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The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
Curb Suggestibility
BY n. ApolNoToN BRUCE,
Author OF The Riddle Of Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood." etc.
ey n. AppINoroN BRUCE.

II you are parent, and II you wish your
child to grow up really efficient and really
rational man or woman. there are many things
you ought to do One OF the most important
Is to begin at the earliest possible moment TO
train your child TO THINK FOR HIMSELF.
Teach him to observe closely and accurately
and TO reason things out. Only In this way can
you curb the suggesubility which Is inherent
IN all children. and which unless curbed Is
likely to develop into lifelong habit OF accept
ing the thoughts and statements OF other people.
instead Of forming wellgrounded judgments OF
ones own
That parents-and teachers also-do not at
present sufficiently appreciate the Importance
OF curbing the excessive suggestibility OF child
hood has been frequently demonstrated by
scientific experiment.
In one interesting set of experiments the
German savant Kosog visited schoolroom be-
fore the beginning OF lesson hour. On the
knife and piece Of chalk. Each Of these was
plainly visible to every child In the room.
During recess he removed the three objects,
and after the pupils had reassembled he asked
vious hour. Hardly one child had noticed the
penholder. the pocketknife or the chalk.
Next day. though he put nothing at all on
the desk during the first hour, he asked the
same question after recess:
Now rs per cent Of the pupils were sure the
pocket-knife had been on the desk before they
ieft the room. 81 per cent asserted they had
seen the chalk. and IS per cent the penholder
ibie, and SO unaccustUmed 70 observe closely.
that Kosogs question had caused them TO
TAKE 1T FOR GRANTED that they had seen
that day what had actually been on the desk
the preceding day.
In another schoolroom the headmaster told
q class OF forty-two boys that he was going
to test their memory of the length of lines.
He then showed the boys a series Of thirty
six lines one after the other The first five
lines were each a little longer than the one be-
fore It; the remaining thirtyone were exactly
AZ long as the fifth.
Yet when asked 10 copy the lines from mem
DRY. NOT ONE BOY REACHED THE MAXI
MUM LENGTH AT THE FIFTH LINE
Nine of the boys. indeed, continued making
their lines longer up to the very last line In the
series.
Had the boys been trained to OBSERVE
CLOSELY they would never have taken 1t for
granted that because the first few lines IN
creased in length. all must likewise increase.
And had the boys tested by Kosog been
trained to make proper use of their eyes they
would have successfully resisted the suggest
bility of the question he put TO them on the sec.
ond day.
II is because of the absence of proper train
ing in childhood To counteract the effects of
suggestion that so many people go through life
credulous and gulbe In the extreme
They are the people who fall victims to the
Medical quack. the religious imposter. the 20
litical mountebank.
And until parents class appreciate the
the importance OF awakening the critical faculty
In early life. gullibility will always be dis
tinguishing mark OF many men and women.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

Mckinley in his last speech at
the Pan-American Exposition: "Ea-
positions are the timekeepers OF
civilization" This one has the
morning gun OF the presidro for an
alarm clock.
The Inside Inn is less Inside Inn
ish than the one at Buffalo and Sc.
Louis. It's management Is 90 fas-
tiGious. In fact, IL will not handle
second-class mail matter.
Uncensored phone call from an
inside Inner: Send up a floor mat
tress. Never could make II COM
Portable sleeping five In bed"
It's a national exposition all right.
The bankers are handling the re-
ceipts.
Honest man to committee pre-
senting him with his portrait done
by a local artist: "Gentlemen--it 10
a beautiful frame" The Panama
Pacific Exposition Is glorious
frame for a thrilling messake Of Cal
ifornia's history. romance and pro-
dIctivity.
"If thou wouldst view fair Mel
rose Alright go visit her by the pale
moonlight" Go visit the p. p. Expo.
by the refulgent electric light. The
superb coloring OF towers. domes.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
From Another Point of Vie,U
BY c. T. 8.

The question people are asking one
another, do you think Becker was gull
ty," would appear to be both immaterial
and untimely.
Can you tell mushroom from toad
stool? A news item from Franklin, H.,
says Domonie Mulano couldn't.
Care should be taken in making an
engagement for any particular day, just
now, to stipulate either before or after
the rain.
Upper Silesia, we are informed, has a
well 1850 feet deep. What a fine spot
this would have made back in the ten.
twenty and thirty DAYS for the heroine
to have been dragged and dropped into
by the william, but, happily, only TO dis
cover the missing will.
An umbrella has been invented that
can be opened only by its owner. But
the thing that is wanted in this line is
an umbrella that cannot be opened by
A Philadelphia woman is suing for d.
vorce on the ground of literary cruelty"
One OF those wives, we imagine, who are
heard complaining that their husbands
keep them penned up.
We have to inform the New York
widow who advertises for 1.-THE perfect
man' that We ars sorry. but she q . bit
100 Iato, ~. & !. 81, q !. q, i, n -.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
SECRETS OF HEALTH

Whenever any group Of people living In one
locality, or engaged In one occupauon SNOW
unusually good health or unusually pad neains
electors are keenly nterested; because IL inc
cauae can be discovered there may be secrets
dieclosed that will aid In the world enort -
increase the span Of life.
professor Metchnikoff's studies Of the longev
,tv of certain groups Of Bulgarian peasants have
beeu of great practical value to physicians
everywhere: and the study OF beriberi amoug
or,entals has disclosed the dangers OF too limit
cd diet deficient In some essentials OF fooos
which had never before been denniteiy unoor'
stood The excessive meat diet OF the Eskmos
has come In for study while recent scotch
which has attracted wide atten-
ton, was based on the apparent greater preve
lence Of cancer among Scotch people VINO hveo
in districts where coal In burned
The officers Of the American navy nave oeeu
pointed out as a remarkably heaIthful class
by DR. L. l.. Won wedekind. commanding the
hospital ship Solace: and he has advanced =
the explanation the fact that these ofhcers drink
Distilled water when on sea duty. The health
records Of the navy show that the omcers are
remarkably free from old age or premature OLD
age troubles.
The navy oficers give figures rather under
the normal Hardening OF the arteries. the old
age disease, is markedly absent In the navy:
and In 1913 there was only one death from
apOplezy among all the oficers.
On board navy vessels distilled water n uoo0
simost exclusively. and Dr.. Won wedekjo4l
otu11eo have convinee6 him tnnt ~ = ~
eqaoelaea< ostu1ay 1vep1nq - !. Is So
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
Using Up a Yard of Ticket
COUPON 8.

corridors and courts is heightened
by the illumination.
Besides a night visit enables you
TO feel you are one OF the lonely
few who have a soul for the punely
aesthetic side OF these great ma
tional festivals.
II is the frigid Jone all right.
Thus the barker Tor the Mannikin
Dramatic Co.: Come see the very
little people in their very little play
(aside). and very business, II any
one should ask YOU"
The best performance In the Zone
vas the Organization Of girls club
by Michigan girl who Is in charge
Of the Y. w. c. A. building at the
exposition.
At the Mammoth Hot Springs res
taurant theme were SIS people in
sight. Four customers. one waiter
and an orchestra OF so pieces. AT
night. however. San Francisco so
ciety dimes there and the Mammoth
LOOKS the part.
The Canadian quarters were cas-
lily first among foreign buildings,
but Canadian quarter We brought
out from Detroit is despised and re.
jected OF all men.
Bryan's new story at Festival
Hall: They say I'm dreamer.
Well Joseph was dreamer, and his
brethren tried to put him In hole.
Famine came and the brethren were
sent down into Egypt for susten.
apce. They found Joseph the dream
er In charge--and he had the corn. >
The seals on the rocks near the
Cliff House have taken a trip from
the exposition and refuse to give
any more free exhibitions. When
visitors get there the rocks are bear.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
Pointed Paragraphs

True wit is always incidental
and often accidental.
Married people makeup a quarrel
because they have TO.
And the beauty OF get rich
scheme Is also skin deep.
Impatient men seldom accomplish
anything OF great importance.
Not all women who are proud OF
their figures are good calculators.
Things usually look blue to a man
after he has painted the town red
After accepting crumbs OF com.
fort some people whine for the
whole bakery.
A travelling man may be touris,
or tramp. The distinction Is a
matter OF money.
It's the easiest thing In the
world TO convince the average man
that he is smart.
A man Is never so poor that he
isn't able 10 find some woman who
is willing to share his poverty.
Occasionally a man is stricken
dumb with establishment. but moth
ing like that ever happens to his
better but more voluble half.
In after years the perusal OF a
love letter that he wrote his wife
before marriage makes man
feel like lead nickel with hole
In IL.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
The Summer Technical School

The technical high schools, of Chicago.
are to be run 48 weeks year in order
to give pupils an opportunity to shorten
the time necessary to finish given
course.
The argument is that boys and girls
of l6 or II years Of age are better to
be employed during the summer months
and that the city itself is better off, on
the principle that Satan finds some mis-
chief still for idle hands to do"
The salaries of the teachers are to be
raised 25% and 5000 pupils can be ac-
commodated.
This idea has always been in opera
ton in Germany where all the schools
are run throughout the year.
AS the Germans are hardy race, the
extra school work either does not injure
the health of the children or it weeds
out the unfit on the principle of the sur
vival of the fittest.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

A few words Of caution at this
time. however. may not be inappro-
pirate.
IL you are planning 10 spend va
cation" or a large part of your leis-
ure time on the golf links or the
tennis courts or on the water. there
If a certain degree OF danger 10 the
eyes unless they are protected In
some way from excessive exposure
TO the sunlight.
Marked irritation. congestion and
even blindness 10 At times produced
by the glare of strong light. either
direct or reflected.
The cause OF this can be better
understood when II IA explained that
ordinary sunlight IN made up OF rays
of light having different colors and
different properties.
There colors can be seen by caus-
ing a small beam Of sunlight 10 pass
through n glass prism: the ray Of
light Ia In this way broken up into
It's component parts and we see q
band Of SIX or seven colors--an ex-
Act reproduction of a section of the
rainbow-known ~ the solar spec
trum. I"
Beyond each extremity Of this
spectrum there sso othsr colors, N
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
Is God a Local Issue!
BY HERBERT QUICK.

Not very long ago Joseph Epstein.
of Baltimore, surprised an audience
addressed by him At the City clug
by including religion among the
requisites for good citizenship.
A man cannot be q good citizen.
said this good citizen, unless he has
religion. No particular religion
is necessary. said Mr.. Epstein. but
some religion.
Well, then. will any religion do?
The old Aztecs sacrificed thousands
of people on their teocallis. cutting
out the beating hearts and placing
them. still throbbing. on the affairs
Of their gods. These men were sim
cere believers in this bloody faith:
but were they good citizens?
The Thugs OF India are sincere
and fanatical believers IN the prac-
tice OF killing as pleasing to their
goddess Kali. But does this religion
make they good citizens? The In
dian government regards them as
slayets
| Let us take cases nearer home.
Was the Catholic Duke Of Alva, who
executed thousands OF Dutch. re-
garded as heretics, q good citizen?
Was the Protestant Maurice Of Mas
sau, who executed thousands OF 9th
er Dutch because they held what he
called heretical views on infant bap-
tism, a good citizen?
On the other hand. was David
Hume. whose character was IRE
proachable, or Thomas Paine, who
helped so much to found the gov
eminent of the United States. or
even Robert G. Ingersoll. who did
much to humanize the ethics Of even
the Christian churches-were these
men bad citizens,
Few people will say that the re-
good citizens, or that those called
irreligious were bad citizens. On
the other hand. Jesus was called ir-
religious by those who crucified Hin
and was put to death as a bad citi-
zen.
II is possible for the most fervent
religionist TO be the worst OF citi.
zens. and for the skeptic. like Ben
jamin Franklin. to be good citizen.
One OF Russia's greatest writers.
Dostoevsky, said that In order for
man to be saved, II Was necessary
for him TO believe In the Russian
god. Religion to him was a matter
OF citizenship. The old Hebrews
were always speaking Of the God OF
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This
God did not belong TO the Gentiles
al all He was the Jewish Yaweh.
Just as Jove was a Greek diety, and
Jupiter a god to whom the Romans
belonged.
Where God is like the tariff. To-
cal issue, belief IN the national god
II a part of accepted citizenship.
Where religion Is n matter with
which the state has no business TO
concern itself, as IL the case In the
United States. a man may be a good
citizen without any reference tn his
religion. or his irreligion.
Or. perhaps, II I may be allowed
TO lay down my own formula for
the relations between religion and
citizenship, a man IL good or .
bad citizen according to the extent
TO which he applies to our institu-
tons those principles Of right or
wrong which are recognized In tho
highest regions OF the thought Of all
religions. -.
On these uplands Of religious
Athousht, The impulse d Al min1s b
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
Strawberries Help Town.

An Arkansas town. Judsonia, has.
according 10 a writer in the Coun-
try Gentleman, attained prosperity
through cooperation on the part of
its strawberry growers. They formed
an association which sells its mem
bers' products by the carload for
cash before shipment. Last year. II
10 stated, a total OF 1l1,4l6 crates OF
stra wberries were thus sold. bring
Ing into the community sI7s.362.
which was largely deposited In the
towns two banks.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

toward justice. The Bible tells US
that on earth We see God as through
q glass, darby; but the religion Of
Higher Citizenship. no matter IN
what image 1t sees Him. recognizes
that image as a symbol of the Com.
mon Good.
He who believes In the utmost ex-
tension OF democracy--in knowledge.
In opportunity. in culture. and In in.
dustry--has the true religion of the
Good Citizen--no matter what else
he may believe or disbelieve.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
A Poem a Day.
FROM ~DuNsruNr ull.l.,

FROM .DUNsTONE HILl..-
A cottage built Of native stone
Stands on the mountain moor alone,
High from mans dwelling on the
wide
And solitary mountainside.
The purple mountainside, where all
The dewy night the meteors fall
And the pale stars musicAlly set
To the watery bells OF the rivulet,
And all day long. purple and dun.
The vast moors stretch beneath the
sun.
The wide wind passeth fresh and
hale.
And whirrlng grouse and blackjack
sail.
Beyond. afar the widening view
Merges into the soften'd blue.
Cornheld and forest. hill and stream.
Fair England In her pastoral dream
Robert Bridges.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

Nature" In out OF
door living. with
God food and
plenty OF sleep.
are getting just
the best possible
tonic for restor-
ing tired bodies
and jaded nerves.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
Perfectly Simple.

No one who has ever gazed on an
old-time crazy quilt will question the
ability OF woman to master the COM
plexities Of the Australian ballot
Washington Post.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

The ladies may insist that a man
must wear a coat while they go
about in shirt.sleeves. but they
haven't made us wear furs In sum
mer yet--Milwauke Journal.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
The Keep Well Column
cOlORED GLASSES.

II Is summer time. and a great
many people by getting next to
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

ish IL and relegate its hateful instru-
ments to the museum of antiquity, along
with the rack, the thumbscrew, the wheel
and the stake.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02
H. Made in the Death
Chair Are Hard to Rectify

Ckair Are Hard to Rectify
j. = : Suficient Indictment of capital
11hment that those who, while Beck
vS vlrs convinced Of his guilt, be-
E1o shajre their heads when he was
Snd wonder II, after all, he might
n innocent.
0 tWo jurjes that convicted him of
& o(xso homicide were sure that he
- Suilty; but death interjected into
linds u one juror would have saved
4 ~ dcubt was based On the fact that
ont to the chair reiterating his
~ innisting to the end that he
6mlttsd the crime for which
~ - oahins the Sing Sing chaplain.
= p s6lee Il Hrs bean to take the
~ = tomsnts AZ many wretched men.
lp Aat ths guilty man invariably
when he il about to receive
@ dld not.
~ lPst words were a protest
~ nnocsncs.
pe1usR was Roman Catholic
~ that ! dreadful fate was
I zp him ii the next world If
Mt 4 burdened with the sins
eont MN could have displayed
U tltnIzo than the former police
kt = fhsing his slayers at the
himself with. dignity which,
1 i nv, ~ from the bravado of
W ot !; ~ was it the emotional
hish upholds : martyr.
Wss guilty. If he had appear
X % thoee familiar with the case,
cnpnt6 IN life were passed in
Han Of innocence which, un-
eixclrmstances. was heroic.
(n1 ~ such that 1t left an awful
In ne mind Of the community.
IN, he NAY have been innocent!
( " niotaIkcs Of capital punishment
= rectihed.
16us cannot be brought back to
xaotored to their loved ones, if
= discovered.
IS I'D accomplished, it is written
cvoe; nor can any act of the
ulge It from the records.
4 Wixat makes capital punish
- ffble.
= rnay be found to show that
Il maintained that he had
by his political friends to
von. he spoke the truth.
WHIST good will it do?
~ his name. but the man
ns no rsparation.
gcEe alive. and under the
n Qoborne, when such news
could grasp him by the
klm how sorry they were
The Detroit times., 1915-08-02

visible to the human eye. II has
been found by investigation and ex.
pertinent that II IS these invisible
rays that are especially Injurious TO
tho eyes.
In order TO guard against these
injuries protective glasses should be
worn. Blue or smoked glasses are
not suitable for this purpose. az they
shut out so much light, distant vi.
sion ia impossible.
For many years attempts have
been. made 10 discover some form
OF glass which would fulfill these
two requirements; protect the eyes
from the harmful portion Of the
suns rays and at the same time not
10 have illumination appreciably re.
duced.
Glasses are now manufactured of
an amber tint which very nearly ac-
complishes this result. These spec
tacles are now In quite general use
by yachtsmen. engineers, aviators:
Infantrymen engaged In target prac-
tice and others whose occupations
keep them exposed to long contin-
ued exposure to bright light.
They can be worn with equal sd.
vantage while playing golf or tennis,
and in fact most Of the out-ofdoor
SPORTS.
Bathrooms should have outside air
and sunlight Householders should
be willing to pay. az much for ven.
tilation In house a. plumbing. Both
are essentials to the preservation Of
health
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-13
WESLEYAN TO MEET
VIZ j. TEAM NEXT
Methodist Players Have I'm
proved Much Since Their
Southern Trip.

BUCKHANNoN, w. Va. April 10
The Muhlenburg game on the local
field last Wednesday, which marked
the opening Of the present season. is
the only game scheduled for the local
field till April %. 1t was not desired
to have Muhlenburg play here on tho
early date she did. but the team had
a trip outlined through this section
and Wesleyan agreed to take her open
date.
The southern trip helped immensely
in the development of the green ma
terial at Wesleyan this year. With
really only five varsity men OF 1914 on
hands, and with new material OF no
promising calibre, Coach Carlow Ger
tainly had a task on his hands to Sc
lect a team that would make a credit
able showing on the southern inva-
sion. While all the games of the trip
were lost, the play in the last five con-
tests showed beyond a doubt there
are possibilities of great development
in the bunch of youngsters from which
the team will he made up. South
Carolina was played equally as strong
games as were furnished by last years
crack Wesleyan team, and Auburn, the
southern champions, were made to go
the limit in both games played to win.
Poor pitching, a point that had been
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-13

outfit the popular favorite for the sea
sons National league penuant. This
year the Braves r figured to be as
strong, If not stronger. than last sea-
son, the loss OF Deal and Mann being
Offset by the acquisition OF Sherwood
Magee, the noted Philly slugger.
The Giants and the Cubs are the
two teams considered most likely to
give the Braves a tussle for first
honors. If McGraw's pitching staff
can deliver. then the Giants are ex-
pected to be in the thick of the fray
all umm With the Cubs it's a
case OF trying to rebuild the old ma
chine with new material. Success
depends largely on the ability of
Bresnahan's youngsters t. make good.
Under their new manager, Pat Mo-
ran, the PhiIlies are expected to better
their last years position. The Gin
cinnati Reds are also picked to finish
we'll up in the pennant chase.
AS in the case OF the National
league. Boston is touted to cop the
flag in the American league scramble,
the Red SoX reigning tip-top favorites.
The brilliant Red Sox crew of last
season remains practically intact.
while the once formidable Athletics
have been shot to pieces by the loss
OF several of the star Mackmen through
trades and releases.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-13
Egg Skin Is Used To
Mend Mans Ear Drum

PANAMA, April 13.-A remarkable
operation. said to have been the first
of it's kind, has been successfully per,
formed by DR.. D. F. Reeder at Ancon
Hospital on D. w. MacCormick, a
canal employee, who ruptured an ear
drum.
The ear drum did o heal and DR..
Reeder took the skin from the inside
of a fresh egg she'll and after many
trials succeeded in putting it over the
ruptured membrane and bringing the
edges of the wound together.
After As hours. the egg skin was
removed and it was found the mem
brane of the a drum had grown to-
gether.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TO Open TOMORROW
Boston Teams Are Touted
For Championship In
Both Leagues.

NEW YORK, April B.-wednesday
WILDE the red.ietter day of the entire
year for all lovers OF the national
game-the day when the great double
barreied, six months circus of big
league baseball is turned loose in the
land. After an unusually large num-
Der of exhibition games, some OF
which tested the real mettle of the
PLAYERS, the sixteen teams that make
up tfo National and American leagues
are travelling for. the happy batting
ground, where will be inaugurated the
championship seasons. Through the
process of buying, trading and elimi-
nation the managers believe they have
siftedSthe wheat from the chaff and
every team is nailed as champion or
near-charnpion outfit.
The feat of the Boston Braves last
season. In working their way from
the bottom to the worlds champion
ship, naturally has made the Stallings'