Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-11-04
Moods

Play an important part in toe lives e
most of lis. They appeal to us as some
thing passing strange. Why can we one
day carry the world on our shoulders as
/ though II were the most mhniteSimal
| atom. and the next feel too small to he
worthy Of cOnsideratiUu-Wh HAT an |
that any one is mindful of me:
One day ! ana interested in everything.
Ny feet strike the pavement. ! ana OFT:
/ lie is victory and | am life. | am
everything to all mon. One says Of me.
| w hat charming. insignificant crca-
! ture. because to him | am "A wild, an
thinking girl with no hope Of heaven
save IN gaining some ones attention
And another says: What Il proud beau
~! for 10 him / am ausfere If we
talk, It must be on philosophy. and il
am 10 be attentive to him lie must argue
well. The third says. What sweet
llttie wife she would make for tell
HIM how woman should act and what
a woman should be. and | picture her
with the alluring graces chat hold the
senses spellb0und, aud he sees an image
full of sympathy, long suffering. patient
ana KIND. | tell him how. when he comes
nome tired aud weary, she will S0othc
his restless spirit; if he wants her to talk
she VIII say just thar which he longs To
hear, and if he would resi- unucr the
Nltchlng spell of silence. she uftcrs 40
word that shall break the charm II he
ne sEall nnd her smiling and glad. eager
10 be off and away where the music in
spires and the dance is on. Calamity
has come upon him and he returns to her
not Knowing how to break the news
lie hndS peace past understanding SIZE
teIiS nm OF faith, of courage. and OF
nope, and he is content to rest ON The
promises. tell him Of this woman ana
he Is convinced there are true women.
he fourth one says of me: MY. she's
a queer little girlr' He has been accil.-
TONED to reading open books. and | say:
lie snail not do that with me- When
ne Is expecting one thing III do the Oh.
p0slte. u froWn and he will plead for n
smile. III grow Indifferent and he viii
renew the chase. I'll smile when he ,x-
poets me to he provoked and his p.caS-
urc VIII Toe unrestraiued He does moi
believe me deep and suddenly he finds
he cannot fathom me.
night be Sorrowful! Must have 40
other desire than to help the poor or ~
other object in life than to make money.
Must woman appeal to me ever the.
same?
Must no shadows fall: Emerson says.
u would rather have Il thorn in my side
than an echo And the world feels
much the same way about the matter
1t longs for a change to break the mo
notony, and sages sit at the feet of that
woman or man who Is a perpetual rcyc-
latiOn.
And how shall these moods sncct the
individual: Shall the day and It's intiu
cnce I've spoiled when he finds that his
mood is not what it was yesterday:
When things seem dead around him
slali he sit down and die or shall he 90
on and win life from dead things:
Can be work. and serve, and live siren
uously, and fully and devotedly even.
when he finds that his ideal is shattered
Then his stcadfastness is worth some
thing. II ne cannot, he must learn much
more than he already knows.
Moods are victories il rightly under
stood. They must be conquered WHEN
they are caused from nervousness, lack
of sleep. overwOrk, and SO on. They
must bc developed when they are due Ia
the emotional aud intellectual growth.
We must learn to expect different
moods and accept them gratefully. and
we must also learn how to make the
transition from one mood to another
easily and without interruptmg our
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