Evening journal., 1897-10-16
GOOD HUMoR.
BAD Effects of InduIging in IiI
Temper.

The best gift which can 0e given to a
girl IN her cradle by her fairy god
mothers is that of good humoT. So
far as her own happiness and that Of
those connected with her are concerned,
IL is better than wealth. She who can
keep her temper under all circum-
stances, who can laugh over misadven-
tures and persistently make the best
of everything, however bad it may be,
has conquered fate, and has an UNI
brella more or less proof against all the
storms of life.
1t must be admitted that cheerfplness
is in great part a matter of tenpera-
ment, and that there are people who can
no more help worrying than hen can
help getting wet when It rains. But
the hen can, and generally does, seek
the best shelter she can. a talent for
cheerfulness, like every other talent,
can be cultivated and grows with using.
"Arrah, Biddy," said the Irishman, III
We cant be Sisy, be as aisy as ye can bel"
In any event, II you must worry, try 70
keep it to yourself. and don't pour your
basin of cold water over the sitting-room
fire to the discomfort of your whole fam
lily. And let me tell you a secret-there
is no cosmetic in the whole beauty shop
half so effective as good humor
Fretfulness and i'll temper leave their
indelible finger marks on the fairest
face, while smiling good temper, il
Eliminates the piainest one. That child
isn't the least bit pretty" said a lady
/ 4, - f,f n1tnilc In n
large school "and yet TO me she is the
most attractive OF all Miss l1--'s girls,
her face is always so bright, and her
eyes fairly sparkle with fun aud good
humor; l smile in spite OF myself when
ever 1 see her."
For years one of the reigning bellies
in an inland town was a girl of no pre-
tentious to beauty, and of moderate
means. She was clever and well edu-
Gated, but her chief charms lay in the
faculty which she possessed OF maxi
ing everyone at ease and, as one OF
her admirers said: Taking the sun
shine about with her."
Nothing wears one out like fretting.
Just as the friction on a machine which
Is unoiled grinds away the surfaces
more in an hour than in week OF
proper use, day of fretful worrying
will dig more and deeper wrinkles on
your face than months Of hard sworlS
faithfully done.
| Any person will tell you that fits of
crying will injure both your eyes and
your complexion. A bad attack of the
sulks viii yellow your skin as surely
as one of Indigestion.
Make the experiment of practicing
smiles and scowls before your mirror
for a few minutes, and see which you
think most becoming. If a thing can
be helped, go to work and help it with
will. and do your very best; if it can
not, all the tears and worry in the
world will not make it any easier tC
bear. You only cover your cross with
prickles, and chafe your flesh against
the barriers you cannot break. And
after all, few things are so bad that pa
tience cannot better them.
There is an old story of two penitent'
who in the middle ages were ordered
10 expiate their sins by walking K
Rome, many miles. with peas in theil
shoes. The one put the specified mum
Der of hard, dried peas in either sho'
and reached Rome, after days of suf
fering, lame and footsore; the othe'
quietly boiled his peas and journeyet
as comfortably as though they had no
been.
There is great deal of philosoph,
. in boiling your peas, and there ar
few so hard that boiling viii not softer
them. It may almost be said that tn
true secret of happiness in life is Il
make the best Of everything, and in s.
far as lieth in us to help others do til
same.
Perhaps you think you have a har,
time, there are so many things to We.
and cross you in your lot. Suppos
! you sit down and make list in writing
OF your worries and trials, and whe
all have been set down, make anothe
list of your blessings. In most instance
e the comparison Of the two lists wi
probably be to make you ashamed O
yourself.
And IL as often happens your trial
that some othergirl has or seems to hav
everything you want and cannot ge
= Stop envying her long enough TO thin
to how many other girls your lot seem
as enviable as hers to you. Besides, yo
may rest assured that even this foi
tunate creature has her own stock q
worries. Don't you remember the fabl
C how, when Jupiter permitted mortal
] to exchange their Burdens, the wailin
= and lamentations redoubled when th
e exchange had been made. and all cam
B.. back praying that their old loads Nigh
be restored?
+ And, my dear girl. only think what
e cross your indulgence in i'll tempe
S must be to others, how unconIfortabl
F; YOU can make those around you b
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