The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-05-16
WORK THOUGHT
3ooo THING TO TEACH BOY USE
or HIS HEAD.
Writer'S Ideas That Are Worthy Of
Serious conslderation-Let Young.
ster indulge In His Dreams
Once IN = While,

RWEE W = Nhlles
Iknow a man. a father OF 1--WE chill.
dren, who has ideas about bringing
them up. writes Robert Carlton
Brown. Not one minute, Of the day
are they idle, II this father should
happen 70 end one Of them unem-
ployed he would Immediately expand
his chest and give a long lecture on
the pernicious habit Of idleness. II is
a strenuous household. indeed: no
member OF Il is allowed one moment
TO himself-it is all do. do. do. Now
! don't know how this mans theory
win work out. but / do know at pres
ent that his children are about as
prosaio and dun as any in the neigh
borhood.
Let the boy dream. Let him alone.
Point out the usefulness Of work TO
him. but show him rather the use OF
his head than the use Of his hands
There are more hands In this world
than heads. and usually hand-labor
does not come so high as the Other
sort.
AS a man thinks. so Is he. II a man
does not think at al-draw your own
conclusions. l teach my boy to think
II want him to get the thought habit
In whatever he does there must be
somewhat OF originality. I would not
care a iot how we'll he could copy a
picture at the age OF ten years, but II
he made an original little sketch.
which showed an idea, no matter how
crudely IT was done. / would have
some hopes Of him.
II you will think back to the days
when you went TO school you probably
viii remember your dreams before
your sums. In order to put the system
Of sums 20 work a man must FIRST
have his dreams. his thoughts. BY
schooling a child to work for works
own sake you mas make a business
mar out Of him, but you can't make a
cal man that way. A real nan makes
himself II he has the guidance OF a
houghtful parent. so much the better
or him but. remember az all times.
'ou can't make your boy what YOU
Sant him to be. You can help-but
hats all
Don't make the boy dependent on
Fou for thought. Teach him 10 think,
Give him time 10 himself in which TO
think Il all ont. and the chances are
he will develop into something Let
the boy dream Don't Worry n he
shows a disincllnation to saws wood
and pile Il up In the cellar at ten
cents an hour. Maybe the reason he
doesn't care for this Is because he is
thinking zap ways 20 make other PEG
pie saw wood. And they say that Is
the better plan
! remember a boy back home who
mad that faculty of making others saw
wood. lie worked on the younger fcl
lows Ia such a way that they cousld-
cred IL q great privilege 20 be allowed
20 do his chores Tor him Whenever
his father caught him directing others
In their task of joy he thrashed him.
as dutiful parents did In those days
But this boy could not be downcd so
easily. lie made a man OF himself
Ia spite OF his father. Now he has
about zoe men saving mental wood
Tor him. while he sits IN the mahor
sny-furuished Office two or three hours
a day.
let the boy dream Give him a
chance 90 think, guide him 10 YOU viii
hut don't drive him That WORKOUT
proyerb. You can lead a horse to wa.
ter. but you can't make him drink.
could be remodeled into a useful
maxim for the parent You can lead
o boy to work, but you can't make him
think