The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
A Worthy Pride.

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ont to turn something up.
A Worthy Pride.
Are you proud?
You should be.
But YOU should be proud in the proper
wav and of the proper things.
What is finer, for instance, than the
nride that scorns to do a mean act, the
nride that will not stoop to conquer, or
the pride that will not "crook the preg-
nant hinges of the knee that thrift may
follow fawning," or the pride that VIII
not permit a kind act to go unaccom-
panied by gratitude?
Rut there is also a false pride.
There is the pride that fills the foolish
Nth the desire to keep an establishment
beyond his means, the pride that leads 10
extravaganza in order to keep up with
his neighbors, the pride that leads him to
the enjoyment Of luxuries he cannot al
ford
THAT sort Of pride "goeth before fall"
And there is the pride that makes the
unwise person ashamed of the honest
labor by which he makes his bread. Such
a one ia ashamed of the very thing In
which he ought to take the greatest pride.
To work for ones living, to pay ones
debts. to live within ones income-what
more worthy?
Did YOU ever know a man who was
truly self-made who was ashamed of the
fact? It is the last thing he cares to con-
ceal
If you are rightly proud you will live
in a shack and subsist on beans rather
than be supported by charity.
If you are justly proud you will pre-
fer the humblest place rather than to
eJ,o Of IA Of Ornd-
itors whom it would be necessary for you
to dodge.
If you are righteously proud you will
wear old garments many times cleaned
rather than affect rich raiment bought
with other peoples money
What if some one does scorn your plain
clothing or humble home?
Scorn to be scorned by one whom I scorn-
Is that matter to make me fret?
Is that a matter to cause regret?
Honest pride in oneself, In ones work.
In ones reputation-that is worth while.
Be proud of yourself
But make yourself worthy of your pride.
Be proud of your work, your character,
your ambitions.
But make your character, your work,
your ambitions worthy of yourself.
Forget II.
One Of the characteristics of our Amer
lean slang phrases is that sententious
one
Forget it"
Moreover, the phrase contains deep
philosophy put into terms Of everyday
speech.
II is part and parcel of the vernacular
of the Don't Worry club" because If
you forget your worries they cannot dis
turb you; If you do not foster your
grouches they will disappear.
Forget it, also fits in more or less
with the speech Of the Latin countries,
where the natives say to their troubles,
"Manana"-tomorrow.
We poke fun at the Spaniard's ma
mana" but there is something to be
learned from It.
We need not go to the length of the laz-
zarone who never does anything today
that he can postpone until tomorrow, but
we can and ought to practice his DISPOSE
ton to postpone worries and mental stew
ings to more convenient season.
Especially is this true in hot weather.
The heat of itself is sufficient burden
without adding to it irritation over trifies
and outbursts of temper because of petty
annoyances.
Forget 1t.
BY continual thinking of the hot
weather, by keeping an eye on the Their
mometer and adding to discomfort by a
fussy disposition, one draws to his head
more blood than the organ should con-
tain, and the result is misery and possible
prostration or sunstroke. The wise way
is to buckle down to business and
Forget it.
Smile as you sweat. Sweat and smile.
The mental habit OF optimism. which in
cludes forgetfulness of small things will
make you fairly comfortable even under
uncomfortable conditions. Therefore
Forget it. And also
II something has gone wrong with the
farm or the store or shop or office, IL the
plow is perverse, or the store stuffy, OF
the shop slow, or the office oppressive
why
Life is too short to treasure up the
trivial He who does that not only heats
his blood, but actually poisons it, as lab
oratory tests have shown.
Whatever your trouble It is not as bis
probably as you think it is. unless yor
make 1t so by dwelling on 1t or broodine
over 1t.
Forget It.
Do not brood. Forget. DO not harbol
resentment, Dismiss It, Do not get warn
mentally. You cannot afford that. For
get It.
Blessed is that man who is wise enough
to forget.
A Finger Nail Diamond.
Some seek the bubble reputation a.
the cannon's mouth, some seek distinc