Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-05-27

0SAFht 1e'hs
by MARGARET T.. sANGETER
doubt very much whether girls be d.
tween 10 and 10 ever appreciate the
importance OF knowing how TO sit still.
This IN one OF the lessons We learn a,
school. and Il Is fully as valuable as
any lesson In science or literature. Or
any other department In which we are
instructed Girls are often fdgety
jumping up and rushing about when
there Is no need for restless activity.
and changing their posture until look
ing al them IL fatiguing Ia other peo-
pie Unless We learn how 10 ST still
when We are young. We seldom master
the art successfully when We are older.
can think OF famous man whoJ-
name is hon0red wherever II Is heard.
He has one fault Of manner that he
has never overcome: he cannot sit stiil.
In a drawing room he wriggles and
idgets and actually when excited
bOunces up and down like ball. and
wise hostessss invariably take the pre-
caution TO seat him In their strongest
chairs In church he slips down In
front Of the pew. leans his head on
the railing. comforts himself In quee-
fashion. and furnishes entertainment
for his neighbors and annoyance to the
minister. All this could have been al
tered had anybody taken pains 10 teach
the man how 20 III still In his boyhood
One OF the most charming things Ia
girlhood II serenity II would pay a
father should b, spend much money
In having his pretty daughter laugh
outward repOse.
How can I be calm and placid2"
asks Josephine. when I am bubblinP
up and eneryesceni inside? How ca
look tranquil when I am angry ami
disturbed"
The questions are we'll put although
they touch opposite aspects Of the ease.
Il Is natural that girls should be bub-
bling up with gaiety AMI high spirits
a dull. stupid girl. who mas no fun 10
her and who does not care about good
times is 30 exceptional that We are
sure she h 40 and. n We are sensible.
send for the doctor 20 look her over
and tell rs what 10 DO. But one may
be bright and cheerful. may laugh AMI
be merry. and yet be 30 self-restrainei
that she will not let her fun break N
upon The quiet Of her friends. or ~ ia
II they are In a different mood. A girl
who has learned 70 sit stlll controls
her fun just as she does every othe-
act and state Of body and mind
As TO being angry and disturbed.
must say plainly that such tempers On
girihoOd are very unwholesome Anger
In most circumstances IL foe .
health and happiness. and II like n
snake In the grass or an enemy within
the gates In It's effect upon character.
Very few people can afford to indulge
anger II Is the most poisonous and
upsetting 81 passions and leads 20 NJ
end Of misery Neither should a girl
let herself be disturbed when things
go little wrong. They are bound to 40
wrong now and then. and when the
90 We must be philosophical and make
the best OF H. You remember Charles
Dickens and his "Fiye-and-Twenty
Tattycorum" The absurd name be-
longed % a charity child. who lived Ia
the house Of a philosopher. and when
she threw herself into a ~ ~ frenzy
as she sometimes did. the good man
old her 20 count i've and twenty be-
fore she said a single word. Some u
us would have 10 county Eve and TWEEN
~ several times before We had quite
conquered our veNation. especially II
We had never learned how 10 wait and
be patient The wise man said in the
Proverbs. Better Is he that ruleth his
spirit than he that taketh a city" AMI
no truer word was ever spoken.
one advantage given 20 girls who
learn to dance and to boys who are
taught military tactics Is found In the
control they gain over their muscles.
AMI the aexlbility and poise that come
through movement In harmony with
fNNNNm NWW INV ~ fhiANA hAAh AANhN"
would be gained should girls and boys
practice sitting stlll As. however. We
hardly expect 30 much repose In tns
brothers as In the sisters. the lattc-
must try 20 set the finer examples.
In the art Of sitting still may be com
pretended the low tone that Is 10 de-
nghtful a thing In speech. and the
gentle courtesy that robs life Of fric-
ton. 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 10 do
Hurry has intruded into the air W
breathe. and we go whirling through
the world as II We were horses on
race track. when a ferry boat Is abou'
70 arrive az the dock. or train ap-
prparhea the station the Messengers