The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-09

ne loiipNlHE pHiiOSOpuS l]oAH
the pen of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
shows her to be something more
than a poet, and might be ponderet
with profit;
There is no surer way for a wo-
man to make herself unpopular with
both sexes than by repeating the
compliments she receives.
Take the belle for instance.
She is possessed of beauty and
wherever she goes men look at her
and pay her court and tell her how
lovely she is to behold
But if she proceeds Immediately
to tell these men how many others
have addressed similar remarks to
her, she will find her train of fol-
lowers decreasing, and only among
strangers win she be able to recruit
the depleted ranks.
Every man likes to imagine HIM
self the first one to discover a wo-
mans beauty; and the taetfui wom-
an will allow him to believe he is
the first Nothing bores man like
hearing a woman relate her con-
quests of other men. He does not
want her thinking of other men in
his presence; much less talking of
them
He wants her to listen to him,
and to seem to find his conversation
new and interesting. And If she
wishes to talk of some man, to Sc
lect him for the theme.
mother is the only woman who {
can really enjoy hearing another
woman tell of the praise and admir-
alton she has received, and the 9TH
er woman must be her daughter. :, :,
And not every mother
Mothers who possess certain tenn %
peramen.s, and retain youth and =
charm into maturity. do not always y !
enjoy hearing the triumphs of their "
daughters. 9e
But such mothers are the excep- ~
tion to the rule. ~
There are many women who on ~
Joy knowing their friends are adj Vi
But knowing your friend Is
admired. and hearing her boast of "
it are quite different things. "a
You may take real pleasure in go -
ing to your friend and telling her of ,,
the beautiful compliments you have y
heard given her.
But II she came to you and told
you of these compliments which had
been paid to her, YOU would not
feel the same pleasure Becaus9 the
repeating to another of the praises
she had received would mark her as
Astounding in conceit and lacking in
modesty.
1t is the same in the matter of
achievements. or possessions. The
man who is forever Boosting of his
wealth; of the honors he has re-
ceived; or the woman who prides
herself upon her voice, or her intel
lect. or her social position, and who
talks continually of what people
have said about her in a laudatory
way-these are the men and wom-
en- who never know the happiness
which real friendship brings, be-
cause they awaken an antagonistic
feeling in the breast of the most
liberal by their self-eentered ideas
and their insufficient cpnceit.
Let anotbers voice praise thee
and not thine own mouth.
1t is not necessary for the beauty
TO deny her beauty. That would be .
a foolish pretense. But she ran
adroitly change the conversation I
when it becomes toe personal, and
she can refrain from any mention
of her own consciousness of it. And
she can afford to be most liberal iii
her praise of other womcn's charms.
1t will interest her listeners far
more than If she .ecounts her own
trfumphs. just as the woman with
the beautiful voice can afford to
compliment another singer; and the
woman with brilliant mental gifts
can laud another's intellectual
achievements without detractng
from her own values.
Beauty, talent, accomplishments,
ali speak for themselves, and the
possessors Of them do not need to
call the attention of the world 70
these valuable assets.
They lessen the worth Of their
wealth when they do So