New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
By
Heypood Broun

he writes, watching the company, with
six OF seven senses not available to
ordinary men, judging character, mo-
tive and subconscious impulse, per
ceiving what each was thinking and
even what each was going to say next,
and compounding with telepathic in
stinct the argument or appeal best
suited to the vanity, weakness or self
interest Of his immediate auditor, was
to realize that the poor President would
be playing blind mans buff in that
party. Never could a man have stepped
into the parlor q more perfect and pre-
destined victim to the finished ac-
complishments of the Prime Minister"
Mr. Wilson's most bitter foes in this
country have at least done him the
honor to be furiously angry at him.
The criticism leveled by the English
author against the President is much
moro devastating Keynes is sorry for
him.
Probably we should have been able
to guess that parenthood was profes-
sion from the fact that the financial
returns were so completely inadequate.
but our realization of our professional
status has been made complete only by
the numerous books on child educa-
ton which we have recently received.
1t is disturbing TO find ones self a
mon, ba. Of q ,,.OFoce;o,, ro.. .x,l, Il L. . !,
never studied and in which he holds no
degree. To be told from many printed
pages, as we have been, that the for
nation of the character Of II. 3D. is
completely in our hands gives US some
what the same feeling which we might
nave II somebody should suddenly say:
Draw up writ of mandamus," or
Remove the appendix"
whether child gets the right ideas
concerning truth, honesty unselfsh-
ness, temperance and all the rest of
the virtues writes James Phinney
Munroe in The Human Factor in Edu-
cation, depends on whether he is
brought up in an atmosphere whore
truth is spoken, honesty and unselfsb-
ness are practiced sobriety is exer-
clsed and the other virtues regarded. -
That, 1T seems to us, is rather large
order. Sobriety is easy enough. but
the possibility of slip-ups from the
path OF truth and unselishness is posi-
lively overwhelming
We realize that we will never be
able to make ourself a perfect object
OF emulation. Slowly but surely the
convection is growing upon US that the
only way. we can satisfactorily fulfill
our obligation is to take exactly the
opposite tack and perform the difficult,
but not impossible, feat of practicing
none OF the virtues. If H. Sd is not t.
have model of perfect conduct about
the house. he should at least be per-
mitted the inspiring sight of horri-
BILE example.
But the most terrifying thing Of all
which we learn from Mr.. Munroe's bool,
Is that the mind of small child is
so exceedingly questionable that the
parent should understand, among other
things, the aesthetics of clothing" j"
We wonder just how much this i'm
plies. 1t served to remind Us that we
went about the house one day last
month in suit of clothes which had
not been pressed, and just for that we
suppose H. Sd will grow up with 3
total inability to appreciate the gran
deur of Michael Angeles figure of the
young David. Fortunately, the warn
ing came in time for us to save some
thing out of the wreck. We have
thrown away all the Christmas neck
ties. Thank heaven, H. Sd never saw
lhem. tie may yet mature to thrill,
at the sight of summer sunset on
the Grand Canal.