The evening times., 1898-05-17
SOME WOMKN
WILL WORRY
All the ''Don't" Clubs in Chris
tendon Unavailing.
But Many Make ssNountains Ont of
MoleLills'' and Erect Grievances
without Solid Foundation.

worry? Does it pay? If it does. then &C
ahead: but pause. reason II out and YOU
will find that there is not anything gained
thing to a woman-her good looks.
I was intently observing two sisters the
other day. says a woman correspondent.
Cne. %, has a sunny. happy-Eearted
temperament. yet strongly nodded
character. and her face is the index to
il, not a line or wrinkle ruffiing its
smoothness. and she looks to be about
25. The other. %. Worries frets and
fumes IL any trivial occurrence upsets
the even tenor of her life. and in conse-
Quence she reveals the state of her mind
and disposition in her countenance; tiny
lines mar the beauty of a somewhat
shapely mouth. her forehead is wrinkied
and you would declare she was past S.
What is in the heart and mind imprints
Itself on the face, just as surely as life
must end. SO why not cultivate an unruf-
fled. amiable disposition? Mrs. Harriet
Hubbard Ayers says. in one of her artf-
cles on Beauty" ITO become plump and
pretty. eat plenty of simple, nourishins
food: sleep at least ten out of twenty
four hours and be free from worry and
care" In six months she guarantees a
remarkable change in n womans appeal
ance. Mrs Ayers advice is good in its
way but | say use common sense Every
American woman has store of that put
away in the recesscs OF her mind. and
why she does not use ii and reason
matter out instead of uselessly worrying
and fretting over ii Is beyond my COM
prehension. To show the folly of worry
ing. the utter absurdity OF 1t recalls an
incident relating to a young woman who
upon seeing her friend frowning. exciaim-
ed: what is the matter? You do not
look welI?" Matter? My dear. I'm
worried sick" What about?' ..Ail day
yesterday, she replied. u worried over
something and today I'm worried because
1 can't think what il was about" And
this is perhaps the trouble with most wo-
men. The real cause of their worriment
is so trivial that the impression it makes
upon their mental faculties is effaced
almost as soon as 1t is made: then they
continue worrying from nothing more or
less than habit. Oftentimes a husband.
tired out and annoyed over business az
fairs of the day. returns home in tho
evening and is greeted by a frowning-
petulant wife. who takes pleasure in re-
lating all the unpleasant instances of the
day making him feel bluer than indigo.
oh" orc remarked a young man, If
our girls only tried as hard to keep their
husbands as they do to win them. not one
would ever hear Of her husband spending
his evenings at the club True; smil-
ing face and cheerful. pleasant words
tighten the burdens of life wonderfully.
They change the entire aspect of the do
mestic atmosphere Try 1t and see.
Again repeat, Does 1t pay to frown, to
think of all the unpleasant thing in life
and to fret and worry? Do you gain dol
lars and cents by it? If so. then go on
and worry, worry, worry; but 1 think
you'll find yourself a misanthrope and a
very unhappy individual before long. No
matter how serious a difficulty confronts
a woman, worrying will not help matters:
face it, pluckiiy weigh the pros and cons
and a thousand and one ways can always
be found open. See which is the best,
feel sure you are in the right. map the
course determined upon. then put the
entire affair away until ready to bring it
into action. Events may transpire to
somewhat change the course you have
decided upon. for circumstances hold us
in bondage until they do, but cling to
your first resolution. The majority of
women worry because they devote entire
iy too much time over their own troubles
and trials and make a mountain out of
a molehill." and the person who originat-
ed that trite saying. i've troubles of my
own; do not tell me yours, had to use
the remark made by little woman at a
club meeting. better be hammered out of
existence"
We don't want narrow-minded, fretful
women around us. No, indeed; the world
has no room for them. 1t wants liberal.
broad-minded. noble characters. and these
are never found among the gentle sex
who spend their time worrying.