The National tribune., 1911-04-27
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most of our cities now have these
classes No child is refused admit
! tauce to them unless pronounced. by
a reputable physician to. be an abso-
lutcly hopeless case, and ii is sur
prising how comparatively few are
! hopeless. Under the wise, careful,
patient training of these teachers the
feeble little minds have been brot to
a consciousness of power and the
nervcleSs little hands to respond to
this. One teacher had reasons for be-
licying that boy in her. class could
be taught TO write. Everyday for a
year he was found struggling, to re-
produce the copy, but covering the
sheet with meaningless marks. The
teacher encouraged him.. gave him
confidence in himself. developing the
crippled brain in the meanwhile by
manual training. and at the end of the
year the marks began TO take the form
Of letters, and the child did indeed
learn to write. These children. who,
under the old system, were. always
playing truant. now love TO go TO
school, and in fact are very unhappy
il kept at home for any reason. II
has been found that defective children
arc very apt at manual training, and
it is affirmed by their teachers that
almost every one Of them is capable of
learning a trade. Mentally, they can
not be taken very far. The most hope
ful cases are taught to read simple
English and can successfully master
the intricacics of arithmetic as far as
division. Here they stop, and can not
go further. When one reflects that
not so very many years ago these poor
little detectives were considered be-
yond the pale OF endcavor, and were
allowed to grow up pretty much as
they pleased, a burden to their fami-
lies and the state, with large numbers
of them becoming the tools of the
criminal class, we realize that the
world is becoming not only wiser, but
much more humane.
IA RS. ANNA NJ. JARVIS, of Phil
IV adelphia. a swect-faced South
crn woman. asks that the sec
ond Sunday in May be set apart as
Mothers Day" and properly observ-
cd as such. The idea is a beautiful
one, certainly. No love is 50 pure
as that of "a good mother for her child,
so stcadfast, long-suffering, so full of
sacrifice, and no earthly possession
can equal it i'll preciousness. The
man or women who has not had a
good mother is Handicapped in. life
and nothing can ever make up for
this lack. The good mother is con-
fined to no age or condition OF So
ciety. She is found. in hovcl and pal
acc. and will endure till the Judg-
ment Day, no matter What radical
changes may be made in our social
system. The mother love is Il Divine
spark planted in her breast by God
Himself, and makes her one With
Him. Therefore. il is most fitting that
q day should be set apart especially
in her honor. and the suggestion of
Mrs. Jarvis should find a ready re-
sponse in the heart of all. Mrs. jar
Viss plan is for every child, man and
woman with living mo:her-to show
some special loving remembrance tol
that mother on Mothers Day" by
gift. visit, letter, etc. If you. cannot
have your mother with YOU on this
day as your special guest of honor. |
go home TO her and make it the glad !
dest in all the year for her. If. alas, !
you have only the memory of that
mother. whose sweet face and welcom- |
ing smile meant so. much to You in /.
life, then spend the day as she would |
have had you, in making some other
or some unfortunate child, |
happy. The white carnation has been
chosen by Mrs. Jarvis as the special
flower for Mothers Day its purity. |
beauty, fragrance, endurance and
wide field Of growth all typifying the
motherlove. i
IF Thomas \ Edison, the inventor,
were left to himself he would
probably wear one suit of clothes
until they dropped off him, as the say
ing goes. Dress. or clothes. is one of
the very few subjects in which he has
a absolutely no interest; in fact it bores |
him. His dress is always of the plain !
est, 50 plain. that, with his smooth ri
shayen, serious face, he has not in |
frequently been taken for Il Catholic |
priest Edison has no notion of going |
TO a tailor TO be fitted every time Mrs. |
Edison insists upon his having a rev
suit, so years ago this rebellion result |
ed in a pattern being made from suit |
which was considered a good fit, with |
the understanding that all future |
clothes were to be made from it. |
Apropos of this. Mr.. Mallory. who in |
with Frank L. Dyer. has
recently written a life of the great in
ventor, says: In Il law suit in which |
| was d witness, | went out to lunch |
With the lawyers on both sides, and |
the lawyer who had been cross-ques-
tioning me stated that he had for a |
client Fifth Avenue tailor who had
told him that he had made all OF Mr..