The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 293, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
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The Dabbling Adolescent and
Value of Her Fads.
ADVENT OF NEW POWERS
Period When Ail the Possibilities of
the Child Come to the Front and
He Feels He Can Do
Anything.
By SIDONIE M. GRUENBERG.
A FTER dinner the grown-ups sot
l* about on rockers down on the lawn
while the younger people danced on
the wide veranda to the music of a
phonograph.
A father was saying that so far as
he Could observe the chief reason for
the high cost of Living whs to be found
in the fact that the young people are
so fickle in their tastes. lie did not
remember just how many dollars—but
1hey were many—his son Percy had
Invested in cameras and ruby lights
and dishes and chemicals less than a
year ago, and now lie did not care a
bit for photography—was going in fof
geology, and had decided to go to col-
lege just to have a chance to study
that.
Father thought that he might have
stuck to photography and finally
worked into the business—it is a
pretty good business—or he might
have made up his mind about geology
last year and have saved all that
money.
Mrs. Darling felt the same sort of
grievance, for her Genevieve had
made such a muss about the house
with her photographs and things, and
now she hardly ever takes her camera
out. Indeed, Genevieve has had four
hobbies since she took up with the
camera—there was raising pansies,
and liand-painted china, and the for-
eign missions, and now it’s duncing.
The Darlings never mention the cost
of anything; but such shifting and rest-
lessness is very distracting.
Another mother observed that after
all we have to expect to do a great
deal for our children, but she did
fear that her son was frittering away
■> altogether too much time in ways that
\ would prove to be unprofitable. He
> gave up collecting stamps when his
v^album was far from full, and there it
{was. after all that work, doing nobody
{ any good. And it was the same way
\ with his wireless telegraph. They
i \ had had so much trouble getting a per-
•Hnit for the masts, and he had worked
so hard studying the codes until he
was able to pick up all sorts of curi-
ous and interesting messages (the
mother could not conceal her pride be-
hind her complaints), and now all was
abandoned since he met that North
hoy, who interested him in ants! What
all this would lead to goodness only
knew, and she was patient enough,
goodness also knew.
And Mr. Burrowes, who dreaded the
water, felt the same way about it;
for had not^Jiis son dabbled about in
a dozen—yes, si score—of useless hob-
bies, only to turn around suddenly
with bis mind made up to enter the
Naval academy next year, when he
would be old enough? As if there
were not a hundred excellent things
to do on the solid earth! And he pro-
ceeded to enumerate some of them,
though he stopped long before he
reached ten.
But the fathers and mothers in the
party worried together more than
they had a right to. Or at least, if
they were entitled to all that worry
they worried in tin* wrong direction.
The young people, if they are fairly
healtriy, and if they are fairly free to
find out about what’s going on in the
world, and if they are fairly free to
go In for tilings that do not bring in
money—nr especially -if they have a
chance to go in for things that cost
money—are quite sure to take ifp
one absorbing bobby after another. It
is just because there are so many ex-
cellent things to do on the solid earth
—and in the air, and in the water, too
—that 1 hoy need several years to find
out which they would rather do. And
apparently the only way to find out is
by trying the feel of them all.
Of course, this is rather expensive,
because the things with which they
clutter up the house are never used
up entirely, and they form a worth-
less collection of junk to mark the me-
anderings of the adolescent mind. But
the most serious concern is not the
cost in money, for where the money
is not to be had we find the same ten-
dency to jump from one interest, to
another. The fear of adults is always
that the growing girl or boy will be-
come a dabbler, a “rolling stone,” an
unsettled wanderer without definite
purpose or goal. And it must be ad-
mitted that once in so often a person
reaches years of maturity without hav-
ing found a guiding aim in life.
For the adolescents in general, how-
ever, this rapid Shifting of interest
seems to be the normal manifestation
of the rapid development going on
within the organism. The changes in
the nervous system bring, forth, a mul-
titude of new interests and new Im-
pulses, which simply cannot nil find
expression at .the same time and which
crowd upon each other in such fash-
ion that now one and now another
breaks to the surface in quick succes-
sion.
To people of comparatively fixed
habits and conventionalized standards
these fickle ways are not only annoy-
ing but often even alarming. Those
of us who cannot remember, the golden
days when we wavered between the
operatic stage and a lonely Island in
the South sea, or between saving the
world from selfishness and sin and be-
coming the chief of a band of brigands
simply cannot, understand this fickle-
AuV 'h
* Became Interested in Ants.
ness. It does seem so inconsistent, so
unreasonable; and what will it all
lead to?
The adolescent years are those In
which the child feels that he can do
anything that older human beings can
do; and, in truth, no one has yet found
the limits of what lie can do. The
rapid growth in physical and mental
strength gives rise to the feeling of
unlimited growth; and past perform-
ances quickly lose theft’ interest with
the advent of new powers. All the
possibilities of the child come to the
front, and it is only as these are tried
out that Mie most profitable lines of
development can be discovered.
The danger for most children dur-
ing this period of growth and impres-
sion is not in the dissipation tliVough
contact with too many lines of inter-
est, but in the lack of opportunity to
try out enough to give a broad sym-
pathy in sentiment, a wide outlook in
intellect and a wise choice of perma-
nent interest.
Let the children dabble while the
dabbling is good; soon it will,, be too
late.
PREPARER BY THE UR/TEP JTATEJ DEPARTflEffT Of AGRICULTURE
TIN CANS SUIT BLUEBIRDS.
A Pair of Tricksters.
They were on leave from the front,
and they had dined well and Mined
well, and finished at a/theater.
Outside they separated, and the
leader of the party was lucky enough
to secure' a taxi, Half way home,
however, lie discovered, on putting his
hand in his pocket, that he tvas penni-
less. What was to be done!
The British army is never at a loss,
and in a few moments he saw' a way
out.
He caught up the speaking tube aud
shouted “Stop!” Then, jumping out,
he told the driver to M’ait.
“I just want to pop into this tobac-
conist’s to get a box of matches. I’ve
dropped a sovereign on the lloor of
the cab and I can’t find it in the dark.”
He entered llie tobacconist’s and
the moment he Mas through the door
the driver and (he cab Softly and'sud-
denly vanished into the night, as he
had anticipated.—Exchange.
The bluebird probably is tbe best
fceloved of all our native birds and its
usefulness has as great claims upon
our esteem as its beauty and engaging
ways upon our affections. Bluebirds
tr I wrens will nest in ordinary to-
for en. .nice of the bird, as sliown in;
Figure 2. '
Birdhouses in (lie southern states:
have long been made from gourds. The;
entrance is in the side and there is
a drain hole in the bottom, as* shown J
In Figure 3. A piece of Mire throughj
the neck for mounting it completes the/
1—Tomato Can With Circular Piece of Board Fitted In One End, to Make House (
for Bluebirds or Wrens. 2—Tomato Can With One End Removed, Fastened to j
Top at Post. Hole Cut in Side for Entrance: Suitable for Bluebirds or Wrens
if Put;.bar Shady Place.
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S— Gourd lor Martins. fT.
niato cans when properly prepared
and placed In suitable locations, ac-
cording to the United States bureau
of biological survey! A circular piece
of wood is fitted in the open end M’ith
an opening to admit the bird, as shown
in Figure 1. Another method is to
remove one end and fasten to the top
of a post, A hole is cut in the side
4—Gourds for Wrens or Bluebirds.
house. A number of gourds thus pre-
pared and strung on a pole seems to
make a satisfactory tenement house
for a cdlony of martins. Used singly,
as shown in Figure 4, they are equally
M’ell adapted to wrens and bluebirds.
While gourds are not durable when ex-
posed to the weather, they are easily
replaced.
<JARE OF BIRD HOUSES; GUARD-
ING AGAINST BIRD ENEMIES.
Each spring before birds return
from the South, all filth and litter
should be carefully removed from bird-
houses, the United States bureau of
biological survey recommends. In ad-
dition to the relics of previous occu-
pancy, houses are likely to contain co-
coons of insects, and nests of bees or
squirrels. Attention to this one item
of spring cleaning is a substantial fac-
tor in attaching birds permanently to
their bouses. A little ' sulphur scat-
tered about a house is a good remedy
for parasites. When bluebirds or swal-
Farmers’ Bulletin 493,, “The English
Sparrow as n Pest."
Oats and large snakes are enemies
of birds, the former perhaps killing
more birds than any other mammal.
Trees and poles supporting houses
should be sheathed with tin or gal-
vanized iron to prevent these enemies
from climbing (t» the nests. Squirrels
give more or less trouble by gnaM'ing
houses, eating eggs and killing nes-
tlings. Red squirrels, in parti cilia r,
have a very bad reputation in tills re-
spect, and many experimenters keep
tlieir grounds free from them. Some
regard flying squirrels ns but little bet-
ter than red ones. Even gray and
Cat-Proof Fence—a, With Barbed Wires; b, With Loose Overhanging Netting.
Love’s Stratagem.
Betty Bright—I think, dear, you had
better speak to papa tonight.
Jack Timid—Why tonight, particu-
larly? Is lie in a good humor this
evening?
Betty—Well, he’s in a humor to give
me to you. 1 arranged M’ith my mil-
liner. dressmaker and dentist to send
their bills in to him this morning.—
Boston Transcript.
Really Broad-Minded Man.
Broaden out, to be sure, but l»e care-
ful that you do not find yourself to
be 1 binning out as a result. The
broadest man is lie who takes in the
richest scope of knowledge and has u
wide circle of friends.
Iom’s take possession of a martin
house it Is a good plan to put up a
one-room house In the vicinity and re-
move the nest from the martin house,
interlopers, thus evicted, often trans-
fer their housekeeping to the small
house. Houses designed for woodpeck-
ers should always' have an inch or so
of sawdust In the bottom for the re-
ception of eggs, as woodpeckers do not
gather nest materials. Due attention
should be given to repairs. It is easier
Tree Guards.
to keep houses In good order than to
build new ones.
Enemies of House Birds.
Bird tenants have numerous ene-
mies from which a careful landlord
will try to guard them. Among these
is the English sparrow, whose persist-
ent attacks too often drive more desir-
able birds away from their nests and
from the neighborhood. Those Mho
wish to free their premises of these
sparrows will find recommendations in
fox squirrels are occasionally trouble-
some. It is not necessary, however,
that bird lovers should Mage indis-
criminate warfare against all squir-
rels. It is far better to adopt the rule
never to kill a squirrel unless there is
reason to believe that it has acquired
the habit of eating eggs or. young
birds; the result will probably be that
not more than one red squirrel In fifty
nor more than me gray squirrel fh a
hundred will have to be killed. Where
squirrels are numerous they give more
or less trouble by gnawing and disfig-
uring bouses. This damage may be
prevented, however, by covering the
parts about the entrance with tin or
zinc.
Avoid “Movie” Eyestrain.
Many persons cannot attend motion
pictures because of the annoying af-
tereffects on the eyes. Some suffer
from eyestrain and others are subject
to severe headaches. The relief, in
most cases, consists in perfectly-fitted
glasses, according to the Popular Sci-
ence Monthly. The picture may not
be quite so sharp, but this is more than
compensated for by the increased com-
fort. For persons with very sensitive!
eyes, a colored glass, either amber, j
yellowish green or amethyst, may af-j
ford immediate relief. It Is also ad-
visable for those M’ho are liable to suf-;
for after viewing the pictures to avoid1
sitting in a place where it Is necessary ji
to look upward, as the additional!
strain becomes very tiresome. In the
majority of cases, hoM’ever, if glasses |
are correctly fitted to a person, he or!
she stands a good chance of enjoying
motion pictured without auv Attendant
ill results.
MADE INDIANS MAD
BAVAGES’ STRONG OBJECTION TO
BEING PHOTOGRAPHED.
Woman Tells of Trip to Ancient City
,of Taos Which Seems to Have
Been Highly Exciting—Saw
Feast and Dance.
During a journey through tbe prat,-,
fieally unknown Southwest somebody
suggested that I go to the aheient city
of Taos for the feast of San Geronlmo,;
Mrs. C. R. Miller writes in Leslie’s.
“You won’t find photographing these
Indians an easy job, but if you suc-
ceed you will get something interest-
ing.” Taos is tlie ancient pueblo
ubout eighty miles from JSarita Fe, and
reached by a highway which is only a
trail over a stony mesa.
Somebody called out that the dance
was at the south pueblo and there wat
a rush across the logs which Served a»
brldges over the little stream which,
runs through the reservation. There
we found perhaps a hundred Indiana
wrapped in white muslin robes and
carrying branches of trees in their
hands. They were making a weird
noise and limping up and down as they
inarched around the pueblo. It was
a strange scene. The movement of
their bodies was slight, but the ex-
pression on their faces and the low.
guttural utterances showed suppressed
emotion, and suddenly directly In front
of where I whs standing one of th#
older warriors fell to the ground lu
an epileptic fit. He was at once car-
ried into the pueblo and the medicine
man summoned. The dancers, how-
ever, were not disturbed and the un-
canny performance went on for IS
minutes longer.
This was,, merely the prologue te
the feast of the morrow.. The foot
races were hotly contested by the
young braves of the twro pueblos. The
participants Mere naked except for a
kilt about the loins and were deco-
rated with feathers In their hair, on
their arms and their ankles. The race:
Is run in a peculiar fashion. When1
the judges give, the word Im'o men dart
from the course nearest the pueblo and
run swiftly to the-other end. The in-
stant the leader reaches a certain
stone at the end of the course another
man of his clan takes up the race and
rushes past him on the home stretch.
This is kept up until all the contest-
ants have had trial—the final victory
being a victory for the clan and not
for the individual runner. Tlie pu-
eblo winning the race is entitled to
keep the statue of St. Geronimo for
the follouiqg year.
Early in the afternoon the Indian
cloM’ns, known as the delight makers,
rush suddenly from the pueblos. 'Their
faces and naked bodies are smeared1
with paint and their hair entwined
with corn husks. Nothing is sacred to
their touch and they will steal fruit
from a vendor’s wagon and perhaps!
after taking a mouthful spit it at some,
visitor. They object to being photo-
graphed, aud when one sawr me in tb»
act of taking his picture he came at
me with a rush, yelling in a savage*
fashion. I w:as sitting on a log, an<£i
lie sat doM-n beside me so close that Ei
narrowly escaped falling off. He yelled
and gesticulated, but I sat perfectly
still and pretended not to see him. The
man who had sold me my permit came
up behind and said Something. Finally
he left, but all during the afternoon!
whenever I attempted to take a pic-
ture dirt was thrown at me and all'
the curses known to their savage tra-
ditions M-ere wished on me. The de-
light makers beat tin pans at horse*
and caused several runaways, amt
frightened children almost into spasms
, Financial Outlook.
Simpkins—You are looking rather
delicate, old man.
Timkins—Yes, and I’m feeling rather
delicate financially. It wouldn’t tak*
much of a touch to break me. s‘
Pat’s Wish.
When Patrick McGlnnagan became *.
member of the police force a delegation
of his friends burst in upon him while
hq was at dinner, and presented him
with a handsome truncheon in honor of
his popularity and their esteem.
Completely bewildered by this unex-
pected token, the new policeman, nev-
ertheless, struggled to his feet an«P
stammered his appreciation.
“Frinds, ye have upset me wid yV
kindness,” he said, flourishing the.
truncheon. "Oi’Il try an’ do my duty
wjd tills little shillaiy, an’ I hope an*
trust that ivry mon here’ll live t’ fee*
Its inflooince.”—Rochester Evening
Times.
Seemed Reasonable.
“This work I am "offering you is ‘The.
Life of Our Great Generals,’ ” said the
book agent. “I know if you look at i*
you will take it.”
“You’re wrong, young man,” s&E*
the suburbanite; “I don’t w’ant to take,
anybody’s life.”
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To Hold Friendship.
One May to hold a friend is to can
your hand often shaking hi*.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 293, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1917, newspaper, February 13, 1917; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth906859/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.