The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-08-13
Kindly Courtesy.

q grease the wheels Of lie with mon
ey,r said wealthy man, 'and my wife
does it with poiiteness. She gets along
with far less friction than / do, how
ever
There are natures so gracious that the
patience and kindness Of good breeding
seem theirs by Inheritance
''What made you tell her 50 nany
times p asked sympathetic bystander
who had hearl railway official answer
the same question for an old lady six
times in fifteen minutes.
"Why, she didn't understand, replied
he, simply, evidently a little surprised at
the suggestion that he could have re-
Trained from speaking. In disagreeable
contrast to his forbearanee stands the
speech of the sea captain, irritated by an
Oft repeated query.
Is it always foggy off the Banks, cap
tain 2' asked a passenger. guillless Of .
suspicion that he might offend.
How do / know?" snarled the capt.sin.
"I'm not always OF the Banks
A gentleman who one day lost his lem
per over some biunder Of a workman,
and spoke his mind not only .reely but
violently, that night professed himself
ashamed Of the outbreak
@oh, well, papa. dare say ne didn't
mind said too aristocratic listener.
Those people are probably used to being
abused by their superiors."
Il am not his superior, said the gen
tleman, testify. Il was very probably
his inferior this afternoon. I lost my
temper and be kept his. I rated him
like fsh-wife, and though ne looked as
if he would have liked to knock me
down, he answered with perfect polite
ness
There is no more unmistakable sign or
good breeding thar patience and good
humor in trying circumstances. A lady
who, with friend, vas making her way
through rough and jostiing crowd, said
that after the experience was over she
turned to see how her companion had
borne IT,
q was in state of burning indigua-
tion at having been pushed and almos.
trampled on, said she. But Mary
She was IS sweet as a Nay morning, and
placid as summer sky. I thought she
must have been treated better than ], but
on looking more closely. I found she was
patiently holding up her skirt which
had been torn from the waist, and that
her cherished parssol was lost
Doubtless the one woman was quite as
uncomfortable as the other, but Mary
knew how to meet the lis Of life. bup
her friend had not yet learned. All
honor TO her who meets not only great
sorrows but daily misfortnnes With a
cheerful countensnee, She is the senu-
inc lady, the true giver Of bread 10
friends and family.
Are you quite vel, Jennie p asked
an anxious mother, who had reached her
daughters home to find if invaded by
scarlet fever.
@Yes dear. except that my face aches.
@Your face From your teeth 2H
"No, 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 scprched the
front Of my new cashmere, and Alfred
has had 50 many headaches this week
that he couldn't write his sermon. so
YOU see, things have been 50 very dis
heartening that I've been obliged to
smile in order not to cry.
It was the same CHEEKY little woman
who smiled brightly when ella msy fei-
low stepped on her dress, in a public
hall, and tore in it one OF those three
eornered rents before which even the
most patient member trembIes.
@Oh, never mind said she, sweetly-
and apparently forgot all about the occur
renee Half the next day, however, was
devoted to matching, darning and con-
eealing the darn, but the work was az
done to the accompaniment Of a cheer
fal little song Ioa;k'e Co4spaaioa.
How can get rid Of saperauons haIr.