Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14

| of ones self, let us let ourselves alone and
be absorbed in doing for other people.
But with a rational view of care for our
selves we find that our opportunities OF
usefulness are enlarged greatly by the
simple eXpedient of educating ourselves IN
that which wish to impart to others If
we wish to teach our children manners. let
our own manners be irreproachable Ii We
wish them to use pure and beautiful Eng
lsh let our own language be unsullied. If
we wish them to be gentle and sweet We
| must be without anger and irritation
IF we wish them to speak the truth our
own words must be without falsehood. We
| 90 not need to study deeply into things in
order to understand this great rule and to
apply it well.
The laws that we already know in re-
gard to Our mental. moral and physician
welfare are the laws that are to be obeyed
We need no new laws. We simply need to
obey those that we long have heard. If
these are obeyed our own powers and hap
piness will be augmented and our children
and friends will profit by that greatest OF
all teachers, example
Wise Are They
Who know how to care fer themselves. who
know that caring for ones self is simply
steering into the currents OF law and order
mentally. morally and physically.
When once we have been established in
the law and order and our energies are
adapted to the currents we can be OBJ
livious of ourselves. but not until then.
And no one can thoroughly establish him
self in the currents of law and order I'M
less he have q purpose above his own
physical well being.
Foi 1t is quite possible to be in disorder
either mentally. morally or physically
merely for the lack of a purpose in. life
higher and other than our personal in
terests Every care we beStow upon our
selves is really injurious if we are not re-
solved upon working toward a goal which
is profitable in itself and is also develop
ing in US a lively interest in achievement,
and guiding toward a greater use
fulness and a greater achievement.
The physical man. the mental man and
the moral man are all mutually interde-
pendent And all the care given to any
one to all is wasted effort unless all
three are united on some common great
purpose for a life that is beneficial to the
world
A hobby is delightful in itself for a time,
but the hobby finally reacts upon itself and
consumes the man who follows it, unless it
is pursued to some profitable purpose. The
person that is concerned with hobby for
purely self-interested ends at last refuses
to view anything beyond his hobby, and
finally takes even his hobby only from his
own viewpoint, and thus commits his own
destruction The possible mental contrac
ton which may follow is fairly without
limit and this contraction affects the en-
tire man with its ruinous limitations.
"True Goods
Never are produced by indolent habits"
''Those whose manners are we'll ordered
also will he orderly in their lives
These precepts of Pythagoras would
do we'll to embody in our lives and train
our children in. Many of us in our ma
ture years can look back to our childhood
and see how the trials and difficulties
which We now are striving to overcome
were born of careless and indolent habits
which we were permitted to form at that
time. Sometimes these habits were before
us daily in our elders. and other times
our own inclinations led into them.
Had we had these teachings instilled into
us then we now would be orderly in our
lives" Often it is the ''indolent habit" in
ourselves that prevents us making tire exer-
ton required for instilling into our children
the principles which will make them true,
goods" In turn they contract other indo-
lent habits. The books and toys are left
lying the floor instead of being put
away in their proper places. The little
clothes at night are scattered over the nur-
sery instead of being hung over a chair in
an orderly manner. When returning In
doors from school or play the hat and coat
is flung on the nearest receptacle. When
eating. the child Is permitted to chew his
food as little as he wishes; he can inter-
rupt others in their conversation, and
speak in vociferousy loud voice in his de-
sire to make himself heard and when he
leaves the room he either leaves the door
open shuts 1t with a bang During the
day he eats between meals, and has candles
and sweets whenever he chooses Later in
life such children have their rooms In utter
disorder, with bureau drawers and closets
in such confusion that nothing can be
found, or when it is it is in such a crumpled
state that 1t Is not fit to use. They use
1t anyway, however. and consequently
never are neat or trim In appearance.
Some mothers make slaves of themselves
to the absolute detriment of their children,
who IL they were taught. as soon as they
are able to toddle around. to help mother
put the toys away-to hang up their clothes
of course, the indolent habits which never
produce true goods" never would be form
ed and "those whose manners are well Or
dered will be orderly in their lives"
ADA MAY KRECKER.