The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-17
WORK AND THOUGHT
GOOD THING TO TEACH BOY USE
or HIS HEAD.
Writer'S Ideas That Are Worthy Of
Serious consideration--Let Young
ster Indulge IN His Dreams
Once in a While.

know a man, father Of five chill
dren. who has ideas shout Bringing
.t4,m up, writes Robert Carlton
,3rown. N5t one minute Of the day
are they idle If this father should
happen to find one Of them unem.
ployed he would Immediately expand
his chest and give a long lecture on
the pernicinus habit Of idlenoss. Il 10
a strenuous household indeed. no
member of II is allowed one moment
to himseli--it is al do. do. do. Now
don't know how this mans theory
will work out but do know at pres
ent that his children are about as
prosaic and duh as any in The neigh
borhood
Let the boy dream Let him alone.
Point out the usefulness of work to
him, Sut 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 haodlabor
does not come so high as the othc
sort
As a man thinks. so Is he. II man
does not think at all--draw your own
conclusions teach my boy TO think
~ want him TO get the thought habit.
In whatever ne does there must be
somewhat OF originality would not
care jot how well he could copy a
picture at the age Of ten years, lnlt II
he made an original little sketch,
which showed an idea, no matter how
crudely It was donc, ! would have
some hopes of him.
II you viii think back 20 the days
when YOU went TO school you probably
viii remember your dreams before
your sums In order TO put the system
OF sums to work a man must first
have his dreams, his thoughts. BY
schooling a child TO work for work s
own sake you may make business
man out OF him, but you can't make a
real man that way A real man makes
himself If he has The guidance OF q
thoughtful parent. so much the better
for him but. remember at all times
you can't make your boy what ycu
waHf him TO be. You can heIp-bui
that's all
Don't make tho boy deper lent on
you for thought Teach him 70 think
Give him time to himself in which 70
ihink II all out. and the chances are
he win develop into something Let
the boy dream Don't worry il he
shows disinclinaiion 10 saw wood
and pile IL up In the cellar at ten
cents an hour Mayhe the reason he
doesn't care for this "a because he is
thinking up ways to make ether peo
pie saw wood And they say that Is
the better plan
I remember a boy back home whc
had that faculty Of .nakine others saw
wood. He worked on the Younger fel
lows In such a way that they consid
cred It a great privilege 10 be allowes
TO do his chores for him Whenever
his father caught him directing otherl
In their task Of joy he thrashed him
as dutiful parents did in thcee days
But this boy could not hc doNned q
easily He made a man Of himself
In spite Of his father NOW he h8,
about 100 men saving mental wool
for him. while he sits ia the mahoe
any furnished ONCE two or three hour
day.
Let the boy dream. Give him
chance TO think guide him If you viii
but don't drive him That worn.ou
nroverb, You can lead horse 10 wa
ter, but you can't make him drink
could be remodeled into nsefu
maxim for the parent You can lea,
boy % work. but you can't make hin
think"