The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-26
of your efforts to show your desire to

Of your efforts to show your desire to
THAT'S very likely, but let IA learn
by the past to avoid it in the future. I
am happy in seeing you happy"
Eyes, but l ought now and then to
tell you So, Love crows and blossoms
under sunshine. Why, l declare W.,
are looking quite another woman al
readv."
land feel one," she warmly replied :
FOR now you name it, could not help
when you left the here alone o.nipht'
ieeIng what contrast the present was
with the past. Then you used never to
be happy out of my sight. Then Won
used to be fond Of showing ne marEs nj
love. Then you used to consult nv tastes
wishes. and inclinations. But felt some.
now there was change gradually COM
But l am resolved, by Gods help. to
retrace my steps, my good wife. The
tact Is, met an old friend tonight, who
has given me some useful hints, which /
mean to use; and, TO tell you the truth,
| have tried one. and found it answers
80 well, l mean to persevere in the same
direction"
But you mustn't spoil me with too
much nn" praise. I'm not perfect, God
and know it, too, but there is all
the difference between too much praise
and none at all. mean for the future
to praise your dinner when it is cooked
we'll, praise the room when it looked
neat and cozy, praise your mending and
naking--1 mean to let you know that /
appreciate these things, anu that by
them you are making me happier, am
not going to wait until You are buried to
put on stone what good wife you
have been. mean to let your own ears
listen to my praise and your own heart
leap for Joy at my acknowledgment OF
your success"
'Come, come, I think it is about time
you praised my supper, for Pve some
thing very nice that know You will en-.
joy. See what have in this BASIN"
Anu sure enough it was SO, for if Paul
liked anything for supper, it was a basin
of nice broth. lie had MANY a time sat
down and eaten it in the past without
word Of praise but now he could not
help saying:
My word, Ann, this is extra good
to It,"
"Yes, don't mind saying did, but
am rejGiced, now know as well as see
efforts"
and enjoy it all the more because
feel that you wanted to make me hap
py, and have had the sense to own i;
to YOU"
swell, You know, Paul, you were
never hard to please"
perhaps not; but then I was getting
too much in the way of forgetting to say
| was pleased, and that makes deal OF
difference"
''That's quite correct. for remember
hearing it once said that it is wise ALWAYS
to say a kind word when You have q
chance, for it is like rift ola cloud
which let's the sunshine into gloomy
house.
eyes, few get to heaven, it is said, in
awet blanket; and yet how often peo-
pie put wet blankets over the good en-.
deavors Of those who wish to help to
make them happy. Let us for the fu.
tnre avoid this, my dear, and We shall
be all the happier for it in many ways.''
And 50 it was from that very night
and may we not add, 50 it will be to ali
who foIlowstheir steps? While .'self
praise is no recommendation" and flat.
terry is silly and wrong, it is nevertheless
becoming to praise those who do well
To ray compliments which are merely
words is also wrong, bnt , acknowledge
help or favor, received is becoming and
right. "Love," saith the Scripture
''seeketh not her own" cit shall cover
the multitude of sins" By all means,
| then, cultivate at home the habit of pas.
sing by what yon do not like. You can
not do better than praise your wife.