Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1905 — Observations o_f an Optimist. [ARTICLE]

Observations o_f an Optimist.

Trouble seldom visits those who do not expeot it. Failures should be used as stepping stones to future success. Hope for the best —prepare for the worst —and take what comes. Woman was born to love and be loved —and she fights it ont on that line. Cynics and pessimists have a hard row to hoe in this contrary old world. Happy is the woman who has as many changes of gowns as she has of mind. It’s surprising how much a woman can say about herself without telling anything. The wise worm dosen’t crawl out until after the early bird has eaten his breakfast. It doesn’t matter if beauty is only skin deep so long as the skin is worn on the outside. Dying in poverty is easy enough; it’s living in poverty that comes hard on a fellow. It is only in accord with the eternal fitness of things that miss, kiss and bliss rhyme together. It is the circumstances of men over which she has no control that is responsible for the spinster. Out of every evil comes good. The apple Eve swiped has furnished employment to thousands of tailors and dressmakers. It may be that ice cream is unhealthly, but the motive of the young man who tries to prove it to his girl friends is apt to be misconstrued.