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Show f. UNCOMMON SENSE By JOHN BLAKE. EVERY OAY A SCHOOL DAY. The title of this articjs wilt probably prob-ably nut appeal to amall boys and girla. As yet educetion has not been j made ao Intereetlng that young people peo-ple are particularly fund of tt. By and by. when they dlacover j how much farther they could be land huw much faster they could travel, their Ideas about It undergo !a change. i Then they begin to wish that I every day really waa a achool day, so they could stock their brains with the stores of treaaure that . they neglected In their youth. I Kvery day Is a school dsy to ths thoughtful mind. Every day ought to 'be a school day to everybody. There Is mors fo be leameo? than any of us can manags tn stow in our heads In the allotted apan ot life. But aioat of ua I corn onty about a quarter Of what we might learn if wa trained our eyee to see and our ears to listen, and our minds to think over the reports that are constantly brought to It by the seeing see-ing eye and the iistsnlng ear. The Intelligent men goes to. t school every day or his life, either learning entirely new leesons, or contlnt-ally studying lessons already begun. I There Is something to ba learn eo from every acquaintance one makes even If It Is only what not to do. Thera Is a world of Information brought to ua with every changing sesson. particularly In the spring snd early aummer. when growing things are all shout a. when nlrna ara building their neat each species spe-cies a different kind of a nest and ths lltlls whits petals that were flowers drop away and rsvsal ths seed pods that are soon lo bs rrutt. This newspaper which prints this article Is a school on every one of Us psges. a very Intsrsstlng scflool. which teaches us what people are doing In all perls of the world of new discoveries, of tha march of science, and of changes In govern-I govern-I ments and Ideas about government. Any walk abroad, whether It la along a city street or a country road, la filled with opportunities for lessons. If one haa the equipment equip-ment to learn them. This world Is really a very fascinating fasci-nating place and one about which human beings, despite all their scholarship and advancement, know very little. . But thera ara very few things about It aava tha great myatsriss of Its' beginning and cauee tnat cannot be learned, If wa will study constantly and ask questions of books or men. The person who tells you that ha has never had an opportunity to get an education la aot tailing ths truth. Opportunities for education ara everywhere. , The only requirement for taking advantags of them Is tha will to knuw aUiut things. One a hu Is Interested enough can educate hmi.i'lf.. But he utui-t he Interceded enough to waul to in to achool. every day In the s var fur all the yeara of hla life, aud to treat the whole world aa his school. C ipvrlnht, 1r;. by ' John TB'ske ) |