Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1915, Page 15

' ) THE BEE: APRIL, 24, 1915, 15 World’s | Greatest ‘ Schoolmaster ||| By ELBERT HUBBARD, Aristotle lived %0 years before Christ He was a native of Macedonia, which was then ' province of Greece. When a boy of 17 he walked to Athens, a distance of over | 200 miles, in order to attend the school of Plato Aristotle had been a mountain gulde and a mountain climber, s0 a little walk of 200 miles was nothing to him. All of his lite he an out-of-dcor man. Plato and Aristotle were associated as pupll and teacher and then as fellow- teachers for over thirty years. They tinally separated on the relative value of poetry vs. scionce. Aristotle was the world's first scientist. He made the world's firet geological collection; the first herbarfum, and the first zoological | garden—barring that of Noah. Very mu:h of our present scientiftc | terminology goee back to Aristotle. We have busts in bronze of Aristotle, | modelled from life by his pupils. | His head was not remarkable for size, | neither were his features handeome. He | wes always u countryman, always a | workingman. His form was lean and | bony, his hands large and strong. The plan of teaching adopted by Aris- totle was so simple that the school board of Athens conld not understand it, and finally Aristotle was exiled from Athens. He taught by setting his pupfls to work; they collected natural specimens and talked sbout them. He was the friend and companion of his pupils. Instead of | disciplining them he loved them. Aristotle sald, “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 as much as is thel tree. Man's body is over 70 per cent| water. Man gets his strength from food | evolved from the ground and more, per- | haps, from the electricity in thc atmo- sphere. Alfred Russell Wallace says that man's first education came through the domes- | tication of animal Through the re- ! sponsibility of caring for animals, and the exercise of forethought for thelr pro- tection, he evolves himself. Friedrich Froebel, who was a'forester before he was a school teacher, sald that through the care of flowers and trees men evolved their own spiritual natures. Years after he had sald this, Froebel was surprised to find that Aristole, Qwanty-. three centuries before, had said the same thing 3 Prayers for rain are good, but an irri- | gating ditch is more reliable. i The nations that have made the great- ' est impress on civilization have been | those that lived in dry and arid districts and not those located amid the bounteous ' natural gifts rear the swamps and jun- gles where things grow lush and lusty On the arid plains the danger of miasma and disease are minimized. By the ald of frrigation man controls the | supply of molsture. He plants the 'things he cares for. He selects, rejects, croases, breeds and devotes his talents to scien- tific cultivation. Egvpt was a land of canals. Assyria grew great, prospered and ruled the world because 1t knew how to apply water to desert land. Egypt and Assyria went down to their death when thelr citizens forsook their gardens and flocked to the cities to have a good time, leaving the land where grew “he flowers and fruits to slaves. Gircece grew great on taxes from mer who knew how to irrigate. The climate and soll of Greece was the same as that of California—vast mountains and arid Slains. Through the garden of Plato ran a di~ It soon burns to the middle, it does. Just twice as fast u'lt would {f you let one end rest between whiles. youth, stands unlighted all day long—as some fortunate (?) maids’ do ——then, Mademoiselle, you can touch the match to it night after night, blaze 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. 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— If your white candle, fat with And if you are one of the great By Nell Brinkley 1918, Copyright Intern’l News Servioa N o \ —1 burning your candle—please believe me, for I know—at its highest and brightest from § in the morning until 5§ and 6 at night—burning it hotly, brightly, so your little shine may stand as 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 leave your candle dark most 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—if you even keep the shelf you have won—you have to burn your candie all day long. And you can’t burn it at the other end, bright and hard, the dose taste differently, but, just the same, sleep is the high god & girl should worship. He gives her the sliine in her eyes—the clear brain that can think in a straight line—the steady hand—poise—surety —and kecps Youth laughing from her eyes. Don't use too much of your treasure—Night! A little—and then c¢limb into your bed and lose yourself—quite dark. If you do that your candle will sit in its golden socket—and when you play you will use of the glowing end that burns by day. But if you look about over your shoulder at Destiny and— wheg he isn't looking—1light your rich torch at the other end, too, your half the night long, without getting to the middle in a hurry—or elsc | entire light will burn out quickly—and of daytimes the blaze will be the working end goes out. wavery and dazed and low. No girl has done it yet and won—=&0 how It's an old-told tale, and it's been robed in many words to make!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 & canal which finally made him one of the millfonaires of Athens. Here it was that Aristotle lived, where the sky was blue 30 days in the year, amid the lavish and laughing luxuriance of land, where God supplie” the sunshine and man the water. Here it was that he wrote, “The land that produces beautiful flowers and lusclous frults will also produce noble men and women." Read it Here—See it at the Movies. By speclal arrangements for this paper » Fhoto-drama_ corresponding to the i stallments of “Runaway June' may no' be seen &t the leading moving picture theaters. By arrangement with the Mu- fual Film Corporation it is not only pos- sible to read “Runaway June" each week, but also afterward to see moving pictures illustrating our story. Copyright, 1815, by Serial Publication Corporation. FIFTEENTH EPISODE. “At Tast, My Love!" CHAPTER IIL There was & 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 his happy June. There seemed an extra affection that night between Father and Mother Moore and Bobble and iris Blethering, and Tommy Thomas was the gayest of the gay. The eyes of the white mustached Orin Cunningham twinkled incessantly, and heavy T. J Edwards sat with a smile on Intense satisfaction on his thick lips. The fea- ture was finished without an accident, and the first of the flims was fine. Bob- bie Blethering and Blye took an instant Hking to one another. The old feud was entirely forgotten. “They're good people, Ned,” whispered the happy Jume. “And they were 8o good to me'™ Ned beamed down at June with de- \ght in every infection of her voice, In every turn of her beautful head, in every fleeting expression of her lovely coun tenance, In every glance of her lustrous | ey 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 Glibert Blye. Then up rose Bobble Blethering and looked at the clock and motioned to the head waiter. ‘Well, it's train time,” he proudly announced. “Good-bye, Junie, dear!” And 1Iris Blethering, jumping from her chair, threw her arms around June's neck and sobbed happily. “Here are your tickets, 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 Marle, laden with white ribboned honeymoon 1ugi June's mother was at the fare- well dinner, and she smiled, with Father Moore, at the thought that the happy Ned,” called 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 was this Iegend “Just Married.” Bouncer leaped In as the rice began to shower upon the em- barrassed bride, wnd Mother Moore Up rose Gilbert Blye at the head of the | wyinereq table. In his hand he held a er hin- ing object. He made a wonderful speech shaut it, & speech full of wit and sentl “Junle, dear, don't forget pour purse. (The End.) on her Why Many Thinks the World By BEATRICE FAIRFAA. 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 blg nest-egg to tide him over the possible loss of some important client's patronage. This extravagant viewpoint 1s fairly characteristic 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 are 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 as lilles of the field who toil not, | but who, by the elegance of their rai- ment, suggest the prosperity of the man who s paying for it. No wonder modern marriages are so prequently failures. No wonder married men of 4 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 based on love is denled 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 {s neither sentiment mot sentiment- ality, but cold fact that human beings crave love and affection By the time the young lawyer has| reached the $10,000 standard he sets him- | self; when the business man acquires the 35000 he insists on; or by the time | the clerk has risen to the $1,800 he thinks necessary, one of two things has hap- pened. Either the heart denled 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 & mold of cold calculation. The girl who doesn't love a man enough to live with him in & small flat and do her awn work, even though she s used | model may they never would be seen leaving the | bonds to.make wedlock happy as well as harbor if it were sunlit and happy and | holly, mnd one of the biggest ties that If love had plloted them into port. | bind man and wite eogtther. A girl who really loves a man will| No man has a right to set himselt & gladly join her lot with his, and, acting | coldly mercenary standard of the amount as purtner as weil as wife, help him to| he must have on which to marry. No succeed. This is one of the greatest|man has a right to deny the girl he loves ) & chance to work by his fice for his sake. 2 - through life he can amages But if he cheats Is Too Mercenary the woman he only knew how to win by rich gifts and luxury is all too likely to turn from the aridness of a life which never knew love and is now denfed 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 Jove, high ideals, clean living and sympathy—that wili make her feel rich indeed. But all the cold dollars in the world will not buy her deep feeling an lasting emotion, such as are needed to be the foundation of love and marriage Help others to buy of you by buying of them 1f the manufacturer can’t sell goods, he can’t buy labor. If the workman can’t sell his time, he can’t buy so much to wear and to eat. If the farmer can’t sell his wheat to the workman, the farmer can't put money in the bank. The more we all buy the more we can all sell. The quicker we start it, sooner will come the sunshine. Let's 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. 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 tailors 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 thelr demand has created a life in which she must be dowdy and go with- out Juxury for them. Women are afraid to marry poor men, and then by dressing badly to be forced to throw away the line of beauty with which they ght | their fish The whole system s based on false and mercenary standards. Luxury, elegance | and show have come to take the place | ©f heart, home and happin, The poor young man who could win love with his fresh, young emotions and enthusiasms ts afrald to ask for it, so he walts 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 | & very poor purchase when his outworn | and cynical older years buy ft Men spend thelr youth in grubbing for #old 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 | ful cold creature who is the finished product of thelr own mercenary social system. So they turn around and buy themselves more shaw.—the cleverly sim to a mansion and three malds to wait does not know the meaning of | “for better, for worse." The woman who | is not sufficiently interested in her hus bund's life work to help him do it by sharing his life's burdens has no real lasting love for him. “For richer, for poorer”’ means something. A millionaire's riches may vanish over ulght, and then | 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. Marriage ought to mean & safe harbor, sunlit and placid From this, man and wife ought to put out together for occasional happy ex cursions into the big soa of life. And =22 Buy-It-Now