Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-04
The Efficacy of Tact

There's one tiny word in the mod
ern vocabulary containing in its four
letters the secret of social success,
and other secrets. too. What subtle
essence of personality wins this girl
more friends than that one? Is it
because she is so bewitehingly dark
Mercy me. many prefer blondes, so
that cannot be the reason. Down on
the corner lives girl attracting al
ways n bevy of masculinity, yet she
isn't pretty. not brilliant CHATS what
al the girls will tell you) while just
around the corner dwells there still
another girl. Quite a beauty, too,
hut somehow q rose left blooming
alone"
And the eternal question, why, oh
why?
I,'S t-G-c-t.
Speaking OF toct A serious young
man fun cf kindly sentiment was left
a!Nne with young woman who can
always think OF something to say.
at last said the young woman,
by way of making small talk, 81 know
what's the matter with me; science
has made the discovery"
"Yes?" encouraged the young man.
"Yes, I worry too much; and wor-
ry. especially worry about the same
inlDR. ut5lIOlS Int DleilU ttltS. HE
is a scientific fact, just made known
The constant worry on the same subj
iect acts like the constant tapping Of,
a hammer on the same group of braina
cells and, YOU know that we learned
at school how little drops of water,
etc. This is the reason scientists say
that worry sometimes kills"
"Ah, yes; too bad" said he vaguely.
But why do you worry?"
Just because l can't help it, I'm so
unhappy"
But why? What do you worry
about" with true masculine perse-
verance.
"Because-because I'm not beauti-
full" And she turned expectant eyes
on him.
oh comforted the young man.
kindly. 4 wouldn't do that,
wouldn't feel so badly about it. You
know the old saying, beauty's only
skin deep 4
beautiful ball without doubts
The music seemed waiting one into q
maze of movement and happiness
she was envied by the other girls be-
cause her escort was SO good look
ing and such a dandy dancer. She
should have been superbly glad, but
her gown. 1t didn't fit in the back
and hung too long in places and she
felt confident pink wasn't her color
anyhow. Then, girl fashion she CON
fided to another girl her disappoint-
ment over her gown and how the pail
was spoiled since she was sick over
the fit and hang of her dress.
'Why you poor thing" said she TO
whom the dire troubles were conf .
dentially told "it's beastly shame.t
You do look worried, and so pale.i
Well, the way that gown fits IN tnef
back, it's 3 fright. It's cineh | wilig
never have - make d soNn {
for me. And my dear, take my ad-
tire don't wear pink, anyhow; YOU
look charming in blue but pink
doesn't suit you at all BY the way,
what do you think of my gown. Isn't
il a dream
Then the girl in the dream Of
gown" floated away to the stirring
notes of two step.
There's a woman in this town
whose name appears often on TINS
mage who has a fondness for Navajo
blankets. which fortunately her pock-
etbook enables her to grauiy.
The other day lady went to can;
20 you have so many blankets
she smiled with a hint of interroga-
tion in her voice "Do you know /
don't care for them at all. OF course
they are expensive and pretty IN
barharic fashion, but they don't ap-
peal to me at all. It's my aesthetlc
taste / presume" with a slmperlns
smile. II put mine she loftlly I'M
ished. "on the top floor IN my nus
hands den. where no one goes put tie
men in search of quiet game %
cards or n smoke.
such is the comfortable faculty ol
coming through with the happy
thought on time-such is "Tact-Tact-
Tact