The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-27
Everybody Is a Hero
by NORA COLE SKINNER.

The sociology professor asked the
members of the class To bring M
hst Of all the heroes we had had.
We did not understand. WHAT
Kind of heroes did ne mean a.,
Then he explained. Everyone IN
a hero, someone he looks up 10. a2'
mires. and wants to initiate. The
hero does not remain the same as
the years pass but new ones are
found, the old ones discarded as the
ideals are changed.
We looked back over our I've
and recalled our heroes, the peo.
pie who were the embodiment u
our ideals at the different stages VI
our lives.
The men in the class remembered
how much they used to admire the
pitcher on the baseball team or the
sheriff, the fireman, or the COnduc.
tor on the train. Then they could
see how these heroes were changed,
how the Older boy with his long
trousers and cigarcts became the
IDEAL, then still others,
The girls remembered the adora'
ton they had given to the older
girls who wore long dresses OhcnJ,
and had their hair on their heads
They named the actresses they i'm
agincd they looked like and tried
% initiate, the women they went
to for advice, and the "crusHys
they had when a little older.
All had IA good time discussing
these heroes and laughing over the
trusting simplicity OF our youth,
But when We stopped to consider
the effect these people had upon
our lives it proved new, serious
and important angle to the situa'
tlon.
ones life is greatly modified by
The kind of hero one has. The boy
who admires the heroism and
strength of the policeman strives TO
be strong and heroic like him. The
little girl wants to be lovely and
graceful like the older sister ana
! turns her energy toward dcquir-
ing those virtues.
But it is just as easy for the
young person TO follow the fauItf
Of his hero as the virtues, for in his
yes the hero is all perfect.
No matter how old we may he
we still have our heroes. We may
be able TO detect minor faults IN
them, still we appreciate the virtues
and are anxious to make ourselves
ls good or as exalted as they.
The heroes of our mature years
A1t very inherent llpil Nil'N' -
our childhood. We do not comb
our hair like our favorite movie
| star but we have someone in his
tory fiction or real life, that We
unConsciously initiate, their man
ner. their mode Of dress, their hon
ny their purpose, their ambitions
We may Joke about the heroes We
have had but the shock comes when
1t is brought home to us that IN al
probability we are the hero Of some
Jnc. ourselves.
To the kid brother or sister VINO
thinks our acts perfect We are
nero. Our children do in miniature
exactly as mother does. Bride SET
up their little nests and half ne
customs Instituted in kitchen pan
try and hall are in accordance win
| The way mother always did a.
A man was walking in the snow
| one day. He happened 70 urn
around and saw his little boy ioi'
| lowing closely behind, almost unbal.
tncing himself in putting his MUS
feet down in the big tracks made N
MS father. That was a lesson Thy
father had never thought hcforS
what an example he was to his n
fhe child was doing just rs his nero
did.
| We are constantly thlnklnS "
| ourselves, OF how we can bee me
| IKE our hero, and OTTER fail 90 n.
slider our own little followers. oA'
own ideals seem all-importan' 7oI
the way they appear TO the 't7aer
! developed characters following t-'eF,
High ideals are noble, but they arc
yaluelcss II they are not made 10
count.
one OF the ways IL to bear IN
mind that we are somebody's hero