The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-28
Rev. C. T. Schaetfer Shows How
to Interest Boys.
Has Audience of 600 at First
M. E. Church.
ACTION AND WORKS,
Uses Models to illustrate His
Points.
He Tells Stories That the
Children Remember.

The report which has been widely
circulated about that it is harder to
induce boys to attend religious meet
ings than girls is false. It was proven
so Wednesday afternoon. 1t isn't hard
when you have the proper inducement
to offer. And it must have been Of
fered yesterday for over half of an
audience of 500 which gathered in the
auditorium of the First Methodist
church to listen to Rev. c. T. Schaeffer
was composed of boys; active, healthy
normal boys who would rather be out
doors playing about than cooped up
In a building. It was quite a tribute to
Mr. Schaeffer's powers that he was
enabled to get such body of young
people together and hold them without
a break in their attention from quar-
ter after four until about the same
after 5 o'clock; this, too, after they
had been hard at work in school the
whole afternoon and were just longing
to be out and running about in the
open air.
Mr.. Schaeffer made kite during in
tervals between his talk to the young
people. He had another kite. a great
big affair." about 10 feet high and
about feet broad. This was resting
up against the large pipe organ to the
rear of the pulpit. The kite was COW
cred with different scriptural refer
ences.
After acquainting his audience with
his large kite the speaker got his ma
terials together for his small one and
started in to make it.
kite sticks must be clear grained |
and straight wood" he started in. |
''Then you can part away the shavings
with your knife. The chool teacher is |
the knife; so is your mother. When !
You have whitfield them down, then
than with 70 /
take off the roughness. Do you know
what sand paper it?" No one knew. |
1t was illustrated. A small boy volun-
teered on call to help the illustra-
ton. Quickly he was turned over the
knee of the speaker and tapped sew
eral times with a kite stick. No fur
Their explanation was needed. The |
children hOWled with gIee.
You see this stick" said he. well |
that is will power. You never can ex-
pect to rise in the world unless you |
have a strong will. You have to Gull |
tivate your will in order to make it |
Now this other stick we call intel |
lectual power. You boys and girls can |
never expect to amount to anything |
and rise upward in the world unless |
you have intellectual power. You will |
remain UPON a low level. Then this !
third stick which 1 have here is heart |
power. You may have intellectual |
power and will power but you never i
less you have heart power. Heart |
power to bind others to you. Do YOU |
think that President Roosevelt would |
have been able to be the big success |
that he is unless he had heart power? |
No, sir. not for one minute It is that !
which makes all the people respect |
and admire him. Well, here we are, |
we have all the three sticks necessary. |
Now this kite is finished, isn't it?''
No chorused the children; I
you've got to tie them together
oh, yes, that's So" said Mr.. |
Schaeffer- This string here which /
you see me tie the sticks together with /
is love 1t need not be heavy string, /
just so it is strong. This string is |
made I'D of a whole lot of small |
threads which you could blow away |
with breath. poof. just like that. But |
when they are all united they make a |
strong string thatzis. hard to break. 1t |
Is just so with love. Now I am going /
TO put some paper on this kite. Does
1t make any difference what kind of /
paper 1 put on this kite? DO I have |
to put on green paper2"
No cried the children gleefully, |
amazed alta such verdancy.
mo, it doesn't make a bit of differ |
ence," said the kite maker 81 can use !
green, white or any old kind of paper
Just so It is strong and hasn't any holes |
in it. It's Just the same with bows. 7
They can be either white. black yell |
low, red or even green; it don't make |
a bit of difference what color thew
are just so they want to do right and |
have strong pure hearts,
While Mr.. Schaefer was putting ON |
the paper he instructed the children to !
sing. The girls clearly outelassed the !
boys. The boys were told to sing in !
unison but with the exception of a few
faint voices far w in the front and |
one chap in the rear they were all in |
terested in something elsa The one
chap in the rear had a lusty pair If |
lungs He just shouted out. That drew |
the attention oe all the other fellows !
sitting about him. They watched and
continued to laugh at him until he bo7
no longer the temerity to continue siY7r-
ing Vocal expression is cIassed among
small boys but shortly removed from