The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-24
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BY RUTH CAMERON

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One mans meat lis another mans
poison does not SQUAD like a very i'm.
r0rtant prorerb, but often wish most
heartily that more OF US could get the
giSt OF 1t into our attitude toward life,
For there are. n great many. PEG.
pie in the world who continually dis.
,tuib themselves because other PEG.
pie viii not find happiness in Just
the way they do. Apparently such
people would rather see sielr friends
poisoned by that which is meat to
themselves, than, fed by that which
happens to be their poison.
One woman in my Acquaintance new
yer fails to Introduce into every talk
| have with her a petulant criticism
Of the way in which one of her girl.
hood friends finds happiness: II real.
u don't see how Janet can be happy
way out in the country out Of touch
with everything is the burden OF her
plant" think It is outrageous for
her to bury herself like that
Now Janet is fond OF country life
and is undoubtedly very happy, and
set | do not doubt that II her critic
had the ordering OF things, sheswould
force the city life. which is meat TO
herself, uEon her friend, to whom It
would probably be poison.
One girl cannot understand how an.
other girl is willing to wear cheap and
unat;ractiye clothes and go without
all the little day to day. luxulies for
the cake of taking some expensive
"trip once a year; and the criticised
one in her turn complains because her
critic spends most OF her salary on
pretty clothes and Lesser luxurles and
can never afford to indulge in travel.
Again Mrs. r. is always telling any
one who will listen how foolish It is
for the SIS to keep man when !. is
evident by the simplicity Of their
clothes and their general manner Of
living that they cannot afford 1t. AS a
matter OF actual fact, The services OF a
maid are Necessary to the continued
life and health OF the little house.
mother and consequently the family
oRsider the money well spent, even
If 1t does necessltate scimping In some
other directions. .l,o
AS 1t happens, the SIS are not the
kind OF people VINO are fretted when
they see other folks finding happiness
In some direction other than their own
and they do not return the criticism,
but there are people who frequently
declare that they cannot see how the
RS can be happy in such a Cooped up
apartment, even IL It Is in the most
fashionable part Of the city.
Love affairs always bring forth q
perfect deluge OF such criticism. We
cannot understand what she sees in
him; or II he happens to suit us, we
cannot make out how he should BIZ
satisfied with her.
And so 1t goes, We cannot be con
tent to want what We want and try
to get 1t; We also want everyone else
to want It aud think they are in some
way lacking il they do not. .,a
And yet, stop to think moment. i
you could, would you have things diff
ferent? Would YOU want eyeryon!
to, think alike? Wouldn't that soor
become mcnotonous? or course
would. And Inconvenience into thu
bargain, when the law of supply ant
demand began to work. Suppose yot
remember this the next time YOU fec
inclined to criticlse your neighbor'
way Of being happy, and try to b
content with choosing your own hal
piness. .,,,