The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-14
IN LAPLAND.
Elementary Training for q Good
Young Man Of Tomorrow.

1t gives me pride. my son. that you
should take so intelligent an interest
in political affairs and show so much
curiosity about state government.
When you grow up this nation will
be a ~gynecocracy, and the knowledge
YOU are now acquiring will be of no
practical benefit to you; but II will
comfort you in those dun and lonely
moments when the bread winner is
attending to her public duties and you
are alone In your modest but l sin
cerely hope virtuous home.
In those long hours it will he a
great pleasuro to YOU to reflect that
a Democratic deficit Ia a sinking
fund contribution falling due in d
Republican Administration, and pay
able under the terms of q law origi-
nally passed by a Republican Legis-
lature and signed by a Republican
Governor.
You will derive happiness from the
contemplation Of the eminent men
who held office in the old days. some
of whom had courage without under
standing, others understanding with
out courage. and some neither.
II will stimulate your intellectuals
20 recall that many n man went a
long distance on the pretudlces Of
his neiGhbors against vices they did
not enjoy and he did not dare TO in
dulge.
How elevating will be the thought
that in preparation for the millenniai
period marked by the rule Of your
female fellow citizens your male
predecessors deliberately chose to con
vince themselves that the only far
sighted human beings were the blind,
and that for tho detection of bad
doors II was the part OF wisdom to
select an investigator not hampered
by possession Of the sense Of smell.
Your mind will be illuminated for a
complete comprehension Of many
otherwise battling mysteries II you
Will grasp tho mighty truth that pro-
bity Is proved not by an upright life
and honorable deeds but by tho fire.
quent exercise OF a loud and pene-
trating voice employed in the enun-
citation OF honeyed words for those
who didn't and harsh phrases for
those who did.
FIX in your understan dins this great
principle, which underl!es all politics
and furnishes the key to sociology. the
mainstay OF our civilization: success
Is the hall mark. reward and self-con-
fession OF ~villany. while failure stamps
those who achieve It as noble, true
and worthy.
Having perceived and asslmila:ed
these mighty truths you Will be ready
TO attack with confidence the most
difficult and intricate problems.
II is not necessary to be- wise II
YOU can be sufficiently noisy.
Remember that a squalling baby
IN a railroad coach gets more public
notice than a silent scholar In a row.
boat.
Nine-tenths ~ your contemporaries
remain permanently N a state OF
mental tuvenility that makes q COM
paratively easy for their fellow citi-
zens to live without serious inter-
ruption ~ their leisure.
DO not neglect the lesson 10 he
extracted rom ;he fact that when
your country suffers under the ag-
erosion or stupidity Of the Allies
your German friends are holly pa
trlot.c. that when the Germans over
step the bounds ~ International pro-
priety your acq~uaIntances among tho
Allies volunteer TO send you 70 the
fring llnA TO defend your sacred
rights and privileges. and that all
the tim. your Uncle SaTuc! succeeds
IN keeping reasonably cool.