Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

other person, but to ourselves Let us
take an instance. You have made a re-
mark at which some one has taken of
Tense. Was he justified? Well, examine
the act, the circumstances, your own
motive. The remark was quite true,
quite warranted by the facts of the case,
but-there were others present, there
was no occasion for the remark at that
particular time, and while your friend
had no right to criticise the remark, he
was quite right in Directing to your
making it just then and there.
And then-what was your motive in
making that remark at that time and
place. well, it was true, was it not q
asks the undeveloped one. That is not
the point. Examine yourself. Why did
you say it then and there?
a cOnceited chap, and he thought he
lad things going all his way, l wanted
to take him down bit"
Just so, but don't let yourself escape
Probe more deeply. Was it his CON
ceit to which you objected or was it
the fact that he was distracting atten-
ton from yourself? In other words was
not your motive envy, instead of high
ly moral wish to teach him needed les
son? Yes or no. Don't let yourself es-
cape. ''Well, yes" you admit Good
Now forgive yourself and don't do it
again. So you see how determination
with all it implies, leads not only to
clear, impersonal thinking. but TO JUS
tice to consideration, to self-knowledge
and to power of adaptability and social
accomplishment, which is the highest
achievement of man since he left his hut
in the jungle some few hundred thou
sand years ago.-Dr. w. Ii. G. Latson in
Health Culture.
Alone in Europe.
Many women who would like to go to
Europe and have the opportunity to do
so are hindered by the fact that they
cannot find any one to go with them.
They feel that it is necessary to have
a companion.
This is a mistake Pleasant it may
be. to travel with a congenial friend,
/ but not necessary.
No woman need hesitate to go alone
TO Europe. She will not miss any of
the benefit of such a trip, nor any of
the pleasure. In many ways she will
be more free to enjoy everything that
comes to her than if she were tied to
a companion.
The complaint is frequently heard
! from returned travelers-though usually
it is confdentially whispered: II should
have had a perfectly lovely time if it
had not been for Mrs. Blank. She
seemed possessed to want to do every
| thing | did not care for, and vice versa"
The theory that in order TO get the
full enjoyment of an occasion we must
share it with somebody, is good in
way, but can we really share our me tai
experiences? What delights one r.
son bores another. If you try to travel
with a companion. however congenlal
your tastes may seem to be, there comes
parting of the mental ways, at times,
and then the strain of being chained
+! together by expediency or obligation,
while far apart in desire. is akin to that
! desperation which drives people to the
divorce courts
We limit our pleasures if we confine
/ our interest TO any one person. There
! are always plenty Of people travelling
and most delightful people they are. lou
meet one such person for an hour on the
! train from London to Dover You nave
an agreeable and instructive talk about
/ the country, the life of the people, your
! own plans and hers, and at night sou
, part company, each to her Own place OF
I rest. not knowing too much about the
( other, and without responsibility one 10
the other. In the morning you nod
cheerfully at breakfast and hurry away
I to your respective trains. Two months
i later you meet her again in Rome. How
4 delightful, You almost rush into each
others arms. You are old friends. You
compare notes and tell Of experiences,
and you even-but this is dangerous
plan TO meet again in Vienna. You give
each other Of your hest in those brief
meetings, whereas when you are newt
ably bound to any other person for a
dehnite--Or even an infetinite-perlod,
/ each has TO share the worst Of the 9th
er.
/ Do not make the mistake Of joining
/ any party. however agreeable they may
seem. When they get to land each one
( viii begin to pull in a different direction
and you viii become involved. Keep
steadily to your own course, while not
/ closing your ears 20 any good sugges-
tons as to places and points Of interest.