Evening journal., 1911-10-14
To Breathe-TO WiII-TO
WaIk-1O Talk
BY John S. Hamilton.


The writer is willing TO run the risk
Of being laughed at In suggesting that
according 10 his observation the edu-
cation of children Is sadly and GRIM
inally neglected in some Of the most
simple and important essentials. With
out knowing whether 1t Is actually
true OF not he takes It for granted
that the first thing person does after
he makes his appearance on this
sphere is TO breathe, and there VIII
certainly be no dispute about 1t that
one OF the last things, II not the last
thing before he leaves, Is also 70
breathe. This being true there Is good
reason 10 believe that breathing Is
one OF the most vital and important
things that we have 10 DO with and
yet who ever heard of teaching chill
dren how to breathe properly. OF
course, after you are old enough TO
read and begin TO realize that there Is
something wrong with you you Will
probably see somewhere or perhaps a
doctor will tell you for a couple OF
dollars TO breathe through your nose
and breathe deep from the bottom Of
your stomach. Meanwhile in all prob
ability your nasal passages have al
ready been obstructed because Of dis
use and the evil is done beyond rem
edy OF course you can blame IL on the
climate and say everybody is the same,
but the trouble was due, in the writ
er's opinion, TO the fact that your ed
ucation was neglected and you had bad
teachers.
Then there is the will. Who ever
heard OF parents or guardians or
teachers or anybody else ever under
taking TO train the will of boy or a
girl. The most of men and women, too,
never realize that they ever had will
until they find that they have no will
worth talking about The will when II
first begins 10 manifest itself 10 a
child is looked upon by parents and
guardians and teachers as an afiiic-
tion. If it is boy he is bull beaded, II
a girl, she shows a stubborn DISPOSE
ton that is sure TO get her into trouble
sooner OF later. In either event It IS
| looked upon as something which, II II
is not broken, Is only q little better
| than a hump back and this Is the be-
ginning Of the second decade OF the
twentieth century and you can seG
twenty people any time you take lool
who will tell you and argue about Il
too. that we are the brightest people
on the Earth or that ever was on the
earth. Meanwhile the world is full oi
unhappy miserable beings who g
about whirled by every passins
breeze, who would have been uselu
members OF society and happy anC
contented at that II some fool in tn'
past had not thought IL was necessary
10 break their will with a club or
cart whip, instead of directing ant
training II. This is worse than th'
breathing fault for even bad breathing
could be conquered by well traine'
will.
II is so in nearly everything. Take
look at the crowds on Market stree
and observe them walk. If any o
them ever were trained in the mag
nifcent art of walking they forgo
about il long ago. They waddle an
lope. and they strut and occasionall
one of them walks and you wonde
where he learned it. Then stop awhil
and listen to them talk You will haV
good ears and be we'll trained how
ever II you understand what they sa
If YOU are not looking directly at then
n There are also many that cannot b
understood unless you are looking a
their lps all the time. No one eve
told them that II was important 70 tal
so that they could be understood, an
they think It is just as we'll 70 talk a
II they had a mouth full of water a
any other way. The three RS are a
right, but the training OF the WI
some time will be considered Of eve
more importance than these. The
breathing and walking and talkln
are also important so idportant, IN
writer believes. that if he had a vel
trained will and had always and sti
breathed right and talked right an
walked right, he would not swap h
accomplishment for the best diplom
and highest honor that ever came OF
Of a university.