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TIP FOR THE KITE FLYERS
THE BOY WONDER
A box wonder may still be found,
1ere and there, but I am not bringing
n charge to that effect against any
'boy of my acquaintance. There have
been such in the past, there will be
in the future, and we have heard of a
few, now living, though it is not like
ly that the charge could be sustained.
In every instance.
We can never forget Watt, whose
igenlus showed Itself, when he watch
ed the steam, lift the Ud of his moth
er's tea kettle; nor John Stuart Mill,
who was thinking through philosophi
cal problems, and In technical lan
guage, long before he reached his
teens. Pope said: MI lisped In
numbers, for the numbers came," even
though some now thluk he never did
anything but lisp, except limp. The
late John risk was a good Greek and
Latin and philosophical scholar, before
the average boy of that age had learn
ed his grammar. Students of music
can never forget how the boy, Han
del, stole into the chapel in the dark
and played the organ till they were
Attracted from all over the estate of
the duke of Saxe-Welssenfels and all
thought It must be an angel and the
duke pronounced him a genius; nor
rorget how Wolfgang Mozart was
playing tunes at four, and did not
Cave an equal on the harpsichord at
twelve. Josef Hoffman was the won
derful boy pianist a few years ago.
and now has made good as a man.
in the line of music, early genlui
bas been brilliant, but almost as much
so, in literature. Pope wrote his "Ode
to Silence" at 11. and "Ode to Soli
tude" at 12. At 12 Macaulay won
fame, by his first volume. Cowley
wrote "Pyrimas and Thlsbe" at 12.
At 16 Tasso wrote "Rlnaldo." Hugo
printed a volume of poems and so did
Chatterton. Shelley wrote "Queen
Mab" and Disraeli "Vivian Gray" at
18. Dickens was made famous by bis
"Sketches" and Dyron by his "English
Bards and 8cotch Reviewers" at 21.
And there have been "Boy Orators"
and "Boy Preachers" and "Boy Busi
ness Men."' No one denies that there
have been and mill will be boy ge
niuses. Little William James Sidls
has daisied the wise men of the east
with his conversations and writings
;and addresses on philosophical and
mathematical subjects, and he will
soon know all that Harvard can teach
him, while Nicholas Wiener is treat
ing Cornell to the same sort of a sen
aation. Alexander Hamilton comes
In that class. In a few months after
arriving In New York from his native
lied the audience with a great speech,
and he. was only 17. The late Presl
dent Harper of the University of Chi
cago was such a wonder as a grown
man that we forget his remarkable
boyhood.
Not every boy, considered a genius
by his admiring relatives, is one. He
may be precocious, good and proper,
but not a genius. But suppose there
is a real boy genius at large in your
community, what then? It brings up
the old question: "Why should the
spirit of mortal be proud?" His spirit
or that of his kindred? Who knows
but it may be only a case of infantile
or puerile genius which will disappear
as the years go? Neither be nor his
friends should ever forget that, try
as he may, be may be distanced by
some whose powers do not develop as
fast as his. There are men-wonders
whose boyhood was not unusual. Wag
ner and Bach and Goldsmith and Cow
per and Franklin and Darwin and De
foe and De Morgan belong to the lat
ter class.
And there are some alarming possi
bilities before him. Genius Is not In
sanity, as some of the wranglers have
claimed; nor Is it abnormal, save that
It Is unusual, nor what Is called a
"sport" One may be what we often
call a "universal Genius," like Goethe,
or Michael Angelo, or Gladstone, or
Shakespeare. And yet be Is apt to be
one sided and have some serious de
fects, which will prove his undoing, as
a defect In will or judgment or sym
pathy or in power of concentration,
and the latter was the defect of Col
eridge. He may be repressed and
neglected. He may be led to think
that he does not need training nor dis
cipline, for genius Is never Independ
ent of such things and it takes bard
work to mature and bring It to the
fulfillment of its bright promise. The
delicate nerve tissues may be burnt
out before be reaches the more seri
ous work of his life and be be left
In the condition of the man whose legs
were set akimbo and he explained his
misfortune: "I rode up In a balloon
one time and walked back."
If, on careful examination, the boy
is proven to be a genius, keep it to
yourself and never allow htm to sus
pect it. If he should find It out, tell
him of the fall of the genius and
linger over Its harrowing details till
he Is almost scared out of his wits;
then put blm at hard work as If his
life depended on It. Make him play
with the other boys, so that they can
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Bslanclng Strings Mads of Rubber,
Placsd In Sections, Will Prevent
Wind from 8napplng Cord.
Here, boys, Is a tip on kite flylnjj,
Every boy who has flown a kit and
what small boy has not knows how It
will sometimes break loose when
caught In a gust of wind that snaps
the cord. This is the way to stop
that Instead of having your balan
cing strings all string, have tbem In
three sections, with rubberbands In
the middle sections. It Is advisable to
put only two bands in the lower
strings, as this will help give the right
"pull". The advantage of such an ar
rangement Is this: When the wind
west Indies, to attend King's college. keep the conceit out of him. Be his
he had studied out the question of the master and his adviser and keep
right of our country to independence, heavy responsibilities from him till
and, in a patriotic meeting, in the he gets beyond the most dangerous
open field, came forward and electri- .point Tou may save him, after aiL
JUST why all the feminine world,
from Maine to California, wake
up some morning determined to
possess a certain kind of hat
no one has ever been able to tell. But
this state of things comes to pass
time and again. And now every one
wants a white felt hat. And every
one wants fluffy white feathers about
the hat, or big bows and drapes of
white taffeta and a bit of white
silk fringe for trimming. This de
mand is varied by another for white
trimmed with royal purple, vivid green
or black silk velvet Other all white
hats are trimmed with rich silk braid.
With these are worn the floating silk
veil of large mesh, white canvas
shoes or slippers, and cool looking
linen dresses made very plain. Wash
able gloves in white complete the
daintiest of summer costumes. The
half bleached linen suits, of crash,
are worn by tho neatest women.
Syles and Delft blues and pea-greens,
with occasional pale pink, and many
white linen suits, array our summer
girls and matrons m costumes Irre
sistibly charming. There Is almost no
trimming on these linen suits, except
a little hand-embroidered design or in
sertions of cluny or crochetted lace.
A little party of women in these cos
tumes reminds one of a bevy of white
pigeons or a bouquet of flowers show
ing a few dainty colors set In a back
ground of white.
Their cortumes are altogether com
fortable and with tbem the white felt
hat is Just the right finishing touch.
Some of the hats have very little
trimming, Just a band of black vel
veta drape of white taffeta or a col
lar and facing of braid. These hats
are as effective as the panama, i
they are soft ercugh to allow the brim
to be turned in any fashion. They
are far less expensive than the Pan
ama, however, and their life is short
er. But, however, they are un
doubtedly as beautiful In their effect
as any bead wear our women have
worn.
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
Rubber Bands Prevent Breaks.
takes a sharp tug at the kite the rub
ber bands give and the string is not
so likely to snap, as It might otherwise
do. Of course, this resiliency at the
kite end prevents an accident at any
point along the cord, Just as much as
if there were a lot of rubber bands all
along it
SWIMMING SUIT IS UNIQU
Equipped With Life Protector and
Fins Attached to Ankles Excel
lent for Beginners.
A swimming suit that bas the dou
ble advantage of aiding the swimmer
movements and protecting his life bas
been designed by a Washington man,
It Is Intended primarily for the use of
beginners, but will be found conve-
COMFORTABLE IN SUMMER I LATEST PARISIAN NOVELTY
HIS SPORTS
His sports are the most serious
thing In his early life; the funnier
.and louder they are, the more serious
They rank with the solemnities and
If they are at all what they ought to
be. their value la beyond calculation.
Physically, he is adapted to sport
and then developed by it His grow
Ins muscles and bones and his un
stable nervous system require play.
He has several million neurons already
and each one is jumping all or tnem
In different directions. "Can't you
keep still?" asks the Impatient moth
er, when she ought to know irom
memoir that he cannot He is manu
facturing energy so fast It must be
taken care of. and play is the very
way nature bas devised lor that nay
rives each muscle and neuron
chance and train them all to work to
gether.
But the chief value of play is not
physical; It is mental and ethical and
oclal and emotional. It shows what
is In a boy; helps to correct him;
then discovers great truths and pnn
clples to him.
Ha exoresses all of himself in play.
The psychical as well as physical
seeks that form of expression, tie ex
Dresses his emotions first In food
.getting; next In play. His whole
mind gets into it Imitation and
imagination; reason and religion; love
:and bate; courage and comradeship
.all are there. From seven to thirteen
lie learns to co-ordinate motion and
emotion.
He learns law, not alone the law
cf the game, but the great law or
ause and effect He learns, perforce,
to respect the rights pt others. Team
-work establishes social fellowship. He
learns to accept defeat cheerfully and
.get ready for the next opportunity.
Defeats are turned Into achievements
and obstacles Into opportunities, by
uch .a. spirt The skill which the
same requires be always acquires,
training all his powers to belp each
other, like soldiers In a well-drilled
- army. Here, then, are three great
qualities disciplined by bis sports
fairness, pluck and skill. Into the
saining of tbem go self-control, espe
cially the control of the temper, defl
r anoe cf temptation, the altruiatlo sen
timents of comradeship, self-confluence
and obedience.
As a baby, his play developed bis
-muscles; next bis skill; then from
-twelve on. it trained the win power
and the social sentiments. Nature bas
graded the school Just right As the
.spirit of comradeship rises in blm. be
enjoys bis fellow players as well as
dLbe (lay Itself, sometimes more.
Both play and talk are natural and
pleasing to him. while work and con
versation are artificial and Irksome.
Both bave to be acquired and some
times he never succeeds In completely
mastering them. But he learns them
both easily and eagerly when they can
be put Into the form of play. Most
boyhood tasks can be dramatized.
Trimming the lawn or cutting wood
or carrying In coal can be made com
petitive and thereby playful. History
can be dramatized, especially where It
involves war and heroic adventure.
Impersonating Indians or any other
of the attractive characters is always
a pleasure to him.
Apparently he is learning mostly
how to wrangle and yell and charge
his opponents with being unfair, and
Is cultivating a narrow class spirit as
fast as possible. But something very
encouraging is going on. He Is learn
ing loyalty, not to himself alone, but
to his cause, and each year his cause
is growing larger, till, by and by, he
will Identify himself -with the cause of
man as such, and he will be loyal.
Obedience to the laws of the game Is
embryo obedience to the laws of the
state and the laws of life.
It Is even claimed that the aesthetic
and artistic sense is developed In play.
Play is constructive unless It is brutal
Progress is sometimes an anticlimax
quarterback, halfback, fullback.
hunchback, the latter for life. But
grace and rhythm of motion, balance
and proportion of achemes. courtesy
and kindness in team work these can
grow out of well-played games. Ia
these games, constructed for the
times, be is growing out of the crude
Into the arts of civilization.
There is peculiar power in each
boy to adopt a hobby and thus prepare
himself, through the combination of
work and play, for his own proper vo
cation. From fiddling to photography.
from gardening to farming, from dra
matic reading to writing stories, from
raising pups and rabbits to running
cattle and sheep ranches such Is oft
en the course.
To bis parents or guardians, greet
ing:
1. Co-operate with nature ia letting
him play all he can.
2. Give the play Instinct expression
In sports, that develop cleanness.
comradeship, courage and conscience.
1 Turn the play Into service, by I
turning service Into play.
4.. Find his special aptitudes aad
let them follow that line toward his
vocation. . .
Coats and Skirts of Fins Shantung
811k Have Won Deserved
Appreciation.
Cool, comfortable coats and skirts
are being made of the finer, softer
weaves of shantung silk, chosen In the
natural biscuit shade, and also of toft
satins the uncrushable kinds and a
favorite fabric called "silk serge,
which closely resembles our old friend.
"satin marveilleux." A pretty model
is of delft blue satin trimmed In quite
a new way. with long silk ribbons
chosen in a darker shade of blue.
The skirt opens on the left side in
nan el effect revealing a long end of
ribbon, and caught across with a dull
silver button.
The coat is treated in a similar way,
with a trimming of satin ribbons and
silver buttons, and is finished with a
pleated side frill of fine white batiste.
A high-crowned hemp hat to watch
the gown has a brim of irregular
shape, which is turned off the face and
lined with black velvet, and is trimmed
In a daring manner with one large
dark crimson rose.
A New Rouge.
The woman who finds that a dash of
rouge adds greatly to her appearance,
and yet who wants above all things to
avoid the suggestion of artificial color
ing, can hardly do better than make a
trial of a new rouge prepared under
reliable management and put up la
smart little nickel cases without any
name to attract curious or prying
eyes, ana or just tne ngnt size to
slip inside the wrist bag. Another
novelty Is the form, for this is a pow
dered rouge to be shaken out of little
perforations la the screw top upon a
bit of absorbent cotton, to make it
spread smoothly; or even the flat of
one's finger tips may be used to rub
It In. Like most of the latest and
most popular rouges. It Is rather oa the
mauve la tint before applied, but
when spread upon the cheeks becomes
exactly the shade of the blood coursing
under the skin and as nearly Impos
sible to detect as anything I bave
seen. It is the least obstruslve way of
carrying rouge possible. The Vogue.
Parisian Ivory 8ts.
Parisian Ivory Is the name given to
Imported celluloid and la the rich.
creamy material are seea any number
of lovely conveniences for the dress
ing table. Glove stretchers, powder
and rouge boxes, pin trays and band
mirrors are some of the dainty trifles.
The same articles la domestic cellu
loid often show the rich cream and
such fittings are more used la sum
mer than- those) of silver.
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in nlnon with
Broderie Anglalse
black velvet
nlnon
Embroldered,Fur 8ets.
Aa odd fur set made up as a guide
for the women who wish to know the
modes which are likely to prevail
next winter, in order to have their re
modeling done now at the low summer
rates, is of sesL On both muff and
wide, abort scarf are insets or royal
blue silk worked In the giddiest of
Chinese colorings. As a further bit
of ornamentation rows of small brass
balls are attached near the edges,
three or four in a group.
Frocks for Girls.
Young girls have foulard, pongee,
and shantung frocks with baby lrtsa
on venlse lace as bands or la all-over
for yoke and nndersleeves, "The cf
die or sash is Important,
Novel 8wlmming 8ult
nlcnt for experts, who wish to take
long-distance swims that either would
tire them greatly or be impossible
without some help. The suit has a
life preserver fastened under the arm
pits of the shirt and from this strong
elastic bands reach down and are
fastened just about the knees of the
trousers. Just outside the ankles are
fastened a pair of fins, which give re
sistance to the water on the backward
stroke and fold in ss the legs are
drawn forward. The elastic bands
belp draw the legs forward and save
the swimmer all his strength for the
kick bock. Equipped with such an
apparatus a beginner may feel per
fectly safe In the water, and an expe
rienced swimmer will find himself
able to swim miles farther than he
could otherwise do. The suit Is made
of light rubber so that It does not get
heavy by becoming water-soaked.
A FUNNY BOY.
f know a funny little boy
Tho happirat over born;
HI faeo la Ilk a beam of Joy,
Although hla ciothea are torn.
I saw him tumble on hla new.
And waited for a groan:
But how ha laughed! Do you suppoee
Ha struck hla funny bona?
Thera'a stinahlna In each word ha speaks.
Hla laugh la aometning grand:
Ita ripplee overrun hla chaeka.
Like wavea on snowy aanC
He laugha the moment ha awakes.
And till the day la dona.
The arhoolroom aa a Joke ha takes;
Hla leaaona era but run.
No matter how the day may go.
Tou cannot make htm cry;
He'a worth a dosen bora I know.
Who pout and mope and algh.
Trains of Cantaloupes.
A cantaloupe train believed to be
the longest the world has ever. seen.
passed through Tucson, Aria, recently
from the Imperial valley. The train
consisted of 130 cars, was one and one
half miles la length, and contained
more than 1,000,000 pounds of canta
loupes. .
Absurd.
. Among the recent visitors to a
metropolitan museum was a woman
from a rural district, who was much
Interested In the ancient pottery ex
hibits. The attendant pointed out one col
lection of beautiful old vases, say
ing: "Those were dug up at Herculan
eum." "What!" exclaimed the woman from
the country. "Dug up?"
"Yes, madam."
"Out of the round ?"
"Just as they are now. They were)
cleaned up a bit, but tbey were found
about as you see them."
With an expressive toss of tho
bead, the lady from the country
turned to her companion and said:
"He's a nice-looking young feller,
but I don't believe what he says.
They never dug up no ready-made
pots out of the ground." Llpplncott's
Magazine.
LAWYER CURED OF ECZEMA
"While attending school at Lebanon.
Ohio, In 1882, I became afflicted with
boils, which lasted for about two
years, when the affliction assumed the
form of an eczema on my face, the
lower part of my face being inflamed
most of the time. There would bo
water-blisters rise up and open, and
wherever the water would touch It
would burn, and cause another one to
rise. After the blister would open.
the place would scab over, and would
burn and Itch so as, to be almost un
bearable at times. In this way the
sores would spread from one place to
another, back and forth over the
whole of my upper Hp and chin, and
at times the whole lower part of my
face would be a solid sore. This con
dition continued for four or five years,
without getting any better, and in fact
got worse all the time, so much so
that my wife became alarmed lest It
prove fatal.
"During all this time of boils and
eczema, I doctored with the best phy
sicians of this part of the country, but
to no avail. Finally I decided to Try
Cutlcura Remedies, which I did, tak
ing the Cutlcura Resolvent, applying
the Cutlcura Ointment to the sores,
and UBlng the Cuticura Soap for wash
ing. In a very short time I began to
notice Improvement and continued to
use the Cuticura Remedies until I waa
well again, and bave not had a re
currence of the trouble since, which la
over twenty years. I bave recom
mended Cutlcura Remedies to others
ever since, and bave great faith In
them as remedies for skin diseases."
(Signed) A. C. Brandon, Attorney-at-Law,
Greenville, O., Jan. 17, 1911.
Although Cutlcura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere, a samplo
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cutl
cura," Dept 3 K, Boston.
Wlfey Knew Him.
Benham I man't remember dates.
Mrs. Benham But you bave
pretty good memory for peaches.
Appetite
Gone
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