Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-31
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fine" How commonly this IL said ana
how frequently attempted. is only known
10 the hundreds OF women who p.srplc Ned
between many advantage SIP At a
dozen sources aud drink nj none. Per
maps III our friends Sabbatical Jubilee
year could come. ". might assert tns ter
ribic heterogeneous information "" have
picked up and put ourselves on track
OF thought or investigation which we
would pursue to an cni
IL is even matter oft'enxiety for the
chlturtn. Tn" mother. eager that her
child snail at least keep pace with its zen
lows. signs and feels that she really
cannot crowd another lesson into the.
day. one languag" oN"rlans another
varying idiums confuse-'ulnEics fight
and struggle with gymnastios-art with
dancins-h history and botany are at va
frances.
Too much Is attempted: too much pro-
posed: 200 much demanded. fh. iif.. of a
modern child OF wealthy parents is al
ready struggle tn grasp IN" whole Of
this enormous possibility which her gen.
Grafton has provided. Even their task )
become source 81 excitement. and the
placidtty without which our lives ar.
robbed Of the power either to enjoy or
10 Judge wisely is taken from them,
The writer is perhaps exceptional in the
belief that human power of enjoyment Is
best developed by slow assiiGilation Of
what Is truly in affinity with the mind
that seeks and Graves refreshment. y
few pictures well understood and loved
rather than a gallery: a careful culling OF
current books, great music and musI-
clans, sufficiently divided hy time for one
10 understand and comprehend both art
and artist, limited circle OF real friends
rather than Intercourse with all the So
called society Of your town. social lie for
truly social purposes. rather than two o.
three engagements every day Ia meet in
different crowds out of which you elbow
your way with such rcrrlnan. OF dignity
as you can command.
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Every now and then We hear o: new
divisions of the world OF society in our
great cities: great ladies can no longer.
even with the aid of secretaries. manage
to keep in touch with q visiting list or
eighteen hundred or two thousand people.
Would that with steadfast yet not I'M
gracious determination, t.ie young ma
irons just adjusting themselves could
change the shibboleth of our day. II the
ambition of these newly founded homes
was no longer t. conserve all the good
things of their lives. but with diSCrimi
mating care take from this measureles
overa bundance only what was worthy OF
acceptance il would be one step toward
true enjoyment and noble acquisition.
II with delicate assertion OF individual
taste choice was made OF that which Z"
them WAS the better part for themselves
and for their children. society would gain
in large variety. and social duties would
not degenerate into a scramble for re-
cognition and a vain exhibition of i'm
perfect accomplishment. This lowering
imitation of the extremely rich would be
checked. and ii would cease to be mer-
IL to be everywhere seen and heard.
Let us make up our minds that ear
not everything. do everything. read
everything. have everything, and. al
though we may not hope for even one
Sabattical year in every seven we could,
by this decision. come very near finding
that we crea ted for ourselves the blessed
privileges of that sacred climax of tn.
seven times seven which gave freedom
even to the slaves.
We could rejoice over the multiplicity
Of attractive things after We had once
made up our minds to let the gay process
sion pass us by as the provision furnished
for the world at large. and only tax"
such chare of its bountes as did us good
and really mnistcred to our comfort ana
advancement.
To be at leisure to create ourselves" in
our modern Rome; to he ut such 4 point
of calm uiScrimina ton as to at Temp only
what can do We'll. and to gain liberty
for personal development. would he to
create a .Dernetual Jubilee within our Dor
ders.-New York Evening Post.