Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02
ABOUT MAKING A FUSS.
A Bad Habit, Which May BE Acquired o.
Avoided In EARLY Life.

Avoided In EARLY Life.
There are people who never do the
least thing without such afuss, so many
words and questions, and SO much need
less bother, that they tire out themselves
and everybody else. If they have q
ferry to cross, you would think they
were going to Europe. If a pin pricks
them, you would fancy from the cutlery
that they had been cut by a knife. They
keep the house in a sort Of hubbub from
morning till night.
There are others who contrive to go
through the days and weeks quietly.
They bear illness and pain very gently
and patiently. When they have Il task
to learn or a little work to do, they set
about it quickly and silently, and keep
at it till they have finished it. 1t is q
real comfort to be with them.
There are very few things, my dears,
a fuss. Please remember that. Not
long since l found Julius in a state of,
great veNation because he thought his
name had been left out on the pro-
gramme for the school exhibition, at
which he was to perform on the violin.
He had spent months in the study of
his piece, and now the Professor in
tended to rob him of the honor which
belonged to him, and give the place to
Sidney.
Julius talked and fretted and fumed.,
and l listened and knitted, and tried to-
calm him. Presently the programmes
arrived, and there was Julius announced
as the first violinist of the occasion, and
Sidney as the second. All his annoy
ance had been about nothing.
sometimes have a great deal of fun
all by myself watching the ways Of the
sparrows. They fly about, and chatter,
and quarrel, and seem to be playing
"Much Ado About Nothing'' from
morning to night. The robins 1 watched
last summer in a maple-tree were much
steadier, better-behaved brides, and
their songs were twice as sweet as the
sparrowsf vulgar chirping.
There is a long word which ! liker
and which I know you willlet ne use
if l tell you what it means. Efficient.
An efficient person is a person whose
work amounts to something worth do
ing.
A young friend Of mine, named May.
is shut into the house much of the time
through illness. But when l 60 to see
her, she never frowns, or laments that
she can not 60 about as other girls do.
On the contrary, she always has a flow
er or a picture to show me. Sometimes,
when quite well, she has learned a new
tune, and plays it very sweetly, and the
last time l paid her a visit she had just
set the last stitches in a dress for her
sister. May is efficient, not fussy.
Some people are often in a state OF
mind about their crimps, or their ~frizzes,
or their dress. If the hat is u little out
of style, they fancy that all the world
gazes on it in wonder. If their dress
does not precisely satisfy thom, they
can think OF nothing else. Poor things!
The truth. is that in this busy world
very few of US are SO important that our
dress, if neat andiin order, needs give
us much concern.
You have heard the homely saying
about men who spend all day running
round in a half-bushel." That is the
way with fussy, tidgety men and wom-
en-. All men and women, of course,
were once boys and girls, and they then
began to be what they now are. So
mind beginnings.--Hazper's Young Pso-