The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-08
KINDLY COURTESY,
CHEEKY People Who Make Life Seem
Pleasant in All circumstances.

CHEEKY People Who Make Life Seem
Pleasant In All Circumstances.
81 grease the wheels of life with
money" said a wealthy man, land my
wife does it with politeness. She gets
along with far less friction than l do,
however"
There are natures so gracious that the
patience and kindness of good breed
ing seem theirs by inheritance.
'What made you tell her SO many
times?" asked a sympathizing bystander
who had heard railway official answer
the same question for an old lady six
times in fifteen minutes.
"Why, she didn't understand" replied
he, simply, evidently 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.
as it always foggy off the Banks?'
asked passenger, guiltless of sus-
picion that he might offend.
''How do l know sir?" snarled the
captain. "fm not always off the
Banks"
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.
go, we'll, papa, dare say he didn't
mind" said too aristocratic listener.
"Those people are probably used to
being 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. I rated him
like a 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 see
how her companion had borne it.
81 was in a 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 fricnd had not yet learned. All
honor to her who meets not only great
sorrows but daily misfortunes with
cheerful countenance! She is tho gen.
uine lady, the true ''giver of bread" to
friends and family.
Are you quite we'll, Jennie?" asked
an anxious mother, who had reached
her daughters home to find it invaded
by scarlet fever.
"Yes, dear, except that my face aches"
"Your face? From your teeth?"
mo, mamma, from smiling. You see,
not only are the children sick, but the
water-pipes have burst, there's 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 sermon. So
you see things have been so oery dis
heartening that I've been obliged to
smile, in order not to cry"
1t was the same CHEEKY little woman
who smiled brightly when clumsy fell
low stepped on her dress, in public
hall, and tore in it one of those three
cornered. rents before which even the
most patient, mendor trembles.
go, 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.-Youth's Compan-
ion.