The Washington times., 1921-12-18

make . thousand enemies Tor Q
Kindly man. Jealousy Of . mother
for her daughter, Of father for 500
what hideous sins have they pro-
duced! Jealousy OF one country ~
another-what wars!
Jealousy il indeed the root Of
nearly all crime and al misery. hut
Why should we civilized peoples ID
low such a vile thing to warp an
our progress? Why cannot t'svn
qualities receive Just az careful IN
vestigation from scientists and
psychologists, with the object OF
their elimination. as consumption
or cancer? ,laA
Why should not every child. ~ 4
u taught its A B c. be taught ti,at
Jealousy il q great fault n lyinCor
stealing. and is. indeed. often sths
cause Of both?. Even the teaching
Of the Council Schools causes. tho
pupils TO leave with more or .lsss
clear. or haxy. idea that the truth
IL . good thing. and that to Steal
and murder are wrong. and win
probably bring material punishusnG.
II that much can be accomplished
by standardized form Of instruc-
ton. why could not the sense of q
conscience be evolved and enoour-
aged. the meanness Of self deception
be explained and proved. and the
pride In self-respect 20 inculoaAsd
that each would be his own sterneot
tudge7 OF what use are any dogmas
Of religion II they cannot produce
mortal upliftment?
Since physical action n the result
Of mental thought, how much bs>Asr
to go to the fountainhead and train
thought first, IL we wish right action
to follow.
Rewards and punishments ara the
only means of making immature
minds comprehend the responsible
ity they incur. That II. not rewards
and punishments inflicted blythe
teacher. but explained az the auto
matte result Of their own actions.
Dig In the axiom that control Of
evil impulses win bring success and
friends. and that indulgence in 3eS1-
GUIDES and meanness will bring un-
happiness. and that both faults Win
blacken the self-respect. Reward nm
selfishness and fine actions. enQoyr-
ago nobility of mind, even more than
mental attachments in arithmetic
and geography. And. above an.
teach them how to think-how 10
make deductions. and how to dis
criminate. II the law of cause and
effect were drummed into the heads
Of all children. their own inteiii-
gsnce would make them avoid COM
hitting actions which would bring
disasreeabls results upon them
selves.
But ~ material results Of cyl
actions and thoughts do not come
swiftly enough to point the moral
and adorn the tale, only the iQcul-.
cation Of belief in q conscience
based upon laws Of logic and com
naon-sense. and not hampered By
any special form Of religion-can
Influence the child-mind. II these
broad. moral principles were the
main thing sngrafted. each unit
could adopt what religion ha or
she pleased later on. when the 3udg-
ment was moro mature. and would
practice It from . sound basis. Of
love and truth.
An people must admit that tsai.
eusv-the subject Of this article,
from which may have sssm 30
have digressed!-is q vile and msen
attribute which they would be
ashamed to own that they posssspsd.
Then Why not Try. bust a. IN SIX
psraenoe-An you VINO are rsadtne-
to ask YOURSELVES . few searching
questions: Am I Jealous Of any
personf" DOCS jealousay realty In
nuenoe any Of my actions taxari
any person, Or any q my thoughts
about him Or herr And then ro-
6ound1y search your own souls to ma
II you are telling yourselves H.
truth IN your answers always WIN
tAs esm1nrt1ng thoagh& That -
nssA n0e spsak sAsn aleul. - a.
tAss0 wfn - - DsssGbllfty q ~
~ bslns wssxnAsa ~ . D1Ans g.
pssu0. a2A sAa4 pa can. txSA
6srs. a3ssrA - - truthful WITH y6ur.
ssav0al
n ysu - this ysu WIN b 4nits
surprised At the result, and n win
help you to stamp out this ugly
thing you have In your mental
''maks up"
Great projects arc hampsrsA ana
rendered useless by the Jealousy Of
individuals enc toward smother.
when each would willingly diS -Spe
ths saks Of the pro5sct IN the ab-
stra14- And al because q want -
the habit Of analysing the motives