The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-24
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Rx OIiye Rdberta Barton


 like to talk about temper. It is the most interesting subject in all psychology. It Is the devils way to get his revenge on humanity. He picks, nearly always, the inferiority folk for his pawns.
 Who doesn't love to get mad? I never feel quite 30 brave as when am in a rage and Nail tell people exactly what I think of them. At other times I am afraid. I 90 for months thinking this and that, and then when outraged and suddenly furious. find the blood rushing to my head with that lovely "don't- give-a -dorn" feeling, and out go and tear things up right. Oh, how grand 1t is, not to be afraidl sulks Cling to Their Joy And if am this way, the most gentle of souls, I assure you, eating out of anybody's hand, you must be this way too. am not sparing . soul today. Tn truth every tnoth- er's son of us, and daughter too, just loves to get mad. It is far more fun than laughing. Or even eating. It is an orgy demanded by the sup pressions. and they have to get out or else we'd go mad. So we think.
 And therefore, my bretheren, and sisteren, we need to think about Tommy's temper, or Lucy's sulks. Yes, sometimes the pessessor of a good sound rage, prefers to wallow in her feelings, and keep her joy for e day or Q week, instead of letting 1t so all ct once. She loves to make others suffer or worry about her as long as she can. Give me the active volcano every time, rather than the breeding one that keeps everybody jumpy and never announces which way its lava may run.
 But neither are easy to live with. Any kind of "temperannentaw people can spoil the peace of mind of others, whether they nurse chronic grouch or blow up periodically.
 Righteous wrath has certainly Q place In the scheme of things. To get healthily indignant about sor1le- not temper. And 1t i1 temper we thing 6 mans right. But this is are speaking about.
 Sometimes children are unhap- oily placed. Their daily experience Is irritating, either ct home, at school or in their play life. This is conducive to temper, whether the parent perceives the cause or not. Children cannot always be sunny, we must admit. If they are i'll or weak physically they will often be cross. I think this belongs in the class of protest against unfair con. ditions and hes Q legitimate excuse.
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 But, too often, it Is the other way, and the child who has no req 50 nto blow up does 50 for the rea- sons I have given. He cannot feel important enough without getting mad. He cannot get his way, as he wants 1t, and rather than listen to reason or let someone else have c chance, he resorts to the bully method of intimidation.
 CureP Well, one way is to refuse him his goal when he begnis to storm. But first remove possible causes of daily discontent. Try to find out whether his disposition Is being ruined by something you don't suspect. If ho has . good average of blessings, and there is no apparent root for this wild growth, then I'd put little salt on the weed. Just don't put up with his nonsense. Let him learn that the consequences of temper do not pay. He will weigh values, eventual iy, and when he discovers that temper pays no premiums, he will learn more self control.
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