Quit Your Worrying!
the agreeable, the aphorism of the apostolic writer, "No man liveth unto himself," seems to be more than ordinarily true. It is one proof of the selfishness of the "worrier"-whether consciously or
" The worrying wife does not keep her worry to herself; she pours it out to, or upon, her husband. The worrying husband is just the same. If it is
of its victim. It loses its power, too often, when shut up. It must find expression in
hey see or fear, or even foolhardy, let them speak out bravely, courageously, lovingly, and they will generally be listened to. But to have them voice their fretful, painful, distressing worries no one is benefitted, and both speaker and the one spoken to are positively harmed. For an unnecessary fear voiced is strengthened; it is made more real. If one
anting of worry in the mind of another
d the worrier really desires to be unselfish, how can he control his worry
wn sake, care to control the needless worries of my life, I must not, I dare not curse other lives with them.
ngs. Of course the boy, the girl, must be taught to take care of his, her, clothes, but this is never done by nagging. A far better plan would be to fit a punishment which really belongs to the evil or careless habit of the child. For instance, if a boy will persist in throwing his hat an
ets, base-balls, bats, etc. As a rule one application of the rule cures. This is immeasurably more sensible than nagging, for it produces the required
iderably over their chil
ings on "Children as Cabbages." He starts out by saying: "It is well to remember that not all dirt is
her than in nagging. Fall into the habit of doing the wise, the rational, the sane thing, because it produces results, rathe
egor, there is a worrying mother. Fortunately she is swee
ner at "Aunt Purdie's," who was "rale genteel an' awfu' easy offendit." The anxious mothe
no' to dicht yer mooth wi' yer cuff-mind that. Ye're to tak' yer hanky an' let on ye're jist gi'ein' yer nib a bit wipe. An' ye're no' to scale yer tea nor sup the sug
erposed her husband
aboot
nna tell Macgreegor
nt me,' etc
our own home, but let up when you are going out, for your worry worries him, makes him self-conscious, brings about the very disasters you