Telegram-herald., 1891-02-26
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TIE raet that 40 two pe0tae ara aIlzs
- oos So are al familiar with. bas IA
sonss rsuoods srd under some e5rcuzn-
sszzscss .s are semptei 80 wonder thAE
IN ia ruhafte VARSITY thsrs u - httls
ln4s . perfectly saEAsf.ctoTy. O01sasie
yssar o~a family, IA sastere trusa H2aY
ia.loss Yea " AID. Or s&slts, ho~ na4ay
psrsoas Ia y0a ANEW with whom yea
woaId hLs - be b.sxe.i up Ia oIss roon
fDr Ih> rest u your hfss
Yoa probably sAGd9ss Al the tAougat;
bas ~hyf
because nearly everybody has some
disAzseezbss trait 81 character, habits,
nAaLzss, eeaseEs.tion. looks or health
which does nos sp~clatly annoy Us IA
the occasional insercourse Of social hfe,
bus would 10 insoierabio IL forced upon
oar CONSTANT attention OF course We
know that W. ourselves are 10 exception
% tho general rule. and thss othsr peo-
PIC find IN just - diszsreeabLB In some
ways and ~ some times IS We do them,
but never saw tho sense OF that theory
that We must never porceiye tho defects
Of anything M anybody. unless We could
DO IL better or were ourselves perfect
Ioa. for Instance, have rot tho shght-
- = LII a.
bat are you uoe ~ Know IL il is III raades
You could not cut your own gown 10
ave your life. bar must you not find
fault II IL do,s not suis your And in the
sano line or Argument you may have,
for instance, . very bad temper. but
docs that prevent you from peroeiving
that your neishbor Is coarse or ignorant
or diaAonest,
On the contrary. think that ones
own faults sharpen ones appreciation OF
the faults OF others and mako IL harder
T. endure them.
But apart from faults, how can any
body with eyes and ears and trained
t-rceptioxs avoid seeing how many per
Ions fail OF making things pleasant for
,thers. In fact fail OF being agreeable. If
they do not become absolutely disagree
Ible?
Society does not 60 on harmoriorsly
without constant effort upon the part OF
he persons making up society, and
when through seii!shness or laziness or
rom any other cause a person does
not try % be- AGREEABLE he generally falls
INTO tie other extreme.
We all ara selfish. Some philosophers
SAY that selfshness IL tho salt that pre-
serves tho world from corruption and de-
cay. and these cynics go 50 far as To aver
that martyrs and saints. and devotees
and DAIniens, give their lives 30 toll and
suffering and death IN the hope of earn
ing heavenly rewards above their fell
lows.
II these theories arc correct we cannot
our character, but we can and we ought
to avoid these outward manifestations
that annoy other people-in fact, we
mustn't Lee our saft.shaess mako Us disSl-
grecabie.
Probably you have been away from
homo during the past twelve months,
have met q great many strangers, either
on steamers CT trains, or In hotels and
boarding houses, and | am sure you
viii remember the lady who always
sacGred the most comfortable chair
ii the drawing room, who managed
20 be first served at dinner. and, IL
she had tho chance, appropriated
tho lions share of the fruit, or the
sweetneats, or the cream III it was
WARM she FASTENED 20 ph.ce herself at
tho cooLest window; IL coOlshe shut up
the room a. # IL were her private bed
rocrr.; and IN the trnt1- II she fancied an
open window, IL nover occurred 70 her
that she was letting a cold blast upon
the parson behind who might be quite
unable to bear il, or she may have
Chosen IL sitting day to order all TIE
vcn.ilasurs closed becausc the dust would
spoil her bonnet
II adrtve were IN question she stepped
ous OF the doc. little IN advance Of tia
rarity. and, unlimited climbed to the be-
seas or took tho contest corner inside.
II is was sunny she unfuTled bag sua
umbrella an held is 80 that nobocJ
comb sec thevicw. and the points peckeI
Ike birds Of prey AZ al the eyes In the
neighbprhooi- re celebrity were Of
the party she boldly took possession Of
him and "goboisd- him rs IL ne were
ripe fruit. o. she herself posed ~ the
center OF attraction and edited tho com
pany with accounts OF her tastss. travel.
acquaintance with great people and de-
tails Of Der private life.
met scvsra, OF this kind Of disagree
Able, both r1sle and female, last sum-
mer. hut IN especial one who, having all
sorts OK worldly advantages and good
looks into the bargain. might have been
. most delightful person had not SIS
been 50 bandly selfish a. to make herself
thoruuxisly dsagrceabse 70 every one
sho met.
Another vwy 6iMgreeable person is The
pumpuvu mamie who takes position
NOON his own on yours, or pubic
hearth rug. with his feet apart. his
Ehuufs I'm his but.onho1es. an irsSuffsr-
seAeair Of general tolerstsn upon his
ssc.. and tells yvu that the country Il
going - tho dogs because the president
and cabinet are blind to the situation.
which ne pr,cseds 20 sxpound. with iss
rrmpiv. lie In no matter how deetfy ron
run the conversation or what topics
ron Introduce. IL yuu speak OF psc<urs
he srfs you how many he has bought
snd what hong prices he hse pRid for
shem, he syrAks Of the old masters with
alteration and iniulv-nce. and tssAswhas
god sivice he h~s xiven 90 most II the