The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-28
CONTINUED from yesterday
DEVELOPMENT OF FINER
FORCES.


FORCES.
| Temperament plays a great role dur
! ing this period and must be taken
/ into consideration; climate and en-
vironment also have their bearing. Let
Us consider those who like to be alone
at times and seem more quiet and
| interpretive than is compatible ,.-ith
their years. This type should be care
fully observed, to decide whether this Is
Itemperamental, or the result of certain
practices; but at all events. if this
/ tendency is abnormally INDUCED in,
every inducement should be offered to
draw such a one into jolly fellowship
with companions of his own age, for a
healthy young person should be merry
and glad.
There are times, however, when it is
nearly sacrilegious on the part of the
adult to disturb the youth or child
when Eliminating in the depths of his
being. He is likely to become irrita BILE
| and disobliging if he finds his rights
thus rudeIy ignored. We expect them
to keep their distance while we are en-
gagged in conversation, in reading or in
a lot of other things that are not nearly
so important as this getting acquaint-
| ed with self" but we are not sensible
or just enough to extend to them the
same courtesy. If we spent less time in
externalisms ourselves, it might not be
so difficult to appreciate these moods of
Iintrospection or desire for alone-ness on
the part of others. One word of warn
ing should be added-let no one mis-
take these states of consciousness for
Incidence or laziness, for they are by
far more important to the real unfold
ment of the individual than any book
learning or mechanical applica ton
might be; ones soul life requires these
hours of repose and forgetfulness of
personality. The purposeless one who
is idle for want of internal resources
Is very different to the one who is alb
sorbed in commun;ng with his higher
self. If young people were rightly di-
rected in this direction, there would be
decidedly more independence of
thought. and far less examining and
digging necessary. Time and again the
observation can be made of child. an
parently lost to itself and the world
about it, come forth with the most
perplexfng questions. showing the
keenest and deepest thought on matters
that usually are too difficult to meet
with much favor on the part of the
grown-ups of the conventional world;
indeed, it takes a well-stocked brain
and a warm heart to meet their con-
slant demands for explanations. and
should be a great incentive to parents
to keep abreast of the times. These
states of abstraction can be utilized as
direct means for the embodiment of
finer forces.
DOUBLE STANDARD-ITS ABOLI-
TON!
The same physician who made the
other suggestion most wisely empha-
sized the abolition of the double stand
ard, which echoes the sentiments of a
host of advanced thinkers. How can
we expect any serious effort towards
general social Improvement to be made
SO long as the misconceptions of ma
lures laws are SO prevalent and so
generally upheld? Nothing but broad
on the subject will eff
feet change.
AS long as absolute purity is the
standard for our girls, which is the
only standard of course, why should
the young man be permitted to sow
his proverbial ''wi1d oats" and be quite
acceptable to even the finer self-re-
speeding young woman? It should be
to the strong SEX to
have to admit of this weakness, for
their much boosted of strength should
Certainly embrace more than mere
physical prowess. and il these superior
physical forces could not be made sub
servient to the higher demands of man
hood We would indeed be in a sorry
plight. When a man has really achiev-
ed self-mastery, he deserves unstinted
praise. for he has braved an army of