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World's
Greatest
Schoolmaster
Burning the Candle at Both Ends" 0
0 By Nell Brinkley
Copyright. 115, lntern'1 News yervtoa.
By ELBERT HUBBARD.
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Aristotle lived 0 years before Christ
He wu a native of Macedonia, which was
then a province of Greece.
When a bey of 17 ha walked to Athena,
a distance of over
200 mile. In order to
attend the school of
riato.
Aristotle had been
a mountain g u I d
and a mountain
climber, ao a little
wjklk of 2n0 nillea waa
nothing to him.
All of hla life he
an out-of-dcor man.
Plato and Aristotle
were associated aa
pupil and teacher
and then aa fellow
teachers tor over
thirty year. They
finally separated on
the relative value of
poetry va. science.
Aristotle waa the
world's flret (dentist. He made tha
world'a flrrt geological collection; the
flret herbarium, and the first soologtcal
garden barring that of Noah.
Very muvh of cur preaent aoicntlflo
terminology poee back to Aristotle.
We have busts In bronze of Artstote,
modelled from life by Ills pupil.
Hla head was not remarkable for size,
neither were hie features handsome. He
waa always a countryman, always a
worklngman. His form was lean and
bony, hla hands large and strong.
The plan of teaching adopted hy Arls-
totle was so simple that the school board ,
of Athens could not understand tt, and
finally Aristotle waa exiled from Athens.
He taught by setting his pupils to work;
they collected natural specimens and ;
talked about them. He waa the friend 1
and companion of his pupils. Instead of j
disciplining them he loved them.
Aristotle said, "The land that pro
duces beautiful flowers and luscious
fruits will also produce noble men and
women."
That Is to say, man Is a product of
soil and sunshine, just aa much as Is the
tree. .Van's body is over 70 per cent
water. Man gets his strength from food j
evolved from the ground and more, per
haps, from the electricity In the atmo
sphere. Alfred Russell Wallace says that man's
first education came through the domes
tication of animala. Through the re
sponsibility of caring for animals, and
the exercise of forethought for their pro
tection, he evolves himself.
Frledrlch Froebel, who was a, 'forester
before he was a school teacher, said that
through the care of flowers and trees
' men evolved their own spiritual natures.
Tears after he had said this, Froebel was
surprised to find that Arietole. twenty
three centuries before, had aald the same
thing j
Prayers for rain are good, but aa Irri
gating ditch Is more reliable.
The nations that have made the great- '
est Impress oh civilization . have been J
those that lived In dry and arid districts j
and not those located amid the bounteous !
natural gifts rear tha swamps and Jun-
flea where things grow lush and lusty, i
On the arid plaina tha danger of
miasma and disease are minimised. By
the aid of Irrigation man ' controls the
supply of moisture. He plants the'thinps
he cares for. He selects, rejects, crosses,
breeds and devotes hla talents to scien
tific cultivation.'
Egypt was a land of canals. Assyria
grew great, prospered and ruled the
world because tt knew how to apply
water to desert land.
Egypt and Assyria went down to their
death when their citlzena forsook their
gardens and flocked to the cities to have
a good time, leaving the land where grew
.he flowers and fruits to slaves.
Greece grew great on taxes from men
who knew how to Irrigate. The climate
and soil of Greece was the same as that
of California vast mountains and arid
plains.
Through the garden of Plato ran a di
om v .fiKsSt Vfl xSifovfrfa&M " V miff Iff TOW
It soon burns to the middle, It does. Just twice fast aa It would
If you let one end rest between whiles. If your white candle, fat with
youth, stands unlighted all day long as some fortunate (?) maids' do
then. Mademoiselle, you can touch the match to it night after night,
blase away at the rallies of fun that begin after twilight has purpled the
big town. But the bright candle of youth Is so apt to flare and glow
with all Its strength It doesn't save It dances and burns and glows
and uses Its core as fast as It can. And if you are one of the great
swarm that fills the early morning trains on the way to the hive if
you peg away in crowded, humming offices and shops all day long-
burning your candle please believe me, for I know at its highest and
brightest from 8, in the morning until 6 and 6 at night burning It
hotly, brightly, so your little shine may stand aa high and as steady
and make as big a. circle of light In the working world as the other
candles that burn then leave one end in the firm socket and leava
your candle dark roost nights. For if you work and aren't there a lot
of us what? and get a step nearer the heights your eyes are on (
you even keep the shelf you hare won you have to burn your candle
all day long. And you can't burn It at the other end, bright and hard,
half the night long, without getting to the middle in a hurry or elso
the working end goes out
It's an old-told tale, and it's been robed in many words to make
the dose taste differently, but. Just the same, sleep Is th high god.
girl should worship. He glTes her the shine In her eyes the clear
brain that can think In a straight line the steady hand poise surety
and keeps Youth laughing from her eyes. Don't use too much of
your treasure Night! A little and then climb Into your bed and lot
yourself quite dark. If you do that your candle will sit tn Its golden
socket and when you play you will use of the glowing end. that burnt
by day. But If you look about over your shoulder at Destiny and
whajhe Isn't looking light your rich torch at the other end, too, your
entire light will burn out quickly and of daytimes the blase will bs
w a very and dated and low. No girl has done it yet and won so how
can you? NELL BRINKLEY.
verted stream, whose waters . were cold
and sparkling, from the mountains.
Plato was under the ditch; for Acada
mus, who owned the ranch, had banked
his all on a canal which finally made him
one of the millionaires of Athens.
Her It was that Aristotle lived, where
the sky was blue 900 days In the. year,
amid the lavish and laughing luxuriance
of land, where God supplied the sunshine
and man the water.
Here It was that he wrote, "The land
that produces beautiful flowers and
luscious fruits will also produce noble
men and women."
Read it Here See It at the Movies.
Why Many Marriages Fail
Tkmkl sV WstM It fas Mtrttmmry
By special arranaementa for thla paper
a photo-drama corresponding to the In
stallments of "Runaway June may now
be keen at the leading moving picture
theaters. By arrangement with the Mu
tual Film Corporation It la not only pos
sible to read "Runaway June eacli
week, but also afterward to see moving
pictures Illustrating our story.
Copyright. U1S. by Serial Publication
Corporation.
FIFTEENTH EPISODE.
"At last. My Loel"
CHAPTER III.
There was a gay dinner party at the
New York cafe that night. The Blye
Stock company entertained their depart
ing star and her friends. Ned Warner
sat beside hla happy June. There seemed
an extra affection that night between
Father and Mother Moore and Bobbie and
Iris Blethering, and Tommy Thomas was
the gayest of the gay. The eyea of the
white mustached Ortn Cunningham
twinkled Incessantly, and heavy T. J.
Edwards sat with a smile on Intense
satisfaction on hla thick Hps. The fea
ture waa finished without an accident,
and the first of the films waa fine. Bob
ble Blethering and Blye took an Instant
liking to one another. Tha old feud was
entirely forgotten.
"They're good people. Ned." whispered
the happy June. "And they were ao
good to roe!"
Ned beamed down at June with de
light In every Infection of ber voloe. In
every turn of her beautful head, In every
fleeting expression of her lovely coun
tenance. In every glance of her lustrous
eyes.
I's rose Gilbert Blye at the head of the
table. In hi hand he held a small shin
ing object. He made a wonderful speech
bout tt. a spceih full of wit and sentl-
ment and good will and things which
made everybody happy, and with an ex
traordinary flourish of words he pre
sented that watch to the little runaway
bride.
Amid whacking applause the little run
away bride made a blushing speech of
acceptance: then there was a whispered
consultation between herself and the de
serted groom, begun by a suggestion from
the latter. Then up rose the beaming
Ned Warner and made a manly speech, a
generous speech, a speech full of heart
bursting happiness, and amid great ap
plause he presented that tiny watch to
the dark, handsome, black ' Vandyked
Gilbert Blye.
Then up ' rose Bobble Blethering and
looked at the clock and motioned to the
head waiter.
"Well, It'a train time," he proudly
announced.
"Good-bye, Junte. dear!" And Iris
Blethering, Jumping from her chair,
threw her arms around June's neck and
sobbed happily.
"Here are your tickets, Ned," railed
smiling eyed Father Moore, tossing over
an envelope, and at that moment the
doors of the private dining room opened,
and In marched Aunt Debby and Marie,
laden with white ribboned honeymoon
luggage. June's mother waa at the fare
well dinner, and she smiled, with Father
Moore, at the thought that the happy
couple did not know that on the back of
the Moore car which was to take them
to the railroad station to finish their un
completed honeymoon waa thla legend:
"Just Married." Bouncer leaped In as
the rice began to shower upon the em
barrassed bride, and Mother Moore
whispered:
"Junte, dear, don't forget pour purse."
iThe End )
By BEATRICE FAIRFAJL.
A very clever young lawyer recently
informed me that he would not marry
until he had an Income of $10,000 a year
and a big nest-egg to tide him over the
possible loss of some Important client's
patronage. This extravagant viewpoint
la fairly character! stlo of our times.
Coming from the lawyer to the man In
mercantile life, and so on down to the
day upon which one may safely marry
gradually decreases. But modern stan
dards of what a young couple can start
out on sre vastly different from those of
our parents day.
Girls are trained to demand luxury as
an Integral part of their life. Men have
accustomed themselves to think of
women aa lilies of the field who toil not.
but who, by the elegance of their rai
ment, suggest the prosperity of the man
who Is paying for It.
No wonder modern marriages are so
prequenlly failures. No wonder married
men of 45 years are seen trailing around
outside their own homes. No wonder
women old enough to know better are
found feverishly pursuing attention and
admiration. Marriages that are baaed
on love Is denied and the heart Is starved
that a certain standard of affluence may
be reached, the resulting marriage Is
bound to go on the rocks.
It la neither sentiment not sentiment
ality, but cold fact that human beings
crave love and affection.
By the time the young lawyer has
reached the SlO.Ott) standard he aeta him
self; when the business man acquires
the ITi.Oau he Insists on; or by the time
the clerk has risen to the P.ftO he thinks
necessary, one of two things haa hap
pened. Either the heart denied Its na
tural heritage of love, marriage and a
home satisfies itself on unworthy emo
tions, or emotion denied atrophies and
the once warm and loving nature settles
Into a mold of cold calculation.
The girl who doesn't love a man enough
to live with him In a small flat and d
her own work, even though she Is used
to a mansion and three maids to wait
on her, does not know the meaning of
"for letter, for worse." The woman who
la not sufficiently Interested la her hus
band's life work tn help htm do It by
sharing hla life's burdens hss no real.
IsMing luve for him. "For richer, for
the woman he onl knew how to win by
rich gifts and luxury ta all too likely to
turn from the arldneas of a life which
never knew love and la now denied the
golden rain that made it a land of milk
and honey. .
If the model man wants to have a fair
offering to bring his wife, let him bring
her love, high Ideals, clean living and
sympathy that will make her feel rich
Indeed. But all the cold dollars In the
world will net buy her d-ep feeling an
lasting emotion, such as are needed to be
the foundation of love and marriage.
Men seem to encourage women to be
come well-dressed manikins and then
turn from them after a few years of
matrimony have proven that a tailor's
model may be all external glitter with
no deep, satisfying feelings with which
to respond to or to kindle love.
Men dare not offer to the well dressed
woman their demand has created a life
In which ahe must be dowdy and go with
out luxury for them. Women are afraid
to marry poor men. and then by dressing
badly to be forced to throw away ths
line of beauty with which they caught
their fish.
The whole system Is based on false and
mercenary atandards. Luxury, elegance
and ahow have coma to take the place
fcf heart, home and happiness. The Door
young man who could win love with his
fresh, young emotions and enthusiasms
is afraid to ask for It, ao he waits to
marry until he can buy It. But what
would once have been a free gift to his
lovable young manhood turns out to be
a very poor purchase when his outworn
and rynlcal older years buy tt.
Men spend their youth tn grubbing for
gold and they expend the young love and
enthusiasm that ought to belong to one
woman In the world on a score of trifling
emotions. When they are ready for love
they are no longer capable of It. They
buy, and are disappointed In the beautl
fu cold creature who la the finished
product of their own mercenary social
system. 8o they turn around and buy
themselves more ehair. the cleterly sim
ulated love of the woman whose business
It Is to pretend successfully emotions
she knows all about, but cannot feel.
The best of life ought to come through
love and marriage. Mairiage ought to
mean a safe harbor, sunlit and placid.
From thla. man and wife ought to put
they never would be seen leaving tha
harbor If It were aunlit and happy and
If love had piloted them Into port.
A girl who really loves a man will
gladly join her lot with his, and, acting
as partner aa well as wife, help him to
succeed. This Is one of the greatest
bonds to. make wedlock happy aa well as
holly, and one of the biggest ties that
bind man and wife eogtther.
No man baa a right to set himself a
coldly mercenary standard of the amount
he must have on which to marry. No
man has a right to deny the girl he loves
a chance to work by hla aid and sacri
fice for his sake. la loyal love all
through life ha can more thaa repay her.
But If he cheats ber of her right ta lev
Instead of luxurious support and himself
of a chance at really being loved, there
la no way of ever making up tha Viae.
roorer mrans something. A millionaire's I out together for
riencs may vanuh over i.tght, and then j curstons Into the
occasional happy ex
blg oa it life. And
Help others to buy of you
by buying of them
If the manufacturer can't tell goods, he
can't buy labor.
If the workman can't tell hit time, he
can't buy to much to wear and to eat.
If the farmer can't tell hit wheat to the
workman, the farmer can't put money in
the bank.
The more we all buy the more we can
all tell. The quicker we ttart it, the tooner
will come the sunshine.
Let't all heave-ho together and begin at
once to buy these immediate needs whose
purchase we have been delaying. Start again
the wheels of progress.
Buy - It - Now
This la tha bate ef n
far tha V. 9. A. aa saah was
trieee. Lete aJl ST