The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1907-01-26
Some Evening Revsries.

tnat ne is no longer the sweet-tempered
ardent lover he used to be. This may
8 be mistake. Consider his struggles
. with the world-his everlasting race
with the busy competition of trade.
, What is it that makes him SO eager in
the pursuit Of gain-so energetic by
day, so sleepless by night-but his
!. love Of home, wife and children, and a
dread that their respectability, accord
ing to the light in which he has con-
ceived it, may be encroached upon by
the strife of existence. This is the
true secret of that silent care which
preys upon the hearts of many men;
and true it is, that when love is least
apparent, it is nevertheless the active
principle which animates the heart,
though fears and disappointments
make up a cloud which obscures the
warmer element. AS above the clouds
there is glorious sunshine while be-
low are showers and gloom, so with
the conduct of man-behind the
gloom of anxiety there is a bright
fountain Of high and noble feeling.
Think of this. in those moments when
clouds seem to lower upon your domes-
tic peace, and by tempering your con-
duct accordingly, the gloom will soon
pass away and warmth and brightness
take its place.
*
Let the good mother, though often
perplexed with care, and striving to
lay up for the inevitable "rainy day."
not neglect the intellectual and spirit
ual training of the little ones entrust-
ed to her care, but listen to their plans,
and take part in their childish enjoy
ments, and when the evening lamps
are lighted read to them and talk to
them of intimate things, sowing the
seed of good thoughts, and so gain
their love and confidence that any
thing they afterwards meet that does
not seem quite right to them, may be
talked over with their parents. The ,
recollection of such intercourse will be
a we'll spring of tender memories
when she shall have passed away.
* f
Don't look on the bright side of +
anything. Don't permit yourself to
see good in anyone. Don't have any {
charity for your erring brother or sis '
;er. IF you have any of the milk of O
human kindness in your heart curdle j
t in some way. Believe that all men
Ind women, too, are liars andlthe truth "
s not in them. Find fault with your S
ellowman. Say mean things about u
1our neighbor; envy her; hate her; il
eek your own; scrap If you don't get
t; think evil; rejoice in iniquity; en-
lure nothing; believe nothing, and if
'ou are not completely miserable and ::
Unhappy it is because you have not = =
'et quenched the last vital spark of
owe in your being.
K
If you would increase your happi- n
ess and prolong your life, forget your .
eighbors' faults. Forget the tempta- T
ions. Forget the fault finding and !,
i've little thought to the cause that
revoked it. Forget the peculiarities
f your friends; and only remember "
,e good points that make you fond =
hem. Forget all personal quarrels, P
histories that you may have heard II
Z accident, and which if repeated, a
ould seem a thousand times worsef "
ian they are. Blot out as far as n
,ssible, all the disagreeable of life; Al
icy will come but they will grow
rger as you remember them, and Of
instant thoughts of the acts of mean cl
IS, or, worse still, malice. will onI1 j,