Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1917 — Inspiration Miscellany [ARTICLE]

Inspiration Miscellany

Cheerful Women A cheerful woman is like a ray'of sunshine wherever she goes. She (jot only does good to others by example, but she helps discontented and gloomy people to,throw off some of their native melancholy and to emulate a little of her own cheerfulness. The cheerfulness that persists in seeing the bright side of everything and discovers “the silver lining” where others perceive no break in the gray‘cloud must not be confounded with selfishness and carelessness. They are totally different attributes, quite antagonistic to one another. A purely selfish ajid careless wojnan would be' thinking so continually about herself that she wohld have no reserve force left in which to practice the hundred and one little thoughtful actions which come within the ken of the woman who has .“cheerfulness’’ as her watchword and who endeavors to, make her sisters more happy by imparting some of it to them. Women who seem the embodiment of happiness are frequently misjudged. Superficial observers give them little credit for any depth of feeling, and imagine that they take the responsibilities and cares of life far too lightly when they do not go about With a gloomy countenance. It is only those who have been confined to a sickroom who know what a priceless treasure is that buoyancy of spirit and what hidden depths of feeling may be beneath the outwardly bright exterior.—Exchange. A Father’s Last Question. A New York business man suddenly said to his daughter, “Helen, have I been a good father to you?” “Certainly you have. Why do you ask such a question?” she answered. There was no reply, and the girl, turning, saw that her father’s head had fallen forward on his breast. She wept to him and found that he was dead. It was only a case of heart failure, with nothing supernatural about it. Yet sometimes it seems as if Death sent a secret messenger ahead to warn the spirit of its comihg, and the soul thus warned rises and awaits the Presence standing. No one could ask to die with a kindlier thought in mind than that which this man had, nor can every daughter cherish so sweet a memory.— Youth’s Companion. -