The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-24

ihc 'hhlNlIunl Choice -PurrntH Can 10
'"'S G"id' Money Getting Eot
the thicr Aim

| upon 10 cOhSldrr IS tho choice OF Il
career To the youth whose talent
or genius is SO marked thai ho can
hardly make a mistake in choosing,
the question presents 10 difficulties,
but unfortunately most Of US, in tho
formative period of life, show no
strong indication Of what wo can
best do. Still, even those who have
no special bent, as rule, possess
certain traits and tendencies which.
If carefully fostercd, will assist il,
finding their right places in the
world.
Parents should be very cautioas
IN dIscouraging or supprcssing any
indication which points to tho real
bent of Il child. Every year the
prospects Of thousands of Young
people arc ruined through tho ;~uor-
nnco or injndicious supervision uf
fathers and mothers who lovn them
better than their own lives. The
father Of Joshua Reynolds oucn ln,
buked his son for drawing. pictures
by writing on one Of them, "Doue
by Joshua out Of pure idicncSs" If
young Reynolds had listened - his
father, ho would mover have hyrotan
ono of tho greatest artists in tie
world, and ono Of the founders of
tho RovHl Academy. Turner'S rur-
cnts planned for the boy w&o u,.
came one Of tho most famous latrl.
scapo painters Of modern t;l.os t,
be barber. 1t was decided by tho
father and mother Of Gulii:.; thit
their son should become Il rhy.i-
clan; but, when compelled TO study
anatomy aud physiology, ho wonll
hide his geometry and Archimo,ca
close at hand, and, when unohHerv
ed, would stealthily work out alb,
struse problems. This youth, whose
parents would have ruined his ca
reer through ignorance, invented
the microscope and the telescope,
and became one of the most noted
scientists of his time.
Let us be careful, then, how We
rebuke boy for spending his time
in making sled or Il cart, or in do.
ing the things, provided they be not
harmful, in which his soul delights.
This childish work may bo tho
cropping ont Of great enigoer or
mechanical genius, or the promise
Of future excellence in whatever ho
inclines to. We should think So
riously before wo chido the boy on
the farm who hides his books in the
hay NOV and roads at every op-
portunity. This may be tho indi-
cation Of an eminent lawyer, physi-
clan, statesman or scientist.
AS rule, what ono likes best to
do, is apt to ho bis forte. Shakes
pearo was right when he said:
No profit flows where is no pleasure
ta'eu;
In BRIEF sir, study what you most
affect.
No man can be ideally successful
or Of great value to The world until
he finds his place. Like locomo-
tive, ho is strong on tho track, but
weak in any other place. "Like
boat On u river" says Emerson,
"overy boy runs against distractions
on ovcry sido by one. On that sido
all obstructions arc taken away, and
he sweeps serenely owe. a dcoroning
channel into an infinite sea-"
Tho trouble is, too many parents
are moro anxious to have boy
make money than to find what Ma
turo intended him for. But when
Nature makes a man, sho does not
care whether he can mako money or
not. Tho question OF how much
money ho can make, never enters
into her considerations. Sho does
not caro- SO much for money. making
as for the development Of Il speci-
men Of manhood. It is q man, full
orbed, many sided, symmetrical, she
is after. She has riiled the ages for
the perfection Of man. When she
fashions an artist, she is aftor
man who can interpret the truths of
creation, the apirit of tho universe;
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