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Show MARBLES A3 A SCHOOL ( OF LIFE To tho oyes of tho unobservant, I the sight of a group of boys p nylng marbles may havo no partltulnr In- i terost. But to tho philosophical, this Incident of dally llfo may con voy soma significance In tho colder parts of tho Uultod StatoB, tho sight of boys playing marbles mar-bles Is accepted as ono of tho fixed signs of spring. Hoys almost novor play In tho autumn, llut a fow breaths of spring air bring them out. This suggests how humorously Axed Ax-ed tho customs of boys aro, and qulto as Indexible us the dictates of fashion fash-ion to grownup men and women. It Is a stud of human naturo to watch a group of boys playing marbles. mar-bles. Four out of flvo boys will do anything to win. Tho gamo Is not formal enough to Bet up an umpire and youngsters of nn aggressive und domineering typo get tholr own way. As thoso boys are not QPt to havo a very active feeling for Justice, might almost always niako right in tho marblo ring. Hoys with a keen senso of Justlco nro apt to faro rather hard. This feeling of equity Is apt to go with a rathor sonsltlvo child naturo. Hoys of this temperament nro much more apt to drop out of tho ring and ro-fuso ro-fuso to Play- than dofond their rights with tholr lists. Thus tlfeso little mon of a futuro day get in tho marblo ring a first forotasto of tho wrongs of tho wido world. Tho wlso parents encourages encourag-es his youngsters to stick It out, no matter to what grievances ho may bo subjected. It's a tlno thing to win. It Is n still finer thing to nut for abuse nnd to know to resent It with dignity nnd forco. It's nn even finer thing to suffer wrong nnd to keep good nntiircd over It, and await roengo somo other day. Tho marble mar-ble ring Is qulto n little school of llfo. j |