, 1889-04-24

To worry or not to worryi
Not to worry. Worry never helped any
one along, and never made any one happier.
1t does not drive away clouds, nor remove
mountains, nor make the insight clearer, nor
the heart lighter, nor the mind calmer. 1t
destroys the temper, the appetite, tho diges-
ton and the general health. 1t gives tho fnce
an unhappy expression, affects the compiler
ion and makes wrinkles II worrying wo-
men could DO thoroughly convinced Of all
this they would worry less A worrying wo-
man is a burden to herself, and an. infection
to all those with whom she comes in contact
1t may not be a easy thing to cultivate n
calm and cheerful way of looking at things,
but it can DO done. A habit once formed is
one of the most difficult things to get rid of.
A pernicious habit Is a tyrant, but n habit
that benefits ones self and helps ones neigh
Dor is a delightful commander TO serve. The
probation is sometimes long and tedious and
the discipline severe, but when one is fairly
enlisted in the noble army of tho knights of
the cheerful habit tho hardest part is over,
and henceforth the line of march Is compara-
lively easy. 1t Is always the first stops that
are difficult to take, In virtue Us well as I'm
vice
LIFE Is o SHORT FoR
A writer attributes the ~angularity of
American women to worry, and says that 1t
increases with indulgence, like anger or appe-
tite or love, or amy other human impulse. 1t
upsets tho mind and units IL for any kind of
work, and surely the woman who worries,
who frets continually about tri1es, Is to be
nvoided The woman who jumps up in tho
midst OF n conversation to remove n speck of
dust from the piano; who relates the worries
of her servants to her guests; the woman
who frets because her child has a rumpled
dress, or because some ono brings n little mud
in ON the carpet, and about many other sim
liar things that nro of the least possible con-
sequence, are wearisome TO the last degree
Life Is too short to DO spent In this way, and,
generally speaking, we have serious troubles
enough To fly into a passion at some trifing
occurrence that is not altogether pleasant,
Is senseles. Look at tho other side of it, and
perhaps Il may be n ludlcrous side.
Most things have n funny side II one will
only take the trouble TO look for It; and IL
one looks, one will be sure to find. Cultivate
the hhbit Of looking ut a thing on every side
until you como to tho funny side, and then
enjoy a good laugh. 1t is 30 much better to
lasgh thnn to cry; ono feols far happier after
ward, and the laugh has a cheering effect on
those who hear it. And, II wrinkles must
come, rs they surely will rs the years fly by,
let them come from laughter and not from
worry. Bo not afraid OF laughing wrinkles;
fear only tho wrinkles of worry; they are, in
deed, TO be deplorcd and fought against. No
rubbing will cause them to disappear; time
will only deepen them. They can be avoided,
but they will not be driven away. And who
enjoys looking at a %fretful, worried, wrinkled
facet What charm has n Partisan toilet, bolt
ever so exquisite, II tho face above 1t Is COW
cred with a network of fretful wrinkles
Since human beings look more at faces than
at anything else In the whole course of their
lives, they should do all they can TO make
their own faces cheerful, and as the reflection
of n cheerful faco-the slight of the counte-
nance" what moro expressive way than hat
can be devised for speaking Of u cheerful
facel-wms shine pom oil who see IL.
DINE WELL AND LIVE WE'LL
OF course, life is full Of cares; every ono
knows that, and overy one has cause to worry
about something. II the children are III, or
the husband has failed in business, these are
things that one naturally worries about
These nre the big things of life that must DO
borne and about which ono cannot help wor-
rying.
But it is tho little things of life over which
people worry most and which are not worth
worrying about A careful housekeeper will
fret about the way her servant enters the
room before company, or passes q dish at
table, and frowns will settle down upon her
face that are seen by tho guests who have not
seen the causes. The woman win worry In
cessantly about her health. II she has tho
huLhllesb hCne III uug phTb u y DOuy, OF Une
slightest feeling OF languor, the whole house
hold is upset, and for a few hours everything
is in the widest state of confusion, while the
victim-for she certainly Is a victim to her
worrying disposiion-imngines herself a hun
dred times moro III than she Is, and dies many
times before she really dies once.
Another woman worries because she is
growing old Oh, dearl Is not every one
growing oldi Is she tho only person, that
gha wl1Vll V,nl-A .,,k n fr-, H1-tt o.
will not do this nor that, nor 20 here nor
there, nor sit in a strong light, for fear that
some one will discover a gray hair, or the
tiniest suspicion of a wrinkle And while
she worries in this way she helps TO mako
herself look old. She denies herself the pleas
ures of life because some one may discover
her age; and 50 the years fly by and she Is
old-old with years and older with worry.
Unhappy herself and making those about
her unhappy; unloved and unlovable.
One writer attributes Us ono cause of fret
fulness the habit that some women nave of
undressing themselves. Whether 1t Is
from carelesSness, from n general indiffer-
ence to food, or on account OF having no ap-
petite, or because they are too busy to give
the time to eat the proper quantity that their
system demands, many women are underfed,
and the result Is felt In both mind and body.
Mnny women really live on two meals q
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bread and butter at noon. They say 1t is oil
they require and all they want; they could
not eat anything more But they deceive
themselves, for this is not true. 1t may be
that they do not want to eat morei but II SO,
it is because they hnvo not been properly
trained. Eating is o matter Of training as
much as anything else, and rs the system re-
quires a considerable amount of food to keep
the general health up to the proper standard,
women should be trained to eat O sufficient
quantity of wholesome food at regular hours.
Three meals q day, or even four, are not too
much for some women, and meat twice q day
is Indispensable to good health. Underfeed-
ing cannot be too severely condemned It
weakens the system, making tho victim liable
to an innunerable list Of ailments, such as
sore throat, backache and neuralgia, besides
many other ills which, when once fastened
on the system, are difficult to get rid Of
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