The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-23

department 90 Fditor Educational Column
care OF TuE STAn.
Boys and girls, the time of the year
has arrived when you will begin to got
squirmy and restless. AID that dire
epidemic. ''spring fever" viii devastntc
your ranks. 1t is inevitable. We know
as alarming symptoms have already
made their appearance. We have
clipped an article entitled 'Fidgety
People" that we want you to read as IL
will fit your individual cases to "1'. -
Read 1t carefully. Here it is.
F1DGETY PEOPLE.
or all things, boys and girls, learn TO
BE- still: to sit still. 10 stand still. TO
appear at ease; to b. able to sit with
quietly folded hands for an hour. il need
he, and not give every person the i'm
preston that you are struggling with
an attack of st. Vitus' dance. Some
people are constantly moving their feet
or humping their fingers on tables.
chair arms, etc, 10 the time of some
tune, that for the time seems 10 render
them oblivious to their surroundings:
others whisk their pocket handkerchief
swapping it at an imaginary fly, or per-
haps at some unlucky individual who
happens to come within range Of their
! long arms. tremblc when such II one
turns his attention To my magazines or
| papers. He seizcs the very latest,
whirls the leaves over. glances at Il
| picture, then deliberately rolling it up,
peeps through 1t, whistles through It..
hits it on his knee, driving it through
his fingers; repeating this until the
thought occurs to him that he might.
If he kept on trying. FOIL it tighter than
before then he goes through the whole
process again, talking and working
Once, to save adearly beloved magazine,
| drew the attention of one of these
busy people to II large album that lay
near on table, He took the album,
! liipped the leaves over hastily, then
| posing the book on one point. with q
hand on each side. began whirliug that
heavy album over and over, while |
watched every motion with dizzy
apprehension, like one fascinated.
The dread of seeing my cherished al
bum bereft OF its cover. wreck on the
floor finally broke ;hc SPELL and in
| desperation | grabbed mammoth cat
aloguc from some Chicago house, and
mansged to get him to exchange play
things, and hastily put everything for
which had any regard out of reach.
The catalogue answered every purpose,
and as it was stout and used 20 being
handled, | think readily enjoyed it,.
| L did, at any rate. | have noticed
others, when talking keep their fingers,
busily rowing over their chair-arms or
around the seats. seemingly in search
OF loosened tack or bitof fringe that
had break in it, then work away as IL
they had taken contract to see how
soon they could get that piece of furni-
ture fit for the upholsterer-I almost
said undertaken there are times when
one could send for the latter with unbe-
coming cheerfulness).
But to resume: A great many girls
are as bad as boys in this respect. A
piece of jewelry, a chain, PEN
Gil, anything, no matter what, so it is
something to pick at, to flip, to chew,
biting their finger nails, il nothing
else comes in reach of those restless
hands. They constantly remind you of
perpetual motion, and it is wonder
that some keen-sighted, inventive
genius has not made a fortune taking
such one as model from which to
make machine that would 'keep on"
forever. | used to be acquainted with
II young lady, who, besides being very
beautiful, had the delightful charm of
quietness- She often reminded me of
marble statue, as with her white
hands folded in her lap, and her heavily
lashed eyelids brushing her cheek. she
would sit so motionless-it rested one
to even look at her. She was as lively
as any one when liveliness was desirable,
but at other times had the most perfect
control of her hands, and, in fact, her
whole body, of any one ever knew.
So, my dear girls, take notice of your
selves and your acquaintances. Notice
how the fidgety, restless ones compare
with those whose ease Of manner shows
cultivation worthy of imitation.
Practice the art of being still for ten
minutes at time, at least once day,
increasing the dose, as the physicians
say, as you become accustomed to it,
and in time l am quite sure you will
feel that you have learned at least one
desirable accomplishment-the art of
keeping still. A. NJ. MARRIOTT.