The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
LOOKING AND SEEING.
THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE BE-
TWEEN THESE TWO ACTS.

IL Il Important 90 Cultivate the Pow
er of Observation Even In Ordinary
Things "A Faculty Possessed by
All, but Developed by Few.
II Is the hope and desire of all par.
Snts that their children shall make
Jome sort Of mark In the world when
they grow up, They do not In the ma.
jorlty OF eases expect that their of
spring will become famous and make
names that win live for ages, but they
cherish the thought that they will be
successful men and women in some
profession or business. That is the
keynote, that success shall be their
portion
Yet IL is n fact that most parents
neglect or pay very little attention to
one part OF the child's education which
Is OF the highest importance They do
not train the perceptlve faculties.
Power OF observation viii help you
more than anything else In your strug-
gle for existence, and yet there are
comparatively few people who are
keen observers. one small fact will
prove this latter statement. The man
who observes everything, he who sees
everything he looks at, Is singled out
either as an inquisltive person or a
clever one, and this shows that he ls
an exception.
IL Is easy TO give Instances OF this
lack OF perception even In the ordinary
things OF life. Some years ago an art.
list engaged I'm London firm OF print
ers had TO draw an advertisement in
which the central figure was n cock I'm
the act OF growing Nothing seemed
easier, but when he set to work the
artist found himself confronted by A
the cock show It's
tongue prominently when IL crows?
Every one OF the hundred men employ
ed by the firm had seen a cock crow
scores OF times, yet not one Of them
could answer the question. The artist
had TO go TO a friend who kept fowls !
ma chase the poor rooster round and
'ound the yard until IL crowed.
schoolmaster, wishing to test the
perception Of his boys. asked them how
many times they had seen a COW or
lctures OF that animal and found. as
.e had expected, that all the BOYS had q
cen the creature more times than they
ould remember. Then he offered 10 G
'lNe small prizes To the boys who could I
DIRECTLY answer this question. Are a
ow's ears above, below, In front OF or y
'ehind It's horns" Only two bows p
'alned prizes. aud theirs was guess.
work
Now SIT down and test yourself In
ome such simple manner. You have 1
VI seen a horse down" Can YOU de-
erlbe how 1t rlsesy Does 1t get up on
Is fore feet FIRST and then on it's hind I
eet or does II kneel FIRST. thai get on
Is hind feet and finally on its fore
eet?
however you need not contine your. &
eli 10 the animal kingdom in testing /
our perceptive faculties. Many sub.
ects VIII suggest themselves to you on
ehection.
As an excuse Tor this want OF obSer- T
.atlon II Is often urged that "a man d
ant know everything" but the excuse p
bad one. There is a great differ. n
nee between knowing little or nothing Z.
nd knowing everything. When tbe VI
aenlIy has been trained, IL requires mo- pY
loFe euort 10 note the points of the q,
nJect looked az than 1t does 10 glance OF
that same object and come away of
one the wiser gr
Ihe chances OF success in life are on IN
le side OF the man who knows Ger.
ilh things because be has learned
'ou' Them by using bis senses instead
having 10 90 10 a book for an that m,
wishes 10 know Books are indis. ma
nsaole' as there are SO many things /
''eh cannot come within the range M {
Z observation; but wherever possl. Sh
p We should use our senses 10 ac.
ne knowledee at FIRST hand =
h's VIII explain why men who can. dis
mad or write have built up suh. IN
utiAl businesses They have made ON