Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-26
DAME WORRY.
Aunt winnIfred's Recipe for Getting
Rid Of Her.


Aunt WinniGred's Recipe for Getting
Rid Of Her.
NY. Observer
Aunt Winnifred manV more days
like this will drive me wild. Every
thiag has gone wrong from beginning
TO end, and if this life is to go on
shall grow gray and wrinkled before
/ am eighteen"
And there were actually two deep
burrows between Bette Orton's pretty
brown eyes. which the ruddy freight
OF Aunt Winnifred's cheerful open
fire made only the more conspicuous.
Aunt Winnifred was one of those
rare women whom life of great trial
had sweetened and whose restful calm
of manner and loving heart attracted
the confidence of every one who knew
her. OF all the girls in Stafford, who
loved to call her aunt Winnifred, !"
none came to her for help and advice
so often as Bette orion, upon whose
shoulders her mothers death five
years before had thrown the care of a
large household.
Bettie's home was only two doors
from Aunt Winnifred's cosy cottage,
and on this special evening she gladly
seized the first opportunity for chat
with her ever sympathizing old friend.
"Why, what has gone wrong with
my Bette TO day" said Aunt Winni-
fr0d.
"Well, in the first place, responded
Aettie, breakfast was late again as
usual, which fretted papa and worried
me SO that we talked about il most OF
breakfast time Then l had to super
intend a stupid dressmaker all day,
which always worries me dreadfully.
She cut my sleeves too short, and
when she saw was annoyed, grew so
nervous she made witchwork Of every
thing. And what should papa do but
bring strange gentleman home to
dinner, which didn't happen to be a
very good one, and that worried me.
To cap the climax, an important letter
which | have been expecting every
mail, didn't come to day either! SO
here / am, Aunt Winnifred, and |
want you to comfort me"
"Ah, Bette, said Aunt Winnifred,
~ see you are becoming too well ac>
quainted with an old enemy of mine
whom | managed to drop long years
ago"
Bette looked mystilied, as well she
might.
"You like to guess Riddles" CON
tinued Aunt Winnifred," now guess
tins. This old woman whom do not
want you To know tries her best to be
intimate with everybody. She gen
orally succeeds better with women
than men, and with older rather than
with young people. lean not bear TO
see her acquire any influence over
young girl like you, for though she
DISCUSSES herself at first, little by little
size gets a stronger hold over one till
her victims whole life is made wretch
cd. She is particularly fond of ner-
vous or sick people, but she ingrati-
ates herself with strong ones also.
Nothing reioices her SO much as an
unexpected and unfortunate event of
any kind. Her friends became gray
and wrinkled long before they ought
to, and, in short, she's person to be
avoided, to be fought away inch by
inch. Have you guessed her name2
1t is Dame Worry !"
Bette smiled. She always enjoyed
Aunt Winnifred's quaint way OF put
tirg things.
"no you see. Bette" continued
Aunt WinHifrcd, III YOU once let
Dame Worry get n firm hold on you
she will. little by little, slowly, per
haps, but surely, destroy your peace
Of mind just as the little flame here
will in time consume this large log,
which have just put on the fire"
WELL" assented Betty, granted
then that am beginning TO become
too we'll acquainted with Dame Worry,
how am | to get rid of herr
Shall | tell you my own ex-
perience2 When | was your age.
Bette, l too had great deal Of care,
and found by degrees that was be-
coming real worrier. At last even
trliie would be enough to destroy
my happiness for whole day, and
the habit of worrying grew upon me
to such an extent that my naturally
coutentcd and even disposition seems
eli to be changing. One day some-
body gave me a bit of advice, turn
ed into ryhme. 1t is not very smooth,
grant, but the jingle has helped me
remember what | call my Anti
Worry Recipe
DO you wish a recipe Tor preventing all
For giving composure and freedom from
nnrryf
Just think OF one fact which is true you will
find;
When anything happens to rutIle your mind,
First something or nothing there is 10 he done,
First nothing or something that's clear rs the
II something, then do it and make no delay;
II nothing, all thoughts OF il cast far away.
This simplest ot rules, IL you'll only obey,
WIN free you from wrinkles for many day
Now, Bette, apply it to your days
troubles. How about the breakfast ~
Il might have reflected" said Bet
tie, that it would have been better to
have deferred talking about it till
after breakfast, and then have con
fined my remarks to the cook, whose
fault it was"
Exactly said Aunt Wiuuifred,
land would not the day have gone
more smoothly with the dressmaker
if you had not fretted so much about
the sleeves9"
Yes" said Bette, "aud at dinner,
instead of being put out and bothered
because it wasn't what you could
have wished, you would have been so
serene and entertaining that DR.. Yves.
ton would not have known what he
was eating; but was worried and
glum, and hardly said word"
Il might have, too" said Aunt
WinnifreG, 'but at any rate should
nave tried not to let an unlucky accls
dent cheat me out of good dinner.
and my peace OF mind, too. Be de-
termned that whatever else you lose,
you will not yield that to Dame Wor-
ry."
1T is good rule, said Bette, land
l will try it."
The next few DAYS went more