Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-28
For You'll Il Fits YOu.

every day" -
What then, my dear sirY viii II
do any good 70 draw your face up
into ten thousand wrinkles, and vent The
bitterness of your spirit upon all with
whom you come In contact, on the strength
of the aforementioned iacty
Suppose you had TO walk barefoot over
aroad thickly strewn With thorns and
sharp, flinty stones. What would youdo?
90 aside out of the way 10 tread on every
stray thorn and peeble, instead OF careful
ly avoiding eyery needless hurt by pick
ing your way wearily through. them
Which course will you choose nowP
VIII you snap your wife up at the
breakfast table when she asks you for
"a little change p" Would you suggest
10 ,her the probability of your oil go.
ing to ruin in short time through
the prodigal outlays made for household
needs, and then throw the money across
the table at her as you would throw bone
to q dogi You know very well that her
demand is perfectly reasonable and you
know, too, that you would be Just as much
offended as you are now IL she did not ask
you for money for household expenses
when II is needed but you are not willing
to miss the opportunity OF selfshly. vent
ing your unpleasant feelings on this con-
vsnfent domestic scapegoat. .g-
And If she should (wonderful 10 think
off pluck up enough courage to ask you
| for money TO buy a new dress-though it
may be only six months since she last
committed this mortal sin--don't ask her
| ironically II she thinks thousand dollars
will do her for this time; or make some
cutting remark about herruinous extrava-
gancc and the slave life that you lead; but
If you can afford II, give her the money
cheerfully and kiss into the bargain
But if you really feel too poor to indulge
| yourself in the pleasure of seeing your
| wife in new dress for tho first time in
| six months, give her tho kiss any how anc
explain tho matter kindly TO her, and thu
kind explanation will go nearly all thu
way toward making her forget the disap
pOintment
And, above all, don't bring your busi
ness home at night with you. Don't 81
in solitary misanthropy, or snarl and pok,
the fire. Your wife hasn't had u chanc,
TO talk TO you all day. She hasa thousand
little cheering items to Communicate, bu
while you sit there looking SO cold and re
pellant, she has no courage to begin.
Your children are eager for a game o
romps; but they are afraid of papa
when he looks as he does here tonight
so they congregate in a half-awed name
in the corners, until IL is time to 60 t,
bed. No pleasant ehat,no merry laugh
ter, no game at romps, no musio--nothinI
but gloom and constraint, because "fathe
has come home in bad humor."
You ungratehll man! You inhumal
iceberg to behave so in the bosom Q
your family To turn away from tn
pleasures and tho privileges still left yoU
because you cant hare egerThing just as 20
cant IL! Think of the loving, clingin
I, hearts that your GOODNESS shadows-of tn
bright faces over which your frown ha
cast u reflected gloom. Aren't yo
ashamed Of yourself?
Again, your burdens may be so heav.
that you can not smile Bnt, oh bo kline
. Because your own soul Is dark, don
r pierce another heart with needles
wound by your coldnoss and sullennes
Because there arc some thorns in you
way don't plant other thorns in the pat
| of another with your own hand. If yo
cannot be. cheerful be kind.-.NeO Hoy
Rceni1lO Mdii.