Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-18 | Page 10 | Childishness

I 0 J I C Childishness iI J By fly DR FRANK CRANE Why did id a certaIn cel wise man sa say When I became be be- camo came a man I put away childish things Is not childhood altogether lovely Are not children children chil chil- dren sweet and Did not nit the Master say that unless is we we became like children h we we should In Inno inno inno no wise see the kingdom There Is perhaps one thing thing- that pertains to childhood childhood childhood child child- hood that it behooves older people to put awa away Itis It ItIs Itis is all right to see a baby coo and gurgle Ie but if it a grown man acts that way we think he is feeble feeble- minded A child may play with paper dolls dolIs but buta a woman normally has some Bome other kind of ot amusement amusement amuse amuse- ment But the one thing thing- that disagreeable children do and that grownups g should not do is to cry Crying Crying Cry Cry- ing Is characteristic of the child It Is the first thing thing- he does on on coming oming- Into the tue world It is his first form of ot exercise What Is crying When Johnny aged 6 bumps his nose he be contorts contorts contorts con con- torts his face opens his m mouth uth to emit unpleasant sounds and accompanies all this with rain in the theace face ace What does he be d do this for Ills His n mother other doesn't understand She comforts him as well as possible caressing him and saying g- g that Cp crying tg- tg does not do any good But he is not crying crying- because he be expected it to do good if it anything he is crying because Jt n does not do good g His auntie does not understand She rubs medi- medi chine on his nose and assures him that he is po not hurt very badly and that crying will not cure him But he does not cry thinking thinking- that it will cure It Is not a benevolent noise Neither does he cry in order to heal beal his wounds It ItIs is not a a. medicinal noise It is a an advertising advertising- noise It means that he wants everybody within the sound of ot his voice to know that he is In pain I When Mr John aged 47 bumps his nose he keeps still except perhaps for a mild mUd imprecation or two What Is the difference between John and Johnny It is simply that the former fonner reaU realizes es that the public public pub pub- lic Hc at large is n not t interested in hi his pains And that is a good gool thing to know If It you have bave any suffering keep it to yourself If It you have any joy share it Do IDo not complain Do Donot Donot not talk of ot your ailments alIments Put away the childishness childishness childish childish- ness of ot crying crying- which in adults we call complaining complaining- Copyright McClure Newspaper Syndicate