The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-06


dustrious-
The question presents itself 20 the
intelligent parent whether II Is wisest
10 hoard and save for children. so that
they may be provided against the dire
hour Of poverty, or TO spend money
wisely and give them the best fortune
which man or woman can inherit--n
thorough edncation--and surround
them by those gentle Influences Of
literature and culture. which. more
than spoken precepts, mold the char
ncter.
We have examples enough about ms
OF the child who is brought up In the
parsimonious home and inhcrits moth
ing save money. which his parents
have made every sacrifice to secure to
him. Human nature loves 70 be con-
trnry. The child who has suffered in
youth from such close parsimony will.
in nine cases ont OF ten. turn out
20 be spendthrift. Thriftiness
does not always beget thrift.
Certain IL is that money alone il the
poorest inheritance. There must be n
strong stability OF character, moral
integrity and sense OF responsibility.
or IL wiz soon be scattered 70 the wind
and leave the heir the poorer for the
memory. 1t Is not money. but the
power TO use II wisely when IL is re-
ceived, that is the surest protection
against the poverty which thrifty
American parents so dread for their
children.
Whatever goes to the making up OF
a strong. sensible character ought to
be part of the ch;sd's education. High
morals and cultured tastes are better
guards against an aimless and idle
life, which Is usually the beginning Of
an evil career. The more intelligent
the boy or the girl, the better their
education, the greater are the safe
guards thrown about them. Every
new science or art in which
the child Is undergoing, educa-
ton presents n new array Of
nterests-myriads OF subjects To
crowd the mind and keep away evil. 1t
seems as though this were self-evi-
dent, IL IL were not continually dis
puted whether education itself Is a
moral help. No one imagines for a
moment that an educated person Is,
by reason OF his education, lifted
above temptation. Examples are too
frequent TO prove that he falls in spite
Of IL, but no one can tell how much
lower he might have fallen II he had
been left without the solace and pro-
lection of the higher impulses and
nobler thoughts which education must
bring to him.
The records Of criminals show that
large percentage fall through idleness
and ignorance. Many Of them come
from parsimonious homes, whore par
ents have sacrificed everything TO
hoard money. and have forgotten
that ''the life is more than the
meat, the body than the rniment." In
an evil hour. when the father aud
mother are taken away, the boy IL
thrust upon the world without educas
ton or experience In the care Of the
money he inherits. Possibly he has
never been trusted with enough spend
ing money to know It's value. and he
comes the easy prey Of every charlatan
and swindler
How different in the case Of the edu-
Gated boy, who has learned experience.
IL he is capable Of learning IL, from
MS DOOhs hnd Stuuieh dS Wtii Us from
his contact with the world, whose par
ents have surrounded him in boyhood
with the refining influence that comes
from books and music and art II Is not
necessary To be a rich man to possess all
the refining influences of art Plaster
casts of the great masterpieces OF an
tiapitv. mnch better than much OF the
snowy marble sculpture that adorns
some rich mems dwellings. are within
the reach OF anyone with moderate
purse. Photographs Of masterpieces
and fine engravings can be obtained at
moderate price. All these help to
educate the mind. TO bring lofty
thoughts and establish high ideas.
Is IL not the course OF wisdom TO
spend money generously for Influences
that thus mold the character, even
though the money inheritance OF the
child be but meager one? The mem
DRY of a noble. rehned Christian home
Is better legacy than the money-bags
OF miser IN. Y. Tribune.