The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-31

so afraid of you that she begins to de-
ceive you, and hides any little pleasures
she may have from you, fearing that
you will make a jest of her innocent
amusementsl Don't you think, being
man, you stole something more than O
loaf Of bread when you laughed at some
boys high ideals2 When, by exam
pie you made him think it was not
necessary for him to respect his mother
or his sister, Or when you taught him,
by your approval of them, that the men
who made fortunes in peculiar ways were
honest as long as they succeeded Don't
you think you have been thief and
stolen from himl And don't you think
you are teaching him to be thief when
you give him to understand that there
are different grades of honesty, and that
stealing is sometimes not stealing if
not discovered Don't you think you are
worse than any poor wretch on the street
when you sit in the clubhouse and laugh
over questionable stories, when you think
a woman's blush is something to De scoffed
at2 And when you do not hesitate to
read books that you would not care, after
all, to have in your hands when you are
dying2
Look at the clock; you think yourself
pretty good fellow. The minutes are
going by; you are getting nearer and
nearer the end Of it all. AS you are
man, be brave enough to look your skele-
ton straight in the face, to write out
resolution that will down the demons,
and to write it in color that will stand
because you preface each wish with "By
Gods Help"
SUPPOSE YOU HAPPEN TO BE woMANl
Last year you took little book from
out of your dressing case and wrote ON
blank page whatyou intended to try to
do. And the little clock rang out a chime
of encouragement, for you seemed to
know yourself so well. Get out that
book and look at it. What have you
donel Is the temper any less quick? Are
you slower to say mean words, kinder in
your judgments, less enviouS, more will
ing to forgive, and determined to find in
every human being who may happen TO be
around yoWthe one divine spark rather
than all the unpleasantnessa / don't
think you have done all of that. It was
in your power to have given so much
sympathy to somebody, To have said
such words Of encouragement, and to
have been a veritahle angel in the house
hold Have you done it,
1t has been hard year, and the man
whose name you bear has come home
many night tired and worried, and
longing for little rest. Have YOU given
1t to him2 How many times have you in
sisted on taking him some place when he
uou WduG 10 Do among peOpleF How
many times have you filed his eur with
your own complaints, your own house
hold worries, and added your burden to
his} And how many times have you
lost your temper and behaved like fool
ish child because he couldn't give you all
the money you wanted2 Ny dear woman.
you who are wife, make up your mind
that the resolution for this year will be to
give the best Of yourself to your husband.
IL you find that you can't absolutely be
pleasant to everybody, then give stran-
gers the benefit of your ill-temper; they'll
set II down to bad breeding; but give the
man to whom you have promised to be a
loving companion, all of pleasant words,
of agreeable manners and Of kindly acts,
that you are capable Of.
FRIENDSHIPS FOUNDATION STONE.
Suppose you are somebody's friend.
What sort of a friend have you been since
you last watched the clock speed the
parting guestl Have you been honest and
honorable, and shown what friendship
really was} Or have you been merely the
friend of an hour ready to discuss the
weakness of one who has cared much for
you, ready to believe the idle gossip Of a
stranger, and not enough of friend to be
willing TO say to that other one: ''You
have offended and hurt me, make it all
clear TO me-" The foundation stone of
friendship is belief There is a little de-
mon who darts here, there and every