South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-04
Learn to Consider
Whole of a Thing
Undue Attention to Passing
Details May Bring Blind
ness to Big Things.

There are people who can't take
things as a whole. They must take a
hit Of a thing and concentrate them
selves wholly on that. I expect you
have met many Of they One OF the
commonest examples in the person Who
meets YOU in the morning and re-
marks what beautiful weather we are
having. though it happens to be the
first fine day for a week or else ne
growls at this abOminable incessant
rain" when it was quite fine yester-
dav. These folk are creatures OF the
mOmentary impression.
II is a habit that leads to an i'm
mense amount of trouble In ne.
Take differences, for instance between
folk. one of the most serious differ
ences James Payn, the novelist, ever
rernen bered between lovers was
caused in this manner The young
lady and che" had been engaged for
something like three years, during
which he had shown her the utmost
proofs of devotion.
But alas! he had not the means to
hurry the marriage along; and he mad
now Just suffered three weeks OF
frightful loneliness and misery In
London. She was away in Manchester
with her people. One day he felt a
letter informing him she would ar
rive in London by the 1920 train that
dav. He was at the station 10 min
utes before the time. 1t was wonder
full what a lot OF women came by
that train, but he. looked for the
one'-in vain.
Then he sent a telegram off, in
curing if she had been taken sud
denly i'll. or something, and went
n hlC
solitary room, for which he had had
violently increasing hate every hour
since he had become engaged. The
next day it turned out that the lady
had arrived by the 2:20 train. She
had only put a tail to the 80" which
had converted it into ~ to any Or
binary eyesight.
To make things worse, she had ar
rived with three boxes, a portmanteau
and a paper parcel insecurity tied up
with string. Ii was just the occasion
on which he might have been of use.
And he failed heri She remembered
then that was always his way
always If a man fails a girl like
that when he is engaged to her, what
Will he do after he is married! 1t
was plain as a pikestaff he really
didn't love her at all
Just think Of the number of differ
eQCeS lnaI arise from one Sollldly
thing, and utter forgetfulness of
others which if they were only re-
membered, would show how utterly
absurd it is to attach Importance to
the solitary cause of offense. Don't
you know the person who takes one
solitary characteristic or act of an in
dividual and is utterly blind to the
rest! 1t is not fair. They cannot
take a person. as a whole and balance
one thing with another.
For my part. / don't think so much
of Y as a business man." l heard a
gentleman say the other day while
some others were discussing KS quail
tiles. Il can remember one case in
which he made a frightful blunder" &.
Just as if all business men didn't
make mistakes. and the best business
man was simply the man who made
the fewest2 But KS cOndemner had
never forgotten that bit" in his ca
reer. A hundred proofs of cleverness
were all ignored. On the other hand,
you will find other people who. hav-
ing found an individual do something
which eXcites their admiration, won't
be persuaded afterwards that he or
she can by any possibility be incapa-
bic in anything.