Richland beacon., 1877-07-21

eS, nlaueInOlScllc klSSeu you, al
though the flush had not died ont of her
cheeks which your thoughtless words had
called up"
"Well, Aunt Alice. I didn't mcan
any harm; and you know everybody
makes mistakes once in a while.
"But you make mistakes great deal
oftener than other people do. Shall l
give some other instances of your not
setting watch on your lips"
eff you like"
"Don't be sulky about it. am cruel
only to be kind When We were told
the other evening that Miss Collins had
smallpox, you Immediately declared that
if you were in her place you would
rather die at once than get we'll and be a
fright all the rest of your life. 1t was
tos dark on the porch to see the express
sion on Miss Adger's deeply-scarred face
but remember that lady's next remark
was Il can't endure pert children
"You can't expect me to see in the
dark" muttered Nellie.
Ono; but you ought to have remem-
bered Miss Adger's presence. And you
have not darkness for an excuse for
what you said yesterday before Miss
Pratt-that you believed all red-haired
persons had bad tempers."
"Of course l meant present company
excepted.
at would have been better not to
mention red hair at all in Miss Pratt's
presence, as her hair, though beautiful,
is of reddish tint. You made another
blunder yesterday, and think if old
DIR. Manning had had Elisha's power
you would have stood in considerable
danger of being torn to pieces by the bears
after your facetious remarks on the sub
ject of bald heads"
ooh, l never thought about his being
bald?
"But my dear child, these are matters
that ought to be thought about. Let
me give you one plain, simple rule, Nell
lie: Nerer remind anyone Of his or her
personal defects.
"Pll try to remember that.
"There is another thing ysu would
do we'll to remember-that comparisons
are odious. When Kate Sibley played the
The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes'
for me the other evening it was
scarcely polite in you to exclaim as
soon as she had finished: oh, Aunt
Alice, you ought to hear Minnie Du Bose
play that! She does play it beautifully"
Later in the evening, when 1 asked
Kate for the 'Etude Mazurka,' she re-
piled: ooh, you must wait and get
Minnie DuBose to play that, as Nellie
says she does play it beautifully"
"Resentful creature. Well, at any
rate, have never said anything agains.
Kate's looks.
"No; on the contrary, 1 once heard
you remark in the precence of dezen
of her scheolmates that she was by far
the prettiest girl in Mr.. Radford's school;
but then you went on to qualify your
praise by coolly observing: However, 1
don't think that is saying much for her.
You showed more temerity than i'm
agined even you were possessed of in Civ
ing 80 many young girls to understand
that you did not consider them at all
pretty"
"Well, don't think them pretty"
Nor interesting either. At least so
l judged the other night when, as they
were going away, you observed, yawn-
ingly: only ten o'clock. thought it
was a great deal latter than that You
are an unsel6sh child, Nellie, and always
ready to give up your own pleasures to
oblige your friends but you will never
be popular until you learn to bear this
in mind that although it isalways wrong
to tell falehoods, it does not follow that
it is always right to tell uncalled for
truths. Constance Marion, in 81. Nich-
otas for Arrrl