Of anything that is de-
ceptive because it looks larger or smaller
than it really is
Can you calculate the weight of
book, box of matches. bat. ball, q
glass of water, letter by holding it in
your hand?
If you hear street cars where there is
double track can you tell by the sound
which way they are coming?
If you are near a river can you locate
a steamboat by sound?
Can you use your knowledge of music
in analyzing the progressions OF steam
whistle? Can you tell on which tone it
stops?
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kind of a flower is put to your noseg Do
you know the difference between the
odor of leaf from rose bush and one
from maple tree2
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 it2 20 you know the
difference in sound made by four hoofs
and by eight?
Can you match colors without samples
carry colors and shades in your
memory?
BY the touch only can you tell which
material is cotton, which is woolen? Can
you from bunch of different colored
zephyrs pick out black strand, keeping
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 q
glass of soda water9 Does a rose petal
taste like that of a violet? Do hard
water and soft water taste alike?
In short, do you use your senses? Do
you train your observation, and/then
remember what you observed?
The new methods of education are
taking care of eyes and hands used to-
gether, but what classes are there for
your nose, your ears, your touch, your
sense Of weight. Where do you go to
school to learn to see in the dark, to
smell fire, to hear flies sneeze? Do you
not perceive that this education you
must give yourself? You can train
yourself every moment you are awake.
At this moment what do you see, hear,
smell? Are you sure you really see,
hear, and smell what you think you do
Suppose you make game of the senses,
and see how many come nearer the
BOBBY prize than the first one?
If you could bring one of your favorite
Indian heroes out of book-materialize
him, you know-and have him join you
in the donkey game, don't you believe
he would get the tail somewhere near
the right placer He would not be fit
for an Indian hero if he could not walk
straight with his eyes shut
AS like to give my text at the end
instead of the beginning, here it Is:
THAT you are not yourself, but only
fraction Of what your Heavenly Father
meant you to be, unless you have the
full use of the senses which he gave
rol1 RI i oIIisa Stockton.