The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-10-13
TROUBLES.
orRIs sHouLDSo WORRY Oven
ENDLESS DrsAfPoINrNENrs.
p1ssouragssnsnts Test ChAraeter-
Case Of . Clever Girl Who Failed
IN Her Senior rear-A Literary
Woman VINO Refused to Fail
Don't Care Too Much What People
sAy-finaneiai Trouble or Sick
ness Nay wholly Change Ones
Pians-Don't Be Hystsrieai Over
Failure.

II 1AhfAfAAI Y. thNNeTI.h
tcrpYrirhi. I'D. - Joseph n Boslesl
Oace u a while We fall. do We not
girisf There j. something IN which
We have set our hearts. some perfectly
right and desirable thing. but, xe can
Rot get H. We have tried faithfully to
The best u ouT ability. But ~e are dis.
appolnt.i. We feel very much a. ne
would u We saw somebody else climb
ins without the least trouble. 10 the
ing back to the bottom.
Even body cannot be equally sue
ocssfui. AMI a friend or q clsssmats
oitcn seems TO rain without mucH et-
fori whatever she wants. while we
lore. Il IL 50 In many departments Of
he outside Of fhe schoo!room. It Is
not only that another girl wins the
GOLD medal for proficiency. while we
have no; even a mention on the l.oaot
list. that another always has repcs,,
enriched with a double a. while we
have only a u Or c. but there ar.
other failures that Try our hearts quite
a. much.
Anotaer Tirl makes Friendship
where W have only a slight ~aequalnt
nee. or zoe Oh on q splendid trip To
Europe. while We stay at home with.
out change OF cen tn. fact j.. II se
choose 70 disturb ourselves abou, them.
the small disappointmsn,s Of life are
endless. The great oaea. too. occur
bow and then. Il j. 4 test Of chsrac.
ter 10 NEE, dlscouragsnents bravely.
and to refuse to be dovncasi and blue.
when W fail In an attempt through 10
fault of our own.
A. ! write I am thinking II a slri
friend who has hal an experience
which viii show her mettle agi dis
close In IT, later eject the sor; u girl
sae j.. Elizabeth Is q guick ind clever
giri who learns without taking much
tf1gb'e. and who has q reputation Ia
her family c!rcle for extraordinary
genils shs has always been oxgected
10 carry on all-the prizes Ia slght Her
father ampsc, his friends ~ the IN
rnus icns Yaaiiy which prompts him &c
boas, u EliSab.th's sprightllrcss. and
be is continually repeating hoi witty
speeches and teilils any listener whom
he can %butt9nhole the story Of ner lat
est trlumphs. Her mother hiss lees to
cay. aud i more ,aotfsl. but In her
quiet unobiruslye fashion. she Is Just
a. proud ot her daughter and iusi as
convinced Of her superior talents AZ
her good husband g. Both these peo-
PIE. without meaning u. have pgfL,d
W Elizabeth from her cradle With the
result that she has some 20 depend
entirely too much on her l~gickness
aud has omitted the nari study which
a. ceFtaln points Ia Indispensable You
may Imagine the family CONSERVATION
lni thasf.n when Elizabeth failed 10
pass her senior examinations and was
told that she would have TO ,aae her
last year over II she u Hna.ly to be
graduated
\ year does not look very long TO
your father and mother. because A,
people grow older the years seem fair
~ 10 rash along Ike waves In a mill
race. but Il seems a tremendous tAing
To a girl OF IL II looks 10 her like .
long level stretch OF eternity II We
tail In anything when We are young We
are tempted 10 fancy that nc never can
make up our loss. That IL che reason
WAY young people are blue whe they
ought TO sec everything In rose-cDlor.
Once we allow ourselves 10 be l!scoug.
AGED. we are Handicapped. We are very
apt In such moods 10 discourage 9TH
ers. II a girl In El.4abeth's position
happens To be preparing to teach. or
has In mind q determination 10 be an
artist. or a journalist. she says To her.
self. 4 may as well give II up. There
Is no use In keeping on. shall never
attain what | wish.
Never" In a word one hears on the
lips Of schoolgirls much oftener than
one ought.
Looking over a closet one day In
which a middle-aged had
packed away many treasures of her
%girihood. | came upon u lot OF old
school books. In one OF them | found
written In very black l%e,ters. under
scored. too. on the margin OF several
pages the word Despair" Have you
any Idea" | said to the owner Of the
books. why or when you wrote this
word on these pagesr"
oh" she said. with a laugh, when
Mas II ! had moods. ! often used To
think that | had almost reached the
j%umpIug-on place Of the world. and II
failed IN a lesson | felt as n the dis
grace were Inscribed upon me In let
tcrs 80 large that everybody could see