The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-03
Bad Habits
Form Path
to Failure
BY MARTHA LEE

ANY trouble Is nard enough 70
bear, but when one must come 10
the realization that the cross
weighing him down has been placed
there of his own accord, the pain
and anguish becomes twice as great.
So many men and women, through
their own thoughtlessness. through
q willful disregard for the feelings
of others, heap Goals Of fire upon
their wooden heads. and then stand
forth and scream for help from the
mental agony they are undergoing.
There are a few simple rules TO
follow in the course Of life that can
assure, at least, a measure Of happi-
ness. One OF them is to do unto
others as you would have them DO
unto you.
That means that if you are vim
dictive, malicious and ill-tempered
you must be willing TO have other
people act the same tow>-d you and
like It.
Consider Our reactions
Which, Of course, you will not. A
cure way of guarding yourself
against the folly Of saying and doing
and acting in q way bound to bring
you sorrow is to stop and consider
your own reactions toward similar
treatment.
Grouchiness. ill-temper, a quar-
relsome disposition, all these traits
Of character go to make a home a
seething cauldron Of discomfort for
every one concerned.
A man, whose wife has left him
for this reason, writes a letter beg
g1ng help.
Dear Miss Lee-My vife has left me on
account Of my cruelty TO her. I am high
tempered and when things do not go just
Ike ! think they should. fly of the
handle. I have tried. but It seemed i'm
possible 70 break the habit. She never
wnuld quarrel With me and always made
double EFFORT 70 keep things peaceful.
haven't a thing against, her, in fact.
three daughters. one married and two a:
home. They think the world OF both Of
Us. Ny wife is wonderful manager and
IN the note she left, when she vent
away, she said II she stayed she would
die nervous wreck. She said could do
have said things that might make her
afraid OF me, but Miss Lee. I wouldn't
harm her for anything in the world, Ny
caused me to lose my wife.
We have been married sixteen years.
end there was never woman better 10
her husband and children. She even has
helped by working I stay at home nights.
but guess ! was an awful nagger. She
told me once Il she left no one would ever
EFAm nh aha ~ rf
an sorry about 1t all, Miss Lee, and Il
she will come back to me, I swear / will
curb my tongue and change my ways:
haven't slept four hours at night since
she left. Can you do anything to help me
gnd her; have been unreasonable about
lots Of things. o. S.
am printing this in the hope
your wife might read it, o. S. You
sound sincere to ME, and see to il
that when your wife returns you net
only treat her right, but make UP to
her for the miserable life you have
led her in the past. No doubt you
are over-irritable because of your
accident, but after living with you
and quarreling with you for sixteen
years, she probably is a worse wreck
than If the twentieth century had
hit her.
Your own life will be pleasanter
for trying to be humane and cheer
full and right living. 1t is now your
turn to do a little sacrificing, and
one Of the first and most beneficial
things you can do is to break the
habit Of speaking before you think.