Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
F tss- s- s- N-F As 3 st EVERYDAY TRIPLES.
Small ThinEs That Make or Mar the
 HaHpinexs of Life as We Go '' irtf-t AlsAG. B. i 6lr if af.

In the, ordinary acceptance ot the word trifles there W uld seem to bs but little suggestive of care or interest,yet 1t k a question if the sum totalgof sue cesstul human existencs is not cfteper composed of aa aggregation of small things, which considered separately night we'll bs described hy this title. Ny suecess h not Eeant ths acquire HeRt of wealth or fa nc, or the gratiA- ca sioa of Sms a bso rbing m hilton, but rather the fullness of comfort and con- tcntment which results from proper ordering of that which is essential to daily life. writes Elizabeth Robbins Perry, in Boston Bu6gst.
 Food is indis pensabls to the main tenance of human life, yet were no care expended upon its preRaratiop thou sands might starvs in the midst of plenty. It. is small matter. mere trihe, to properly arrange the tray of an invalid, that the inGnitesimal nor sel of nourishment which may be talk en may appeal to the finer senses of the sufferer, yet lack of such care may be the straw which shall turn the deli cately poised scale of life against all hope of recovery
 How much of the comfort of jour- ney is cften marred because of some trifling, but absolutely necessary. arti- cle which one has forgotten. ..or which is out of reach in the trunk in the bag gage car, when it should be among the handy belongings of ones handbag. Most women kLow of the total change of plans sometimes r naceSsitated by the neglect to procure some trifis needed to finish a garment ths completion of which at certain fixed time meant much to the one who was to be the wearer. The lack of a single needleful of proper thread has been known to result in the failure of that which otherwise would have been a thing of great beauty. yet who would think of a mere bit of frail fiber as other than the veriest trihe.
 Yet so it is along the entire course of our lives. The word of sympathy we did not speak, the kindly act we failed to perform, the unkind thought we allowed to form itself into Ian guage, all these and many more things apparently trifiing confront us at some unexpected moment and cause us much discomfturs.
 In the home as nowhere else due re- gard for trif1es is factor of success. The forgetting of some minor inGre dient may cause the failure of favor ite dish. In like manner lapse of memory in some comparatively small matter may result in the disarrange- ment of the entire household. Atten- ton to little thin.7 may almost be said to bridge the gulf between the un- happy and the happy home. The little courtesies, attention. services, all tend toward the realization. of the home ideal. and their absence creates many painful gaps in the home circle. The placing of a few fresh flowers is tri fling act, yet Is not the appreciative smile of one who comes to the home wearied by day of toll and anxiety sufficient reward?
 Attention to trifss- is an in Spiration to respect and confidence in all the re- lations of life, and the boy or girl trained to such observance will fEd the path of the everyday life of activity outside the home easier one to tread than will the one who. through earelessness. indolence or perversity, fails to consider so-calied trifes. The day of small things" is the one upon which one should exercise unremittin2 vigilance. Larger interests and hap penings will oftener provide for them selves.