The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-31
PUTS HIS HEART in IT.
The Man We Love to Meet and Re-
gret TO See Depart
Those Who Have Power to Charm Us
Have "Heart" aid Give Sway.

hre special fayoritcs among all who know
khem, who find or make friends every
where, whose company every ono enjoys,
and from whom every one Is loath to sepa-
rate. Their frank and easy manners inspire
confidence at first sight and one numbers
them as friends almost as soon as one has
made their acquaintance. No one Is ever
t'not at home" TO such man; his visit is
anticipated as u pleasure, and no one feels
disposed TO part with him without the cor
dial inquiry, "Whcn shall we see you
hgain9" There Is tn exuberance Of happy
pifc about him which seems 70 diffuse it.
self among oil around, and his presence is
polt TO be an addition to the general amount
bf happiness in tie circle privileged with
his company. In selecting party of friends
his namc always euggests itself first, and
the absence Of any two Others would be
pess disappointment than his. Every one
socks his side at the dinner table, and he
deems himself fortunate whose chair I'm
hhe social circle is next to his. Innocent
childhood loves TO sit on his kneo and
prattlc its earnest nonscrse in his ear; Inn
petuous youth fipcs in him a cordial CON-
panion, ard old ago valves him as pleas
ant and estimablo friend. And yet it Is not
TO his personal cCmelircss that he Is in
debtcd for this popularity, for his exterior
Is often far from rcpcsscssirg; nor TO his
| intellcct, for even his best admirers do not
| Imagine him byron, nor does lie turn
down his slirt collars 20 be thought such.
| IHc has no ron arl.aLlo vein Of humor to
boast OF, never made pun, perhaps, in his
| life, scarcely Enow1 what an epigram Is,
| is quito incapable cf setting tho table in a
roar and is distinguished neither for his
fine clothes ror Lis long purse. Ono quail
| Iity, however, 10 possesses. which proves
IAN ovcrmatch fer oyc-y di6tinction-name-
| ly, Transparent, Kindly nature, desire
TO promote tho happiness OF ell around
him, generous warmth of feeling, a
frank, cordial bearing, q universal sympa-
! thy--in ono wcrd, heart"
1t is refreshing, amid the cold conven-
tionalism Of tho wcrld, TO meet with these
mon OF heart CT 10 see In any one dcvel-
opmentscf naturalness. Ho must be mis-
hnthrope indeed who cnn witness without
| pleasure tho hearty shake of the hand of
two friends at an unexpected meeting after
q long absence. What mutual pouring
out of soul, as it were, is there on both
sides What an infectious gladsEess Is that
| (which beams On tEoir couDtcnances. Who
| has not, with u Eno chubby little fellow
seated On his lrco, lictorcl with delight
| to his enthusiastic narration Of some trivi-
| al incident which Los hccn cngrOssipg his
! Interest? How his meaning sraIklCs in his
| full eyes and struggles Tor UtUCrancc in his
| speaking featIIIs What clumsy, dull
| things words scCB 10 express those intense
| feelings which cro swelling ZIP in his heav
| ing bosom. WhSt a charming development
| pf "hcart" Is tsCrc in that lisring elo-
quence Who again has net felt charmed
! mt the sight OF on aged man romping with
| IA child and entering heartily into the sports
| and feelings Cf you'll? Who has not ad-
| tmired tho ve.da,it CID age cf such one,
his feelings, unchii!Cd by the freezing in
| 1uence OF thTCcGccIo years and ten. still
| fresh and glowing ns il his Childhood
| Who has neither beColc SO falsely wise nor
$50 sourly proud IS TO disGain tho sports
and pleasures Of his youth, and who, while
he has learned 10 think as n man has not
forgotten to fcol as clildY
This squGlity of "hcart" commcnds itself
so powerfully 90 every ones lest feelings
thSt its development is rleusing even to
the most stoical and needs only to be seen
TO 10 initiated. 1t il singular to observe
sometimes the changed behavior of the
sons OF pride and fashion in the presence
| of o man OF "Lc.rt" How strangely will
| fashion forget its cffeminato lispings and
! blush for its own s1ucamishncss, ready to
! forcgo tho applause even Of its butterfly
circle, to hang upon tho lips and bask in
| the glad, honest countcnance OF one who
| is a disciple Of nature. How cut of love it
| will seem with its own sickly insipidity,
| how deslrous TO cmoncipatc itself from the
| Iron tyranny of It's Londagc, as it contem-
| plates tho moral ROBUSTNESS Of one who
| dares TO be natural
| 1t il to bc regretted that in the educa-
tion of tho young so much is done toward
| IdiscourGging the natural manifestations Of
| Nheart. No scorer Is the child able TO un-
| .derstand than it is taught not to make
! free with tho servants 1t must not asso-
ciatc with other children unless they are
| VERY respectable 1t must not laugh above
"a certain standard Of loudDcss and must
| obey 1000 other conventional laws which
| tend only TO destroy naturalness I'm charac-
| ter and substitute cunning, hypocrisy,
| pride and u host Of other hateful pests co
| private peace and social harmony. AS the
! boy grows older no becomes still more arti-
tlcial, frightened, as it were, at the shadow
| of his own feeling. He is taught to despise
| whatever Is common, to hate what is vul-
| gar and that self respect which, Judicious
| by encouraged and wisely directed, might
, lhavo been of tao greatest use in inducing
p becoming spirit and Preserving from de-
basing pursuits, Is parpcred up into an
arrogant and offensive pride. The manly
is forgotten in he gentlemanly;" honor,
morality, duty, arc words only used as
texts for witless jokes; tho stream be-
| comes more contaminated as 1t recedes
from tine source; the youth grows older
only to grow worse.
The confding trust, the truthfulness and
the uncalcClating generosity of youth soon
merge into tho cola, suspicious selflshness
| of manhood. Tho head is disciplined at the
expense of the heart, ard the boasted wis
dom OF ago Is but poor substitute for that
freshness Cf feeling which 1t was unhappi-
| ly the first effort of education to discour-
age and eradicate.
To tho manifestations Of this quality
somo Of our mort fayorito authors and
poets chiefly owe their almost universal
! popularity. This has made them writers
| and poets for tho mass and rendered their
thoughts and words familiar with all who