Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-23

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Total. :. ltl52 'os
From which IL would seem that there
is ground for the proverbiul timidity
Of the feminine sex, though not 50
much as is ordinarily supposed.
The number OF fears that haunt chill
dren varies with age. t'Thus 90 boys
below years return 176 fears each,
while "a girls of the same age average
4.S9 fears each. All these boys rec
ord 294, and all these girls i.G2 fears
each. The fears Of The boys increase
from to 10. and then decline. while
those Of the girls increase more steadi-
ly from to IS.
Taking the sexes together. the fol-
lowing classes of fears show decline
with advancing years: Meteors. clouds,
blood. end of world, being kidnapped.
fairies, loss of orientatlon. shyness of
strangers; while the following in
crease; Thunder and lightning, rep
tiles. robbers, circumstances, ma
chinery.
Increase during pubcscent years
with subsequent decline, appears in
wind, darkness. water. domestic ami
mails. insects, ghosts. death and di-
sease. while many special
fears decline and others increase with
age, many infantile fears remain
through life. and scores of orr re-
porters say that there has been no
change in their fears."l
RATIoNALIzING OUR FEARS.
Arlstotle's conception of education
was that of learning to fear what one
ought TO fear; and, of course, ceaslng
to fear what one ought not to fear.
This might certainly be taken as an
admirable description of true courage.
And 1t may he said that the race is
steadily readjustlng It's fears accord
ing to the new light thrown upon them
by the advancement of science: but It
Is n slow process, for fear is ingralned
in us: It Is the lingering Inheritance
Of all past ages. Instincts which Il
took thousands of years to engraft. Will
not out of our natures merely because
the intellect Is convinced that they are
baseless.
Take, for instance, the repugnance
felt toward harmless worm or cater
pillar. crawling over the person. or the
frantic fears caused by the presence
Of a poor little mouse-and we have
instances of the persistence of fear in
stinct. in spite of the reinsurance Of
knowledge.
The same fact is illustrated by what
we eat or refuse to eat The scientist
may assure us that the grass horner
Is rs delicate and delicious a morsel
30 the shrimp. hut as yet he is prac-
tically believed only by tn Ute Indian
(who has known II for a@es).
However, II this same shrimp, with
the oyster, the crab. the lobster and
other fOrmldable-loolSing edibles could
conouer our instincts, knowledge may
vet bridge our repugnance to the grass
hopper the frog, and scores of other
dclcctable animal and vegetable prod
ucts that now go to waste.
NOMENCLATURE
The question of giving scientific
names to fears confronted the com
mlttre maxine ,hese invest eations'
The creek Word nhoh,e stands tor tmar,
ana the process WoulI ne one OF auIlne
me appropriate pfeilX' thus hVdrn-
phohih' or teer OF water astfophopla'
or rear OF me heavenly poales' clhustt "a
nhobln' or rear OF suttocat'on: pyropho-
MA, OF iear Oh nre, unri,nhopla' or iear
OF ,ur' nnu oaohtopnnp,a, or ieHr .l
teeth. hut II seemed hardly worth
WINE To ndu Inese words 70 me IAN,
UuhEe, especially IN view o, me nc.
t,hat we We're enahled 70 c,nssifY ~
ulstlhct Nhrletles, some ni Whlch Wou,d
taT our ingenuity ior creek eduiVa-
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lNNoN'i, r'N hhiN9'
II IS remarkaole taet that most
men rear what u quite harmless, such
as s,lall anlinals, insects, ghosts, the
hummer - ETC. ana are strangely AT
ehse IN the preSeh,e OF great dancer
An instance or the latter Is the matter
OF tact way IN when people treat con-
SUMPTION; one OF me most deadly con-
taglous diseases KNOWN to medicine.
People VINO advertise their climate to
attract consumptVes INTO their midst
ought, In order to be quite consistent
10 nave no Tears OF diphtheria, small
pox, or yellow Fever.
TURNED ROUND.
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