The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-15
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Plus
Grit

IS John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Here is an instance Of what one
section Of the psychologists point to
as success gained through the per.
sistence. 'tenacity and indomitability
developed in an only son.
His life was guided to follow the
footsteps Of his money.king father.
It would seem to prove their argu
ment.
John Ruskin, an only son of by.
gone day. was born Of a family Of
considerable wealth. His father had
accumulated as a wine merchant
what was then colossal fortune.
As@s. youth Ruskin was thrown
upon the single track of complete
education. He was tutored most
carefully. mastering many languages
and artss But as might be expected,
he was not robust lad and had to
be sent on lengthy European trip.
But-ehs had mastered literature
and the arts and has joined the
classics E1fs essays and writing on
architecture and art have survived
y'generations.
1850 x~'%
lAN the other hand, Napoleon was
~ the fourth child and second
son, thus upholding the other psy.
cho1ogfeal group which maintains
that III the herd femilies rise the
most IL to compete against life and
circumstance.
No man In history strobe forward
with more fixed intent.
But Napoleon and Marie had q
lone child, Napoleon Francois, Duke
OF Reichstadt. with his father away
at battle he became the typical lone
child pictured by ono class Of the
scientists. He was a mothers child.
no had neither the strength nor
Inclination to make the. battle FOR
fame and lands that were bestowed
him. y
Z Finally his mother fed with him .
arid- he was reared. almost a weak
ling, sickly and unaggressive.
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TN the wcman's neld was George
i Sand. the pen name Of Lucille
Aurors. the Baroness Dudevant,
and famed French novelist.
Here was & thoroughly spoiled
child-tempestuous Of nature, dash
ing, uncontrolled. And this lack Of
balance followed her through years
Of life that still figures in stories of
the court days of old.
She was turned over to an aristo.
cratic grandmother who in some de.
gree disciplined her until the age OF
Is. She was bride in a marriage ar,
ranged by the parents, but It was of
short life. Her affair with the poet
De Musset is historic, and her love
escapades have made Of her story
a veritable feminine Dor Juan.
TN clden times it was considered
i luck to be born the seventh son
of a seventh son.
This arrangement of lucky digits
carried with it an unfounded super.
stition built around the number
seven. which to this day has been
handed down to us in more ways
than one.
Today, however, that child is most
fortunate whose parents during in.
fancy guard him or her in the pres
ervation OF health ard Aeave the
mental development to maturity.
The rearing ofproqigies has proven
user 1aHacy. >.
THE lone child, without brothers
Il or sisters. may be at a disadvan-
tage and gerninate into an unsociaI
animal in later life.
But, with plenty of love ruling the
household, even an only son or
daughter can easily achieve as great
success as associates coming from
families where there are numbers OF
heirs.
Advanced pediatrics. which means
the care Of children, today is prob.
ng into the mental habits of the LIZ.
tie ones in addition to caring for
.hefr bodies.
The study OF child psychology is
IN enhancing research and those
who now are developing this hereto
ore little-understood science are
bringing out OF their Investigations
! new code for the successful devel.
'pment OF the infant