Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-25

OF failing into groove or ploddinl
along without ambition.
| There is nothing so pathetic ms the
efforts of dull mind to produc,
bright speech.
| Nearly every man and woman who
| is In the public mind is a victim oi
absurd and ridiculous stories. 1t Is
one of the penalties of success. The
| statements quoted concerning literary
individuals are not only untrue but
they are extremely unkind A ma.
licious mind creates silly fable. and
ii goes from one chatterer to another
until 1t soon takes the form of an
established fact Clever individuals
are always sensitive and the gossip of
the town wounds them cruelty. When
YOU get so much from theni-all the
result of their brain fres--it is scarce
ly fair to repeat the imaginative tat
tie of stupid folk.
In every life, even the life of the
most serious, there must be a touch
of romance. Love is the great bright
ening element; we can't do withom
1t any more than We can do without
fresh air. The one who loves is the
one who is blessed, for 1t is in loving
mot in being loved) that there is The
great abundance OF exhilarating Joy
It is the belief of the writer that, as
general rule, men are more sincere
in their love affairs than are women
although the idea is contrary to the
one that has been held true and ac.
cepted through the ages. The frlyo-
lous woman, like the empty headed
man, is very likely to be tickle.
How absurd TO say that love is blind
when his enchanted eyes see beauty
and charms that never existed
A genial flow of good spirits washes
away every grievance, and every sor-
row. There is nothing like it. To
those who are blessed with cheerful
hearts and joy.flled minds, poverty
has no terrors, illness is but a mo-
ment of silly pain, old age is de-
light. Good spirits is great every.
thing that makes all troubles appear
as nothing. How can you cultivate
them? BY following your happiest i'm
pulses, letting loose from absurd wor-
rifles, expanding your wings like bird
and flying high.
Woman knows that the better she
obeys, the surer she is to rule.-Jules
Michelet.
AS steam and heat blister and seap
the flesh, SO will anger and hatred
destroy the beauty of the soul. 1t is
balance that most of us need. We
cannot direct the influences that dis
tress and annoy us, but we can learn
to meet unpleasant conditions with
courage and strength and the will TO
combat or bear them. To fly into
passion because of some trivial acct
dent to ones best gown. to tear up
the earth because the cook leaves, TO
wall and whine because the day is
clouded-such acts are evidence OF
weak character.
For every beautiful illusion that is
lost, beautiful reality can be found.
We all admire the woman who car
ries her head high. A royal manner
always inspires respect. 1t doesn't
matter what one owns or how one is
clothed; it is the manner. the speech
and the grace that make the lady.
We often see woman beautifully
gowned and radiantly beautiful, and
we admire her until she opens her
lips in speech. Then we know instant
ly that she amounts to nothing. In.
telligence. good breeding. acute under
standing. lovability and sense OF
humor-those are the forces that
make loveliness that is truly mag
nificent.
All unpleasant emotions like anger
and jealousy leave certain after ef-
feet upon the mind. Storms don't
clear away at once; II takes times
for the clouds to break and to fade.
1t is a wise plan to think of this fact
before you permit yourself to fly into
a state of vexation. You can be very
sure that you will have to pay with
hours of unrest and mental turmoil
Bad humor is a most repellant influ-
ence. Your friends will fear you,
avoid you, distrust you. There is so
little harmony and peace in the world,
it's not kind OF any of us to add to
the disturbances.
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