Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
KINpLY COURTESY.
CHEEKY PeoplesWko7 Make Life Seem
Pleasant In All Circumstances.

"I grease the wheels of life with
money said wealthy man, and my
wife doesitwith pohteness She gets
along with far less friction than T DO,
however," 4 .gVFRAH}EEg
There are natures so gracious that the
patience and kindliness of good breed.
ing seem theirs by inheritance.
What made you tell her. SO many
times?" asked mpathizing bystander,
who had heard railway official answer
the same question for an old lady six
times in fifteen minutes "a " ~
why, she didn't understand Y, replied
he, simply, evidently, a, little surprised
at the suggestion that he could have re-.
Trained from speaking. In disagreeable
contrast to his forbearance stands the
speech of the sea-captain, irritated by
an oft-repeated query iiHFa ,'ruf0
as it always foggy off the Banksp"
asked a passenger, guiltless of !sus.
picion that he might offend. '-" :
'"How do know sirq" snarled the
captain. "I'm not always off the
Ranks - f"t 'f far t.
A gentleman who one day lost his
temper over some blunder of work.
man, and spoke his mind, not only freely
but violently, that night professed him
self ashamed Of the outbreak. +, -,
80, we'll, papa, l dare say he didn't
mind" said too aristocratic lis tener
'"Those people are probably used to
being abused by their superiors"
= I'm not his superior, said the gen.
tleman, testify. 'Iwas very palpably
his inferior this. afternoon. / lost my
temper, and he kept his. rated him
like fishwife, and though he looked as
If he would have liked to knock me
down, he answered with perfect polite
ness"
There Is no more unmistakable sign
of good-breeding than patience and
good-humor in trying circumstances.
A lady who, with friend, had .been
making her way through rough and
jostling crowd, said that after the ex-
perience was over, she turned to BEE
how her companion had borne it,
81 was in a state Of burning indigna-
tion at having been pushed and almost
trampled on," said She But Mary!
She was as sweet as May morning, and
placid as summer sky. ! thought she
must have been better treated than /,
but on looking more closely, found
she was patiently holding up her skirt
which had been torn from the waist and
that her cherished parasol was lost"
| Doubtless the one woman was quite
as uncomfortable as the other, but Mary
knew how to meet the ills of life, and
ther friend had not yet learned. AL
honor to her who meets not only great
sorrows but daily misfortunes with a
lcheerful countenance! She is tho gen
uine lady, the true ''giyerlof bread to
tfriends and family. y w u ste
j. "Are yoa,q ute we'll, Jennie?" asked
IAN anxious, mother, who had reached
her daughters home to find it Invaded
by scarlet fever.
F"Yes, dear, except that my face aches. '
q "Your faee?4 From your teeth?"
NO, mamma, from smiling. You see
| nOU OHly dAS VIC bnlluISn BUN, buU gnS
water-pipes have burst, theresa church
quarrel to be settled, Eve scorched the
front of my new cashmere, and Alfred
Fhas had SO many headaches this week
that he couldn't write his sermon. 81
you see things have beensso oery dis
heartening that Eve been obliged tc
smile, in order not to ,cry.'fs
, 1t was the.same cheery,little woman
who'smiled brightly when a clumsy fel
low stepped on her dress, in a publi'
hall, and tore in it one OF those three
cornered rents before which even th'
most patient mendor trembles.
30 never mind" said she,5 sweetly
and apparently forgot all about the oc
scurrence. Half the next day however
was devoted to, matching, darning anc
concealing the darn, but the work wa
allsvdoness to the accompaniment of
cheerful little'song. Youths Compan