Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-11
sUpERsENsITIVE PERSONS.
Those Of Limited Means Are Easily
Affronfed by Persons who
Are Well to Do.


There are some well meaning inyi-
tations and apparent acts of kindness
slowed, as they are quite the reverse
Of complimentary, says the New
York Tribune. Mrs. Midas, for in
stance, who prides herself on never
forgetting old friends, remarked at
luncheon the other day that she had
during the afternoon to leave the
tickets for her opera box that even
ing at Mrs. Us. You know" she
added, sweetly, 81 have never missed
sending my box to Nellie z. at least
n a season for six years" YES"
added Mrs. Caustic, soto voce, to her
neighbor, shut she always sends it
for popular nights, when the smart
contingent are conspicuous by tneir
absence, and she is quite mistaken in
thinking hat Mrs. z does not ap-
preciate the difference. She was
laughing about it to me the other
day Mary NJ imagines that she is
really very kind she said, and I dare
say it is a certain o of compli-
ment for her to remember me at all,
but I think it is rather an insult to
my social position only to send me
her box for popular nights. How
ever, I am too devoted to music not
to accept, although 1 can't say I feel
particularly grateful"
Kindly disposed people are apt to
make mistakes of this kind. Mrs.
Rocco, when she receives her invi-
tation from Mrs. Upton to dinner,
is naturally very much pleased, but
is not by any means delighted when
she finds to meet her only her old
friends, Mrs. Obsolete and Mrs. Old
time. whereas if the Smarts and the
NewsiecIes had been of the company
she would have felt fattered.
Those who are blessed with an
abundance of this worlds goods often
do not make sufficient allowance for
their "thin skinned" acquaintance
and friends upon whom Fortune has
not bestowed her favors, and who,
although they may he unduly sensi~
tive, should on that account be treat
ed either with the greatest. tact and
consideration or. If that involves too
much, let entirely alone. 4 silly in
ClCt'lI VI SUCH dpC4 NIINSS.
which resulted in the alienation of a
couple of families. occurred recently
and viii serve to point a moral. An
i~mpecunious widow belonging to high
social circles was making a visit to
the family of a cousin who had been
kind to her in settling her husbands
affairs, and who had afforded her at
times considerable p~ecuniary aid. The
wife of the latter, although not par
ticularly fond of her visitor, con-
scientiously tried to do everything
that was kind and tactful under the
circumstances. sc she was naturally
greatly surprised when her guest ap-
peared before her one day bathed in
tears and announcing her immediate
departure. At first she would not
give any reason. merely r~eiterating
that it was hard, very hard, that her
m~isfortunes should have exposed her
to insult, but finally the aus was
ELECTED. It seems that some n had
given one of the little girls of the
house a box of candy. and she was
Immediately surrounded by the other
children, each begging for her espe-
cial favorite among the bonbons.
The visitors little daughter. who was
rather spoiled, declared, after tasting
her dainty. that she did not like it,
and demanded another. Beggars
should not be choosers," gayly re-
piled the owner of the candy, with
out. of course. a thought of any es-
pecial application. 1t was sufficient.
however. to offend the widow, and as
the hostess naturally defended her
own child against such accusation
and declared no apology was needed
under the circumstances, there has
resulted a decided GOODNESS between
the two m