Evening star., 1924-12-30

DO not allow yourself to be too
easily hurt.
This is tho second of life's hardest
| lessons. While some learn It early,
others never learn II, and most of us
oscillate In a middle position our
| whole life long.
The sensitive plant is not fashion
| able any more. At the same time.
| 1T is simply poor business to be Of
such a sensitive nature that any
thing that any one says can wound
one, II the words happen to be of an
inimical nature.
A child had better be taught how
to protect itself from tho evil effects
of harsh words than to know how to
| work cube roots, or solve that foot
| problem about how many yards of
| carpet 1t would take to cover a
| floor IL
Nobody uses carpets any more.
| anyway
There is too much theory In life,
not enough practical stuff-that is the
| main trouble. Whereas we might
| teach children to shed Ill words and
thoughts like ducks do water, we
spend the time at home. and in school
telling them lot Of precious bunk
| they will never use again in their
lives.
1T trains their minds"
fes-but what good does it do for
person to grow up with the
knowledge Of Solomon II that wisdom
does not include the practical method
OF discounting that nasty fling So
and-So took at you?
Think of all the misery caused
through inability Of the victim to
throw off the evil sentiments the
mean words, the nasty thoughts
| which are flung at him.
Think of ali the catty people,
pase slander on my four-footed
friends. by the way-who are able to
inniet passing sorrow, thereby
getting genuine pleasure for them
selves, by reason of the thin skins
of others.
NO, this thing of being too sem
sitive in this world is one that has
70 De guarded against. / never saw
1t mentioned in the copy books. or
heard a preacher say anything about
1t, yet 1t deserves to be considered
seriously.
The sensitive nature, of course, is a
oeAutiIul one. when not carried too
rar' The old golden mean, Not too
much of anything" applies In this
as In all the other affairs OF life and
the ms and outs OF human beings.
Inc sensitive nature has given US
our wonderful literature, the great
paintings, the sublime music. all the
nundred and one glories which
brighten and beautify the world
sensitive souls conceived our high
est Ideals, and put them into naafes-
TIC words to stir the hearts of men
10 the sensitive ones of this earth
we are indebted for our clearest con-
ceptions OF heaven and our darkest
pictures OF hell. without their en-
thusiasm and their suffering our
ilves today would lack much that
now makes them worth while.
Ihis Kind Of sensitiveness is not
the sort OF sensitiveness we mean.
Ihis sensitiveness has drawn for us
great dreams of goodness, enrichfne
all human experience, dreams Of
winch the angels might be proud, and
which must make God look down
with pleasure again upon his crea-
ton.
This is not the sensitiveness of
which we speak. This sensItivitv
has put light into darkness. cheered
the weary, given faith to the hone
| less, and strength to the weak.
Today 1t has placed at the bedside
OF hundreds of invalids magic radio
sets, which bring to them the music
and voices of the air.
Inis is but q very modern instance
OF that wondrous sensitiveness which
nothing can replace in this world
where there Is much harshness
meanness, woe, misery, despair. de-
spite the best efforts Of man to ban
ish them. And IL a high order of