Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-10

CHARACTER.
oy Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Statistics nave been proving that
men are kinder 10 their wives and
children In the summer than In the
winter season.
This indicates how much climate
Influences IL when we are In q state
OF evolution. and have not learned
to control themselves. rather than DO
controlled by outside conditions.
A letter from an acquaintance tells
me an amusing experiences with =
dog regarding climate. This dog was
IOld and irritable: he had never been
an amiable dog. II seems. although q
family pet AZ his life. y D.
y He wss = New England y0ogl and
subjected to all the Climatic changes
81 thHt LAND. o., toe Pilgrim Fathers,
Not i6nk sa&O shis MISTRESS mcved'
TO Csliforelas the ~ sAeg -secoapans
led her. lgrowllny cpd. swapping At
lsSsr' one during the j0vr1H. =
But sitter = fen w3sks II ,thats Asd
Of eters1hl sunshine the lady n6tice6
= greatsdhange creeping over her IT.
ritabie pet. T.,
He no longer snarled. and .growled:
he gave cheerful barks Of the content
instASd.s
After few months, his disposition
had beceme absolutely snlAbie -
astsaiS6hsiy alectioaate.
Nov TIE lady believes that his III.
ltesnper Has merely IN expression Of
canine discomfort with the rigors Of
an eastern climate.
He has found what he wanted and
10 glad 10 let his friends know II.
This Is y great card for the Cali.
fornia climate. ~
During two winters spent In travel
in California It seemed to me I saw
an unusual number Of amiable and
good natdred people.
In jamaica and Cuba and In the
Sunny South, TOO, one. sees more
smiling faces In q day than IN our
colder realms during, a. week.
The descendants OF the Pilgrim
Fathers and Mcthers. are potable ftjr
certain aiistetity OF coiintenAuxes
this. and many OF their rigorous
Ideas. can be traced to the San
cause-cllmate. i, 4 ~ IS Mv
Cold contracts. heat expands.
But how animal and material, ne
prove ourselves, when Ne depeNn
upon climate fof our afniabllity!s y,
Within the spirit Of man lies d
climsta Dr. more wonderful ~ ,bsadty
than was ave- found In any earthly
Arcadia,
Upon II .rS1rs saeH esuRshiae ri no
fdAe M4he nve bffion saas already
extinct otahe billions stu in spscc
ever prodGced.
Far Ahis spirit Of man is made nf
the source 'rcm which All tine srns
came. II A. ,nhe and y ntion Of In
destructfble light, and should glorffy
our natures and make us all glow
with radiant energy.
The crusty old dog could not rea-
son and develop his higher nature,
but man Is a superior animal and to
him ia given this privilege: and hg
who experiments with the divine
stun In his own soul will be reward
ed by finding he Is able to. produce,
perennial summer for himself II he
tries.
Speak 10 yoxr own heart and say,
"L.et there be light" 4
Think about light Is you walk the
street and You sink TO rest. .
imagine your body filled with It
and your brain radiating its beams.
When you arise In the morning
and look out Of the window, no mat.
teri how dark and gloomy the day.
think 81 yourself as = center Of
hight, and ncarry that thought with
YOU as ybu move among people at
your NECESSARY task.
Do not think about It as thai
would s0pnd egotistical and foolish
to Others and BY keeping silent you
generatesimuch more 'power. NJ
We all.tsik too mucch. Many a fine
|idee. many y worthy undertaking is
spoiled b talkins before ne thought
Il perfected.
so juts keep on thinking silently.
hut perijatently. that you are light.
warmth. &&tkmt Ind summer,
And " md by others will tell you
that yotH !prssencpnls q, hspents sxX0Qn,rg
kct = re(asdicticn and your sl0lchh1
keaiingxl
yes Iasry sssAnas slbnats With
you. ", st.Se s~-sia-
A~u6r-atlke the cro'chy old dog.
|>eu WI 3oN4need IA change your. 10
Diea ~ be seWfah's. wa. .snn Z
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