El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-14
CONCEITED MAN

think we'll Of yourself, it doesn't mat
ter q button what other people think
Of YOU. As long as you can look in
the mirror and see an Adonis there,
as long as you can puff out your own
chest until your buttons won't hold. as
long as you are absorbed in listening
to yourself talk and can laugh at your
own jokes, you are just as well off as
most successful and entertaining man
In the world.
What Do You Care
And Il other people think you duh.
homely. tiresOme failure In life, you
can afford to snap your fingers at their
lack Of taste and judgment You can
even call them envious and jealous, II
you want to add frills to the cOmpli-
ments you pay yourself.
In this world, where we daily see so
many big people, who have done big
things. 1 shouldn't know how to tell
anyone how TO maintain an exalted
opinion Of himself, but it's easy enough
to tell one how to acquire a humble
opinion OF his own merits
On the principle that desperate dis
eases demand desperate remedies, my
Ilrst recOmm endauOn to the young
man who desires to be cured OF con-
ceit IS a heroic remedy. 1t is nothing
short Of getting married II that
doesn't puncture his balloon, and let
all the gas out OF it, nothing else
will
No married people are oonceited.
They can't be. for the institution OF
matrimOny is inimicable to the growth
Of self esteem. No cOnsoling sprig OF
vanity can take root In that rocky soil.
None Of us, not even the meekest Of
US, have any idea what poor, weak,
imperfect creatur we are until we
get married and have the partner OF
faults and how far We fall short OF
being worthy Of the perfect being who
condescended to our lowly estate.
Before marriage we may have
thought that like Saul, we lowered
mead and shoulders above our fellow
man, but after marriage we realize
mat we are the great original human
shrimp and none are so poor in our
own household as to do US reverence.
] GU never hear Of a married person
calling for sure cure for conceit He
or she has home remedy that always
works, and for this trouble I guar
antee matrimony as a specific that
never falls
II. however. he balks at such severe
trea tment as the altar, the next best
thing to matrimony for taking the
puttiness out OF a mans opinion OF
himself Is to pick out the prettfest
and brightest and most attractive girl
be knOWS-SOme girl with q reputation
rs heart smasher-and see how many
dents he can make IN her heart Nv
word for il. he'll come out OF the av-
{
man. Some day we will build monu-
ments TO flirts. I have seen q Ifffie
innocent eyed kittenish girl knock a
mans whole opinion OF himself into a
cooked hat before you could say scat.
and turn pompous egottst into a nice.
quiet, unObtrusive, respectable citizen
Another remedy for reducing the
swelling in a mans head is for him to
himself up against the people
who have really done things Thew
are the true yard measures, the real
standard of your official weights.
You think you're good looking. son.
and you smirk and smile back at your
reflection I'm the mirror as YOU shave
Maybe you are handsomer than the
red headed. freckled face. soufnt eyed.
hump shouldered fellow on the stool
next TO yours In the office but would
you get the blue ribbon in a beauty
show II you came in contact with those
god like young creatures in the cloth {
ing store advertisements in the back I
Of the magazines And wouldn't you
be about forty rater. even, II you (
lined up against matinee hero? Go TO, [