Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

IN is n quiet little fellow, gem
lie shy, dreamy, melancholy;
and rarely in high spirits.
j = women say of him, What q
,oy, You cont off..S1 see such a
IN ;;.;;,einavel cid"
NM nut too much faith, my good
,a,nos In his apparent placidity. Look
r , info those dreamy eyes. This
s;et little fellow, is fiery at heart.
r,ansh silent, lie lis sensitive; though
.o,n,ingly inert, he is headstrong;
( ,,,n,r,, hesitant in appearance, he is
,.,err1iued; though mistaken for do
.;,n he is an Independent ur a rebel;
,hongh you think him SELF -centered, he
= snlenddly generous; though gloomy
- colntenance, he is capable OF Wild
" though shy, he has his moments
Of daring.
mis- child is a paradox-eXtraordin
ary bizarre. 5original-an enigma to all
MI the few who hold the key to the
,nvstery:g he is8an uneven tempera-
n,snt at once weak and irritable, be-.
cause his sensibility and his activity
are rarely In perfect equilibrium.
mat is why three souls, instead of two.
dwell within him-the weak soul-and
y II is not often that he is aware which
NJ the three is in control. His charac-.
Ter is not an affair of quality" as in:
e ain affair of quantity We can
measure u motor effort, but how are
We toiitneasure a sentiment, an emo
lion, an idea.S an inference, a judg-
ment? Nuances all. The psychic life
Of our little patient consists wholly Of
nuances.
& And how hard it is to get at the Sc
eret of their inner existence. 1t re-
yeals itself so slightly, so rarely, and
with such difficulty! The keen and
delicate sensibility that is the basis
Of their nervous organization is ever
alert, ever ready to vibrate when
played upon BY the fugitive impress
sjons of the passing moment. If tho
Impression is too abrupt or too violent,
their sensibility curls up, shuts itself
into its shell, recoils; and the awkward
individual who has taken the initiative
100 brusquely finds himself gazing in
to amazed and sorrowful eyes.
MENTAL TURMOIL.
Yes, the quiet, gentle child is first OF
all a sensitive. Endowed with a gift
for keen, deep, prolonged feeling, but
not for rapid reflection, he keeps his
troubles, his woes. his pains to him
self--littlc troubles, little woes, little
pains, but a school of life in which,,
later on. he viii suffer from all the
things that torment good and sensitive
souls the falsity OF men tand of wo-
men). the immense gap between the
dream and the reality; the impossible
ity of moral perfection: the mystery
of things and of people; the anxiety that
attends the course of fate, the useless
ness Of being sincere, the impossibility
of harmony-all these bald realities.
The force of things drives him In
upon himself; he shuts himself up in re-
ticence and reverie, weaves pretty, I'M
ayinary stories that never finish, but in
which he himself always plays the he
ro's part He lives an intense inner
life, because he doesn't know how to
get outside himself or to do the deeds
he wants to do. His shyness spreads
between him and the world sort of
temple veil which he cannot read, and
he becomes moody, gloomy and close
mouthed. His surroundings exaggcrate
the condition, for all about him are
children who chaff him without mer-
cy. He rarely says as much as he
ought TO say, and ere long he gets to
Keeping everything to himself, whether
gay or sad his interests. even his flu
turc. must suffer in consequence.
This leticent little fellow Is there
fore fearsome. He lodges quarrels
and contradictions and always gives In
70 those of his comrades who boss him
about In imperious tones. He has a
mind Of his own, but not the courage