The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
Sharpers Gain by Trickery.

II The workingmnn. moreover, finds in cdu-j
cation an advantage for his children. Hell
able to guide them with finer wisdom and
to inspire them to a larger outlook upon life.l
I Children respect parent the more other
things being equal, as he Is the more edu-s
Gated. Education lifts the family into e
higher social place. Wider opportunities,
richer advantages, belong to the family Of
the educated than Of the unedu ed gs
The last advantage which is derived from
education for the benefit OF the workingmanl
relates to the better service which he is thus
able to give to the community. For every
man wishes to serve the community of which
heRis part. He himself is @ debtor The.
past has struggled and has labored to confer
upon him certain advantages. lie Is the $in-i
heritor OF all that which has been saved out
OF the wreckage of former centuries. In
turn he himself wishes to become aScreditor.s
What is now the future, becoming the past,
should find itself In debt to him. Therefore,
as his knowledge is more, his power OF
thinking larger, his discrimination keener,
the greater is the value OF the offering which
he Is able to make to the community.
The advantages. therefore, which educa-$
ton confers upon the man who works with
his hands are SO numerous, 60 diverse, and
SO rich that he himself should seek to give
himself an education II he is not able to-
make use of the public schoos-as he proba-
bly, is not able--he should rend the best books
upon the most important subjects. He should
read the best papers which convey to him
large Interpretations of large life. and which
are not concerned primarily with the ephem-
3eral doings OF an hour. He should. above all
else, seek to interpret every event the light
of general principles. He should, even If he
\ be unable to be a scholar, be at least what's
far better than being scholar-a thinker.
ss8fs ktt II i 5lK
WEAKNESS of Body Hinders,
Il "A serious difficulty In the way of the man
who works with his hands giving himselfan
education lies in the exhaustion in which he
finds himself at the>close of his days work.
So weary ha S he become that he seems to
have no strength left forintellectual or other.
effort. Wca riness Of the body is not wearl-
ness of the mind, but WEAKNESS of the body
may prevent the mind from doing Its best
orsndeed any work
This objection, however is of less force
than It Would have been few years ago.
Tho shortening OF the hours Of manual
labor gives not only time but also strength
for pursuits other than manual. The cues
ton might be asked. What Is the working
man doing with the four hours oftfree time
which his grandfather would have used upi In
manual toil?s What Is he doing With the
two hours of free time which his father
would have used up also In manual toll? Is
he spending this free time in the best way?
Is he making the largest and noblest use OF
~? is the, family happier because OF It? Is
the husband more helpfultoh his Wife, or the
father to his children, by reason of Its 0 ppor-
.tunites? At all events. 1t would be difficult
TO find a better use for this free time than In
hereadlng of the best books about tho most
5importa mt subjects, i$ @
The difficulty, therefore, Of the man work
Ing with his hands giving himself a better
education Is not slight. But every working
man should be encouraged In this endeaYor,
secure Is great, Every item Of ledge
and OF power added to his education Is OF