The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05

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| times when 1t is just as well to keep
away from us. Yet we are of the lik-
able sort. When exalted we develop ca
pacites for leadership. We get things
done, and we stir others, especially Of
lIf we fall into trouble our friends and
relatives are quick to excuse us, to
shelter us. We have been thoughtful
for them when at our best; they will
be tolerant even Of our abusiveness
when we are at our worst.
Presenting only moderate range Of
| these temperamental variations a con-
siderable percentage Of humanity be
longs to our No. l group, from which
exceptional individuals may degener-
ate, into the familiar manic-depressive
types of insanity. The grouchy peri
ods with most of US are distressing,
but not taken too seriously by inti-
mates. The fighty times are soon
over after a bit of orgy or excitement.
Then for a while the person seems TO
work perfectly, and he roundA all
curves without going Off the track.
self-coneeit Worst.
Even the border line cases in this
class are usually rather hopeful, If
little help from outside can be APP
piled early in life. The individual
whose instability of temperament is u
Saripue nbctopIa to ,vattin0 pn 10 Unn-
orally so intelligent that once he
grasps the principles of prevention Of
trouble he can apply them for himself.
Then again he is assisted by the fact
that other people like to help him in
u sympathetic way.
The self-cOnceit group, in which
many of us must be classed, has
name that explains itself. Here, from
the specialists point Of view, are the
hardest people in the world to handle:
those who, in the common phrase, are
too much stuck on themselves.
Border-line egO-cenuics, as the sci
entists call them, are very hard to
help. Think Of people of your own
acquaintance who are notably of this
type and you will understand how
nearly impossible it is to get the shafts
of suggestion through a hide of thick
conceit.
Occasionally a very Intelligent and
clever egO-centrist learns that he gets
along better with people by soft-ped-
aling his egoistic words and acts; but
even this achievement is accomplished
with difficulty. Our cOnceit is, for the
most part, as unalterable as our stat
ure, and as uncOncealable. Social, not
personal adjustments, are required to
prevent those of us who have it in an
excessively developed degree from
falling into occupational and other diff
ficulties.
Emotional Types Best.
The Massachusetts experts have
found that the people whom we loose
ly call emotional" are, after all, the
best dOers of the worlds work.
Temperamental variations, within
limits, constitute a less seri-
Gus interference with efficiency than
do stupidity and aloofness. Even
where the variations are excessive and
by right habits they may
not make a man absolutely unemploy-
able. The cases that come under OBJ
of the Psychopathic hospital
are, of course, very bad ones, usually
with liability to violent Outbursts, sui
cidal attempts, fierce debauches, wild
spending of money, and similar mani
festations. Yet the men of this group,
as studied by Doctor Adler, have sue
ceeded in holding their jobs on an
average for more than four years at a
time.
The men who lose their work
not being mentally alert ap-
pear to be thrown out about twice as
often as the smarter "emotiOnalists."
The fellows whom nobody can tell any
thing because they know it already,
stand, as one might expect, at the
bottom of the list as regards employ
ability.