The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW.

Good nature is one of the best assets a
woman can have. A good-natured woman
IS always welcome even when she is rather
/ slow-witted, and woman of the opposite
class is 10 be dreaded and Stunned be
cause whatever brightness she possesses
/ is Of the personal and cutting kind.
shall never forget a friend Of my young
/ days who was remarkably brilliant and
entertaining. but who was feared quite as
much as she was admired because even
her closest friends were not safe from her
Wit and satire.
/ At any gathering honored with her pres
/ lence she was the last TO arrive and the
/ first 10 leave. I believe the majority of
girls would have remained all day and
night rather than leave her an opportunity
/ TO discuss them by going out ahead Of
/ her. ! positively know that many a social
/ engagement was broken in this way. In
direct contrast TO her was a mild-man-
nered little lady with a fund of good na-
ture nothing could exhaust. and the
laurels Of popularity always went 10 her
despite the fact that she could do little
toward the amusement Of crowd
Good nature, ike other desirable attri-
butes, can be cultivated. One can be edu-
Gated to accept little annoyances with
complacency; no education is needed to
make Us welcome the pleasant features
Of existence. The victory over one dis
agreeable incident gives strength 70 meet
the next two. and when the philosophy
that teaches one TO remedy ills when
remedy is possible and accept the incur
able ones with fortitude and good nature
is learned, life is comparatively smooth.
Do you sometimes wonder at the un-
necessary annoyance human beings court?
The woman who has been carried beyond
her destination by the carelessness Of q
car conductor gains nothing by rebuking
him. He may not be rude enough to an
swer her, but he and the other passengers
viii find visible amusement in her wrath
and she loses in dignity and seIf-respect.
Fault-fnding does no good. and the best
ldiscipInarians never indGige in it. They
find the best remedy for mistakes others
make for them. and say as little as p0ssi-
BILE on the matter.
The parents who say the least are the
most respected. Men are given TO few
words, so fathers are regarded with re-
spect and awe by the average child. Good
nature that can be imposed upon at every
turn is hardly a desirable attribute. but
/ It is not sufficiently common to be mat
ter Of great solicitude. Few Of us are toll
Grant Of the acts and speech Of others. as
tolerant as We should be. When we have
the ability 10 put ourselves in the place
/ Of those who annoy US. we can call up
supply of good nature that will tide over
any feeling Of annoyance and allow us TO
dismiss the matter as trivial.
/ Useless regrets will waste more nerve
force than a hard days work. From a
broken promise to a broken dish is
range of discomforts over which women
fret and accumulate wrinkles and gray
hair. when they ought to be enjoying
! pleasant things 10 be found every dag in
the year. The philosophical! woman, the
one with a stock of good humor-natural
/ or acquired-usually has a pretty good
time in life because there is a general in
clination TO do nice things for her. The
grumpy woman gets all and more than
she deserves Of disappointments. I am
sure BETTY BRADEEN.