Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-13
WINNING MANNERS.
Why Young People should strive to De-
velop LOvablc Ways.

velOp LOvablc ways.
The law of attraction and repulsion
Is everywhere operative in society.
There are some people from whom it
is hard to keep away. They are social
drawing every one to them.
They are never alone, because their
friends can't let them alone. In com
pany, they are encircled with devoted
friends. They are listened to atten-
lively. Every motion is followed and
very often initiated. Your first i'm
pulse, when you are under the same
roof with them. is to approach them
and enter into conversation. Every
word. every look and every motion is
an invitation to friendship. You find
yourself unburdening yolr heart to
them and seeking their counsel. What
an influence they exert on you! You
even wonder how it is that you are SO
easily persuaded by them. How you
admire such people! How much you
would give for such a power of person
al attraction! What would you not
give to surround yourself with friends
in this way! What is tho secret of it
alp Well, we must recognize the fact
that there is personal magnetism
about some people which is natural
endowment. All have not the same
attractiveness of face or form, nor
have all the same unconscious drawing
power. But, while this drawing force
is in part a gift of nature, it is very
largely the product of cultivation.
Winning ways are usually developed.
it is not always perfectly natural to
exhibit grace of manner. But it is
perfectly possible to cultivate attract
iveness OF manner, and studious watch.
fulness with earnest effort will do ;
great deal to make one attractive. How
much better it is to attract than to re
pei! No one likes to feel that they ar,
disliked or even unthUught Of Blu
how many there are whose influence il
comparatively insignificant simply be
cause they do not cultivate personal at
tractiveness. 1t is worth thinking abou
and working for. We ought to d,
.very thing in our power to add to ou
influence. There are a great man,
things which somn people are incline,
to ignore which have a determining
power in the matter Of personal in
lluence. Among them we would men
ton personal appearance. We are ao
customed to say handsome is VIII
handsome does But handsome doin
, | ~ NJ
, II is quite the fashion to accuse th
} young man or young woman who give
some attention to dress and persona
} appearance generally of being prou
or vain. 1t is not strange therefor
chat young people who a.re continual
harpod about giving too much after
! ton to their appearance and dres.
: should come to feel that there is
sort of virtue in ignoring these thing
altogether. But such is not the fac
) slovenly or uncouth, as it is to be vair
. In fact of the two evils the latter is tn
least. But there is no necessity fc
! either extreme. Having made you
self as attractive as possible in you
personal appearance, let your condut
' be affectionately winning. Be srac,
7 full in movement. Be studiously car,
full of the feelings of others. a col
: slant inquiry as to how you can be-
: promote the happiness of others wi
develop winning ways and indetinitel
multiply your usefulness s.-Rec. 4.
Conrad. IN ChriStia1 at IKOrk.