The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-09-29

wealth They don't realize that tnis
capital of which one hears so much is
in reality useful power passed down
from age to age.
"Why. the gold they handle is made
up of the gold that passed cur
rency in the Roman Forum. Capltal
is. eternal, and it flows through the
fingers of the highest graspers to the
users of the world at large because II
has a life of it's own, far sturdler
than the temporary possessors OF 1t.
Now | believe in captains OF in
dustry because 1 believe that the
great practical government Tof
country is necessarily in the hands
of a few brains.
The theme grew in his mind as ne
contemplated it, and among other
things he said:
Science is on the right track in It's
humanitarian efforts in solving econ
omic problems.
Il believe that in far less than
hundred years the growing cheapness
of amusement will put completely
in the grasp of the modest toller all
that will contribute to his pleasuraDle
leisure; that when it comes to the
average workman, master OF a good
trade, that it will be he and not the
worried possessor of millions VINO
will account himself the more happy.
After all, money can only buy a
few things, and my feeling about the
great captains of industry is that they
supply the great motive power. Why
should anybody envy them? Their
lives are made up of those vast, in
cessant worries from which the aver
age individual is happily spared. Wor-
ry, worry, that is the evil OF life. and
the persons who worry most are those
leaders of immense enterprises whol
get nothing but the curse of the So
called common people. They cam
take nothing with them in their
shrouds, yet they have laid the foun-
dations of that intricate civilization
of ours which is the envy of the rest
of the world. No, we can't do with
out our captains Of industry, in spite
of their shortcomings.
How much does heredity and early
Two iY;, -, Of
A great deal. l believe in heredity,
but | differ from many in thinking
that genius flows from the mother.
She is the building cells, but it is the
father who supplies the iniative for
the son. We hear about the mothers
of great men, but we ought to hear
more about the fathers, too.
mo, there's no recipe for produc-
ing genius-inspired progeny, but Uni
interested in what science has done
in the study of parental selection,
what it still will do.
For instance, I believe that paren-
tai ideas may have considerable in
f1uence in fixing child's bent. AMI
ambitious mother who would like her
unborn child to be a scientist might |
valuably employ her period of preg-
nancy by reading the biographies of
great men in such lines of work.
Nature is mysterious, and we've not
yet formulated what she can do where
mind plays on matter.
That We have schools, schools for
the rich as well as the poor; schools |
that meet the needs of a diverse state
of society, is to my mind where we
surpass Europe. Europe has sides
from which we can we'll draw profit. |
1t provides greater scope for the
qualification of harmless pleasure
seeking. It's great cities offer relax
ing amusement that you don't find
with us.
Our strict Sunday laws are a great
hindrance to the poor, who have alone |
that day for getting rid of their week
ly cares.
IT'S all right to keep Sunday in
old, hard Puritanic sense for those
who have nothing to do all the week:
but where do the needs of the hard
working poor come in? How are
they to learn the value of a good pic
ture if our art museums are closed
on the Sabbath? It's their one dav
for educating themselves along ideal
lines.
mo, don't believe in forcing re-
ligion on anybody by robbing people
of other resources of the day. Nor
atty springs from deeper sources
than are reached by pulpit than are
reached by the pulpit talk. Care
throngs the groceries, as most dis.
honesty springs from pressure of cir
cumstances. Show people that no
matter what their condition there are
pleasurable sides of life to them and
you'll find Improvement in tha ,,,o,.o,