The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

IN II and those who visit II happy lot
happy homes make great and powerful
nations.
In some Of these suggestions my cor
respondent can. perhaps. ind some hints
as 10 the disposition OF her first summer
home from college: suggestions that are
gladly given; but a college education
should make a woman resourceful enough
to form her own plans and carry them
out When a person has had four years
Of solid learning and the discipline that
goes with it, she should be more than a
piece Of driftwOod on the ocean Of life,
and able 10 mark out her course and
steer straight and direct toward It.
Every now and then The Arbiter. re
ceives a letter asking, What shall
read? please give me a list of books"
There is as a rule, no clue IN these let
ters TO the readers age. sex OF business.
so how can a poor man tell what books
to recommend to his correspondents? He
might advise an unlettered man 10 review
! his Horace or a school girl 10 read Mon
taigne. A person should read first. what
he wants 10 read. II he reads for mere
diversion he can hardly make mistake
/ for there Is an abundance Of good fiction
/ IN any circulating library to choose from.
! There are, OF course, certain books IN
]
Thackeray's Henry EsmOnd." "Penden-
MIS-" and the '.Newcombs, II do not
mention Vanity Fair purpOsely for this
/ remarkable novel is not for everyone
| Dickens The Tale Of Two Cities" Vic
| tor Hugo's ''Ninety-three" and LES Mis-
| erables," George Eliot's "Romola," the
masterpieces OF Carlyle and Macaulay.
the histories OF Motley. Prescott and
Parkman and. If he is a good American.
/ he viii read all OF the Famous Statesman
/ series and the historical books OF James
Fiske. The list Of the books one ought TO
read, indeed, is too long 10 be named here
( and The Arbiter will always be pleased TO
make out a list Of suitable books TO any
one who. when writing. will give his
age. taste, business, and object in read
'ng.
DO you believe In hero Worship" asks
high school student OF course, and
why not? Great men are admirable and
the worship OF a hero is the worship of
a great man. To quote Carlyle, Il say
there is at bottom nothing else as admir-
able. No nobler feeling than this ad-
miration for one higher than himself
dwens in the breast Of man. Il is 70 this
hour and all hours and at all hours. the
]
I find stands upon It; not Paganism only.
but far higher and truer reIigions-aH re-
lIgion hitherto known. Hero worship.
heartfelt PROSTATE admiration. submis-
sion. burning. bOundless. for a noblest
godlike form OF man-is not that the
germ 4 Christianity itself? The greatest
OF all heroes IS one-whom we do not
name here Let sacred silence mediate
that sacred matter: you win find IL the
ultimate perfection OF a principle eXtant
throughout mans whole history on
earth"
To worship the great is not belittling.
It is eleyating. If one contemplates a
beautiful painting. a beautiful piece of
sculpture. or a beautiful view he is nat
urally uplifted. then why should he not
be uplifted by the study Of g beautiful
character II VIII be a sad day for the
world when hero worship goes out OF
fashion, when it is thought beneath a
mans dignity 70 admire and emulate
those who are manifestly his superiors
for hero worship is the foundation Of
society, and to again quote a man. who
has written more elOQuently and con-
vincingly on this subject than anyone
else. ..All dignitaries Of rank. on which
human association rests, are what we
I may Gail ueEUdICuE tOTON4FIllneuL ol
; Heroesl, or a hierarchy. for II is 'sa.
cred enough withal. The Duke mean:
Dux, leader; King is Konning. Kanning
man that knows or cans" The history
OF the world is the biography Of IL.
D great men So. dear high school student
do not be afraid 10 worship your heroes
only make sure that those you WORSHIP
are heroes. Do not mistake the jackdaV
: strutting IN peacock's feathers for wha
The affects 10 be. nor do not expect L
= find your heroes hawless. Run down tht
2 line Of your political heroes. Cromwell
q Napoleon. Washington. Lincoln, thel
were none Of them perfect, and yet IN IA,
soul OF each there was a heavenly FIRE
a divine spark that set them up far abov,
2 the little ones Of earth. The Chinese phi
= losopher. Mencius, said: "A sage is TIT
] instructor Of a hundred ages. When III,
manners Of Loo are heard Of the stupi,
/ become intelligent. and the waveTing de
D termined.