The Arizona sentinel., 1886-09-04
A COUPLE OF STORIES
Which Teach Two Very Plain Lessons
 Talking About People.


 Talking About People. I've heard couple of little stories that not only seem to belong to- gether after a fashion. but seem very much to the point. I'll tell you the older one first Perhaps you have heard it before; but, if so, it is one of those good stories that it does to tell twice.
 Well, once upon time there was a schoolmaster who was placed over a new school. His pride was reused, and he wanted to make that just the very best school that ever was. He pondered over it a good while, and then he concluded that the best way to get at his object was to rouse a spirit ot self-respect and self-improvement in the pupils. So one day he talked to them quite earnestly, and finally he said, thinking he had made the subject very plain to them all:
 'Now, boys, I believe there's just one way to do this thing If each one of you will make up his mind to mend one boy of his faults, the whole school will be improved in a very short time"
 ''All right, sir, spoke up little Jimmy Eaton, who had been very much interested in the discussion; '.Pil mend Jack Wyeth."
 The whole school laughed aloud, for 1t seemed funny that the only boy who had not understood what the teacher meant was the one to be so eager to answer.
 But, boys, 1 wonder how many of you, if gOur name had been Jimmy Eaton, would have made up his mind to mend Jimmy Eaton, instead of Jack Wyeth? It is so easy to try to mend other folks, and so much pleasanter to note other peoples faults instead of our own.
 That is my first story, and I think | you are all bright enough to see that if | each boy does hls very best to mend | one, and that one is himself, why presto! change!-all the boys in the world will be changed; and what a good time we will have - mothers, fathers, boys and ali. There is an old adage Ca homely one, but true one) | to the effect that you "can lead horse to water, but you can't make him drink" /"
 A parent may do all in the world to ''mend Jack" but, unless Jack tries to mend himself, it is all no good.
 Now, my second little anecdote is that happened very re- gently. At a convention of the Young Mems Christian Association in small ,ity, not long ago, one member arose, md addressing the people of that town, aid:
 Now, 1 want to say one more thing. The good work is going on. Let very body put their shoulders to the wheel. Your secretary is doing his ,est; believe that. He has faults, no loubt; so have we all. But the minute -ou see fault Tn him, don't go tell Jim about it. There is nothing more liscouraging to man, who is trying O do his best, than to have people oming to him and finding fault with jim all the time" After he had finished, woman from he Auxiliary rose and said: May woman speak? I know this 5 mans meeting, but have one or ' wo words to say. The remarks just ! made by our townsman are very much | 0 the point, but 1 would like to add to is advice mot to tell our secretary of aa is faults the minute you see them, q ont tell Gny one else. :" z Now, boys, that was good thing to | ny, and am glad that woman said i, If you see faults in your schoolmates, < ont talk about it or them, but just .' ay to yourself: That looks pretty bad | l Jack. 1 wonder if l do any thing ke it?''
 If on self-eXamination you find that T. ou do; just struggle your best to mend b Or, if you find that you haven't that . fault, pick out some other '' ,' om your own, and the chances are ten " one that by the time you have cor " 'cted yours he will have corrected his, :" :" specially if he notices you trying to 'eak yourself of the habit, whatever II may be. un un There is another thing that seems to Ii; ,me in in this connection, and that is, lnii li king about people whom you have tl zen visiting. ~ When people take you into their SC ,use as visitor they, after fashion, ol Il you a secret-that is, you see the b, cret workings of the house; and if O lck's mother happens to be peevish, V etful woman, or Jerry's father lrsh, sour, disappointed man, or Will ms sister disagreeable, affected Dt Il, or the bread wasn't good, or the h ilk was sour, or the meat overdone, u' the food insufficient, don't talk re out it. al You do not know what may have pi en the cause of all or any of these III ings, and even if there be no cause at w it is none of your affair. tn They have taken you into their house. pe DC Id, and if you do not admire the way H u have been treated you need not go ain; but don't talk about them.- s. E1mtle Hel0iH, tn Golden Days. Oe