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THE CHILD-MIND.
ATTITUDE TO LIFE.
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926,
JUNK DEALER'S CARELESSNESS.
HIS NEGLECT TO MAKE ADEQUATE ENTRIES.
The London Observer, in review- ing Dr. C., W. Kimmins' book, "The Child's Attitude to Life" "Bay's:- 'Dr. Kimmina is a notable collector
The plea that a Chinese was of children's dreams, whether they norant of what metal went into aro fantasics of the night or, as the cgning of a motor car was in this volume, day-dreams.
His submitted by Mr. B. McCallum records ought to be known to at the Kowloon Magistracy yester every psychologist, and to every day, when a marine stores dealer parent and teacher who has a was charged before Mr. J. H. B. sense of psychology, or, still Nihil with making Talsu entries better, a real sense of humour. on the 3rd and 4th instant in his Dr. Kimmins la, happily, no expert purchase book and with falling In psycho-analysis; and the best to make any entry in his book on thing we can do is to enjoy. his the 2nd instant. storics. Analysis is for the few and clever who perform miracles and make mistakes. Dr. Kimmins is a great observer, who makes no mistakes in observation and few in conument
"The very simple interpretation of sacred things by little children indicates the fret stage in the child's outlook on. Buch matters.""It is interesting to notice in the stories of the nairete of children" (we must not mind if our author tends to write better sense then English) "the gradual development of a sense of justice in regard to discipline, and a definite attitude towards the claims of authority."
The point which might have been more explicitly worked is that a child-I cannot away with the ex- pression, "the child," nor with the sentences and sentiments to which it gives rise in our educational fantasies and his realities into prose-naturally tends to get his better relation with one another, if he is let alone (the first step to rightful education). Thus he
The case arose out of the ar- rest of an electrician formerly employed in the Chung Hing Bus Company, who was sentenced to wo months' hard labour at the Magistracy for the theft of the broken parts of a motor car en- gine.
The dealer was defended by Mr. McCallum, who entered a technical ples of guilty and said that the parts of machinery when purchased from the man
who committed the theft, were entered in the booke as light pewter.
Mr. McCallum's contention was that the average Chinese could not be expected to know, as well as a Buropean the difference be- tween the various metals, When the defendant's fok purchased the machinery parts he entered in his books what he thought was
correct.
Inspector. Pincott, prosecuting, Callum contest the ownership of intimated that should Mr. Me
the stolen property he would ap- ply for a remand, as the owner,
THE “SOLAR STAR”
NEW FERRY ON TRIAL TRIP
One of the "two new forries building for the Star Ferry Com- any will be on the rup next week. This is the "Sobir, Star" which has just been completed by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock
Wednesday
sha company. On
a trial trip and be- was put on haved in a very satisfactory|
manner.
Her sister ship, the "Night Star" is well on the way to com- pletion. Both these ferries are similar to the two new ones ni- ready on the run. Their upper the case of the "Golden Star" and decks are slightly longer than in "Meridian Star.". "Solar" and "Night Stars" get on When the
the run the service across the harbour will be much. more ex- peditious and in the rush hours it will be possible to give a practi- cally continous service with fer- ries at each side the wharves.
SANITARY BOARD.
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DR. OZORIO AND HIS REASONS.
Osorio, formerly a candidate for
Yesterday we. stated that Dr..
the Sanitary Board, was not now Ho was successful at the initial contesting the sent because Dr.l
election.
A
Dr. Ozorio states he is with drawing for private reasons, the
follows: letter which was sent to the Hon. onial Secretary reading as
respondence, we are now instruct
"With reference to previous cor-
develops his sense of justice the proprietor of the Chung Hinged by Dr. Ozorbo to inform you,
child
Motor Bus Company was at pre- sent in prison for debt.
Another point is that a naturally finds, in life, that things do not happen so justly, as they
Fictitious Names, ought. Thus he develops the Inspector Pincott pointed out sense of that "ought", which is to the Court that the purchaser religion. The young materialist, in buying the goods, had falled to or "young delinquent," has miss-give the seller's accupation. The. ed is chance of worshipping the names were also fictitious.. ought in life. He makes it u naught, and is "naughty."
Mr. McCallum then asked that the evidence be taken.
Dr. Kimmins' stories are amus- The Chinese sentenced to im |ing and tragic. A boy of four had prisonment for theft was called his faith "shocked"--not in Santa and admitted stealing the metals Claus, surely, but in the sancti which he sold at the defendant's ties of the day, by seeing a stall on three different days: He father, otherwise correctly garb-was not asked for his name and ed as Father Christmas, but address. The transactions were wearing a bowler hat and carry-carried out between the witness ing a stick," whom he greeted, and defendant's foki. with unconscious irony, 7። "Charlie Christmas."
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Answering Mr. McCallum, wit- hers said that the metal was The element of make-believe, hang shak (light pewter). however (as Dr. Kimmins An interpreter of the Yaumati patiently observes) "gradually Police Station gave evidence of weakens.
It is not sur-the translation of the defendant's This book might have purchase book. In two cases the been called, elumsily, but with entries were for the sale of light some truth. "The Child's Attitude pewter. On the second occasion to the Parents' Attitude to Life." quantity of raw iron was also For child's emergence from bought.
prising.
chillike fantasy is almost always His Worship during the course into grown-up fantasy, that grown-up self-protection against of the case pointed out to Mr. Me reality which only religion and
Callum that the most important philosophy of life can convert omission made by the defendant foto an assimilation of reality. was that of failing to obtain full There is a chance that we may particulars about the seller, in become aware of a realism that not asking for his name and al- grows, stark, but still full of chil-dress...
dren's love, as they learn, the The defendant in the box, said cousinship between dream and that his foki bought the metal and reality and there is a chance that he heard him asking the seller we may learn the infinite and god- for his name and address. like patience of children, even though they scream the universe evidence. down occasionally, like ourselves, because we don't understand it
According to the latest census, the population of Peking has risen to 811,138, consisting of 515,560- males, and 295,578. females. ΟΙ
the male population, 11,597 are]] officials in the various governmen ial ministries and departments while over 100,000 men described as job-hunters, lodgin in hotels or the residences of re- latives and friends.
The foki gave corroborative
His Worship convicted and im- posed a fine of $50 on the first two charges. The third charge of failing to make an entry relat- ing to the purchase,of goods on the 2nd instant was dismissed.
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