The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25
PEOPLE WHO GET
ALL THE TROUBLES
By LUCILLE GAME

Some people imagine that all the
worries of life are manufactured
| solely for themselves-you or 1 have nc
Part or lot in them
I remember Dean Hole telling the
story of two people he knew. One oil
| them had had bad attack of influenza
| and. hearing that an acquaintance was
| recovering from similar illness, he
| called upon him to express his SYM
pathy with him. He listened to a
long account of the patients illness
II KNOW know" he murmured
| synpathetically. Had the same thing
| myself"
The invalid went on to tell him how
he had felt as if a Scottish bagpiper
had been playing inside his brain while
| walking up and down on it in very
| heavy boots.
1T know know" murmured the
visitor, I've had just the same thing
Then" the invalid informed him
''it seemed as IL the ceiling were slowl,
| descending upon him to crush him TIC
| death. That made him so hot he burst
out in a profuse perspiration, and -
81 know Just the same feeling
! hao," murmured the visitor. Just the
| same"
The invalid stretched out his hand to
the bell and rang for the servant to
| show his visitor out.
"Confound your feelings" he roared
| What on earth do you come here for
| to inflict your feelings on me? If you'd
really felt as l felt you wouldn't be
alive today. No sir, don't believe 1t a
bit. You're out for sympathy, and you
ont get 1t from me-"
| Just so. It Is the little worries and
| bothers that excite most people to
| Oh, than They
| hard on the people who expect every
thing to happen as they wish.
remember Bennett Burleigh. the
war correspondent telling of a friend
of his who was accustomed to take
tromps in foreign countries in real
| tramp fashion. He had longing for
seeking the adventures that come to a
fellow wandering about without a
penny in his pocket Upon one occa-
sion, however, he thought he would try
| doing a country luxuriiously, and
| putting SO pounds in his pocket, he
started for Spain. He was robbed the
first week of every penny he pos
| sessed, and fell back on the simple
life" once more. He was thoroughly
/ enjoying himself again whe he CHANGED
to meet a millionaire "doing the coun-
| try" The millionaire was full OF ex-
plosive grumbles at the way he had
| been treated at inns, and the places
| he had put up at. Hadn't the other
man noticed how miserable the accom-
| the waiting vile, the beds full of fleas
The other had noticed nothing of the
kind Seems to me-" he said you've
! perhaps been over concerned about lux
| uries. As a matter of fact. l haven't
| slept In bed for some weeks, 80 I've
escaped the fleas. 1t would be hard
! job for my meals to be spoiled in the
\ nnn1yfn~ Tharaa not m1ch cOOkinp
| about an onion and bread and cheese
end no walters wanted It's clear I've
escaped a lot Perhaps it's the fellow
who wants things too easy who is IL
for the most disappointments?"
| remember Mrs. Maxwell-better
don, the celebrated novelist-relatins
| how a celebrated doctor was one even
| ing at a dinner where some of the
| dishes were not perhaps quite up to the
mark. 1t was a splendid affair of many
courses. The lady grumbled frightfully
about the cooking, and expressed al
much regret for it to the doctor as II
| he were in peril of starvation
Don't bother about me. madam" hi
| growled at last, in tones that started
| the whole table. causing people te
pause in the conveyance of delicious
morsels to their mouths and look al
him. Don't worry about me, madam
I have been today to see patien,
with a wife and three children and
| nothing in the house to eat. When
hear you grumbling at your food,
wonder what you would do II yot
hadn't the food to grumble at
When one contrasts the little petty
irritations of some people with the ac'
tusl privati6ns of others they assume
a htdeous aspect of insensibility to 9th
e-s' hardships that make them ugly
| lars