Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Kindly Courtesy.
From the Youths Companio

From the YOUTH Companion.
81 grease the wheels of life with mon
ey," said wealthy man, land my wife
does it with politeness. She gets along
with far less friction than l do, how
ever
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 a sympathizlng bystand-
er, who had heard railway official
answer the same question for an old lady
six times in fifteen minutes.
why, she didn't understand y re-
piled he, simply, evidently a little sur
have refrained from speaking. In disa-
greeable contrast to his forbearance
stands the speech Of the sea captain, ir-
ritated by an oft-repeated query:
els it always foggy off the Banks ?'
asked passenger, guiltless of suspl-
cion that he might offend.
"How do | know, sir - snarled the
captain. "Im not always off the Banks. !"
A gentleman who one day lost his
temper over some blunder of a work
man, and spoke his mind, not only free
ly but violently, that night professed
himself ashamed of the outbreak.
ooh, well, papa, [ suppose he didn't
mind, " said too-aristocratic listener.
CHOSE people are probably used to be-
ing abused by their superiors.
''I'm not his superior" said the gen
tleman, testify. Il was very palpably
his inferior this afternoon. | lost my
temper, and he kept his. l rated him
like fish-wife, and, though he looked
as if he would have liked to knock me
Il h orfoo If
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 experience
was over she turned to see how her
companion had stood it,
81 was in state of burning indigna-
ton at having been pushed and almost
trampled on" said she 'But Mary !!
She was as sweet as May morning, and
placid as a 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
her friend had not vet learned. All
honor to her who meets not only the
great sorrows but daily misfortunes with
a cheerful countenance She is the
genuine lady, the true "giver of bread"
to friends and family.
Are you quite well, Jennie? asked
an anxious mother, who had reached
her daughters home TO find it invaded
by scarlet fever.
eyes, dear. except that my face
aches'
"Your face? From your teeth?''
"No, mamma, from smiling. You
see, not only are the children sick, but
the waterpipes have burst, there's a
church quarrel to be settled, I've
scorched the front of my new cashmere,
and Alfred has had so many headaches
this week that he couldn't write his ser
mon. So you see things have been so
very disheartening that I've been
obliged to smile in order not to cry"
It was the same CHEEKY little woman
who smiled brightly when clumsy fell
low stepped on her dress in public hall,
and tore it in one of those three-cor-
nered rents, before which even the most
patient member trembles.
sob, never mind" said she, sweetly.
and apparently forgot all about the oc-
currence. Half the next day, however,
was devoted to matching, darning, and
concealing the darn, but the work was
all done to the accompaniment of a
cheerful little song.