Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-06
POWER OF PERSON ALITY.
Momeutary Contact With Strong Char
actsr Seems to Double Our Mental
and Soul Forces.

There is an understandable something in
certain personalities which is greater
than mere physical beauty and more
powerful than learning. This charm of
personality is divine gift that often
sways the strongest characters, ami
sometimes even controls the destinies OF
u&ilons
We are unconsciously influenced 10y
people who possess this magnetic power.
The moment we come into their presence
We have a sense of enlargement of cN-
pansion in every direction. They seem
To unlock within us possibilities of which
We previously had no conception Our
horizon broadenS; we feel Il new power
stirring through all our being; we expert
Cncc a sense of relief. as if great
weight which long had pressed upon IL
had been removed.
We can converse with such people in a
way that astonishcs us. although meet
ing them, perhaps, for the first time
We express ourselves more clearly and
eloquently than we believed We could.
They draw out the best that Is in US;
they introduce us as it were. TO our
larger, better selves. With their pres
ence. impulses and l0ngings come tnrong-
ing to orr minds which never stirred us
before. All at once life takes OH
higher and noblcr meaning. and we are
fired with desire to do more than We
have been in the past
few minutes before perhaps. we
Were sad and discouraged. when. sud
denly, the tlashlGht of potent person.
atty of this kind has opened rift u
our lives and revealed To MS hidden capa~
billtleS. Sadness gives plnC" to JOY. tie
spair TO hope, and dSheartenment To IN
coura cement. We have been toned 10
finer ISSUES; We have caught glimpse Of
higher ideals and. for the moment. at
Il
commonplace life, with its absence of
purpose and cndeayoT. has dropped oul
Of sight, and We resolve. with better
heart and newc' hope, to struggle 10
make permanently ours the forces aud
probabilities that have been revealed 10
lS,
Even Il momcntary contact with n
character of this kind seems tn double |
our mental and soul powers as two
great dyuamns double the current which |
passes over the wire. and we are ioa Ii !
to leave the magical presence lest We |
lose our newborn power.
On the other hand. Wc frequently meet |
people whn mako US silryrl aud shrink /
into ourselves. The moment they come /
near ms wa experience u cold chilli ms if I
blast 81 winter had struck us IN MIDI |
summer \ hljghtiEg, narrowing ~pu<a- (
ton. which seems 10 mal,c rs Suddenly /
smaller PASSES over as. We fert d,- I
c,3ci loss Of power ot possibility We |
could no more smile In their presence /
than we could laugh while az fuucFaL /
'IhriF gloomy, miasmHtje atmospheric /
chi!ls ri cur natural impulses. In tauig /
presence shore is no possibility OF az /
pau-iou for us As "a darl, cloud sudden |
ly ob-cues the brightness Of smiling /
summer sky, their shadows are cas-. upon /
u.s. aud fill us with vague uEdciuahle uu. /
pa-Iups-.
We instinctivoly feel that such people /
have no sympathy win our a>DiFatjsu& /
aud our natural prompting is 10 guarG /
closely any expression Of our hope. ana /
ambitions When they are near us ou /
mudahle purposes and dpsirpa shriul, into /
iuSicuiiicance ard mere fooliehnrss: thp /
charm Of sentiment vani-hes and life /
seems 10 lose color and zpst The effect |
Of their presence is paralyziug and we >
hasten from it as soon as possible
Il we study these two types IF person
ality. We shall find that the chiof differ /.
cncc between them is that the first loves (
his kind, and the latter does not. or
course" that rare charm Of manner which +
c1ptiTat"S all those who come within the +.
sphere Of its influence. ana that strong +.
personal magnetism which iucIiny- ali (
hca!12 toward it, fortunate uaSxcxyor. /
are largely natural gifts. But we shalt .
tad ib1t De man who practices uuealt. .
l-hura~. who is genuiupuly Interested in /.
the welfare Of others. who feels II q .
p1yiics" ~ have The power to do gyl- .
Jew creature kindness even Though (
polished TAn}urIs and q gracious press
once uHF Ee cons picuo4- bs their ah- +
FHlco-wi.i be an clevatiHg influence
Wherever he goes. lie will bring ea- /
roura-omoni e. and uplift every lifr aha,
touches it. he viii ho trusted and lowed
BY JiI who come in rouiart with h.m
This type IF personality Fe G4y az cH..
UVafo If We Wiii.-SucccS4.