Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — Respect the Feelings of Others. [ARTICLE]

Respect the Feelings of Others.

“Had I a daughter to train,” said a woman of the world, “one accomplishment above all should be taught her—to make herself agreeable without descending to make fun of other people. Much, if not most of the fun current arqong young folks, consists in picking others to pieces. Bright people are given to using their wit very freely on others who have the misfortune to come near them. Women especially regard the world outside their immediate circle as created to afford them amusement not of the most amiable kind. They are not discriminating enough to see what underlies and offsets the peculiarity which provokes their fun. The illdressed, hurried woman is commonly trying to carry affairs whose burdens her critics would shirk shamelessly. No wonder if the brave spirit steps awkwardly and unbecomingly under the load she can but just bear without breaking. Those who bait thei? fun on her must laugh and laugh again unheeding.” [Detroit Free Press