Give The Boys Tools

Aliuost al) boys are natural meobanios The eon.struetive and imitativo íacultie :í i.' (h'velofiod, in part, tt a vory early age All boya are not capablo nt' being devel jvol hito good, praotical, working mechan os, but most of tliem show their bent tha w.iy. There are lew cases in whicu tlu boy h:w no competent doa of' tlio produc ti. ni of' : fabricated lesult fYom iaoreatát ínaloria), but sm-li eases are rare. (iiver proper BDOonragement and the meuu and mauy boys who.se nicchanieal aptness is illowed to run to waste, or is divertec iVoui iis natural eourse, would beeome good workmen, usel'ul, productive mem berj of' the industrial romnmnity. 'J'he meóhinioal boy ought to have i shop ot' bit own. JiOt it be the attio or nu unused room, or a pliiee in Üio barrí or woodíhed. ive him a jilaoe and tools. Lel him liave a good ]ioeket kuife, gimletj, chisels, írouges, planes oatting nippen, saws, a foot rule, and materia! to wurk. Jet the boy llave a ehnnee. lt' h' i i inechanic it will come out, and he will do lniuselt' oredit. If' he f'ails he ii to follow souie calling that does uot deuiand