The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-09-07

never again to DelleVc nnCorr0IDraIeu
circunistantial .evidence."-New York
Sun. @ I'LL
ENCOURAGING AMesOExTERITY.
The Obi jections to the Practice Elicit q
Reply.
The Tribune recently referred to 4
discussion by the Journal Of Insanity,
Of the question whether or not chill
dren should be encouraged to use both
/ hands with equal skill. The attitude
adopted by that periodical was hostile
| to the practice. But its objections LITe
not been permitted to 60 without
| protest. American Medicine" says:
| Opposition to ambidexterity is based
on the theory that, while coarse move
| ments may be performed nearly as
| well by one-half Of the body as by
the other, accurate and expert move
| ments require a higher organization Of
one half of the brain than the other.
! Hence the more expert hand should be
| consciously still more and more spcci-
allied; making the ordinarily Cuies-
cent half of the brain assume control
! tends, it is said, to impairment OF men
tai processes as well as inferiority Of
| physiologic speed and Gexterity.
| "All of which we deny, both fact and
| theory being untrue. The writer. in
the Journal of Insanity, has doubtless
been mislcd by observation Of the
| function of speech, which is single
and in execution requires the control
Of q single centre. We have but one
voice, but we have two hands which in
many cases at different instants may
be put In action with the same dex-
terity. Many surgeons can operate
| equally well with either hand; many
artists paint with either hand. ard W.
have seen men who could write as we'll
with one band as with the other. The
critic of ambidexterity may reply that
this is impossible with synchronous
movements. forgetting that In the mu-
sician, and especially in the pianist
and organist, there is the most mar
vellous expertness of both hands, exc
cutting most complicated and entirely
| different functions and at the sane in
slant. The arguments against ambi-
| Lc1terity appear not only inconclusive,
| but are sQuarely contradicted by facts.
Surely, also. they are against n desir-
able freedom Of the mind. Without
the musicians ambidexterity life
would be deprived Of much charm. We
should encourage divided attention
and that large power Of the mind over
| the body shown in the synchronous
| control of multiform activities"
A Tramp's Smart Trick.
II don't pretend to account for the
iniquities of this world. hnt do know
| that there are a great many shrewd
men who are poor" said merchant
who was taking lunch with some ac-
| quaintances. Here's little incident
that will give you some idea Of what
I mean. I'm something Of crank in
the matter of shoes, and always have
from six to a dozen pairs that are
partly well worn. but still available for
service. One morning last week ho-
DO called at the back door Of my
residence and succeeded in getting my
wife there to hear his story. But the
! fact that his feet were on the ground
pleaded more eloquently than any
words of his. and my big collection Of
shoes was brought out for him to
choose from. He took couple, re-
turned profuse thanks and left.
Toward evening my wife was out
and I was at home. Along came a
hobo with hair through his hat and
feet through his shoes. He humDly
asked me if could help him in the
matter of footwear, and was in the
midst Of refusal when he said my
wife had told him in the morning that
l had pair of shoes that We're not
mates, and that L would probably be
willing that he should have them.
More with the idea of convincing the
fellow that he was lying than any
thing else, brought out the shoes.
Sure enough, there were two of them
fcr the left foot without any CORE
anonding shoe for. the right foot. /
didn't see how he could utilize them,
but he said they would serve his pur-
pose, and he departed with them. Ny
wife met him half way along the block
and he quickened his pace. .~
I'm the morning that fellow had
been quick enough to pick out the two
shoes for the right foot, and then wait
cd around till he could work me for
the other two. I suppose one pair
went to some pal. There's not man
in ten thousand would have thought
Of turning the trick he did."-Wash-
ington Star. ...-y ..ss
The death of an ostrich in the New
York Zoo of consumption dispsses Of
The theory that an ostrich can con
| with fafu