The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-07-18
Uncommon Sense
By JOHN BLAKE
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co. ne Dig ants are a bunch
SnoW of chicks"
It will do you
town folks a bit Of good to get out
into the country about this time of
year and take a look at 1t. f.
You will discover that your bread
does not get its start at the bakers,
or even at some flour mill in Mime
sofa, but in the ground, the red
or black ground that you have
looked at while passing in a train
and thought was just so much mud.
Go see the farms and get ac-
quainted with the farmers.
Find out something of their prob
lens. ..s~
You may think that they are yok-
els-until you talk to them, then
you will discover that they read the
newspapers and the magazines, and
probably are better read and better
informed than you are.
While you are out there In the
country, hop over a fence and lie
down in the sun, If the grass is dry
enough.
Find one of those singing little
brooks that are bubbling over
everywhere at this time of year.
Z Get an earful Of their music. Let
it lull you to sleep, If you have
time, and the contact with the soil
will not hurt you.
Find out why certain grain Is
planted In certain kind Of field.
and how when the ground gets tired
of everything going out and moth
ing coming in and refuses to produce
it helps the soil to 60 back to work
If another kind Of crop is put on 1t.
Also, while you are there, look
around at the birds.
Most Of them have songs to sing
all Of them are decorative.
They are much more fun than to
watch than a canary in cage, or
even an ungainly ostrich at the zoo.
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When country people come to the
city, they enjoy themselves.
They see all the sights they can
afford. and 60 back home filed with
wonder and admiration. -
They do not think there Is any
thing wrong with you just because
you live In the city. It might be
better for them If they were not
so trustful. -zs 80
If you wiH only act on this sugges-
hon OF mine you ,Diu learn great
deal about the people upon ,Ohona you
absolutely depend for your daily
bread, and haze good time into the
bargain. ss>-
Moreover, If you can, spend a
couple Of weeks In the country.
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Most minds like to play hockey.
Keeping them on the job is hard
work. But II you
Make Your expect to get any
Mind Behave real performance
out of them, you
have to make them toe the mark.
You hear great deal about great
dreamers. but the place to dream
Is in bed.
Give your mind a chance and It
will dream and dream about this
and that. Meanwhile you won't be
getting anywhere.
The hardest thing to do In this
world Is to concentrate.
Once learn to put that mind of
yours on some problem and keep
it there, and it will produce results.
. But let 1t wander all over the lot,
touching at every interesting place
along the way and you might as
well not have q brain, as far as
getting anywhere is concerned.
Most people have the experience,
when reading, of following with
the eye every line Of type, turning
every page, and all the while think
ing about something that has moth
ing whatever to do with what they
are reading.
II the thing that you are reading
had any value, it is lost. The eyes
have done their job, but the wits
have been wool gathering.
Teach that mind to work, and to
work hard.
Make It stick to the subject, and
stow away the information you
hoped to get when you started read
Ing.
am told that rapid readers re-
member more Of what they read
than slow ones.
That is probably because they
work so rapidly and keenly that
their minds don't have chance to
60 off the Job. z.~ u sr~>..@
Anyway, If you can't control that
mind, keep 1t receptive and inter-
ested, you are not going to get very
far with any study and you will
never attain that "broad and use
full education" you hoped to have
some day. No.
When you begin to read, say to
your mind: Attention, please"
A.