THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
7
CONSIDER THIS.
It is wonderful how much a little thing
can huit.
There is nothing so good that you can
not bite off too much.
Seven men out of ten who wear sack
coats wear them too short.
When women don't know what eti
quette demands they kiss each other.
Next to a cuspidor, the dirtiest thing
on earth is the average man's desk.
When a young man offers to marry a
girl, and she refuses, how she crows
about it!
If a man admits he can't shoot now, he
says he was a particularly gc-d shot when
a boy.,
A man who owns a good cow is almost
as conceited as a man who has a good
garden.
When a man admits that his wife is a
good cook, he adds that all she knows
be taught her.
If you want to please a man, recom
mend that he do something that he has
Jong wanted to do.
A man's idle place to spend an even
ing is one where he can go home as early
as he Wants to.
Every man thinks he is a good judge
of beauty, but a lot different kinds of
women get married,
A woman who has never seen her hus
band fishing doesn't know what a pa
tient man she has married.
The first shock a married man has is
the willingness his wife shows to provide
for her kin at his expense.
It is impolite to interrupt a man who
is talking, and you will not have a
chance to have your say if you don't.
When a man reaches that stage where
a fine is an expense rather than a punish
ment, there isnrt much hope for him.
Speaking of the high price of living, the
chances are that you will feel better if
you eat a little less, and a little less
hurriedly.
GENTLENESS VERSUS BLUSTER.
I have a business friend who is as mod
est and as gentle as n woman, says 0.
S. Mardenin Success Magazine, who is
never obtrusive or self-assertive, but who
has a most remarkable way of getting
things well done, and getting people to
see things his way. He does it without
any noise or pretense. He does it as
the tender germ of the daffodil lifts its
head up through the turf, by gentle per
sistency. No one feels conscious that this man
is trying to influence him, or to get him
to do a thing against his will; but, some
how most people about him find them
selves doing what he wants them to do.
He is so delicate in his diplomacy, so
gentle in his tact, and so strong in his
self-confidence that others find them
selves agreeing with him without really
knowing why.
. He has a large number of employes
under him, yet no one ever hears him
raise his voice in anger or assertive au
thority. He is so gentle that - strangers
often wonder how he manages to have
any discipline; and everything goes like
clockwork in his establishment. His
employes respect him, like him, because
he is always kind, considerate, and never
scolds, frets or nags; but they know that
when he gives an order or makes a sug
gestion it must be obeyed. Ex.
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