Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-07-03
LOCKING AND SEEING
There Is a Marked Difference Be.
tween These Two Acts.
THE POWER OF OBSERVATION

10 Developed BY the Few.
II Is the hope and desire of all par
ents that their children shall max,
. some sort Of mark In the world whel
they grow up. They do not In the ma
jority OF cases expect that their OF
spring will become famous aud max,
names that viii live for ages. but the,
cherish the thought that they will b,
successful men and women I'm som,
profession or business. That Is tn,
keynote-that success shall be theIi
portion.
Yet II Ii fact that most parents
neglect or pay very little attention "a
one part of the child's education which
is OF the highest importance. They do
not train the perceptive faculties.
Power OF observation will help You
more than anything else In your strug.
gle for existence. and yet there are
comparatively few people who are
keen observers. One small fact will
prove this latter statement. The man
who observes everything. he who sees
everything he looks at. 10 singled out
either ss an inQuisltive person or n
clever one. and this shows that he IL
an exception.
II IL easy to give instances OF this
lack OF perception even In the ordinary
things OF life. Some years ago an art
list engaged In a London Arm OF print.
ers had to draw an advertisement In
which the central figure was a cock IN
the act OF Growing. Nothing seemed
easier. but when he set 10 work the
artist found himself confronted by a
dificulty--does the cock show its tongue
prominently when II crowsi Every
one OF the hundred men employed by
the firm had seen a cock crow scores
or times, yet not one OF them could
answer the question. The artist had
10 go 10 friend who kept fowls and
chase the poor rooster round and round
the yard until Il crowed
A schoolmaster. wishing to test the
perception Of his boys. asked them !
how many times they had seen COW
or pictures OF that animal and found. |
as he had expected. that all the boys /
had seen the creature more times than
they could remember Then he offered !
10 give small prizes 10 the boys who !
could correctly answer this question
Are cows ears above. below. In
front OF or behind It's hornsf" Only /
two boys gained prizes. and their an
swers were gnesswork
Now sit down and test yourself in
some such simple manner. You have
all seen a horse down" Can you de
scribe how II rises Does IL get up ou
Its fore feet first and then ON its hind
feet. or does IL kDeel first. then get on
It's hind feet and finally on It's fore
feet!
However. you need not confinc your
self TO the animal kingdom In testing
your pcrceptive faculties Many sub
Jects viii suggest themselves 10 YOU
As an excuse for this want Of obser ,
vaiiou II Is often urged that "A man 4
can't know everything" but the excuse .
= bad Que. There II a great differ 1.
,nce between knowing little or nothing ,
aud knowing everything When the
faculty has been trained 1t requires no
more cnorI To note the points Of the
,bjec; looked nj than Il does TO glance 1
Il that same object and come away
lone the wiser {
The chances OF success In life are ON Z
he side Of the man who knows Ger Z
ain things because he has learned
bout them by using his senses instead
4 having b. 90 To n book for all that 4
" wishes 10 know Books nre indis
pnsable. as there are so many things 4
hich cannot come within the range Of 4
ur observation. but wherever possible =
Te should use our senses to acquire ,
nowledge ~ FIRST hand
This Will explain why men who can. y
OF read or write have built up sub
tantiai businesses They have made =
So Of the power possessed by all. hut .
nltivated by very few. z
The perceptive faculty must he train 2
! during childhood and youth. After =
,c completion Of the twentieth year y
cry little progress can he made y
rown man IL unable 10 develop his -
overs OF observation 20 any satisfsc-
ny degree. Youth Ia full OF energy. \
nj that IL the time 20 inculcate the y
sson that we should see all that our y
yes rest upon. =
u should be the Object Of every par. q
II TO teach his child 20 note every Oh q
IT that comes IN his way. when out q
" walk In q park the child should =
. told to observe the shapes % the y
ayes on the different trees. the pal. -
g Of the color OF animals toward the ~
ider part Of the body. and 10 on. and =
iould he told that when asked ques- Z
on on the subject he must he prepar- -
10 say that n Il so, not that he =
Iinks Il Il. .
All children have inauiring minds. .
vi after walk or two. coupled with =
cb instruction NJ We have mention z
!. you Will ind the child making
eat progress and acquiring a quality -
at will be invaluable In after life. q
One OF the methods adopted by Hou q
D. the conjurcr. for ouickenlng the =
rception 81 his son was 20 make him <
ak rapidly psst shop window or <
nj. on which = number az articles -