Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-19
Cure for
CTOSSY1gSS
~ ADA PATTERSON.

Why?
Becaurc The mood we know ~ cross
rcss "a q two-edgo sword, cutting your.
gelf a. surely az II wounds the person
into whom yon thrust II.
You fool ali on edge this morning
Yes I know all about H. that feeling.
Who docs not? II Is most unpleasant,
most undesirable MOTT Improbable. one
wakee pining for combat, and whom he
gets e he feels more wretched than he-
fore. And llfe's map has new black
dot 10 II, another enemy made. another
injustice registered another something
We would Ike to. but cannot, forget,
II isn't according to nature" that
phrase to the especial liking Of calm
eyed, cool-pulsed, triumphant Marcus
Aurolius, 10 be sulen or furious. ! have
known many persons in cross moods, but
never one who was not either III or IN
happy. Always you can, II you arc IN
possession Of the facts, trace the savage
mood to ono state or the other.
Now, how 10 cure crossness7
II il. unfortunately. malady that re-
turns and returns and returns One may
not speed the passing Of one attack and
say. There! have another" Cross
ness Is like an eruption OF the skin, a
symptom, not disease. II will come back
and come back, but II is in our power TO
make each attack lighter than its pre-
decessors.
First the diagnosis. To which OF the
two causes may the crossness be as
cribed? For to the GAUGE must be lifted
the remedy.
Man obeys a deep instinct when he
avoids his home, or makes brief HIS stay
there, on washday Passing man and
his young son who was an assistant In
his store shop. saw them both look
ruefuly at the garments Tapping de-
family from the clothes line, and heard
the elder say: Don't mind your mother
my boy She's always cross when she is
busy" That seems, on the face Of 1t,
an inexcusable reason for i'll temper.
But 1t goes back TO one Of the primary
reasons. The mother may have been
tired because she had not strength ade-
auate to the work and complications Of
washday Tiredness Is a form of ILL
ness. Or she may have allowed the bug
bear OF housekeeping. washday get on
her nerves" When thing gets on our
nerves" we are allowing II TO make Us
unhappy, She Is conscientious woman.
perhaps. who takes her work 80 Sc
rlously's that she makes life a petty
tragedy for her family. Whichever the
cause. II Is a bad element In the home.
We all agree about that. do we not7
But how to set about the cure? The
man who pays the household expenses
can lessen the gloom by relieving his
wife's tiredness. II he can afford TO hire
help for her let him do so. n not
STEADY help" al least some one TO help
with that -begetting washday Or
woman to scrub and dust and make
the house into a cleaner habitat. I'm
possible. Then at least he can make the
burden Of housework lighter, by him
self giving a helping hand 70 lift them.
or hy being less cxacting IN his de-
mAnds. Instead Of grumbling because
his chair il out Of place let him put II
back without word, Let him hunt for
a missing hat or an escaped collar but
ton or fugitive collar unalded, and
that without profanity Instead NJ com
planning because the baby, fretful from
teethlng. keeps him awake AZ night, LEI
him do his share % soothing the infant.
That share is nj least half am tn
clined 10 the belief that Il is more
Crossness IL often the outward cxpFess
sion AZ Inward mlaefy, Try a consider
ste snaeeh Or two 10 the mail hitter
You sill bs apt 10 be rewarded tirst
with surprise. then with slow softeninE
N meod. and finally wilh teary look
ahaut uts ewes I'VE seen d a hundred
times That Is what q fine old book
means hy "a soft ansNer iuruelh awaY
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