Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-14

The Things That win Happen.
Every woman knows there are
days when things start wrong and
60 wrong all day. Things seem
possessed, and blessed Is the wo-
man who is optimist enough 10
think of the days when things
have gone right and forget the
present annOyances. A sense Of
humOr is a wonderful aid in chaS-
ing away these black butterflies
whose darksOme wings have met
to hide the sunshine from our
eyes" The tragedies in the
household and IN the poultry
yard that lose us hours Of sleep
at night are the very things We
laugh over when years have
us the needleSSnesS of having
been troubled with them.
Il laugh like an IDIOT now
over my first incubator hatch
and | worried myself sick over
it them, " said a visitor. Her in
StructionS were to fill the hot
wter boiler twice a week, but
this she neglected for four days.
In the night of the fourth day,
she heard something drop, and
found her incubator had become
Overheated and msOldered. Gov
ermg up the eggs in baskets, she
Weakened the family to see about
soldering that incubator. Every
time their united efforts were
about to succeed, something hap
pened to prevent the solder
sticking, or to get it in proper
place. They worked till daylight
she snatched a hasty breakfast,
and went off to town with her
mcubOtOr. 1t was noon before
the eggs were returned, but al
ter all the delay thirty chicks
Matched. Now she thinks of the
good luck IN getting the thirty;
then she mOulned over the eggs
with chicks in the shell which
didn't hatch. Now she sees the
funny side of their struggle with
the incubator, and the madden
ing solder which refused TO stick.
Then she thought desperately Of
the way her eggs were cooling,
and was down with sick headache
for a day as a result.
We do not advise anyone to
laugh at the time Of a difficulty
in house or poultry yard. The
perSistently cheerful member OF
the family who is always parad-
mg our blessings before us is Of
tn an evaporation. We don't
want to hear her say Yes. your
incubator hatch is ruined, but
think how well your hens are lay
ing; You oglt to be thankfulufor
that" etc. etc. etc. We dom t
wan. to have our troubles mini
mned. and to BE- told that IN
forty years it will be all the same
What we should do is not TO be
tiersOmely cheerful over accidents
hut tOcuItivate a sense Of pro-
portion; to gauge the extent OF
the loss. to estimate how much OF
IT was due to avOidable cause and
caraleSsneSs. and to endeavOr to
avoid such accidents in the fu-
tuer.
Things will happen. When we
are in good physical condition
these happenings don't worry us
Us much as when we are not fit
sc the best way to head off an
'.Oyances is to put orr families
and ourselves in good physical
condition by proper food, SANTA
/ ton and care. Many accidents
can be traced to bad temper cauS-
ed by a poor meal. The superin-
tendent of one of the best insane
institutions in the country said
that the largest percentage OF
his 500 patents came from a class
of labOrers who lived chiefly on
salt pork. fried lard, and poorly.
cooked bread. "They lose their
balance of mind because they are
not sufficiently nOurished with
digestable food" he said. Worry
is losing the balance of mind. y
T. we can keep that, the annoy
ing things that happen will cause
us only temporary inconvenience
and leave no trail of discomfort
to ourselves and others behind
Wallace'S Farmer