The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-10-22
DOROTHY DIX
 ON CAPABILITIES Ability to Learn Marks Limit to Which Individual Mind Can
 Be Cultivated
- nONOTuY DINl

dictionary Co prove chat he was wrong
 "T don't care what Webster says. rctor,cI tbc complacont youth."thats Che way pronounce the word, and rars hc way Im going Co pro- nomcc il We've got free speech in th.s country. and I'm going Co pro- uomrc words as please"
 wise old man wno had been lIs- tcuius to Che controversy sighed. "rm disappointed u chat boy.' no said sadly. J had ucat hopes Of him. but |. hc has roached Che place in hi. development where he doesn't desire to learn anything more. he has como lo Che end ot his tcthcr. lie has reached bc limit of h's a.reycmeut and there's mo hope of ha over bc.ue amy moro chan he is at Che rrecnt ,mc or ol his even doing mytaIus better
 "Ho s done eovur lie has be- .ome s.rUe. even if hc .s only in his tuuuos for aee Is nothing but Che harloru- oI our perceptions. and thr r.rIaeuou ol our iucluauous We arc young as long as we are continually Icarmns and can change our point of vIcv and our ways of dou. uue. and can keep step wh modern thought
 -Il could give ono especial piece of advice to On. yome !, would be t8 boop h.r eyes open and their mind. supple and n.ahc to keep aIvay. learning and always erowius and to hc forever on a som hunt for better uay ol doing things. instead or resting oomnuouty content that or.s own way .s the only way.
 -r .runt It even virtue for pco- nh. lo ...n mp uIth uo foolish nda Of h. hour. for It shows at icast ..at le. ar. umus Go learn and u.t n.. arc uo so encasod u scIt .....t uat new ideas cannot pcuc. u.t. to nm There's always hope tor thos. who ar. receptive and .rlau. to h. uusHt and .o hctwou tne man who knows It an and Ono man who !. trying to lo.m Che latest trur back tae un-to-,0o.m.nute chap to win out
 "ua hc people who are always I.auue who su.ceoL A very grcat man a.I ou.e 2 have made many mistakes in my ure but , have never made tlc mistake Che second ume
 .rhr. hc stuG ol which oro maIc tH. meH and women who oc- .ompH.h b- hHet They make mistake. ruy %. hom But n.r dont eo on laundering along committing Che eame stupid mis- fake. over and over again. as long m ho, live. They learn from every .rrar
 .r Isa small tbue for young man ta pronounce a word incorrect y for manoe or to make mis. aEcIr erammar or to eat with h.s .r.r Uc may have had few adyan, ..s ol education and association. and a Is uot to bc blamed for not bole a p.rst u language or @ Chesterfield u manners On can ...r el.u.. m. laps. the drt time lon, 1T Inc continues making tho same mistakes arur hc ha had them pointed out to him. |. shows chat he a either too d1I or too oonce.tcj to learn
 .It a Che yome chap who Is on ,He alert to Improve himself ir every way who gets hore every umc not .tr eeoueur dub who is perfectly
 auHH.l wh himself as he Is. and who H toa lazy and soItiuduisent i1 .hanee
 -t uGes a lot Of courage Go look yourself i'm Che uoe. and caudidiy ar.m.. your shortcomings and Go s.. abol. romoiyn- them II, takes n Iot of ..I.lonal to give up old. Hoteuy Io1.by comfortable habits of Doe.h aHd customs and its hard sitting Iur amy ol us on thc bench ol humility where we have to gaze un to other people and admit that uos know more than we do.
 .uut It pays For Che paugs we
 uGor when uc loop ou our faults ar. growing pains. Thcy mark our development and somc day we TO- au-e that we have reached thc state mc that we never cou'd have ot- uucI If we had spared our vanity and oodIeI our so.l-lovc.
 "Irs Che people who arc willing to change who arc eager and onx- Ioue to learn. who keep on growing until at last thcg reach size conn mcnsurate with Che h.g places. harc seou uis happen a thousand times Two boys win come mp from Che country One win correct his pronunciation. and drop hb rural manner or speech and shed his vile aae clothc. and take on Che polish oi Che city almost as if by magic. The other never brushes Che hay- seed out of h.s ha.r or changes his uucouth speech and after dfty years oI city life he is suu provincial And uIrn limo. nuf nf fnn fno hoy