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GETTING WELL - Francis Mike, 3, an Eskimo boy from
Alaska, wears his parka as he plays with blocks, well on
his way to recovery after a delicate open-heart operation
at Presbyterian Medical Center in San Francisco. Francis
underwent surgery for a defect in the inner wall of his
i n-i nni hnoniial nprsnnnpl said he was a good patient,
except for his reluctance to part with his parka and
mukluks. (UPI)
The Family Council
Editor'! Note: The Family Council consist of Indue, a piyclils
trlit, three clergymen, three editors and a woman'! editor. Each article
li a uir.mary oj an actual case hlitory. The Council report! on proh
lemi that have been deal', with by responsible aienclei and counielori.
(Copyright by General Feature! Corp.)
Irwin F. - Why can't I have
a summer of just doing noth
ing at all?
Mr. H. F. - He'll get tired
of hanging around, or get into
trouble.
Irwin F. - Here comes sum
mer and I've managed to per
suade my parents that, at 16,
I'm too old for the camp I've
been attending the past few
years. But now we keep argu
ing about how I should spend
the time.
I'd like to know how it
feels to Just do plain nothing.
All it will mean to Dad is con
tinuing my allowance, and
that's a big saving over what
camp would cost. There's no
point in my going to summer
school. My marks are hiRii
mostly A's. They're proof of
how hard I work each term
and why I really deserve a
rest.
I've never had a chance to
loaf, to get up when I feel
like it and spend some time
doing as I wish.
Mr. H. F. - There's an old
saying, "The Devil finds mis
chief for idle hands." Irwin's
idea of spending the summer
doing what he "feels like"
may lead him to feel like do
ing things that are' bad for
him, things he'll regret.
I can understand his desire
to know how it feels to be a
hobo - a halleluja-bum - be
cause by nature he's like me,
a serious hard-worker. That's
now I know he'd quickly
grow tired of a vacation with
out any schedules or responsi
bilities. A few days, even a
couple of weeks, of sitting
around and dreaming up
things to do would be enough,
He'd keep crazy hours, too,
and his health would suffer.
I want him to take a sum
mer Job before all the good
ones are gone.
The Council: Freedom to do
what one feels like doing can
become the heaviest tyranny.
Irwin Is likely to find himself
a slave to whim, impulse and
the plans of others with whom
he'd like to tag along Cen
turies ago, the poet Ben John
son pointed out that he who
is his own boss has a fool
for a master. Irwin will en
joy his summer more if he
plans his relaxation around
fixed commitment, rather
than in place of one.
Mr. F.'s misgivings are
valid. Three eventualities can
smash Irwin's Idyllic dream.
He'll grow bored, he'll grow
reckless and court danger,
and he'll feel guilty about
wasting time.
Presently besieged with
school assignments, he can't
imagine growing bored with
a nothing-to-do respite. But
after a week or two of sniff
ing around for trails of inter
est, of "horning" in on the
plans of others, he may regret
the formlessness of his vaca
tion. By then, alas, all the
best jobs will be filled.
Worse, he may let his bore
dom lead him toward excite
ments which maim or corrupt.
And, looking back at the end j
of the summer, what will he
have to show for the time?
Will his plan look as tempting
as it does now in anticipa
tion? We think not. He may
find himself envying friends
who spent the precious weeks
making money, discovering
future contracts and stacking
tip "experience credentials.
Hence we recommend a
plan and a program. Some
kids can direct themselves
with these. They go ahead
with a serious project (in
venting, building, exploring)
which they can't devote much
time to during the school
months. They keep regular
hours, proceed In an orderly
way and are self-propelling.
Since Irwin evidently has
no such binning "call," we
suggest a summer job. Al
though the field is somewhat
limited because of his age, it
can be augmented through
direct canvass by both Irwin
and Mr. F. among friends and
business acquaintances.
Journalists From
New Hampshire
Concord, N. H.-OTI'-TJew
Hampshire has made a on
erous donation to the journal
ism field.
For example: the first news
paper In Chicago-the "Demo-crat"-was
founded by "Long
John'' Wentworth, a native of
the Granite slate, and Charles
A. Dana, editor rf the New
York Sun for many years,
was born in Hinsdale.
Horace White, ei'itor of the
New York Tribune and New
York Evening Tost for many
years, was born In Colobrnnk
and Charles P.. Miller, long
time editor of the New York
Times, was born In Hanover
Charles Farrar Browne
better known n? "ArlenHi--Ward,"
spent his newspaper
apprenticeship on the staff of
the Coos County Democrat
In Lancaster.
Hew Phone Booths !
Resemble Pagodas
New York - Win - Those
aren't temple bells ringing.
It's Ihe Gung Yung Decn
Wah.
That Is Chinese for Public
Electric Talker. New York's
Chinatown has Just acquired
outdoor phone booths about
as Chinese as they n be.
The loot resembles a Pa
goda. The signs and instruc
tions are In Chinese charac
ters. When the first of 12 $2,
000 booths was Installed, Chi
natown celehra'-'d the oc
casion with d ..icing lions,
cymbals, firecrackers and incense.
The Commit! for Ihe Im
provement of Chinatown,
New York, has other plans to
dress up the ixotlc narrow
streels on Manhattan's lower
east side. Ic'eas include re
placing regul ir ylreet lights
with lanterns and building
colorful archways over the
streets.
Women Inmates Learn
Gardening From Club
Trenton, N. J.-llTC For the
past 12 years, the Inmates at
the New Jersey women's re
formatnry in Clinton have
practiced the techniques of
growing and arranging
flowers under direction of the
Community Garden club of
Hunterdon County.
Once a month. 33 inmates
meel with members of the
warden club to learn the dif
ferent phases of horticulture.
The rest of the Inmates' time
is spent practicing what they
have learned In the refroinn
.ory's gardens.
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