The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11
3fOne at Table Is Disagree
able All Apt TO Feel
Effect.
EASY TO SMILE
IN THE MORNING
Strangely, Though, Manners at
Morning Meal Are
Usually Bad.

The dag OF an entire family e. often
made or marred by breakfast +-b1r
manners. il the atmosphere fe 5i~.
agreeable, If even one. person starts the
oay swapping. everyone at the table is
'pl TO oe dsgruntled before the meal
IS through
II should not be any harder to smile
Az lhe morning than at midnight. iu-
Veels the woman who has lived through
eighteen hours of strenuous modern life
would seemingly have more excuse for
irritation at the end OF it rather than
a. The start Yet, strangely enough.
more people feel cross at breakfast
Jhan at any other time
Lhere are women to whom getting out
Of bed is more OF a temper test than a
direct insult. They consider the rising
s9As personal enemy and seem physi-
eally incapable OF smile or pleasant
word until they have been mp several
hours.
Most families have experienced this
trying trait ln at least one member.
What mother has not thumued and
hammered al sons OF daughters door
4hLi exhausted in patience and
strength, just 90 set him up for a daily
-outyt Instead OF gratitude the mother
generally meets with SOUR looks. if not
ruoeness. for her pains.
Curing Crossness.
II one is such an incorrigible sleepy
head that the morning manners suffer.
Il IS well for her TO hunt the cause. Tn
a growing girl OF boy this crossness
may be due TO not getting enough sleep
FOR ones strength.
IF so, parents should insist that the
rest be taken at the other end of the
day Early retiring is much better for
a young person than late rising There
IS no worse discipline than TO let chill
dreu get up when IL suits them
Often breakfast table or0szness is
due TO unsanitary sleeping. If windows
are down and the room is study one
never wakes refreshed, and bad man
ners follow. A famous doctor has de-
clared that less sleep is needed II one
has plenty of fresh air.
Too Often Habit.
LazIness and indifference are most
often the cause o. pad morning man
ners. Anything goes In the family. To
Is too much trouble TO Take agreeably
at breakfast, so John buries ia his paper
and does not spe4k unless to score the
coffee or rank toast and Mary, with
struggling locks and in sloppy wrapper.
either sulks or naEs.
TO start the QaV wrong with Iafnuer
ruftied or feelings hurt. leaves a sting
that cuts III one cannot keep sweet the
aaE- through IT. were better 10 choose a
less luausplclous time Tor temper than
the breakfast table when all should Dee
bright nd cheerful, if only 10 counter
act the tendency 90 morning Cr0ssuess
which most of us feel
The wife who wishes Co be remem-
peFeQ pleasantly ls as careful uf her
morning toilet and her morning manners
as she Is 70 appear her best Tor dinner.
IT she can she had better have coTee
in her room. The man who does not
wish 80 have lls wife sigh with relief
when the door has closed on him fox
downtown. viii take pains to be agree
able al the breakfast table
on winning "a breakfast or OF scolding
because they wiz be late 90 school. Be
lated meals arc responsible Tor much
morning misery fl is hard 20 keen GOOD
tempered u "a train must be made ON
jump or r. black mark rs feared
Set the breakfast hour early enough
That mad scrambles and consequent III
humor can be avgided. See TO it that
every one ls down ou time.
Fined for Scowling.
One mother broke up breakfast table
crossness by having a fine for every one /
who came 70 the table sc0Wli1g or who
sulzed or whiued or scoIded during the
meal
II you think that it makes little differ
ence how Eou aet cor look al breakfast .
Try coming downstairs singing and
HAPPY some rainy day. when the cook IS I
~ RI He- PEI t.H-Ha Il lEea TO" u.s. 4
going on when your cheerful face is first
aeenf Things VIII quickly calm down /
under your smiling presence.