Show e I Mrs Meringtons Philosophy From the PaIl Mall Magazine or Irish birth and Scotch upbringing Mrs IIlerlnton had lived In London Paris and Vienna and had had in her day opportunities of studying men and manners love and life such as are afforded af-forded to few of her sex About life she had many characterIstic sayings of which I rememjer a few The only rule for happiness here below Is to lImit your wants Soft hearts are the worlds pincushion pin-cushion To succeed in life be selfish and good tempered confident and indifferent If a man wants to make a name he must learn 10 take fate by the throat Some men de without ever having lived some women without ever having loved some critics without ever having praised The inevitable is invariably disagreeable disagree-able Telling the truth may be the worst of treachery Nothing is more astonishing than the badness of good people and the goodness of bad It Is finer not to suspect evIl than to excuse It Hard words break no bones but they often break heart It Is impossible to be both jealous and justSome Some people are like nettles If you fc f SPRING HAT do not want to he stung by them you must either avoid or crush them Speaking 01 those who are carried away by impulse and have cause later to re gret their impetuosity she said The pleasure to be had out of making a fool I of ones self 18 at best but momentary |