Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

required. Most people make the mistake
of burdening themselves with unnecessary
property and Gripping their energies with
q lot of material which is of no earthly
use All the property you need to make
you comfortable Is that which will min
lister to the accomplishment Of the de-
sign you have on hand. All other prop
erty is a burden and destroys comfort
instead of promoting 1t.
Love- health and wealth are the pre-
liminaries to comfort, but they do not
secure it. Comfort must come from its
own source, and that source is compan-
ionship, and the fourth line of the grand
table of vitosophy gives you the true
method of obtaining comfort. This line
reads as follows:
Companionship-He alkali, heart,
circulation, courage, comfort.
These seven magical words suggest in
themselves the essentials of comfort.
First, the companionship must be agree
able and such as promotes the welfare
of the associated parties. Many times all
comfort is destroyed by the presence of
an unamiable companion. When you find
yourself associated with disagreeable per-
sons cut off the association at any cost.
Life is too short to spend 1t with savages
and lunatics. Find persons who are tenn
peramentally your affinity and who agree
with you on the essentials of association
and with an understanding of the great
truths of vitosophy you will soon be able
to feel the improvement of comfort
The sense of hearing. is the one most
engaged in the promotion of comfort and
care must be taken that you are removed
| from unpleasant noises and voices and
that you are able to protect yourself
from the intrusion of unwelcome sounds
If this is not entirely practicable and you
are assailed by unpleasant sounds in your
neighborhood the same result can be OBJ
tained by cultivating the ability to ignore
them. This is pretty good thing to do
on all occasions, and above all things
restrain yourself from giving expression
| to feelings of annoyance in regard to
sounds that you cannot control. 1t is
quite possible to control yourself so that
| the most distracting sounds and other
annoyances will have no effect on your
nerves and in time you will become quite
| oblivious of their presence. For example,
for the last three months the writer has
worked in a building largely occupied by
vocal teachers and the sounds made by
pupils in practicing alone have been al
most continuous and by no means pleas
| ant. Visitors often remark How can
YOU stand these noises? I should think
they would drive you wild!' The answer
has been truthfully given that l am
hardly aware of their existence. rec
ognized the fact in the beginning that
| they were a part of the necessary con-
ditions of the neighborhood and + did not
permit them to distract me and in time
/ 1 became practically -oblivious of their
occurrence.
The alkali temperament is the most
comfortable temperament in the list and
i If you possess 1t you may congratulate
yourself. If you are strongly acid be
sure that your companionship includes
| one or more persons who are well en-
dowed with this temperament. This tenn
perament is strong in the action of the
heart and is endowed with a strong cir
| culation. This circulation is impaired to
| all who share the companionship and this
| insures development Of courage which
| is absolutely necessary to the promotion
OF comfort.
This brings us to the conclusion OF the
whole matter. Comfort is that element
of happiness which is the direct product
of courage, and the virtue of courage
is produced in the manner above set forth
by the production of good heart action