Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-19
THE WOMAN WHO MEANS WELL.
'Twould be a Joy if She Meant Worse
and Did Better.

Every one knows the woman who
means well. 1t would De JOY to us it
| she meant worse and did better. TIL
| well-mcaning woman always Tells YOU
| something is wrong when it is too late
TO help it or when circumstances forbid
| that the wrong should be righted at the
| time. She finds her opportunity on The
| street, when she comes joyOusiy oar Of
! her way to tell you that there is 4 rio
/ in the back OF Your waist or that yo,r
| cOat-seeve is pulled out from The shoa-
/ der. The fact that the damage cannot
| be Iemcdied then and there cuts no IL
ure with her The well-meauing person
never gives herself the pain of retectHS
! that, since the break cannot be repaired
until you can go home and take of the
! injured garment, it might be as we'll TO
| leave You lii the ignorance that is bliss
| The WeiI-meaning woman finds a field
| of usefulness IN church organization
| or club. She can always tell you how
much better this or that could have been
! done-after the business has been con
Guided. In the domestic circle she l.
| prodigal of advice and gentle correction.
| She it is who tells how much more wise
~ matters are managed in the other
schools than in the one your children
attend. She is the first to bear you the
glad tldings Of contagious disease in tha
neighborh0Od when you cannot leave
home.
When the well-meaninG woman comes
| TO you for visit, says Golfers Week
~ she makes herself popular by in
Structlon as to how your servants could
be better directed. She has n fund Of
incident an Illustration at her com
mand. The servants are not especially
pleased to have her in the house. even
although she often eXtendS to them her
Sympathies and points out to them how
nah l. 4 :
the work or the house were differently
arranged
1t is the well-meaning friend who re
ports TO you this or that naughtiness
your children were guilty of when the
occurrence - on the way to be ancient
history. and who recalls certain youthful
peccadllloeS of yonr husbands or Juvenile
indiscretions of your own. She has uo
desire TO stir up domestic discords Moth
ing is further from her thought, but she
is not only confident Of your interest in
these occurrences but is persuaded that
they are things YOU really ought to know.
II you let her see that you are hurt or
offended she is deeply wounded. She
tells your friends that you have an un-
unfortunately sensitive disposition.
The well-meaning woman is usually
strong on Renaissance. and those who
know her break into a cold perspiration
when she falls into a mood of recolec-
nun. Clit % tlt NOUtcn WHOSE memory
IS curse to any community was talking
10 a friend the other day. She went
back twenty-five years.
Il remember perfectly the first time l
met YOU she said. "You had on a green
and white silk dress
1T was Il pretty dress" said the other.
pleased at the woman's recollection, al
though she ought to have known better.
"A very pretty dress" agreed the we'll
meaning friend. But it was always too
scant in the skirt. / noticed that the first
moment | saw it. and thought it was
such pity"
The victim of plain-speaking WINGED a
little. What IS the use of telling me
that nowT' she asked rather tartly.
The well-meaning woman looked sur
prlSed and Cueved. 'Why, | thought
yon would ike To know" she said.
And then the sufferer prayed that she
might always fall into the hands of HI
meaning persons so that she could guess
at what was coming and be prepared.