Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16

no right TO expect pefIecIl0n Unless We
can give 1t In return. Perfect people,
too. would be awfully tiresome to live
with; their stained glass view of things
would seem a constant sermon without
intermission. a continuous moral snub
of superiority to our self respect.
Let us not eonsign the Venus de Milo
to the rubbish heap because she has
no arms; she is greater without them
than any other marble lady. fully
armed, In all the worlds history. Let
US accept the little failings of those
we love as we do a mortgage on a valu-
able property; If we cannot remove it
or decrease it. pay the interest cheer
fully and then forget 1t.
When the young wife asks her hus-
band to point out all her little faults
so that she can correct them, any little
thing that does not come quite up to
his ideal, for she cloves him so much
that she wants to be absolutely per-
feet in bis eyes," let him realize the
sacred sweetness, the instructive hne-
ness. the tender, wistful longing of its
conservation and show himself worthy
of it. This cry of the emotions, this
high tide of a mood of ge%nuineness, is
a crucial moment. Conscious that he
is nearing the thin ice of heart di-
plomacy. let him tenderly assure her
with a caress that she is fawless as
the Kohinoor and gently smile away
the possibility Of eve perfection itself
being as perfect as she.
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trife. and In a few moments a gentle
zephyr of misunderstanding becomes a
whirlwind. There are only three or
four moves on each side. and in sur
veying the emotional wreckage both
may be dazed and unable to say how
1t started. Each may say more than
Is meant; each may take the others
words too seriously; each o~versensitive
and hugging a petty pride may feel
aggrieved and too hurt to think of in
slant attempt at restoring peace and
sunshine. There may be sobs, pro-
tests and wounded dignity on the part
of one. while the other may become
coldly, stolidly calm. as if carved in
mahogany.
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invaluable to both as a warning, as a
revelation of tendencies. of a charac-
teristic of one that the other must
recognize. as IL small blaze may inspire
a realizing sense of needed precautions
in a home that may mike Il confagra-
ton later hardly possible. The two
should mark the trait that caused the
trouble as Il rock hi the channel. Il dan
gerous reef that should be removed If
possible. If not removable it sholld
have a bell and a light SO thai it may
be recognized and avoided.
When the air of n discussion sud-
denly grows sultry and the temptation
comes to cap one arcasm with another
more sarcastic there should be a pause.
Orators facing an audience and feeling
a twinge of stage fright take a mo-
ment to get their bearings to pull them
selves together and conquer the invad-
ing nervousness; her they speak their
first few words in a low voice slowly
gently and deliberately. The orators
pause taken in the early stages of a.
breakfast table discussion often guar
antees peace. When a first m%isunder--
standing Is permitted to degenerate
into harsh and bitter words Of con-
tempt they leave a stain. They soil
the ermine of delicacy and fneness in
the relation Of two that only the big