The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-12-31

'Si' p"u IhiiS. A great
many friendships have been broken
as result of an over.active imagi.
nation Take the following episode
which is good example of what hap
pens almost daily in every town:
Mrs. Smith goes down town some
afternoon and meets Mrs. Brown. The
iatter,s mind is occupied with the
problem of figuring out just how
many yards of serge it will take to
make Mary school dress and the i'm.
portance of Mrs. Smith, when she
meets her, does not get through to
her consciousness to greater degree
than to permit more than a pleasant
nod and good afternoon" Now it
seems that effervescent effusiveness
has been Mrs. Browns usual manner
OF greeting, and Mrs. Smith tells her
husband that night that she was al
most insulted by Mrs. Browns cool
ness on the street that afternoon and
she certainly intends to pay her back
in her own coin the next time they
meet. With the telling the cool
ness" becomes very much exaggerat-
ed in Mrs Smiths mind and when
she meets Mrs. Brown again she
gives her very frigid nod. Then
Mrs. Brown is furious and wonders
what is the matter with Mrs. Smith.
Things go from bad to worse and
soon those two women are bitter en-
emies through no other reason than
a bad case of imagination. Probably
every woman who reads this. and
their husbands, too, have been par
ticipators in just such circumstances
at least once in their lifetime.
The men are no sbetter Some
times in business, this imagination is
called suspicion but it's all the same
thing. 1t breaks up many firm and
many friendship. You don't always
greet everyone yourself with the
same degree of cordiality. Just think
of that the next time you are inclined
to think someone has sighted you.
Don't be so eager to misconstrue 9TH
ers' actions. Your own could be as
easily misconstrued.
A hobby is the business mans saw
ior from rustication, vegetation and
starvation. II fills his mind when he
is away from the Office with some
thing besides work; it turns his brain
power into different channels and
gives the poor brain cells he has
used all day much needed rest. IL
increases his interest in life; 1t
broadens his outlook; it sharpens
his wits. Therefore, we say, hobby
is good thing and not a foolish
thing as some people have been wont
to call it. 1t will serve you faithful
ly and wei. Get hobby
A very admirable person often
leaves you completely cold and unin-
terested. 1t may be because he has
no originality or ingenuity of express
sion, or because he Is never human
enough to permit you glimpse of his
temptations. Such person may
compel your respect, but never win
your regard. The most persuasive
thing about anyone is his PERSONAL
ty. It is sometimes magnetic enough
to make you like him no matter what
he thinks. or feels, or does. The lat
ter type is not a healthful influence.
On the other hand, truly interest
ing personality continues to display
a charm that is an attractive express
sion of that persons admirable char
acteristics.
Some day, boys and girls, your
mother and father will leave you be-
hind to go to a better home. That
parting is always heart breaking and
sad for you, but the sharp edge can
be taken off after while II you have
no regrets about the respect and love
you have given them. Only when
you are fathers and mothers your
selves can you realize the deep happi-
ness your little kindly acts give them,
or how great is their sorrow when
you forget and neglect them. Don't
grow so accustomed to them that you
treat them like pieces of furniture,
made merely for your comfort and
use. Love and cherish them, for
some day their going will leave ter
rible void in your heart and the