The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
LOOKING AND SEEING.

LOOKING AND SEEING.
| THERE Is 4 VAST DIFFERENCE ee.
TWEEN THESE TWO ACTS.
u Il Important ia rnltisate the Pow.
er Of Observasioa Ewes 10 Ordinary
Things "A Faculty P~ossessea ny
All. bus Developed by Few.
It is the hope and desire Of oil par.
enta that their. children shall make
some sort OF n mark In the world when
they grow up. They do not lp the ma.
jority Of cnses expect that their or
spring will Income famous and make
names that will live for ages. but they
cherish the thought shat they will be
Vuccessful men ind women In some
profession Or business. Tint Is the
keynote. that success shall be. their
portion.
Yet 1t is' n fact that most parents
neglect or pay. very little attention to
one part Of tile clllll's education which
is Of the highest Importance. They do
not train the Ucirrptive faculties.
Power Of observation will help you
.u,ore than anything else In your strug-
de for existence. and yet there are
comparatively few people who are
keen observers. One small fact will
prove this latter statement. The !,
who observes everything. he who sees
everything he looks ut. IL singled ont
either rs IN iniluisittve IH'rxln or >,
clever one. cod this shows tina, liz IL
m exception.
II IN cnsys to give instances Of this
lack Of perception even in the ordinary
things Of life. 4S6fie years agO mn. ART.
ist engaged in II London firm Of print.
FRS had to draw an advertNelna.na in
which the central figure was d cock 10
the act Of Growing. Nothing seemed
easier. but when lie set to work the
artist found hlnself confronted by 4
dllculiy-d0es the rock show its
tongue prominently when II crows3
Every one Of the hundred linen employ.
ed by the firm had seen a cock crow
Ac0r"a of times. vet not one Of them
could answer the question. Tie artist
had TO 20 to q friend who Kept fowls
and chase the poor rooster round and
round the yard until ittSrowed.
\ scloolmaster. wishing to test the
perception Of his boys. asked them how
many times they had s.t.n Il COW or
pictures Of that animal and found. AZ
lAs had expected. that all the tsoyx Lnd
seen the creature more times than they
could remember. Then hr offered to
give small prtxex to tht. imys who could
correctly answer this question. "Arp a
cows ears above. below. In front Of or
behind It's hornsy' Only rYo boys
gained prizes. and theirs was guess
work.
Now sit down and test Yourself In
some. such simple manner You have
all seen q horse down" Can yo,. &c
scribe how 1t rises: Itops IT get ~, 0n
its fore feet first aud tlh.l, on it's hind
feet or does its,knes,i first; then gr, ON
feety i.
However. !you nctr, not %contine your
self to the animal Kingdom In testing
your rmrcrptive faculties Many sui,
1tsts will ~,isg;,es themselves 10 you az
reflection.
AZ nm excuse for this want OF ol.ser-
walton It In often urged that "a man
can't know everything" hut the excuse
Ia u had one. There liz a great differ
enc between showing little or nothing
and knowing everything When ths.
faculty has been trained. 1t requires no
more effort to note the points II the
looked, mt THAN It does to glance
at that same pflfst and come away
none thu wlss,r
The chances III success In life are. on
the side of the nan who knows Ger.
tain things because he has learned
about them by using his senses lnstead
Of having. to 20 to Il book for all thnt
he wishes to know Books are indiss
ppnsnhlc: az there are 70 mnny'a things.
which cannot come within the range Of
our observations: but. wherever posi-
bile. We should use our senseS to ac
quirp knowledge mt tirst hand.
This will explain why men who can.
not .read or write have built up sub
pta ntial businesses. They have made
use Of the power p%ossesseti by NIL. lint
cultivated by very few.
The ~perceptive faculty must he train.
I'd during childhood and youth. After
The completion Of sh~*twpntietb year
very little prugrvAs can t~ made. A
grown man IL unnt,le 20 develop bis
powers Of observation to any satisfac-
rory degree. Youth IL sfuii Of energy,
md that In the time 10 inculcate the
that We should see all that ourI
syes rvHt upon.
II should be- the object OF every par
10 teach bis Child I q notf every OBJ
(ect that conlfs In his Hay When out
Eor Z wink in . paris. the child should
be .talA to Observe the shapes Of the
eavps on the different trseps. the paiing
II the iolor af animals toward the un-
Ter part Of IAp body and 10 on and
he told thai when asked . quet
ion on The xuLjtxt he masi " prapaf
ID to say that IL In 70. not that he
kinks II u.
All chtldrpA have tnquiring minds.
md after a walk or two. coupled With 1.
instruction N we have mention.
d. you viii ind ihe child ,Inaking great
lrorrpxS and uCxaUirfNa uNallty that