The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-09-05

!, out Oi their eyes, unable to give q b'
coming answer 10 the lady who hand
70 them their coffee with a rallyin
Q word, unable to put two ideas tOgett
e eT ia any but the most commonplace
manner, not seeing the point OF
J. Joke till il j. too late TO answer it, an
a altogether Rs mach profit and com
. fort a. beaT cubs. The young WOma
who wants 10 be smart follows thei
= example inside her cham Der door
reading novel through by daylight
and sitting up every night for a weef
II she can get some one foolish enoug
10 listen 30 her. She Is eloquent pos
sibly after midnight, but she make
up for Il by being dangerously stupi
sil the rest Of the time, or il nu
stupid, fractions, feather-headed, eX
travagant, after q sort which shock
her, when she gets her balance again
II u not safe 10 trille with one
brains by rObbing them OF sleep, fOl
it unhinges the judgment, and upset
prudence like cup Of champagne
IL could tell yOn OF the foolish, NOR
tifying things that / have known
done and said, that had to be apollo
EiZed for which the excuse that tht
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herself on the occasion, that is, ha,
lost sleep, or eaten too much, Or eat
CE too much, or eaten something in
digestible, you would be afraid to risE
sense or temper in the same way.
And | am not speaking Of thOss
whom society is pleased to call want
ing" or weak-minded. It comes Ia
my way TO see some OF those IL call:
celebrities occasionally, and the i'm
preston left on meeting most OF them
| IL, what q delightful person you
would be, II you hadn't a particle OF
talent or genius, but had plain sense
and balance, and knew how TO take
care OF yourself a little better. y
case in point comes to mind in spite
OF me, i'm the man whose hOnOrs the
newspapers and magazines have not
done celebrating. The poetry OF
Bryant was my familiar and delight
through childhood, as it has
been through life, so much 30 that my
teacher allowed me to make reading
book Of it all one summer. In the
stately flow Of his verse, its order and
noble imagery and its exceeding in
spiratiOn, what American writer be.
sides him shall we group with Milton
in the same family OF poets, if not OF
the same degree? Yet the persOnali-
/ ty OF the poet must remain dissOciated
with his work for me. In his later
years at least, do not think, hOwev-
er much he hOnored Mr.. Bryant's
character and genius, any one found
il pleasant to be with him. The sud-
den hush that would fall upon the
sparkling gossip and badinAge Of
cultivated editors in the offices when
the little severe-eyed old gentleman
glanced into the rooms on his way to
his own, was significant, and to tell
plain fact about a poet, at risk Of q
scalping for il, il Mr., Bryant had been
anybody but a celebrity, he would
have been set down as a rigid, wasp
ish, dictatOrial old gentleman, with q
decided habit Of objecting to every
body else. He was high minded and
true, and doubtless kind under 1t all,
but the disagreeable was very prOmi-
nent in his manner. As in the case Of
Mr.. Greeley, q purely physical reason
could be given for all the crAnks OF
disposition which tried the souls of
his friends. l always liked Mr.. Gree
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was the 'prOverb Of Printing House
Square, because it WAS so eXcellently
deserved, where be used it. Years be-
fore the tragedy of his end, friends
knew his brain was OveTweighted by
care and work. What Mr.. Bryant
needed, before he was too old to have
his habits meddIed with, was change.
1t would have done him good to be
dropped out in DeadwOOd, say among
all the swearing and tobacco chewing
and rough, mixed society his soul
hated, away from his oatmeal and
precise hours and opinions, to find
there was something worth saving in
human nature at its widest. What
Mr.. Greeley needed was rest, and dis
sipatiOn. A genuine taste for society
and small, refined interests keeps
many q public men from going to
pieces by the relief he is able to take
in them from the strain OF greater
ones. MRcaulay could throw himself
into his SISTERS gossip or read a novel
with as much gustO as If he were the
veriest born fribbler OF the drawing
room, and he was one Of the best bal
anced men of modern fame. You
may take a lesson from these lumi-
nous examples, how to treat yourself |
to bring out the best that is in you,
and neither waste ir serious concerns |
or frivolous ones the time and rest |
needed to keep the energies bright and |
spirits even. Never mind the mend |
ing or the new book, and do not urge
the caller from over the way to stay |
late, for you can have these things to- |
morrow too and you cannot sleep then,
or il you can, il will not rest you. II
you are perfectly strong and healthy, |
you can sit up till eleven or later every |
night provided you follow common |
habits aud don't rise till half past six |
or seven next morning, but il you are
of not feeling entirely brisk
and strong, in general, treat yourself /
to all the sleep you can coax out Of the |
hours. Nature will not al
low you TO take too much. II you want
to get q great deal done, take sleep |
enough and eat we'll. IL you want to
do things finely and successfully,
sleep well and eat well. The success
full women all do it. The great sing
ers all take vastly good care OF them
selves. A friend who knew her well,
used to tell how eXacting Lucca was
in this respect. One could hardly |
have a chance to pay an evening Wis.,
it, for Olt-nightS, when there was no
opera, she always went to bed at $
O'clC TX. What mother, with a fami-
ly OF young children dependent on her
life and strength, would think she |
could indulge in the habit of going to
bed st S O'Clock, however muscles /
and eyes might ache LucGa did not
go to bed because she w6s tired, but /
because she did not want to be tired. /
Clara kellogg cOddles herself, and her
mother cOddles her, with rest and tit |
bits, and pleasant wines, and air, and /
exercise, as men do q favOTite racer, |
and they are senBibIe women TO dUsOi /
for at-We will not say what age |
above thirty, Kellogg, Is fair and |
fresh as a young girl. These women |
OF the stage need great strength and |
freshness and brightness for their 4
work, and to he sure when they call
upon their chest for these magnifi' |
cent notes that thrill in memory |
years after the hearing, no traitOrOus, |
ill-ied, nerve or muscle will give way. |
Di MuTska takes a warm bath of an |
hour, with the water flowing over her |
and siesta most Of the afternoon to /
make ready for her evenings work. |
And what splendid results these we'll |
kept energies give. when turned in |
other directions Madam Ruders- |
dOrf, the English singer, who won a
title by her voice and beauty, and |
now TeIgns in musical circles in BOs- |
ton, has farm for the summer, out |
in Dedham, am told, where she
has taken scholars with her, young |
ladias who do not wish to interrupt
their training for vacation, and lose
in three months what they gained in
year. The brilliant Donna, who
looks like n cOnfectiOn in white and
rose sugar, gets up at five in the
morning and makes her butter her.
self before breakfast, and teaches pu-
pills and carries on the farm, walking
out in the fields TO oversee the men,
and looking after every detail of hay
ing and harvesting, through the day.
She has not taken care Of herself fifty
years for nothing, and when most
women retire to white shetland
skaWis and sami-invalidisu she is