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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-12

In the palace and one In the poorest fenement
were exchanged on the day of birth. each
would work out his destiny along the lines of
his environment The child OF the tenement
would grow up to the palace and the offspring
OF the palace would remain on the level of
the tenement environment
I refer now TO the great majority of
humanity. | realize that there are brilliant
exceptions to my theory. but they are so ex-
eeptional that they stand out the more promi-
nently. Other States. and lately New York
State. have passed laws authorizing the steril-
ization OF criminals and degenerates with the
hope of lessenins the progeny OF the undesir-
its attendant good effect, should be carried
out, not only because OF inheritance which
plays but small part. but because fewer help
less mites OF humanity will be thrown In the
environment OF their progenitors and grow Ike
them. We forget IN blaming crime, degen-
eracy and alcoholism on heredity that the
chilu lived and grew and got his Impressions
from that vicious association. The sterfl.
ization OF criminals and degenerates will not
appreciably lessen crime, except in the sense
that very few children will be born. We make
no bid for large birth rate. When children
are all properly cared for. then. and then only
can the State ask for increase In the birth
rate; In the human not only do physical
qualities In limited sense admit OF In
heritance. but also the mentality as relates TO
brain capacity. provided the environment IN
such as to bring out what Is best IN the in
clever subject makes most dangerous
criminals
Character indicates the individual Heredity
has but little Influence in determining char.
acter. Character. above all things else, Is the
product OF environment
Degeneracy and crime among the peopls
are. In large degree the fault OF the State
because those responsible neglect the young
and the State and its representatives attri.
butte crime to inheritance OF this oppressed
foreign-born individual, and thus shirk the
responsibility.
A man was recently murdered IN the most
prominent part OF the principal street of a
great city. The perpetrators. the trainers Of
the crime, were not the offspring OF criminals
They are the logical product OF our hand,craft
In the management OF the young
No less an authority than William Allen
Plnkerton. In n recent article entitled Us
There Criminal Class7' states that there IL
no criminal class. and that society has begun
10 learn that one way OF preventing boys and
girls from becoming criminals f. to give them
proper care and attention when young The
children's courts that have been established
~ several cities he believes TO be in the ex
perimental stage but thinks they have already
demonstrated their usefulness as a means Of
diverting youthful offenders from the down.
ward path.
Children's courts are necessary. and IL f. SAD
that this IL true When the child Is brought
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can move men In war except this animal Meas.
ure In tie cruelty.
read on IN my Pacihst paper. and I find
some such phrase "encouraginR race-ba.
ueo. ms may nave had some meaning In
some cases; such extreme cases as white Tnep
ana black men; for some white men otherUfse
honest and humane. do affirm that thev Tel
me physical division. But who can take sucb
= thing seriously touching a war between the
intensive and entanRled tribes Of Euronss tn.
town Of Dunkirk. think, has been tston go
or occupied BY the French. by the spaniards
oy the English, by the French again. and mosf
probably by the Flemings or the Dutch
IN the chances Of war even today n rnfsb,
os occupied ~ Bavarians or Austrlans DOCS
any one really believe that the people Of nm
XIX felt physical loathing OF All these vary
he Europeans, In the sense IN which me-,
speak 81 physical loathlnE OF The nagros
when they brought the good news fror, Cbenf
70 ny does any one really believe that the
nessehGer rom Gand was struck ali Of a hean
~ me evident chronological superiority az ~
inhabitants % Aacheng ~ VIZ
There cannot be any such thins a. r.s.
haired IN Europe. But IN the case az bisct
reu or yellow men. the color prejudice NAV
possibly BE- real nervous trouble H. me -.
~ white men n - not a nervous fro,,his. \, n
t cowardly trick ''
" u cold humbug for any peopie Of IN. r.
ropean race 20 pretend that thev recog,i,s
ne leuton race or the Celtic race ana a.
other n there be such ainosf to51i W
"pns which ]. thank God. have never found
fhey are certainly not 10 be found ,.-ittf,
call Europe y"
y is family down 70 ne fullest details o.,
'amily quarreis lts very hslds are paved Vim
nattleheld above battlefield. but also Uiib
reaiy above treaty. 10 Il an alternate and
eternel trysiiug place OF friends ana foes Az
NOSE who have met each other thus cease
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arouno the street corners and gradually
nIavitate 10 the saloons as they. grow older
They have vicious association with those older
than themselves. and this forms a large part
o. the association Of many thousands OF BOYS
the boys and girls congregate on street corners
or elsewhere and this Is the first act in the
drama
IL has been stated that idlepess IA thu mo,hs,
OF mischfef. IL may be added that the absence
OF right amusement is the mother OF crime Do
not Imagine for one moment that tho thousands
OF women on the streets in all large cities are
oreo In the large cities. or that those OF either
sex who I'LL our prisons, asylums and reforma.
tories are all city bred.
IL were given exceedingly large sum OF
money and told TO spend it to the best OF my
Judgment for the uplift OF mankind I would
spend every cent Of IL. In the cause OF
humanity and its eternal salvation. through pro-
yidins entertainment and amusement and by
tnese means make vigorous bodies and healthy
minds. You have got TO accept certain features
OF the chids equipment as Il is Force
pressure. punishment and pleading all useful
measures when rightly applied, have proved
failures. They do not cover the field The
church and the school. each doing most adj
miraoie work In Its own way. are not sufficient
suits.
n. In all the years these measures for the
benent OF humanity have been in operation
they had been successful. this paper and many
others on similar topics would not be neces-
ssry. The best means of approaching the child
Is through his demand for amusement which "a
lbherent IN hlm. ana through further trait, the
demand for almost incessant occupation when
awake. Amusement and entertainment may be
mace Just as educational as we like; in fact
play OF the right kind IL always educational
Children must be busy. and what Is there to do
IN city street or In country village that will
make boy or girl think and best bring out
that which IL in him her?
! was born and reared in the country but
have spent one-half OF my life in a large city
Actual amusements arranged for me in my
early experience we're few. and stand OUT promi-
nently In my recollection as great events
There was the Sunday-school picnic, 10 II did
not rain on the day appointed; there was the
cnurch tair; circus every two or three years.
county fair held In a neighboring village
Ihese comprise the sum total OF the country
boys amusements. excepting those that he
makes himself. and my lot was not better or
worse than every boy knew In the city there
are the streets. dangerous and dirty back
yards, and parks, overcrowded and at con.
siderable distance. To-day there are a few play.
grounds. established through the efforts OF
private associations.
IL there are the right kind OF parents I'm tha
home. all may be we'll II not, the boy or siri
In the city, village or open country drifts ana
often In the way OF least resistance througb
the current OF amusement
There should be In every city and village. at
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Iessiy century after century. 20 punetuallx An
e"e same confined space. 90 frequently I'm the
same intending Quarrel-if these do NOT know
sacn other no men will ever know each ofbar
WI the end Of the world
.,, nave taken these two examples a. sue.
tsins sort OF dead language which encum.
Ders al our present controversy There are /.
siedt many bad things IN war: II NAV bs th.t
mere are great many bad motives for m. Rut
.ae ueslre 70 Stay simply is not there, and lie
49,. Iepugnance simply Is not there. To
reAr some OF such talk one would supposs ,h.t
Enghshmen and foreigners had never ne, -
'ose' IN old battle or In modern business
Iidiculous when the German naner.
az, alA a. u the German soldier would bursf nnor
s.uIupe as Superman. obviously difforent
Materioo-and nc Jena. But n IL canals, 49,
alous when English papers talk a. M The pri,
~ toluier burst upon France "a a mar no..
ulasnlhcent than that nation OF warriors baS
eser seen. Both seem TO forget that All three
nave NerY often met before The aeid -
which the var IL moving h rnossic ~, 49,
~ frthch but OF English defeats and vicfories
~ - no more OF a novelty for n 10 he egbt
.nk acros3 the Channel than IL h FOR ira c.
mans or me French 90 be lighting aoros( The
The truth Is that Western Enron. ,.a .
MOCK on its head some centuries arc ana fts
ulemofy IA only slowly coming back puf ,rs
-. ~ least De done with the dreams ana hsf
sseiusions that haunted rs slow recovery: lie
~, esspianstions OF the past the crazy pic.
Let the Pacidsts tell us about lootine ana
sp1ihs ana spoiliug tie d cad, Tor these are
II" hufrofa OF war. But lct them never tell ~
ny more about bloodiust and race-hatred
aoout man being half tiger or the European
neinE hall q canuihal. For these are the nor.
rors Of peace. The Nightmares which could only
nave come n ne while We siepf. ard IN thfs
iour We are awakened
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least Tor q certain number OF Inhabitants, a
nonsectarian clubhouse and playground. and
these are equally as important. as a means Of
benent to humanity. as the school or the church.
Here, among others. illustrative lectures
demonstrating how to live would be given and
mis- feature could be made most attractive
different ages OF children. There would be pool
and billiards. and cards and dominoes a1fbrary
reading room and smoking room for men. all
under the management OF the right man. and
this would be the opposition OF the gin mill
In order to keep the young from he saloon
something must be supplied that is more at
ractlve and which is not hedged in by sec
tarianism. The clubhouse when possible should
have spacious grounds for out-of-door sports
under the direction OF play instructors and
must be maintained by the State and be
operative every day In the year. The cities
maintain JAMS, reformatories. sanatorfums.
asylums and alcohol farms, and they are
operative every day In the year. They do not
work only on Sundays or Ave 5-hour DAYS In
the week Instead Of telling boy that he
must not play ball on Sundays. develop him SO
that he VIII not want to play ball on SUNDAYS
by giving him something better (proyided OF
days..
1t is not necessary that entertainment be all
absolute play various forms OF work for both
boys and girls may be made most entertaining.
ana this comes under the heading OF "Occu.
pauonal amusement" There are 16s hours in
week. allowing ten hours a day for sleep. We
nave remaining ninety-eight hours. Allow three
service and thirty-hve hours for school work
and We have sixty hours a week unoccupied
and II Is these unoccupied hours that must he
supervised and provided for nine months In the
year During the three months vacation prac-
ucally the entire time Is In the chiid's hands
10 follow his own inclinations and here lies the
greatest necessity for supervision
We maintain. at a great expense commission,
and committees for railroads, for labor for
charities, for the insane. for the river and the
naroor' for trust Investigations. and so on In.
dennitely. commission that we need most OF
All is a child protective commission The
commission. through its subordinates would he
required TO know and 10 have authority over
every child in the State
IL Is only by such means that We will evsr
solve many OF the urgent problems before MS
Reform amounts to little. Prophylaxis In
medicine has for many years been ardentiy
adv coated.
Prophylactic measures against crime da.
generaoy and general worthessness are the
means In the hands OF the public for the signal
hetterment OF the race
close association and observation of many
thousand children from the various walks Of life
covering many years tells me that in each
Ittie human soul there Is n spark OF the divine
Ehich may be sustained. nurtured by Kindness
snd tanned by love into responsible man or
womanhood. -N VI
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dren In various walks OF life from I'm.
fancy TO adolescence has necessarily
had definite impressions made upon him In
relation to the development OF children. NV
subject. The Conservation OF the Child" al
lows me latitude extending from prenatal
NE TO adolescence. Obviously. in a twenty
minute paper. but a few essential principles OF
90 broad a subject may be considered I will
take up those features or a child's manage
ment which appeal to me as those most
neglected at the present time.
All children, regardless OF their social status
are very much alike at birth. All children
are born Observation-Disclosures. They do no,
actually become adults before the seventeenth
or eighteenth year OF life. There Is thus at
least sixteen years OF growth and development.
with all that development entails In the lower
animals the reverse is the case. Adolescence
Is reached much earlier. and the period OF
dependency OF the young upon the parent lasts
but very short time. few months In some
instances and year a little longer in
others.
AS consequence OF this order OF things the
matter OF heredity in the lower animal Is a
much greater factor than in man In the
human, because OF immaturity, dependency
and prolonged development. environment is OF
much greater import than heredity. Because
VI the lnmaturlty ana the long plastic i'm
questionable period OF sixteen years, we may
mold child largely we WILL and the fash.
Joining and molding. whether Il be done well.
indinerently, or badly. depends more upon the
molder and the child's associations than upon
the material worked upon.
have. during my entire professional life
OF twenty-five years, been resident OF attend
Ing physician at children's institutions, from
which many hundreds OF children have been
adopted or otherwise sent out into the world
have cared for these children from the lower
walks OF life. the lllegitimate. the offspring OF
crime, deprayity and poverty in large mum
bers. i have seen children from such origin
we'll cared for in institutional life kindly
treated, and well started physically. and when
adopted or otherwise placed IN good homes
they have in every way taken and maintained
their place with those who had the advantage
OF everything that is desirable, both as regards
birth and environment
Had these children grown up in the more or
less careless, II not vicious, environment OF
their birth. certain number Of the boys
would have been members OF the various pre-
datory gangs, OF which there are many 10 all
large cities and which schools Of crime
and preparatory schools for reformatories ana
prisons. certain proportion OF the girls
would have been numbered among the criminal
and depraved. In the school. in college. and
In the world. the unfortunate born, II given a
fair opportunity. may take as high position
as the better born citizen.
IL We reflect a moment, observations such AZ
these tell that make IN large degree
our criminals and the otherwise undesirable
Of both sexes. And repeat that, by associa-
ton, children are fashioned well. indinerently
and badly.
II two infants Of equal vitality. one born
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From DIR. Kerlsy's Address Before the
Recent International Congress Of Hy-
giene and oemography. ~ Printed in
the Transactions Of the Congress.
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Dr.. Charles Gilmore Kerley,
the Distinguished Baby
Specialist, Shows How
His Wide Experience Has
Taught Him That 1t Is
the Child's Surroundings
and Not Its Inherited
Qualities That Really
Make the Future Man.
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VI who has followed a great many chill.
dren In various walks OF life from In.
fancy to adolescence has necessarily
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YoDTHFUL OLD AGE.

John nlrrooshs. d-famous as a
natnraIisF and author. IL planning new
volhmeJ on his seventy-seyenth birth.
day. Age has not withered his ina.
ginaTon nor weakened his enth1sias.l
In TIE cause of natural history. wniic
rms latest work has all the freshness
that marked the illusions Of two4 core
years ago.
Though Sir William osler per.
sistently denies that he ever adyo.
Gated what Is known as Oslerism. II Is
a convenient and euphonious name
FIR a theory as to Old age, and osler-
ism 1t viii remain so long as there
+ IL life In that fallacious doctrine. lie
explains that In an unguarGed mo.
ment he quoted foolish jest from a
forgotten novel, but being u physician
he was taken seriously. However. our
sympathy for him should be qualified
by the fact that his mistake has given
him n far wider reputation than any
Of his achievements In medical re-
search.
Who utters a joke must bear its
consequences, and these should not
be so painful to man who had the
pleasure Of seeing his mother smile at
Oslerlsm In her hundredth year, aud
who at So boasts that he is doing
better work than at thirty.
Gladstone at forty expressed the
opinion that no statesman could be
Of real service to his country after
passing the three-seore mark, but his
brain was never clearer than when al
eighty he was the most important
lfacter in British politics.
Some men only begin to live OF to
do their best when they have reached
the stage usually spoken of as thar OF
the sere aud yellow leaf. lnnumer.
able instances might be cited, bu, per.
haps the most conspicuous is that OF
William De Morgan. the foremost
English writer of today, and whose
humor becomes the more youthful
The older he grows,
II is time that men ceased TO limit
not merely their activities. but their
lives aa web. because of the super
stitution that old age necessarily
means feebleness. Those who arr
actually exhausted may not deny the
fact, whether they are forty or eighty
but there are many who are only vic
Tins to the sugges ion that at Ger
tain period they must begin TO de
cliae, let these latter learn Of Bur
rouehs and othors that suggestion
can cut beth ways and is just as ct
ieetive when conducting to the belle
thai 1t Is never too late TO do good
work aud cnjoy life,
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.as4S.1s4s.

The anniversary finds the country
bustling with preparations for ano;nsa
INVASION of Mexico. with one Of that
countrys ports already in our hands
and prospects of an actual state OF
war between the two countries.
April has been the Yarmouth in
the United States history.
Five Of our wars have begun in
IApril.
The War Of the Revolution began
April 10, t775-and, by the way, ended
the same mouth. April II, 1888.
The Black Hawk indian War began
.pril 81, 1891.
The war with Mexico began April
6, 1916.
The Civil war began April II, 1861,
when Fort Sumter was fired upon.
ended April 3, 1865, when Lee sur.
endered at Appomattox.
Tit Spanish-American war began
April q, 1898, although the first real
engagement was fought May /, when
Dewey sank the Spanish fleet at
Manila.
Our first Mexican war lasted little
more than two years. We had en-
gagged in the fighting 30,954 REGULAR
and 73,776 militia and volunteers, a
total OF 1920 1t resulted in the
requirement by this country a 522fc0
square miles of territory, for which
Mexico was paid $15,OO0.000 under She
terms of the treaty OF peace. In that
war, the most illustrious names in
American military history were first
restored in actual service-Robert f
Lee, Stonewell Jackson, y. S. Graz
and w. r. Sherman, all of whom had
their first experience as soldiers in
the battles OF this campaign.
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SOLDIER AND MATHEMATICS

now develops that the Robert K
who vas dropped recently in West
Mt because he didn't keep up with
class in mathematics, Is not a
hndson of General Robert E. Lee
was at first stated. Hence, many
ely-drawn editorial comments on
subject have been spoiled. Pa.
rs have been dissertating on the
bet that the grandson of the great
pldier who was a graduate and once
iperlntendent of the West Point
0uldn't keep up with his studies
here The young man in question
is not related to the Lee family.
The discussion produced by the In.
eident. however, has brought out
mountaineering facts
Is knack for mathematics sign
OF a gift for soldiership? There is a
widely prevalent notion that 1t is.
Uncle Sam, and all the CIVILIZED
governments seem to think go. The
mathematical courses 81 West Point
and at the military schools of other
nations besides cur own are severe.
Some, however, have doubts on the
point. Commenting on the plncking
cf young lee. the New York Sun
earcastically remarks Wonder wheth.
er It was by square or cube root that
the great captain Of the cOnfederacy
conducted his campaigns?"
Yet, it must be admitted that the
lives Of celebrated generals usually
contain evidence of the "head FOR
figures"
Napoleon, in his student days, was
strong in mathematics. General Grant,
though as youth he was so little
addicted to studious habits, that he
himself says In his memoirs that
while at West Point he seldom read a
lesson twice over, stood well in his
algebra and geometry. Stonewe'l
jackson had 70 "al a mathematical
faculty, that as able to under
stand and L. demonstrate the
branch q w., without resortlfis
TO slate or3nJ +. Gen. N. b. Forrest
the raider, fof the most formidable
cavalry offeSrs developed on either
side Of the 5ivil War. was an un
educated eIen an illiterate man
b But as an iusement he used to solve
in his fead" hard problems In
arithmetic (and algebra.