The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-09-05
Fourth piseovery-Tobscco Hurts
Boys

doing moro harm to our American
boys than anything else, and l must
speak of that for n moment, ] mean
tobacco. / am not n crank on the
subject OF tobacco. ! shall not blame
the mature man, or the mature wo-
man, who is in tao habit OF using
tobacco and finds in II sort Of COM
fort and relief. But science has dis
Covered that tobacco always hurts n
growing boy. You would be surprised
II could tako time TO tell you how
definitely this harm can be measured
A doctor could draw a drop Of blood
from the end OF boys toe and tell
YOU by examining that blood whether
the boy has smoked a cigarette with
in twenty hours. A doctor can
feel boys pulse and tell you
whether he has used tobacco TO any
extent within a week. The great
scientist OF Clark University has
tried the experiment on young
animals and has shown most definite
IT, how the smallest infusion OF to-
bacco In the blood stunts the growth
and prepares the body and mind for
various weaknesses and troubles.
am not speaking now OF the expense
OF tobacco, or It's unpleasantness as a
matter OF dirt and smoke. | am not
saying that some men can use to-
bacco without harm. Perhaps they
can. But every percon who uses to-
bacco before he is fully matured
IS going to be in some degree stunt
ed In body or in mind.
Prize fighters have always known
this. No~fnan who uses tobacco would
dare 20 into n prize fight. II we care
for our boys. II we wish TO send them
into the battle OF life with the largest
certainty OF success, let us do our
utmost. and do I: now. TO stop tho
use OF tobacco among boys.
Fifth Diseovery-It pays to Educate
Girls
II pays to educate girls. People did
not use TO think 60. At least, they
used to think that the education Of
the home was enough. But In our
time the management OF a home has
got TO be a more serious thing than
ever. The woman Of the house must
know how to train her children, how
to care for the sick. and how 10 do
a hundred ether things which require
training and intelligence. More aud
more girls are being trained to teach
school. | believe In a man teacher es
much as In woman teacher. some
times more. but a great many of our
girls are going to teach school. But
my anxiety Is just as great for those
who will never teach school but who
Will be the mothers in our homes.
This very discovery which we have
talked about taught that the best
education for the first seven years
is In the home and shows the I'M
portance Of having n mother there
who is In every way fitted for her
high responsibilities. Show me the
homes where the women can read
and play on the organ and prepare
good food. lead in sensible conversa-
ton. and | will show you the homes
where there is Joy and comfort and
the homes from which sons and
daughters will go out TO joyful and
useful CAREERS.
Sixth Oiscovery-Hand Training De.
velops Brain
This again Is one OF the discoveries
which ! should like TO talk about for
full hour. People have discovered
that every art acquired by the hand
makes a change In the very fibre
and structure Of the brain in mans
head. A scientist can cut open the
Lrain OF dead man and tell whether
that man was right handed or left
handed. What does that mean? Il
means that all our manual occupa-
tons may be educational. In train
ing our fingers to play the cabinet
organ, training our arms TO hammer
out horse-shoes. we are deyeloping
our brain power.
Now this is another wonderful bless
ing Of the Creator. To begin with ne
has so arranged things that the
child is wen off even in the humblest
nome and now to complete the bless
Ing he has made II possible for tho
poorest man, by doing good work IN
his blacksmith shop. at his carpen-
ters bench. with his pillow and AK
and hoe 20 get certain education.
or course this education needs 10 pe
mixed with the education of books
and thought and ideas, but this "a
a mixture which God intended us
to have and this IS mixture which
by the improvements OF latter day
education is going 10 be possible for
every human being.
God intended no man 10 be noor.
Poverty. where II exists, is not 10
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