The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17

wten ne COWS. iIt'ai y 'lN pr lfN~'~ dN'
frpathin,rrs ~ the drawing r"unis "i
PARIS
Rlai~a Pascal was born on June ~.
i623 AZ ul"rmont tcrrand IA AuverEn"
Like many Of has great contemporaries.
DcsCart"s. Co-r"ill". BoSs,!et Male
branche. Pa".n", D." spranE from th"
well - DO professional "lf--. for genera
tons IN" Pascal after another had audited
tho ac,'uunJ- ul hts PROVING" or l1Id down
the lAw from ~" tl'rmon' l~n"h Hi-
fatNo- stephen Pascal. wts NICr-pr"si-
e ~ - tho t'nrTon' Court 81 EN"h"qucr
He wis also something # mathema-
tcian and . character sInG,Ilarly NJ
right ~ stephens wife It'll" - SHOWN
except family tradition that she WAS
very rIcu- and clever and anything bUt
suI-rS',trD's SN" di"d when Rlni-n was
only 'h-r" years obi ais" leaving 10
hind her Two daughters. Gilher'", born
In 1920 and JlcIu"lrn". hon m 1928.
'ho'l - whom play q very. important Part
g. the IN" ~ Bllis"
From - mother Blaisr Inherited a
f"chla constitution. most of his Shor' life
hong pas-"i m tho clutches 81 wasting
dissa-., to which contemporaries could
give NO nam". though % would nowadays
H. diagnosed ~ r"rlriS'heula 4 l''l"
memoir IT his lif' written hy his SISTER
G.lb"r'a E.yr- distressing details show
iug how much h~ illness kept h,n apart
from other men n wa productive Of
on" INCIDENT which FTrn"h critics cannot
fnrclv. HtS rlt.o~. When ~" child was
about e. year pri h' wont INTO a mysterious
de- I'm. f.- Vhi"h M" i,val physicians
could 90 nothing "" was pronounced
- popular >"rlD' 'o have h..u over
Iooz"r- Iv an n'i u"usIon"r ~ hIS moth
80 who e,rn-lailv oori"---i her guilt
and declared that 'r" spell could only
! - h-ukon ~ o. Hf" v"r" gwen for life
Accordingly Nv thor dlp-"tiunS a at was
procured and thrown from window
after who, tho witch made . plaster
az h"rhs and lai u on IA" Child. who
named atnlv -ank into tranC". from
Nh"h DO avu." ~ midnight perfectly
r~CorS-.4 such an Incident certainly left
- r'7~. ur 90 great aH enthusiast for ihc
EGu.rulf -.' a- fn" child grew Ip to he
Af.r b.. wl',.. d.. stephen Pascal
sDt ul# - .. ..p nd tpDN hl- children
g. P.rI- ..l'. f',. uNJart - bringing them
up IA Oh. 3 70 - n,. nSlI. HI'h which he did
not PROF.. O, u.-v" grAnimpth"rS and
cunts 80 '"rm.n m lut"rf"r" ENT-r"uC"
~ ls-r.. -.iu.t .ducl'lDu hv a father:
hu' ~. i..l. lIi $50. uur" 'n-' than
Mputatgr. .ut John stuart NIL e-Clped
The ~" ssr,.c'- or d.ug-r shIch these
Clsa- .Neurlfy The father neither per
rni'trJ ind I.u'-a T"~ ~ - every natural
hum. r,D'r ~ IS Wv % forcing the
intellect Bu'. hk" " HON" bred boys
ri ~" suffered o. n hi- NJ. n. % certain
min skinned nervous gef gl nc" want
Uf -.If--.l .1ur.. md s..If-"untrpl Their.
j. r.prr rl. n O. grim - truth. declares oar
author. 900 Nrr.tH Cauipr.- saying that
g. .l.r'" 49, Oh" uriv one Uf stephen
a. ra,. chilgr"u who r. Nv Deserved - -.
& lied q. man. ON ~" VII, D" IN. teaching
81 ia. lad wa- iIdlriuu- ". l.a med
enough Ig'm - read IA. NIlglts or a
eri"r'ir- -. -. with ease. and some
Gro. q. hr' 'hs f.'u"rs "h"i thought
w. - r,.idD~ hl- ~"n caur.il" II acquiring
what observation md r"a-"nIng teach
IN -p-l'v IN" boys t-si teacher Wa MIN
~ "" v"-v -".n Logan - MOTTO" the
lltl.. "g"ryd. II lI'I-- ~ nature aud 20
Uulyl. over ih"Ir "SIlIrl .'u. ~ an aga
when INST I..y- . u' ..l'urg down masses
81 urcf g''-t'.d statements On trust ~. 80
WIS making his own experiments and
writing I''l" "~-aye ~ them h"hiiug
hifnsaN -''Irrlg Responsible. for every step
~ no. proofs Moreover. 80. mad au"y'raor.
diutry 'al..r' f.r dl-cp,'rlng falLcies
which wa d'-tIu.d - stand him ~ good
pi.aS and wh"u"y"r hHd r'.asuns wsr.
given lin D." f.rtnwI'h -"t .bput finding
rrI' i..;'.- reasons for nIus'.lf B.fDr. h.,
W. - b.. u.d - hl- henri ou learning
C..ru"' ~. iYi ~ FATHER would neither
answer ~ question. I.r How him books I
iu '.r' %" I,r-'.,i r' 'r" bppEs on his own
s.fI'.. -,I"ur" Intending 90 keep Bhi-.'
from 'N"Hr destinations until B." should
roach 'N'. 70 It Is, bui when b" do
9 ,v.r..i 'r" nmv drawing dla Rra ms IN the
" n ..' found That b" was trying 80
prov" 'us' rN'' sum II VI" three angles
~ % f-I reln .- equal 20 'wr night Hngi.s
J." -...-r,'r. i"r.i and gav" BlaIs" "A Euclid. Z
which 't. u.v speedily mastered IN hl-
~ - tiIur In P4~".I- youth mathis
fr,.."- was IN ~" rlr - u never has
is,,.r r"'u'" r. since. and tl-irlult. 10"
q. ,uf...r'u century mathematician WIS
y . . 'i.r OBJ 10 ~ 49," when h" sent his first
Cuu'r..g'l.u =, IN" Academy of Sciences
E4i-.. - f.v"r~ crew arar" and hafor..
o." i.u.Iy removed Co. Rou"u ~ 1899 they
'..H ,'-r..r.d 'hs ATTENTION Of las fathers
ru.-I II,.ui- iu ~" Paris ClIb. social
.,.r .tf. .a...u 81 M" P"prI"tsrz which
.ra..a.'F l".ln." ~" u".,Ial Acad1mF.
c.. -...'.."- 20" FuFai -u'i.ty Of francs.
Af,... iu- '.." 'h..y sent ~ Raunn
=. t.-, cont nI- rr-t urrut'.j T..rfurrnanc,.
4, 'lr tr,.- 10 wa 80. a. vert I-..., ,.nt
~ H 'urth,.,lr.us work 90 nulc -.'rtiun-
g. Ir~ ~ 49," .u"s - . 'r"1',-a ALREADY