The Washington times., 1920-07-25
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OF THEIR HEAD.

The feet do nothing important sxospt 70 carry 'he
head where it wants TO Co. Yet hundred young mel
in this country pay careful attention TO wnat Pu
on their feet, Just what style Of shoes, Tor ona
young man that thinks earnestly about what nc pu's
INSIDE OF HIS HEAD, Just what information what
books and what thoughts he brings out Of that head
Our legs do NO important work except that obey
ing the orders Of the head they move the Feet ana
with nervous energy sent down from the BRAIN carry
the body around and take the mind. THE HEAD
to the place or the thing that interests It,
You will nnd q hundred young men and half
hundred old men much more Interested In the CUT OF
their trousers the muscles and shape OF their legs
than in the inside of the skull where deeper eonvou
tions meaning more brain surface and more thought
power can be developed by the will and by thinking
So with the whole body The hands reach out and
convey to the mouth food that the brain needs in It's
work. Or they write the thoughts that the brain
creates or they hold the book that the brain reads
through the eyes Or they dress, wash and take care
of the body the living, moving column on which the
head and the brain rest the bust rests
on the marble column in the Capitol at Warrington
The hands are only servants Of the head
But 90 into any fashionable hair dressing estab-
lshment' and look at the young men with SOUL body
and mind intent on having their NAILS manicured.
You will find some young women, who ought to be
doing some useful work in another place. scrap
ing away at the nails of old and young gentlemen:
putting on pink powder. rubbing to beautiful gloss.
You will find q hundred among the prosperous class
spending time and money having their nails mani
cured for that devotes an equal amount OF time
and thought to improvement Of the brain.
If you want to polish anything polish up your
mind.
You might have the most beautiful, pinksst, most
nicely pointed nails in the world with the cuticle in
beautiful condition, and the little white half moon
showing marvellousy, and yet be forgotten five min
utes after you are dead.
Devote to your head the work it might accomplish,
the thought you put now on your finger nails your
new straw hat the way your coat fits at tho back,
whether you will have the bottom button Of your
waistooat buttoned or unbuttoned.
Worry about the style of your mind, ask yourself
whether your BRAIN is up to date, mind about
YOUR shoes or your trousers and you be looked a
admired and thought well of when you are old. Any
man past fty drifting down the other side of the hill
will tell you that youth has its own amusements, can
always be made gay but old age has NOTHING un.
less it has the knowledge that it has done well that it
has worked well, tnAt " mas 70 OOWWAuu Ine
respect of those that look upon It.
Hand this article to some young man who needs it.
It is not all the fault Of youth that 1t thinks little
about the only important things, the head and the
brain inside of it. We 60 in = stream like drops Of
water in a river floating to the ocean
The stream of human life ia flowing sluggishly
along and keep flowing in the direction of all the
Others The direction is toward amusement, toward
fashion, toward details, toward tries with the max
ing of money always in view the means to buying
and possessing and looking like somebody
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II we thought a. much about how we think - about
how we look, If the average young man were taught
to be as proud Of forehead sticking out he Is Of
waist line shrinking in the would be ntell-
gent, its problems would be solved more rapidly.
The difficulty is that we praise the man who wins
at football who KNOCKS . homer" wins q prize
fight or runs mile rapidly than somebody else.
Anu cro,ud of voung man will stand to listen or