The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11

sure she Is III and. if we are sensiDle send for the dostor to look her oNcl aRd tell us what to do. But one may | be bright and cheerful, may laugh ana be merry, and yet be so self-restaiheo | that she will not let her fun break ie upon the quiet of her friends, or so far i forget herself as to force 1t upon them. l if they arc in a different mood. A girl | who has learned to sit sttll controls her fun just as she does every other act and state of body and mind. AS tp being angry and disturoed'
 must say plainly that such tempers m eirlhood are very unwholesoine. Anger k in most circumstances is roe 10 health and happiness. and Is like a snake m the grass or an enemy within the rates in its effect upon character Very few people can afford to indulge anger It is the most poisonous and
 upsetting of passions, and leads to no end of misery. Neither should girl let herself be disturbed when things 20 a little wrong. They are bound to go wrong now and then. and when they do we must be philosophical and make the best of 1t. You remember Charles Dickens and his "Ftve-and-Twenty ionEed to a charity child, who lived in the house of philosopher. and when she threw herself into a fit of frenzy, as she sometimes did, tho good man told her to count five and twenty bee
 fore she said a single word. Some Of
 us would have to count five and twcn- ty several times before we had quite conduered our vexation. especially if we had never learned how to walt and
 be patient The wise man said in the Proverbs "Bettsr is he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city" and no truer word was ever spoken.
 One advantage given to girls who L..-- A.. Staa nan taught military tactics is found in the control they gain over their muscles. ard the flexibllity and boise that come through movement in harmony with
 rhythm and law. An equal advantage
 would be gained should girls and boys
 practice sitting still As. however, we
 hardly expect so much repose in the brothers as in the sisters, the latter
 must try to set the finer examples.
 
 In the art of sitting still may be com
 prehended the low tone that Is so de- Iightful a thing in speech. and the | gentle courtesy that robs lire or frie- l ton. I am constantly hearing people say that they are too busy to do this | or the other thing. that they are so | hurried that they cannot get through | the days tasks, and that they are tired | before the day begins with the mere | thinking of what they have to do.
 Hurry has intruded Into the air we | breathe. and we go whirling through | the world as if we were horses on a race track. when a ferry boat is about l to arrive at the deck. or a train ap- brooches the station, the passengers spring to their feet and hasten out pe1l nell, as If life depended on their
 orowding out together and not losing an instant's time As a nation we are
 all marching on the double-quick. It
 is fortunate for school girls that they are obliged to enter and leave class rooms with order and moderation. The
 good habit thus formed may stand tFom in stead by-and-bye A good deal of illness, headache, and nervous ness wolld be saved if only we could take our eime, wait little, be consId- crate and win what a clever author has called "power through repose."
 When I was q schoolgirl I had two
 intimate friends, one of whom was very beautiful and vo-y mercurlal, with as many changes in her face as an
 April sky. Every passing emotion
 brought it's corresponding facial ges- ture. She was never the same for two minutes. When she was talking her whole face seemed alive with move ! ment. The other girl was quiet and | dignified, not so responsive to every | breeze as her companion. Yet. never 1 thelcss. she was sympathetic and