Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-10-05
GOOD hUMOR.
Bad Effects of Indulgins in III
TemDer.


The best gift which can be given to
girl in her cradle by her fairy god
mothers is that of good humor. So
far as her own happiness and that of
those connected with her are concerned,
it is better than wealth. She who can
keep her temper under all circum-
stances, who can laugh over misadven-
lures 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.
It must be admitted that cheerfulness
is in great part a matter of temporal
ment, and that there are people who can
no more help worrying than a hen can
help getting wet when it rains. But
the hen can, and generally does, seek
cheerfulness, like every other talent,
can be cultivated and grows with using.
"Arrah, Biddy," said the Irishman, IF
We can't be aisy, be as aisy we 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 sitting-room
fire to the discomfort of your whole fam
lily. And let me 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 fairest
face, while smiling good temper, il
Eliminates the plaincst one. THAT child
isn't the least bit pretty" said lady
the other day of one of her pupils in a
large school land yet to me she is the
most attractive of all Miss Els girls,
her face is always so bright, and her
eyes fairly sparkle with fun and good
humor; smile in spite of myself when
ever see her."
For years one of the reigning bellies
in an inland town was girl of no pre-
tentions 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 MAX
ing everyone at ease, and, as one of
her admirers said: talking 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 a week of
proper use, day of fretful worrying
viii; dig more and deeper wrinkles on
your face than months of hard work
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 will yellow your skin as surely
as one of indigestion.
Make the experiment of practicing
smiles and scowls before your mirror
for few minutes, and see which you
think most becoming. If thing can
be helped, go to work and help it with
a will, and do your very best; if it can
not, all the tears and worry in the
world will not make it any easier tG
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
thence cannot better them.
There is an old story of two penitents
who in the middle ages were ordered
to expiate their sins by walking to
Rome, many miles, with peas in their
shoes. The one put the specified num-
Der of hard, dried peas in either shoe
and reached Rome, after days of suf-
fering, lame and footsore; the other
quietly boiled his peas and journeyed
as comfortably as though they had no,
been.
There is great deal of philosophy
in boiling your peas, and there are
few so hard that boiling will not soften
them. 1t may almost be said that the
true secret of happiness in life is tc
make the best of everything, and in st
far as lieth in us to help others do the
same.
Perhaps you think you have hard
time, there are so many things to ven
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 blessings. In most instances
the comparison of the two lists will
4 probably be to make you ashamed Of
yourself.
/ And it as often happens your trial i:
that some othergir has or seems to have
everything you want and cannot get
Stop envying her long enough to thinl
to how many other girls your lot seem:
as enviable as hers to you. Besides, yor
may rest assured that even this for
tunate creature has her own stock Of
worries. Don't you remember the fable
how, when Jupiter permitted mortal:
to exchange their burdens, the wailing
and lamentations redoubled when thu
exchange had been made, and all came
back praying that their old loads NIGH
be restored?
And, my dear girl, only think what {
cross your indulgence in ill temper
must be to others, how uncomforta biz
you can make those around you by
grumbling!-Mrs.M NJ. P. Handy, il
Housewife.
The Returned KlOnliker.
eyes, George" she said, as she fcl,dlJ