The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
Wise Caring.
BY JOHN ID. BARRY.

WIG N0HWS.
BY JOHN d. BARRY.
There was boy l used to know in school who
| stammered painfully. l believe his trouble result
ed from his trying to say more than one thing at
time. He used to con6de to me his distress and
his envy of those who could speak freely and
| easily. He is distinguished lawyer, an able
pleader, fluent in speech and accurate. He 60,
what he wished because he cared so much because
he cared enough
You must be acquainted with at least one OF
these boys who rig up wireless apparatus on the
roof. Some of them seem to be very stupid about
everything in the world except wireless and other
matters pertaining to electricity. No matter how
dull they may seem, let the subject of wireless
be mentioned and their faces will light up. They
will become eloquent.
In city of the Middle West there is man
who has extraordinary knowledge of Ameri-
can history Of-hand he can give lists of the
Cabinets of various Presidents. names of figures
once prominent in public life and now forgot
ten, we'll odd bits of information, perhaps
not included in the books.
l once aked him how he happened to have
such wonderful memory.
memory. My wife. for example, has a very much
better memory than have She is always re-
minding me of things I have forgotten. But ever
since was boy I've liked reading about the his
tory of my country"
There was ribald old professor in college
who had a saying that has stayed in my mind:
cts great thing in this world to have some
subject by the tail"
What the figure lacked in elegance it gained
in vigor. 1t suggested careering over the world
behind wild animal.
Caring sends joyously careering behind
interest that ceases to provide the ex-
citement of the chase.
Those who lack such an interest are poor in
deed.
In this regard the old educators were sadly
off the track. They believed in driving the chill
dren along the steep and rugged road The
harder the road the iercer the driving, and the
better off the children
The educators of today know better. They
know how eagerly the children will bound over
the road when they really care about their tasks
For where there is caring, tasks cease to be
tasks.
Those boys who are crazy over wireless don't
think of their labor their apparatus as
task. 1t is all sport.
And just as caring is the key to education, it
is the key to living
There is the oft-quoted saying of Goethe's
that in travelling get as much out of new
place take there.
We get as much out of our every-day rela-
tions give.
We get as much as we care to get
Most of our denials are self-denias.
And yet most of our conscious self-denials
are not sef-denials at all. They are rewards.
1t all depends on what we really care for.
We get it if we only enough.
But to this law there is one supreme excep-
ton: If we care simply and solely for ourselves
we get nothing.
Fortunately there is no such thing as caring
simply and solely for ourselves. Every one of
us cares for something outside ourselves or for
some
If such were not the case death would speed
lily follow.
Our well-being is the direct result of our wise
caring.
So it is important for to wisely.
Then we shall care more and more.
For caring grows by caring, just as evil de-
velops evil and goodness flowers into good
ness more abundant.
If we cared wisely and deeply everything in the
world would straighten itself out. We should be
amazed in the change in ourselves Then we
should marvel at the change in the people about u.s.
Caring wisely is the whole secret
By its power it keeps the universe from falling
into chaos.
This power call attraction, which is, of
course, merely another word for caring
And caring is the way by which the world ap-
proximates harmony and happiness.
1t is only when we have learned to care that
we can delve into the inexhaustible richness of
living
firing Of the Colonel?
Wednesday was Roosevelt day at San Fran
CISCO and the Colonel certainly made day of
it. But can he be sure that the American people
are not getting lust hif tired cf t>ar;o~ H.,