Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-01-09
|MABE|:l'S CHITCHA' |
Don't Let That Chronic Discon-
tented Feeling "Git You.''
GOOD FOR A RESOLUTION.
The Reason Why One Is Often Held W
by the Wedding Present Habit-An
Amusing Contretcmps -"Sput" So
Getty the Latest.

ciety the Latest.
Dear Els:,-Do you ever feel thor
,, ou"hly discontented with things i'll
general? Do you ever say to YOURSELF:
ITS impossible to be happy and con-
tented as l am. If only had little
more money, il my work was little
bit more congenial and interesting, ii
had time for my hobbies, how happy
could be!
You do? Well, that's only human.
Most Of us feel like that every now and
then. and my now and then is right
. now, 50 I'm soir: to take it out Oh
you. my poor. patient Elsa
Nou say it's feeling one should
guard against Surely it is. and l
realize as we'll as you do that it has y
l:nack Of growing and growing, this
! discontinued spirit. until it becomes
rer;tnr$iv near owning Oh" entirely.
When one reaches that state one lives
III Il fog Of discomfort. One Is per-
retua!|y 1T war With ones S':!r"Hnu-
inyS-- the in!nlovAblc square peg III
round hole. and this is Il very u''-
plrasan, AK! uncomfortable frame or
;rinl to slip into You're uEcontorta-
bic colnpany fer Yourself and Il per-
fc: Nuisance 10 your friends.
Yesterday Aunt Margaret WIS here.
ANA | "rumble,l to her somewhat after
Tic iasliou CT these varorings to You.
MY dear" said NY yellci;,h';' re';'-
tive. "whrn yoI tiad yourself getting
into this state Of mind YOU, have SIM
Won must change your circumstances
or You must change your mind.
h,nnl!y inquired what should q"
to n,. saved.
We'll. NY dear certainly don!
mean that ven can alter thing; b: Sit
tiuv down where ycu arc and never
strlin" :, finger tn better conditions.
NO. dear 1t means that when yo'1
cannot better things You E,rst cheer
fully cnd:::Y" what can't be cured.
1T sounds di:ficnlt. Il * difficult.
| But it can b" done. There is no '!eca
to be Il slave to you; thoughts. Yen
can be their master. The Kilt of CON
telltnent can l,c cultivated.
, Aunt Margaret insists t,:at when tie
discontinued spirit gels hold oi ones
mind one must tljll,, ui what :, n':n.-
Der Of people tilcrt. are vl'' are worse
Off than oneself and yet are happy
, and what !: nn"l>c. Of persons better
off than oneself who let hnppinnSs SliI'
away from them.
This depression is nothing more than
a social crime ;;.nl to l." treated as
such. 1t is moral assault ana battery.
What right has one to spread 1i:s;o'!-
tent-to have bright, gay people come
to one and to send them away dull and
dispirited?
So. dear my New Years resolution is
going to be 4 cha'i"c Of mild. and
when the goblin OF discomfort "IitS"
me am goin:, to shoe him off and to
think Immediately of pleasant and ell
couraging things.
don't see why I feel SO much like
1ecturing You today. Probably it is
because l can't hc!r realizing that an
ounce Of prevention is worth pound
Of cure. Now for "aHcr things.
wonder how many wedding pres
entS arc sent because tho donors really
want to. Precious fcw. l reckon. l
have been obliged 10 give so many
of these gifts this season simply be-
cause it was the proper thing to do.
4 rather amusing incident occurred at
recent fashionable wedding attend
ed. \ bachelor talking to the BRIDES
mother. who was showing the wedding
presents, exclaimed on pointing to
cto"k among several others:
":sh. i stunning piece by Jo:e.
Just my idea of the real thing"
"fcS. murmured the lady. i've did
no: know you unmarried men had
such excellent Judgment on these
things"
Ec 7'"c still puzzlinS over the mean
Ing OF A"r reply when his sister. who
a'v''7- Lays his presents for him. tug
gc.: ut HI: coat sleeve and whispered:
''!;on't he an ass. It's the one you
ar" supposed to have sent
.'pro:'os Of tho "fam;cs" adjoining
on" his this winter. 1 am going to
asa. A'e you a "sput?'
'''p''ts" are people who sputter when
thar eyes are almost put out or their
noSc" tiCkled by the long. fluffy feath-
Or; projecting 1T acute angles from
n:'lly'S hat Well. Il Grabbed old gen
t1cG1an out for his health on the top of
Eift:, avenue l'us the other afternoon
bad his nerves upset by the intermit-
+act brushing in his eyes Of what look
| I'd !';o Il mouse on 4 stick. hut which
turned out to II" little bunch of gray
fur o.: wire. That did not soothe the
Ioor man much.
';t'rsc females must he stopped" he
sr!ltt"rcd 'W'hy should our comfort
he endangered just for Their idiotjc
fashions: I'll form so,.icty and get
law passed prohibiting women from
wearing feathers more than twelve
inches long,
I'irl says he is going out now to
Join the old mans feather brigade.
Synpatl'ize with yours faithfully,
Nov1. Yrr1. NT<nrr