; 
Character 
Building to 
Train Youth 
By JAMES TERRY WHITE. 
(Copyright, 1909, by the Character Devel- 
opment League.] 
. _ X.—Patience. 
HE weaving of 
tapestry cr 
oriental rugs is 
a slow and labori- 
ous process. Into 
the warp of the 
fabric with utmost 
precision every 
particular thread is 
put in bit by bit 
by hand, a single 
thread at a time, 
day in and day out 
for years—monoto- 
nous and slow, 
JAMES T. WHITE. With no variation 
of movements, only a difference in the 
color of the threads to mark the dif- 
ference in the work done, and yet at 
the end the beautiful pattern of deli- 
cacy and delight repays all the months 
of uninteresting toil, perseverance and 
power of endurance. 
Imagine the process of grinding a 
glass lens—no change hour after hour, 
the same movements, the same sleepy 
hum of the wheel and not much to show 
at the end. The grinder grows tired, 
but keeps on. Without infinite patience 
such work could not be done, nor could 
all the finest attainments be possible. 
It is true, as Milton in his blindness 
said, “They also serve who only stand 
and wait.” But the best teachings of 
patience for the young will differ 
somewhat from that. Old age, be- 
reavement, life’s failures and disap- 
pointments call for a saintly patience. 
But youth needs another sort—the 
patience that overcomes adverse con- 
ditions. Cheerfully making the most 
of meager opportunities, singing in- 
stead of sighing along toilsome ways, 
getting even a child’s grip on the best 
things and holding on while slowly 
the worth of it all unfolds—these are 
the ways of patience for the young. 
Job gives us the right.starting point. 
The conditions of poverty or dullness, 
of weakness of body or weakness of 
will, must not make us lose heart. 
They are simply handicaps which re- 
quire to be overcome by patience and 
perseverance. While these two traits 
are often associated with each other, 
there is a difference between them. 
Perseverance is active—to achieve. 
Patience is passive—not to despair. 
Nearly all that is called genius is 
courage in the form of patience. 
Piiteiisieiieieinieisininininieobininieinietok. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
‘De Maistre says that to Know now 
to wait is the great secret of success. 
We must sow before we can reap 
and must often wait long for the har- 
vest. But the Latin proverb says, 
“Time and patience will change the 
mulberry leaf to satin.” 
Audubon, the naturalist, in the pros- 
ecution of his studies in natural his- 
tory had traveled for years over the 
country collecting specimens. From 
these he made careful and elaborate 
original drawings, which were after- 
ward to be published. After enormous 
labor he had made a collection of 200 
of these original drawings, which were 
- packed in a box until the entire work 
should be completed. When the time 
came for publication he opened the box 
and found that mice had got in and de- 
stroyed the entire collection. The la- 
bor of years had been thrown away, 
-and he had to do the work over again. 
Dr. Howe’s sympathies went out to 
the blind, and, gathering together a 
few children from the highways, he 
taught them in his father’s house, 
emis . arousing much in- 
terest and enthusi- 
asm throughout 
New England. As 
the pioneer in the 
work of teaching 
the blind he was 
obliged to erect his 
own machinery. 
With incredible pa- 
tience Dr. Howe 
taught Laura Bridg- 
man, a blind and 
deaf mute, to be- 
come an educator. 
Miss Helen Keller, 
another blind deaf 
mute, was taught so successfully that 
today she takes an important part in 
the world’s affairs and has written 
poetry that has been favorably noticed 
by critics in many lands. 
Practice.—Let each child resolve that 
today he will not complain, but will 
bear patiently every hardship. 
@ by Whitman. 
HELEN KELLER. 
Literature. 
Arm the obdured breast 
With stubborn patience as with triple steel. 
—‘‘Paradise Lost.” 
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet 
they grind exceeding small; 
Though with patience he stands waiting, 
with exactness grinds he all. 
—Lonefellow. 
God’s ways seem dark, but, soon or late, 
They touch the shining hills of day. 
The sinner cannot brook delay. 
The good can well afford to wait. 
; —Whittier. 
Let us be patient. These severe afflictions 
Not from the ground arise, 
But oftentimes celestial benedictions 
Assume this dark disguise. 
—Longfellow. 
Genius is eternal patience.—Michel- 
angelo. 
The greatest prayer is patience.— 
Buddha. 
Courage for the great sorrows of life 
and patience for the small ones, and 
then when you have accomplished your 
daily task go to sleep in peace. God is 
awake.—Victor Hugo. 
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