The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-28
AND
GOOD nature
Neither Beauty Nor Cleverness
Counts For So Much as k.lndli-
ness and AmlabiIity.
II FHAT is the secret of pop
ANA ularity: Is it beauty. is
" v it .mia bility. is it clever

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heep your temper and you will keep
your complexion" was the advice of
a dear old lady whose own skin at the
age of threescore and ten was of the
peaches and cream order.
md there's great deal in it. creat
deal more than unthinking persons re
alize
Deeper than the surface, however.
is the effect Of ugly moods i scientist
who made experiments along this line
asserts that vindictiveness-in fact. all
those manifestations that women put
down as hatefuIness -distill dis0nct
poison in the system The ancients
perhaps limited at this idea by ascrib
ing anger tn the bile.
Better than powder or face creams.
so any beauty specialist who is honest
Gill tell You. is the placidity that
comes Tom soul at peace with itself
and the world If your neighbor has a
better taste in dress or more ample
purse than yourself. do not let this
sour your mind. If0ome one else seams
to be more Fortunate mdRn gifted,
more popular, better looking or richer
than you are. do not think that To-
fact thae you are able to pick flaws in
their armOr will compensate You This
We not help you in the least. and such
a mental attitude will at last show in
your words and actions. and you will
find people gradually drawing away
from you. for the woman who never
has anything pleasant to say about 9th
ers is not popular.
No form of self conceit is more I'M
profitable than this of setting yourself
on pedestal from which you assume
to triticise all the world 1t isn't the
woman who Sneers and stabs at others
who is popular. but the pleasant little
soul who is clever enough to say. It's
a lovely world: | have all l. want. ev-
cry one is kind to me. | have the finest
friends in the world" as I heard
dear good little girl eXcIain rapturous-
" the other day. 1t wasn't policy on
her part. but it was the best of good
policy. for every one who heard her
WIGHT up in his or her own esteem and
began wondering what they could do
for her next And as she works hard
for small salary in busy Office and
has to take most Of her money home
TO the family. there is much that one
might do if she were not too proud to
&C. ant favors which she cannot con
venientIy return
There are so many things in modern
tifa to disturb and distress, and the re
wards Of popularity are so substantial
even though the rewards of the best
! kind Of popularity are never inmedi
ate, that aay woman who has to see
much of the world will find it valu-
able asset The secret of success is
having friends, friends that count and
can always be counted upon The
irritable creature whose moods can
never be depended upon and who IS
liable to fly off into tempestuous out
burst when her convenience is inter,
fered with or her self Importance Is
not sufficiently tattered, seldom counts
for very much very long with many
people
IF you would have friends take heed
of the warning which a woman who
had seen much of the world and it's
people set down for young friend of
hers:
Don't make disparaging remarks to
your friends about their appearance.
| habits or peculiarities You may call
this candor. but the friend is more
likely to put it down as rudeness.
Could we see our own deficiencies as
others see them few of US would dare
to criticise
Don't try to be smart at other peo
pies expense If you do you will only
parade your own lack of good breed
ing. A reputation for being smart
In this way will sooner or later cost a
woman her old friends. and new PEG
oil will instinctiveIy shun her.
Don't nickname people Calling
names even in fun is considered vulgar
Don't imagine that Won know every
thing. even If your great grandfather
did have a library aud your grand
mother took prize at Emma vii
lard's school Intelligence Is not a!
together matter of books or ancestry
Don't talk too much about yourself
Though you may tell others much that
ought TO impress them about yourself
family. friends and affairs. sooner ur
LATER something is sure to slip our that
will tell more than you intended.
Never snub a supposed inferior It's
astonishing how useful well dispos-
ed inferior may sometimes be. and in
this country the turns of fortunes
wheel have delicious though often
embarrassing way of lowering the
proud and eievating the iowly
Stand By your own sex Some girls
think they may add to their popularity
with men By taking the Opposite posi-
ton. but they make Il mistake. Beside.
social popularity depends so much on
the favor of women that ii is nnwiSe
20 anfagonize those who do most of
the entertaining.
Don't be affected Try III be youi
avn natural seifs-and i've ZIP 10 the
Golden Rule as much az II Is in you to
do and ron viii be as popular as you