The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19

OF fuCurs nobleneSs-
Upon the influence Of home life are
a chIId's thoughts. ambitions and love
educated, and accordingly are these
traits revealed in after life. when he
gravitates naturally 10 his most con-
genial sphere
To all. the responsibilities Of good
examples are very great. DuU 10 the
guardians OF youth they are meal
culabie. for no amount Of pretext is
enectual IL example be missing.
The associations OF youth are Pc
cuIiariy indelible, and no one can for
see by what little thing an impress
sionable child may be innuenced-a
melody-a gentle Iook-a gesture-the
cdor of certain garden fiowers-a
frown-an injustice. may alike affect
their thoughts. from the dawn 70 the
end Of memory. for memory has as
many moods as the temper and shifts
its scenery like a diorama-
When loving associations have been
accommodating within Us for years,
even the possible suggestion that there
could be any substitute for them seems
almost sacrilege.
George Eliot says the illusions that
began for us when We were less &C
auainted with evil have lost none OF
their value when we discern them 20
be iIusions-they feed the ideal bet
ter, and In loving them still. We
strengthen the peTCiOus ha5iS Of ,Oy-
ing something. not visibly. tangib bly,
existent. but a spiritual prOdrct OF
our visible tangible selves cherish
the childish loves and association
the memory OF that warm little nest
frrrlN sHEzH as
fledged.
with equal force. however, comes
the remembrance Of unkindness, cru
city, and all forms Of Injustice and
what more accumulative IN its euects
than bitterness. from which emanates
atheism and almost every sad char
acteristic TO which the flesh Is heir
What little child was ever taught
Christianity or the love Of God BY the
fearful doctrine of he'll fire only? And
what little heart pSrneated with the
natural impulses OF youth was ever
made happy or good by monotouous
doctrines and the eternal consequences
of good conduct? Childhoods longings
are not always perversely obstinate,
and to the little girl whose arms are
no soiace in housekeeping recipes,
nor with any degree OF satisfaction.
to a boy can Gibbons Rome ever
substitute the joys Of a jaCk-kDifC
The exercise OF Clll0noou > QltNle1
are as important as those OF after life,
but 80 also should they find recon-
pense in childish pleasures, which will
ever. encourage and feed the memories
of love and justice.
. II Ignorance IS q painless evil" SC
also are the memories of those merry.
innocent chiidhood's days, the
thoughts Of which, Ike the sun, rise
every morning to flood the day with
happiness and to which rays respond
and blossom life's highest impulses.
In Ife's complicated game, when the
devices Of skill are so frequently de-
feated by unforeseen and unavoida bic
incidents, what better offset to depres-
sion than memories. 20 which one
mind naturally reverts? And such
cheerfulness not only makes life de-
sirable. but from a practical stand
point is a fine asset for all
IN encouraging children by example
associations, environment, and every
rational form of Indulgence, one bene-
fits humanity in general.
The future Of this country depends
upon its children, and their success
depends most largely upon their early
Influences and associations