Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27
rs EVERYBODY HAPPY"


~ sands Of years philosophers an'
moralists have been busy discovering
what is wrong and advancing theorie!
for cures. They have all failed; neither
learning, nor wealth, nor fame, moi
pleasure, taken separately or jointly
has given it. Without hope for thou
sands OF years longer will this ques
be pursued and discussed in the same
way.
Moralists have said wise and seriou!
things about it. assuring US that HAP
piness consists only in doing good
The man of learning declares that wis
dom alone brings happiness" The
cynic tells US all about it, that ''happi-
ness is a dangerous thing" That wise
old philosopher Benjamin Fra kiln
evidently thought it depended upon
ones possessions. as he says, There
are two ways of being happy-we may
either diminish our wants or augment
our means-either will do-the result
is the same" The Persian king who
had been advised to wear the shirt OF
a happy man found that the only man
in the kingdom who was happy had
no shirt 1t really looks, as far as the
subject Of happiness is concerned, as
if the times are out of joint" or else
people who live in the times are out
of joint.
Different people demand different
things to make them happy. What
pleases one makes another miserable;
so is it not after all our attitude
toward life that makes our happiness
Just the view point from which We
look? When it depends upon eXter-
nails, we pay the price for it. The rea-
son that so many have failed in thell
search for happiness is because they
have not paid their dues, and have not
paid cheerfully. Let every woman de-
eide what kind of happiness she is
willing to pay for. and then pay cheer
fully or go without
For instance: Mrs. A. is sure that
a large and magnificent establishment
would make her perfectly happy. She
has it: it is the envy of every woman
she knows. The art pieces alone cos,
thousands of dollars. Mrs. b. lives
in a palatial hotel, paying an enormous
sum for a suite of rooms and she
would not live anywhere else. But
when she visits Mrs. A. she exclains s
Il do envy you, Mrs A, your beauti 'ul
home" and Mrs. A. replies, "And
envy you: you have so care free a
life-no worry and fussing with men
servants and maid servants, and the
responsibility of hundreds of Thousands
of dollars worth of paintings and tur-
niture. OF course I like my home and
am proud of it, but oh, the burden OF
it. Some days I wish I could live IN
a two-room fiat and have peace OF
mind instead of bric-a-b -brac." That
was the price she paid for her happl-
ness.
Mrs. c. has a large family. She i
a devoted mother and seldom gets
beyond the nursery. Sometimes she
envies Mrs B. a little because she can
be so much with Mr.. B. When Mr.. c.
takes a vacation Mrs. c. swallows a
few tears and let's him go alone; s1e
knows that she would be wretched
away from the children and they can
not possibly take them. SO he goes
without her and she goes back 10 her
darning and mending. brushing away
the tears with JOhnnie's little stocking
But on Christmas eve, over at Mrs
BIS. Mrs. p. is paving the price Of her
freedom as she sits alone by the fire.
place where no stockings are hanging
waiting for Santa Claus. And as s'e
thinks of the nursery over at Mrs. C.'s,
with the dear children 'all snug In
their beds" she swallows few tears,
too.
There is Mrs. D. She knew that hap
piness for her Law in fame. She must
be a grand opera singer. The glare
of the footlights. the applause of the
people were bliss worth striving for
She has them all-fame and applause
but the world little knows with what
a heavy heart she comes smiling upon
the boards. nor after the glare and
applause are over and she is alone
in her room, how memories of might