The Washington times., 1919-04-17

not want to discourage their pleasing enthusiasm
If you go at thing it is well to go at it thoroughly
You can form habit of THoRoUGHNESS as you can
form any other habit
But we ask our young readers to remember THAT IN
EACH OF Us THERE Is ONLY CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF VITALITY, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL ENERGY.
Don't put TOO MUCH of your power, of your vital
force into things that going to be useless to you here
after
Be warned bv those who devote their lives to playing
chess. The game is fascinating Many wise man has
found rest and consolation in it. many foolish has
wasted lifetime, and landed in the insane asylum
through it.
Chess is good AMUSEMENT, dangerous foolish
OCCUPATION THE GREAT CHESS PLAYER HAS
NEVER ACHIEVED GREATNESS IN ANY OTHER
DIRECTION
You may find man like Buckle author of that splendid
book History of Civilization in England" to be very
good ordinary chess player But such player will be
beaten with the greatest by infinitely inferior to
him.
Young men and young women forget that nature
wants US to do work that is actually PRODUCTIVE.
If you must strive fer any championship, LET 1T BE
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE BRAIN
It is better to be a real life chess player like Napo-
leon or Washington any of those that faced defeat and
overcame great problems than to play the chess game
with WOODEN men, arbitrary rules false little mathe-
matical problems that have nothing to do with me
Wherever you concentrated mind bent low over
a chessboard forgetting everything else, YOU SEE
HUMAN BEING GOING TO WASTE NINE TIMES
OUT OF TEN. THE EFFORT THAT MIGHT BE PRO
DUCTIVE Is USED IN CRnEINALLY NoNPRo-
DUCTIvE WAY.
You realize THAT fact. Young people do you real
iZe that your sports and you may be doing
Just what the chess player does that wastes on the fool
ish dull squares the power that might produce real
suits among men?
Play tennis or baseball or golf WELL ENOUGH TO
DEVELOP YOUR BODIES, WELL ENOUGH TO SUP
PLY THE BRAIN WITH GOOD BLOOD FILLED WITH
OXYGEN AND ELECTRIC FORCE
But don't allow the body and its exercises to draw
upon the brains reserve power.
Remember that the who is a champion WITH
HIS MUSCLES is a champion with his mind
There exceptions to this rule
Mr.. Jefries who could fight and defeat with his
muscles any in the United States-and probably any
in the entire world-coud have been easily
mentally by any of thousands Of narowchested little
students.
To follow the example of Jefries or the NARROW
CHESTED little thinkers would be wrong The one would
develop the body too much the other would think of the
body too little.
The brain should dominate the body, BUT IT MUST
BE FED BY THE BODY.
Keep at your games keep in the open air. Cultivate
physical SKILL achieve good equilibrium of the material
body through which your mind attacks and conquers the
material world
But remember what old Herbert Spencer said to young
at his club The old philosopher playing billiards
with the young gentleman and he defeated most rdcu
ousy While the aged thinker trying to make one or
two feeble points his young opponent would the
game. Spencer said to him:
"Not to be able to play billiards AT ALL shows de-
hcency in the physical equipment BUT TO PLAY Bill
LARDs AS WELL AS YOU DO YOUNG MAN, PROVES
THAT THE PLAYER HAS WASTED THE BEST HOURS
OF HIS LIFE AND GREAT DEAL OF VITALITY"
Young man, young woman you are only going to do
ONE thing really well in this world That thing you
must do with your brain, with wel-equpped mind
The character of the children depends upon the mind
of the mother The character of mans work depends
upon his brain.
Young women should take good care of their muscles
CONTINUED in CoIumnO