Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-07-17
for the Thoughtful.

pre- eminent.
Man, when tired, is unrchectlye--
woman when tlred--tLinks.
The strongest and finest natures have
the sharpest contrasts in their charac-
tiers.
1t is always the suggestion rather
than the bare TACT which sticks and
pricks like a thorn, and will not come
out or suffer itself to be removed.
Women who know so well what their
sex has to endure, ought to loye each
other, to sustain each other. But The
contrary Is the case. Their hostility is
instructive.
Without the exchange Of kindly
words and deeds, without the sunshine
Of loving looks and smiles of welcome
and encouragement, home may be
habitatlon, but never truly home.
Some persons seem to live and move
ia spirit Of criticism. They suspect
and detect the faults and weaknesses Of
those whom they meet, their minds
dwell upon them and their lips make
them known.
It is one Of the scverest tests of
friendship to tell man Of his faults
If you are angry with Il man it is not
hard to 60 to HIM and stab him with
words, singing his soul to madness, or
disgraclng him in the presence Of his
foes but so to love man that you
cannot bear to see the stain of sin upon
HIM, and to 20 to him alone and speak
painful truths in touching, tender
words-that is friendship, and a friend
ship as rare as 1t is precious.
The atmosphere of regret is debilita-
ting, enervating, asphyXiating. 1t
should be avoided by us as we avoid
malarial atmospheres and those satura-
ted with infection. A great purpose
will lift one out Of regrets, and failing
great purpose many smaller ones will
accomplish the same end. In such Il
world as this there is always enough,
affirmative, positive good to be done to
occupy all ones time and thought and
energy all ones capacity Of doing and
willing.
Nothing is easier or si.npler than the
power of pleasing. 1t is not confined
to any condition of life, nor is 1t Deepen
dent on any surrounding circumstances
all it demands is the presence Of Il sym
pathetic spirit, willingness to be
pleased, desire to see the bright side
of things and to discover the best points
in people, readiness to leave self and
other engrossing objects and to enter
heartily into subjects more generally
acceptable. Whoever Will cultivate
these qualities and habits of mind will
find 4 new life opening up within him
u life that viii be fuller and richer
in It's own happiness, because it will be
increasing that of other men.
We see women universally Jealous of
the reputation of their beauty and fire.
quently look with contempt on the care
with which they study their complex
IONS, endeavor to preserve or supply the
bloom OF youth, regulate every orna-
ment, twist their hair into curls and
shade their faces from the weather. We
recommend the care of their nobler part
and tell them how little addition Is
made by all their arts and graces to the
lninl. But when was it known that |
female graccs or knowledge was able to |
attract that ofiiciousncss or inspire that
ardor thlt beauty produces wherever it
appears? And with what hope can We
Ell dcayor to persuade the ladies that
TIE time spent at the toilet is lost lii
vanity, when they haye every moment
some new conviction that their interest
is more eiiectually promoted by a rib
bon we'll deposed, than by the brightest
act Of heroic virtue.-Sanuel Johnson.