Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-07-19
The Right kind of Fault Finding.

FduHle Lee anu MARY Holmes uau
Just gone cut of Mrs. Whites parlor
where they had been chatting with
Jennie and Susan. 20 dearr' said
Susan to her sister, ''did you ever
see such behaviour as Fannie Lees?
I'm thankful that poor rocking chair
can rest while. She crossed her
legs and rocked back and forth so
hard that expected every minute TO
see her go over backwards"
81 know itl' said Jennie.
''And then to hear her run on"
continued Susan, "She said that
boiled rice was perfectly awful, and
that she could eat dozen potatoes
at breakfast, and that Miss Anderson
had got a magnificent new broom for
the school-roomi'
Il wish," said Jennie, "that she
wouldn't wear 80 many ribbons, and
would be neater in her dresses
They'er all spots and rips and tears.
It's ridiculous.
''Girls," said their mother looking
up from her work, ''you must re-
member that poor Fanny has no
mother to teach her these things.
Have you ever tried to help her over
come these faults?"
Don't you WISH" said George
White,-their old brother just home
from college,-''don't you wish"
said he, laying down his Aaaatic,
''that you could hear what Fanny
Lee is saying about you at this
minute?'
"Why,what should she say?" asked
Susan. Dear me-" began George
in Fanny's voice, for he was an ex-
cellent mimic, show prim Susan
White is growing! She sits up as
stiff as post and looks as if she were
thinking-'Oh if that girl only had
some of my proprietYn L expect
she is making out a catalogue OF
every thing bad say and it provokes
me TO tslk worse"
Susan flushed up TO her forehead.
She had indeed been comparing her
self with Fanny all the evening, and
storing up Fanny's random speeches
to make fun of them. 1t thus SEEM
ed George had seen through her!
Her modification was not lessened
by her mothers smile and Jenny's
hearty laughter.
"Well, what is Fanny saying about
me2" asked Jenny.
about you?" said George, then
resuming Fanny's tone, he went on:
"Jenny would be real nice girl if
she wasn't such Il fret ! declare it's
always worry, WOrry, woRRr about
something Didn'tYou notice, Mary,
how certain she was that it would rain
tomorrow, just because we were
going to have a ride? Then she
knew she never could learn her arith
metic lesson--and the blue of her
new thibet has such peculiar shade,
she didn't believe her mother could
ever get hat-rIbbon to match lt.'
Fanny Lee never thought of say
ing such a tbingp' said Jenny, blush
ing in her turn. 81 suppose you
think so, though"
Il think" said George, kindly,
"that we all have our faults, and that
it Is better to help each other cure
them than to laugh at them behind
each others backs" ''Quite right,
George" said his mother. "Fanny
might have criticised the faults Of
our girls as justly as they criticised
hers. Her manners are bad, but
what warm hearted generous child
she is. How readily and even CRATE
fully she would receive kind sug
oestion. think her faults are on
the outside and that she only needs
to know what they are in order to
strive against them. l certainly VIII
help her" !.
YES" said George, "faults Of
manner are easier cured than faults
of character. Now Jenny, really
think it's a sin TO be always expect
ing trouble. How smooth aud easy
your life isl You ought to be sing
ing, instead of fretting ever little
things of no account. 1t makes
other people uncomfortable as well
as yourself"
.'George," said Susan, "do you
really think am prim and conceit