Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-13
GIFT OF GOOD HUMOR
TriE WOMAN WHO "TAkES THE SUN
SHINE ABOUT WITH HER,"

10 Bad Resulto That Invariably Follow
l'retfuiness - They Are Both Mental
and Physical - The Best Plan Is to Al
gays Boil Your Peas.
The best gift which can be given 10
girl in her cradle by her fairy godmother
is that of good humor So'far as her own
happiness and that of those connected
with her arc concerned, it is better than
beauty, better thnn wealth. She who can
keep her temper under all circumstances,
who can laugh over misadycntures and
persistently make the best of everything,
however bad it may be- has conquered fate
and has an umbrella more or less proof
against all the storms of life,
1t must be admitted that cheerfulness Is
In great part matter of temperament
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 sho
can. A talent for chcerfulness, like every
other talent can he cultivated and grows
with using, 'Arrah, Biddy," said the
Irishman, "if ye can't be aisy, be as aisy
as yc can bel" In any event, if you must
worry, try to keep it to yourself and don't
pour your basin of cold water over the sit.
ting room fire to the discomfort of your
whole family And let mo tell you 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 faircst face,
while smiling good temper illuminates the
plainest one. THAT child isn't the least
a,,tl e, 4, Il -
one of the pupils in large school, land
yet to me she is the most attractive of all
Miss L. IS girls, her face Is always SO
bright, and her eyes fairly sparkle with
fun and good humor. l smile in spite OF
myself whenever l see her. "
For years one of the reigning bellies in
an inland town was girl of no preten.
sions to beauty and Of moderate means
She was clever and well educated but hei
chief charms lay in the faculty which she
possessed of making every one at ease,
and as one of her admirers said, taking
the sunshine about with her.
Nothing wears one out like fretting.
Just rs the friction on machine which il
unoiled grinds away the surfaces more In
an hour than in n week of proper use,
day of fretful worrying will dig more and
deeper wrinkles ON your face than month.
of hard work faithfully done.
Any physician will tell you that fits oil
crying twill injure both your eyes and youi
complexion. A bad attack of the sulks
will yellow your skin AS surely as one OF
indigestion.
Make the experiment Of practicinq
smiles and scowls before your mirror for
few minutes and see which you think
most becoming If thing can be helped
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your very best. If it cannot, all the tears
and worry in the world will not make il
any easier to bear You only cover YOU
cross with priclilos and chafe your iiesl
against the barriers you cannot break
And, after all, few things are so bad that
patience cannot better them.
There is an old story of two penitentf
who in the middle ages were ordered t.
expiato their sins by walking to Romt
many miles with peas in their shoes. TIL,
one put the specified number of hard dried
peas in either shoe and reached Rome
after days of suffering, lame and footsore
Tho other quietly boiled his peas anG
Journeycd as comfortably as though they
had not been.
There is great deal of philosophy in
boiling your peas, and there are few SC
hard that boiling will not soften them. II
may almost be said that the true secret OF
happiness in life is to make the best of ev.
erything, and in so far as lioth in us tc
help Others do the same
Perhaps you think you have hard
time, there are so many things TO vex and
cross you in your lot, Suppose you sit
down and make list in writing of your
worries and trials, and when all have been
set down make another list of your bless
ings In most instances tho comparison