Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-29
In the Coy Corner.

In the Cozy Corner.
JuSt-As it is easiest to learn a Ian
-uage by studying it and practicing it in
The country in which it is spoken daily,
-o it * easiest to learn what it is that
makes for charm of manner by practic-
ing MI its pretty rules among the per-
sons among whom we have to live our
daily life You will thus most quickly
acquire the accomplishments of talking
we'll b. making habit of talking ut
home
Never. never sit down to family meal
in dull silence. but tell of your days do
iugs however simple they may have
been. in M interested fashion. An in
lereSted fashion means an interesting
fashion, MS Il rule. 1t is so much better
Ia tell of an accident that befel Il cab
horse. or of Il new flower you saw on
the roadside. or of the peaches you saw
in the market. than to sit plunged in
Serce that soon becomes Il fixed habit
recurring your utmost eXertiOn To break.
As Xou 20 about your pleasure and
YOUR business learn to notice little things.
quaint. touching or ridiculous, and tell
them at the dinner table. However ST
lent the rest of the family may be. they
will soon learn To appreciate your modest
rTorts To be amusing. and sadly miss you
when you are absent.
Remember to tell the dreSS-loving sis
ter of Il remarkable green gown Won saw
an the street.
Remember to tell the mother al the
little details of talk YOU hal on the
rain with one of her old friends: and be-
sure ii vii rouse the hOrSeloving ia
Their If you mention thrilling bit of his
tory YOU read of Il great racer.
Good home conversation is easy To
make, and whoa you talk you fah into
The way of drawing others our and of ~.
spilin@ laughter which Sweetans aud
tmsMcuS any atmosphere.
One of the most entertaining Of women
once said that she could only reconcile
il To her conscience To spend 50 much of
Ter time in making social calls by pass
ing on III conversation whatever she
heard or read that she thought might
prove helpful cheering or inspiring
With this purpose in view she commit
ted those things to memory i'll the exact
words of the book to share with her
friends those things she herself enjoyed.
The practice enriched her vocabulary
and cultivated her memory 50 that what
She read was retained with slight diff
Guilty. The gentle ministration of cheer
fulness seemed her especial prerogativc.
and filled her conversation with gladness
and sparkle
No one is living Alright unless he 50
llyeS that whoever meets him goes away
more joyous for the contact This wom-
an, who Is no ideal creature. but IA glor-
"uS bright reality. held that as charity
begins NJ home, SO should all good of
ices. and made it n principle to narrate
ut the home table whatever might prove
entertaining. The habit contributed to
The tiuency of her own conversation and
helped to raise the tone of that of the
rest of the family
They who are more anxious 10 find out
what interests their companions than to
tell of what Immediately concerns them
selves: who give gracious expression To
all the interest they feel. when others
talk: who are tactful in avoiding I'M
pleasant topics and honestly DESTROYS of
giving pleasure, will always be popular
"onversationalists.
She who would pitch high the tone in
her home must have high ideals She
VIII he most successful if She studies
deeply and lovingly with the Teacher of
''alli"e. From Him she will learn how
not I" be sclf-centcrcd: her sympathieS
VIII become as broad as humanity. her
intellect will he quckene,l, she will be
eager To know the heSI aid the latest
IN the world. that she may use it for
H'r loved ones and less favored crel-
turcS
This woman will he an intelligent.
STIMULATING companion to her husband.
Win her children and household she
VIII be ever Self-containcd patient. gen
lie. firm and wise
The mother gives the prevailing ton"
u" th" home. Even if the father bc a
SAINT it will avail but little in the day
~ day atmosphere of the home. 50 far
~ his direct influence is concerned. For
inc children are So muCa more with the
mother during the most plastic period of
NOR lives and absorb the influences
winch bear most strongly upon them
he cicyerest man living cannot MAX"
q nome. He may provide the house and
~ furnishings: if he be an artist he mly
nave cSthetic apartments or den which
VIII delight his bachelor friends. bar
4h'E "a woman can invest "a house with
'ug subtle. Understandable home feeling
Ada May krpckrr in WASHINGTON Star.