The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11

sees and recognizes for its worth, but
a. smile born of a. sweet temper and
a kindly, charitable feeling for all
the world. She has the rare gift of
being a woman of wit, and can, tell
story to such good effect that all
trials are for the time being forgot
ten.
Then she is good-natured, and is
always looking about her for some
kind action that she may perform.
She will arrange your hair for a party,
offer for your use any article of APP
parel that you may not have, and that
she fortunately possesses.
She loves to see her girl friends
looking well, and the prettier they
look the more she is pleased Is
She is not jealous, not curious, not
deceitful She will introduce you to
any male friend she may have with
out thought of the green=eyeda mon
ster. All men come to her with their
troubles; her brothers trust her i'm
plicitly, and look to her to patch up
their quarrels for them
III 10 my I1CS. Sul VIII suCAlC6 &tACIr~
self some little luxury to buy a few
flowers for a sick friend it is she
who willingly and gladly gives up her
own pleasure to bring sunshine to
others, She is no martyr; indeed, she
does not seem at all to comprehend
what her sweet disposition does for
others. Nothing puts her OUT and
she never allows her passion to mas
ter her. In the home she is a bless
ing; she brightens it's machinery with
the sunshine of good temper. No one
can be angry long about her; she
seems to take upon herself all the
faults of the household-no one is
ever at fault but herself, or so it
would appear.
If mother, or brother, or sister are
angry and bitter, it lis my nice girl
who soothes them and restores them
to good humor, making them believe
that if it had not been for her bad
temper there would have been no
trouble. Mother looks to her for
everything--in fact, / consider that
this sort of girl is often shamefully
imposed upon. For myself, often
feel ashamed to ask her to perform
| for me the favors that she does, but
| she is SO anxious, SO willing; hel
Repression seems to beg of you tx
allow her to befriend you that you are
! often deceived into believing it i!
she who should be grateful to. you
and not otherwise.
| This girl seems to take for he
/ motto, DO all the good you can; b.
i all the means you can; at all the times
I you can; as long as you can" ant
she certainly succeeds in living up tt
them remarkably well.
4 To her lover the girl of whom
speak is of inestimable value. Sh
guides him upwards without hi
knowledge to better thoughts and nc
bier deeds He feels her sunny ma
ture spread over him; he is ashame,
to show illfeeling when she lis pres
ent, and shrinks from illdoing whel
7 she is absent, SO great is her infu
4 ence upon him.
II AAuAJ tWOAAduAy,s Il Eu6dIur uld
say of this girl, ':all woman shoul
be" What greater praise could
girl possibly have than to be Gale
IWomanly? Why, it means all that
best;s it means she is unselfish, sweet
tempered, gentle, kindly and a swee
consider in times of need. It mean
she will be a good home-maker an
a blessing to her husband and chi
dren. Last of all, this friend of min
lis a religious girl, and in an indiffel
ent age, such as the present, thi
means a great deal. Men like relis
ious women, some say It may b
so, but this is not the reason my mic
girl gives for the faith that is in he]
and shows itself in her sweet fac
and her sunny nature. You feel
is a part of her when she enters you
1 presence, and you are better for, hal
Ling known her. ,3s
/ One bright, happy nature, such as
have described, does much to max
life worth the living, and to a COZ
siderable degree counterbalances tn
) effect of the sour bitter, uncharitabl,
backbiting woman, who goes SO ia
towards destroying faith in the goot
mess of .womankind
.-Erchqnge,