The Progress., 1893-12-30

.sre thy pictured life; pass some
few years
nv towering spring thy summers ar
dent strength
:. sober autumn fading into age,
| ~ nd pale, concluding winter come at
last.-For what?
q usher in never ending spring"
ut
Tact.
n go were asked the strongest at
..etive power of woman, we would say,
-'ISssitatingly, tact. Beauty pleases
ove-but its charms are as cvanes-
as the flush of sunset clouds, as
setting as the life of a flower.
Tact pleases the heart-it forms a
..rllike symmetry of character, and
magnetic and priceless quality that
endures.
Tact springs from good breeding,
oOdsense and good nature and may be
-,tivated. though in its fullest and
..ost state it is innate. This delicate
EnOwledge of the fitness of things is
,,ally born. not made.
The necessity for tact in all of the
..ations OF home and society is neither
.oderstood nor appreciated-it is the
"A that lubricates the wheels of life for
smooth running.
The woman with tact is ever the most
,onular member of her sex. She is
sonsiderate-she believes, with Bovee,
that Language was given US to say
,Isasaut things to each Other"-and
where none but Objectionable words
NAV be uttered. she is goldenly silent
In the family, the mother must have
tact to prevent the jar and fret o.
household affairs.
Much tact is required in the contro
If children. and in the management o.
Husband, there is room for a limitles.
supply. Nine. de Stael has said, will
broad suggestion of truth, that lit il
the woman who possesses more tac
than love who retains the devotion of /;
man"
Tact is the great social princi
ple Of knowing what TO say, when t.
say it and how to say it.. The value o
the tactful woman is above the price o
rubies,-but alas. she is as rare as sh
is precious. Society, unfortunately
abounds with her antipodal sister.
The creature devoid of tact is fit 70
treason, stratagems and spoils, and ha
capacity for disagreeable things tina
is the misery Of her friends.
We are feeling badly-she is ar
nounced-and, in an unguarded me
ment, we decide to see her. My dear
how frightful you do look is he
breezy salutation-and her visit, instea
Of frightening us, is full of horrors
She tells us of tragic deaths, drag
iamily skeletons from their closets
and after keeping us on the rack ft
several hours, leaves us with thes
words OF cheer: Take cod-liver oil {
once, for am sure that you are abol
to be seriously sick"
A timely visit from woman OF ta'
would have been tonic for our Ills
she would have led us from the vapol
10 an atmosphere of sunshine-whi
the untimely presence of her antipodi
sister, results in sending us to bed.
there existed Society for the Preve
lion Of Some People, the woman will
out tact would be in daily danger.
A mother has lost a dear child til
months have passed, and though hi
grief is softened, she has not becon
reconciled. The woman without ta
knew Of her bereavement and forgot
so in meeting this mother afte
"~tuo, uCT ucGQlfSS dilI p1lihNA ~
ton is, "How is little Guy?" Ht
tongue is knife that has re-opeEed
wound of the heart, and she is sorro'
iuly reminded that Guy is still dea
q This offense, from want of thougl
rather than want of feeling, 10
eibly impresses US with society's net
ior a training school in tact.
Awoman has married amau addict'
'ot the whisky habit, and hides b
wretchedness from the worlds sha
eyes with the best bravery at her col
mand. One bitter dav the woman wit
out tact swoops down upon her, and u
IRON enters her soul as she is treated
aarade upon the folly of women wi
throw themselves away on sots.
course, the woman without tact die n
femember that her friend was affiict
With drunken life-partner.
Mr.. Prosperity weds lovely woma
ine creature without tact pays brld
call to Mrs. Prosperity, and during {