Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30

| All thinking may be divided into two dis
! tinct classes, the harmonious and the dis
cordant. All thinking is followed by bodily
action of some kind, always of the same
| character the thinking which caused it.
| BY the action of mind all other actions of
| man controlled. The exclusion from his
| mind Of all discordant thoughts would pre-
vent the occurrence of discordant bodily
| actions or conditions. To allow discordant
| thinking would result in discordant bodily
action. This is disease. The exclusion of
| discordant thinking and the cultivation of
| harmonious thinking would result in har-
| monious bodily action. This Is health. To
! allow discordant and immoral thinking
| would result in discordant and immoral ac-
tions. This is the creation of bad charac-
ter and conduct. Exclusion of discordant
and immoral thinking would prevent the
| occurrence of dscordant and immoral ac-
lions, and cultivation of harmonious and
moral thinking would result in harmonious
| and moral action. This is the creation of
| correct moral character and conduct. Man
| may control the action of his mind and his
| mind controls all his other actions; there
| fore, by this control of his mind he may
have complete mastery of himself. Conse-
| quenty man may make of himself what
| soever he chooses, morally, mentally and
| physically. therefore, if he chooses. he may
so control himself as to become absolutely
| perfect
COUNsELs AND IDEALS; From the
| Writings of William Osler. Boston:
| Houghton, Miffin & Co. Washington:
| w Woodward q Lothrop.
lnstinctively the average man of today,
who has read his newspapers at all closely
during the past year, will remark, upon
encountertng this book, II wonder If 1t
contains the 'chloroform' speech" To sat
isfy the inquirer 1t may be stated at the
outset that this book does contain an eX
tract from what has been popularity called
the "chloroform" speech, but 1t will be i'm
possible for the most dilgcnt searcher to
find any reference to lethal treatment of
the elders. AS a matter of fact DIR. Osler
has been seriously misunderstood in this
matter. He perhaps did not realize when
he addressed the American and Canadian
medical students in farewell last winter
that his playful quotation from a book re-
garding the possible humanity Of putting
the veterans out of the way would be
taken seriously. In this volume now in
hand the editor, who signs his brief pref
ace c. N. B. Camac, has assembled into
one chapter certain excerpts styled Mans
Years of Usefulness and How He May
| Prolong Them" Therein will be found
! quotations from the farewell address, with
this sentence: The teachers life should
| have three periods-study until twenty
| five investigation until forty. profession
until sixty. at which age 1 would have him
| from chlorofoTming, that
In these pages are printed examples
of the high thinking and plain speaking
in the circles where his eminent ability has
! been recognized. He discusses chiefly
| matters pertaining to the science of medi-
cine and the profession of teaching. His
| philosophy is helpful and inspiring, his
| view of life sane and optimistic his respect
for his profession almost reverential in its
| depth.
NATURE STUDIES THROUGH SHINE
AND SHADE. By Almont Barnes
LIB, author of "Elysian Fields"
| Washington: Hamilton Adams.
Mr.. Barnes first volume of Songs of
Seventy" which appeared a few months
ago. greatly pleased a wide circle of his ad-
mirers and many others who were thus
made acquainted with his poetic gift He
| now offers a second series of songs at
tractively printed and bound, a delight to
the eye and fully equal in its contents to
| the exterior promise. In these Mature
Studies he sings of the spirit of the out
door life, the sun, the tempest, the rain
bow; the charms of June and the wind.
The three-part poem, One Summer Day.
IS IN tune with the atmosphere of the
son. Its triplets dance with the notes of
the sunshine and with the drops of the rain
and with the sparkle of the after-glow that
paints the bow of promise in the skies. In
reaches high plane of fervent expression
SIR ToADY CRUSOE. BY S. R. Crockett
Illustrated by Gordon Browne New
York: Frederick a. Stokes Company
Mr.. Crockett has been for many years
chiefly renowned as the writer Of stories
for grown-ups that considerable portion
of his earlier audience has perhaps forgot
| ten that his earliest successes embraced
| none more famous than Sweetheart Trav-
oilers" and Sir Toady Lion These stories
greatly delighted the children who We're so
fortunate to find them, and they and their
successors in the world of young readers
will be charmed with this story. in which
| "Sir Toadys" adventures are continued
The author, 1t is understood, has drawn
upon his own experiences for the material
of the story and if so he must have had
| an exciting youth, for Sir Toady and his
| companions get into some extraordinary
scrapes. There are chiefly in evidence two
boys and a girl, and the book closes with
touch of romance which will hold the in
| terest of the elder of the young readers.
the Dog. with Practical Information
as to Care and Management of House
| Kennel and Exhibition Dogs, and De-
scriptions of all the Important Breeds.
| BY James Watson In Ten Parts. Part
| VI. Illustrated. New York: Double
day, Page & Co.
. Now in their proper order come, with Mr..
| Watson's delightful Introduction, the bull
| dog, the terrier. the smooth fox terrier, the
| wire-haired fox terrier, the AIredale and
| the bull terrier These are all interesting
| dogs. much owned and exhibited. The Are
| dale Is comparative newcomer, not being
| known generally in England until 1880 and
| hardly recognized in America until 1895.
| Mr.. Watson's researches in regard TO the
bulldog age productive of instructive matter
] relating I'd this much admired breed
| Memorial Number of .'The Shield"
| The Star has received a copy of a recent
| issue of The Shield, a quarterly magazine
| published by and in the interests of the
| Theta Delta Chi Fraternity at Ithaca. N