The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03

- the woman whose temper is constantly
IN a state of irritation. A little thing a
org thlng, or nothing at all viii throw
her into state of anger, and on the whole
she Is about the most uncomfortable per-
son IN the world 10 have around Then
there Is the woman with the dynamite
temper. You touch her in a tender spot
and she goes off like a bomb, but after
mat one flash she is as amiable as ever
lhally comes the woman with the
smouldering temper, the sulky woman who
mas driven more men towel, to other
women than any other According to a
New York physician, who knows no end
Oh thlngs about women physically and
mentally, all these types had better be
getting rid of their bad tempers instead
OF coddling them. He declares that In
dulging ones self in fit of ugly temper
not otly makes a woman old and ugly be-
lore her time. but actually shortens her
ne. Perhaps his opinion on this subject
might never have been given TO woman
KIND had he not had occasion to reprove
glrl Tor Dragging about her bad temper
she was talking to another girl who is
habltually amiable, but CHANGED TO nettle
her friend.
Il want you TO understand that you can't
TAX to me that way" exclaimed she of
the bad temper. I've a bad temper and
m proud of IL and l won't stand any
nonsense l tell you l have a bad tenn
per"
That is a self-evident fact" answered
the amiable girl, cheerfully. 1--WE often
wondered why bad-tempered people take
the trouble to announce the fact They
always do. you know"
rms was like touching a match to kerr
osene. The bad-tempered girl got red in
the race, gasped, sputtered and made a
spectacle of herself. and it was Just here
mat the doctor came on the scene.
Come come, girls he said in the most
soothing tone, don't have any quarrel
ing Control your tempers, for every
tlme you allow them to control you, you
spoil your good looks, and lessen, yes,
actually lessen, your chances of getting a
desirable husband, and then, TOO, you in
jure yourselves physically"
is that really true?" asked the anna
Die girl interested, and the other began to
| cool down.
ooh, my yes exclaimed the doct Tor.
BAD temper is really responsible for
more old maids than lack of desire on
! the part of man to marry"
rms remark was too much for the bad
tempered girl She forgot her grievance
and said: Why what do you mean? I
thought men, that is, men with any go
apout them, admired girls who when they
! Tel they nave been wrongd resent
It. didn't know that the modern man
! cared Tor these meek, amiable sweet-tem-
thing"
A woman who is truly amiabe, meek
! ana sweet tempered rarely mas any cause
| Iof resentment" answered the doctor. IF
she Is a strong woman with her amlability
/ poth men and women have so much re-
| spect for her that they would do her no
/ wrong Inc woman who governs her
| temper IS the woman who wins out in this
NE AS rude she makes the best matcn.
9he as certainly the most successful woman
III business and society, and where is the
person VINO Will deny that she is the hest
wife, mother, and friend? Experience has
taught me that the average woman with a
! naturally irritable tmeper cultiVates IT. en-
! courages il, fosters it. This is as true Of
| ,hose IN nigh life as it is of the woman
| III low are Indeed very rich and iGle
] women generally luxuriate in their lem
pers Perhaps they wouldnt if they knew
that anger curdles the blood, binders cir
| culation, and consequently makes the com
! pieNion bad and dulls the eve 1t also
| Weakens woman's wits, making her less
| attractive physically and mentally Bad
! temper does not destroy the mind. but it
| renders one unable to work mentally It
! controls the whole system and throws it
! out OF sorts It renders one utterly unfit
| TO receive truths. Then indigestion is sure
| TO follow. If you go to n woman who Is
/ under the influence of anger, who is burn
| log from head TO foot as you were when
NdihS III turning 10 the Dad-tempere1
| GIRL Whatever you can say that runs with
! her desire she will listen to. and nothing
! more. If you undertake to expostulate
! with her, to convince her that she weak
/ ems her cause by looking her temper she
| Will not hear; she regards you as being
/ opposed 10 her and opposition, real or
! fancied only adds fuel to the flame The
| way to help woman to learn to GOV
| ern her temper is not to talk to her about
| the evil effects of anger when she is in
| a rage. That's where the average hus-
| band makes mistake If when his wife
| allows i'll temper to dominate her he
would only preserve gentle silence, she
would soon get over it, and a sense of
modification a realization that she Rad
made show of herself would come over
| her, and then, if he were only clever
enough to tell her that he didn't want her
TO spoil her pretty face by getting angry
/ again. she would think twice before Civ
ing way again.
But you said something about temper
and old maids Interrupted the amiable
girl with malicious smile at the other
Yes, ! aid" he answered promptly,
land l meant 1t, too Many a man has
been scared off from asking woman to
become his wife by the assertion from
her lips that she has a bad tmper and is
proud of il. Men are selfish creatures and
above all things like physical and mental
]
not hope TO attain happiness in this world
! though in truth he never ceases to seek
/ it, bus he does believe that there is such
a thing as harmony, and he knows that
a bad tempered woman and harmony
don't so hand in hand. Availability is DOW
! en- if woman only knew it. By being all
ways cheerful and amiable she can get
a mold on men that the bad tempered wo-
! man, no matter how beautiful rich. end
alluring She is, never dreamed of in her
/ philosophy. Amiabhty is not only power;
/ it is health; it is mental progression; it is
long life to ones self and to others"
well, l never thought of it in that
/ light" remarked the bad tempered Sirl
as The doctor disappeared. "Win you for
| give me for being rather hasty and vio-
/ lent little while ago? turning to the
/ other girl. II never dreamed that tenn
! per had anything to do with a woman's
I looks and her chances of marriage"
/ There are many critical hours in a wo-
mans life" responded the other "They
come TO us every day, and they may come
in a fiji Of bad temper, AZ seems"