The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-07
GIVE THE DREAMS A CHANCE
Tells Parents to Permit
Children to Follow Out
Natural Bent.
Day Dreams of Children Are Things
That Enable Them to Accomplish
Work Worth Wilc--All Great
Men Dream ~ Boys.


4. lecture course. Mr.. Wickersham
fuldned all the promises which have
been made concerning his ability as
a lecturer. maintaining the high stan
dard which his original and entertain
ing speaking has set up for him In all
most every state in the union. He
spoke as follows:
"Day-dreams are the mental pic
lures of what we could he, what we
should be and what we would be. And
to have such day-drcams. we must LET
the angel of the soul lead us out until
the stars fall behind us until realities
grow dim, and then come back to
earth better fitted for our task in life
That type of dream forms the soul of
the best men of the best women. the
best children. When we are children.
our childish plays are our day-dreams
l have seen little tot as attractive
as an angel, with her arm around a
dirty bundle of rags, lavishing love
and devotion upon that bundle even
as "A mothcT does upon her child. That
was the day-dream of the little girl
which was later to become fulfilled in
Womanhood.
,"You might have seen way back
a,ross the Atlantic. a big, stoop-shoul-
dered, nat-footed boy, years and years
ago. following his mother around the
house CRYING like bawl-haby. one
day she asked him what he wanted,
and received the answer 4 want the
moon In spite of her repeated as
scrtions that such thing was impos-
sible. and after aH her patience had
been eAhnugted, he answered her with
the tears still I'm his eyes, | Will have
the moon And the good God in after
years gave him the moon and the stars
and the sun thrown I'm together, un-
til now we can scarcely think of the
planets without associating them with
Sir Isaac Newton That was only the
day-dream of Isaac New;on's soul
realized.
one hot day, two little boys were
hoeing corn In the field when one
boy noticed the other leaning on the
handle of his hoe looking intently at
the ground. He asked his companion,
Hank. what are you dreaming about?'
The other boy stralghteucd up and
said. Just as truly as I stand today
between these rows Of corn, just so
surely will / some day stand between
the walls Of the legislature; and just
as surely as these weeds fan before
my hoe, so will all fan before me VINO
dare TO oppose me there.' II Is any
wonder that In after years, that boy
should be known as the irresistible
matchlcss orator, Henry clay? That
was another day-dream which came
true.
zone day a little woman sat with
her four orphaned boys beside the
casket OF one she loved. She was
thinking of the multiplied cares and
burdens OF her widowhOOd. and as she
looked down at her four orphan chill
dren, she said TO the good God, on
Lord. give me as much health in the
future as you have In the past, and
l ask nothing more. The second
from the eldest boy had a day-dream
In his heart, and thai was TO honor
| his mother. lie became Christian
man then a statesman, and one day
a great crowd of people assembled De-
fore a platform erected outside the
capitol building for a special service
| When the hands of the clock pointed
| 20 the hour, there stepped upon the
lplatform that great man, with his
arm around his wife, and by his side
the little shrinking mother VINO had
prayed to the Lord that day foi
strength. The solemn oath was taken
Of fealty to the greatest of nations
and then as the final act OF that IN
Iauguratlon, the great man stopped ano
kissed that mother. to honor whom
| had been his day-dream. That wa'
James A. Garfield.
"You may see company OF boys
| going down the street, and you pom
them out, calling them by name. fot
Iumk you know them but unless yol
know more than the boys name, ol
| his circumstances in life, you are az
Iutter stranger 10 him lie may cal
| YOU uncle aunt sister or even
| father or mother and even thel
YOU do not know him, unless yo'
know that boys day-dreams. Man!
a boy. for practical purposes Is
stranger 10 his own father. WheT
you know a boy. you can look down
into his soul, and see the day-dream
in his soul"
Iltlff hAAb NHAhA'A ANaANNN' 49,
| dent Of small boy, applying for IN
position of clerk in "A drygoods store
after the death OF his father, who ha'
been coal miner, The store keepe
roughly ordered him away telling mn
chat a boy with his rough hands. har
| dened by the use Of the coal shovel
| would never be able to clerk, am
that the best thing he could do, woul'
be to follow in his fathers footsteps
Between anger and disappointment IN
child retorted. Some day, III have
store big enough to put yours In II
and you won't be able TO find it, ina
boy today owns one Of the larges
stores in his native city, has an ele
CANT home, Is an accomplished lin
guist. and IS one Of nhe most prom
inent men of the town. His day-drean
was realized
Can you see picture Of anothe
boy. with big head on a little nech
seemingly al times all joints, and q
other times 10 have no joints ~t all
that fellow has a day-dream that som