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Show Are You Envious? Modest? A Tyrant to Your Wife? Maybe You re Onlv Timid f ; I LESSON ONE Timidity he Curael r' s ' i imtditj it i doubl v f ouratlvee, wadded to much ioo honorable opinion ot our.. Nov. Jt riI(V ,r thai toino lav i he lamb aad ih i01, u,n ouel- losctber bat it is not well to ha vp th,. -.pirit that of the fore anarjera oi lamb and the hind irtcr.. o- .i lion. t n n deleetabli abnrd animal for a nouI. rimidity orovrnta us from reolieiaa our bp-q am-btiot am-btiot -. !;.- ,. .lo.ilt an. I . .. ,-. . self-love t- cauae ia a fear ol displeaa ing or f not tuk-me tuk-me a brilliaal ! i tcrt. Tbii jr.ii . - 1 tie tnni.l th.- in- I I , rreaaiaa fealiai ol ! 4 V SBBB i Jr S : n- not Mhat j . I .ry. ) J . ' , x j . SaVajti-"' ". '"' " G I plaasinaj i , . n i Sboald o i arn fv s,V-i vourvrlf that h. . ahal t r v ta Ball BBS. j. . i yea. - 1 LESSON TWO How to Fight it in the Child. -iil I IIT V aumnilate the most prtviou gift of thp iol. It kei- a man frcin onquerine faUe Bhasas. Tinudtt1 is not natural; it eomee from tlx- faulty education of children who are marie self centered. From the flrat thr child nbould be taught its repooibilittPs and aelf re apect. but without vaaity. saald khniild be taught parlv to ditect h.m-pf h.m-pf and not rf altogether ifon bon-arablv bon-arablv grown others. Mu"h timidity BBBBJjr daa to him never having had to B Ih-nV for himself. an a r-taff kept green bear thp weigbl of a man? A B child taagbi to tremble b tore H I ante ai ia farced to '.mil I for fear of reproof onfidenee im- planted in fl cJtilda heart .s-asons the I staff . It ia vers wrong no! to answer Is ehild'a Quoatioaa serionsly. If you I. de not aaawer them, or answer barely t make the ehibl timid, doubting btasaell it ia indispensable to make . Nour eh.ldren Minr companion; thev most be given freedom within polite Hess an-1 be conipellcl o resolve an-l decide for thoui selves. LESSON THREE Why the Timid Somctimei Rebavc Outrageously. EXTRK.M KS .hare the Mint priu iplc. but hip in ouc Base the purpose i.s not reached, in the other it is o. erb ajvi d. Thus some timid per-mhi:- pnicrgp from their mral weak ne-- uiub r great stress of pmotiuu anger, harri-i ir love and commit -ali extra v again a- a cOnrnijeotls man would not dream of. Hie rca--iti :or this anomalv .s that timidity i. lack nf morn! pqiulibrium. When a timid man resorts to violence to thow h:s fppliugs by unfamiliar deeds, hs loses all sens,- of the bearing of those actio as. sari beesnjee ho is uot - CUStOOied to them. Water in a elo-e seal.-. ; mm )".,r -o:ne time Iwitboul being noticed, but at laat it I explodes, smashing th- iwvr into a ItaawaaaJ pieces. Thu t.midity en I cloM-a :.ction wh.ch .,t la-. p.and an. because of lack of self control explodes I iu awful fiolenae. ! LESSON FOUR- - Why the Timid Are IiLsmeere. TBS aititude of the tiunu is a! way awkward, indicating a lack of sincerity, for rarely do h won!. show h, real thoughts. How be curse Maasetf f r saing the thing h- did not mean to say. Fraoknc.- of thought kip ease to thp camag and apeeth. Nor is it wi to asujne th attitude ot oddites to .-..n-e:il timt'l'tv. oinc s.t iii ironical -i'.-t,,. others answer ith the Miiile of scorn. The affe.-ta '.o n ul nrrttli ana obeeiq la iu.-i as falsp a cloak. flic ie-ore of conscious f..rcp i- .liffer.-nt and makes ,t-clf felt. Thought ami action in aceord maJ.p up the hainionv of human behavior. LESSON TIVE Why a Timid Man beats His Wile. THE discontent of the timid who fail daily in the world makes them irrtCablc at borne. .Tust as the timid man is alweya weak willed be CannOt avoid tho outbursts which are politely deplored. The timid man who is afraid lo express his power out silo of the home riuds hi compensation compensa-tion In playing the tyrant at home The restrainel impulse of virile virtues of tho day .are transformed because he leeks the moral equilibrium into tyrannical vices at night. So the man who fawuingly defers to bis associates returns to beat bis wife. LESSON BIX Why Envy Is a Sign of Timidity. T1IK extreme complaisance which the courageous bold for then selves is rarely the hos.t of timid .souls. Thoir unopposed depressioB punishes them for thpir BOgligeoee. For this reason the timi'l an- rarely good nature. 1. Tliev are a'wavs moie or N' the iirpv of en' tor the auceeea ot etbera. It La uubaitaly painful for them to be present when another succeeds. suc-ceeds. There IB no room tor ge'ieroiis admiration of another's powers in the rampvd sot; I. Thev urn devoured lv their own inability to shine, and. conscious of tbeir own merits, rage that thev cannot show thrm. LESSON SEVEN-Why Modesty Is Only Timidity's Mask. M0D1&8TY is usually the eloak of wcakuev,. Jf a thing ij of! worth whv should we dispraise itfl Btrip the ve l from tho fac of angele-pmodeety angele-pmodeety and you will see tb coward cowering beheath it i 'orjaeiousnens of worth in the timid shows itself simply j as vanitv. Failure of po'ver to make the worth plum shows itself as niodcstv. Both lend to fortify bim in hk t miditv and haoiate him still more. Then is a great difference between ' Ten Little Lessons on the Curse of Cowardice By i ontomo- I ajhi The Graat Japaneas Philosopher. . . x SSJB man who fawninj;!,- defer to Ma a.gociata roturtaa to boat hia wifa." tins (be rightful eeasseioaaneea of w..rtii The COBSeiouaaeBB which comes from a knowledgp .f the jiosspssion of eertaia sterling tjoalities is our r.ght- ful def'-nc ajiiinst the pnrroai hmcut -of other. The courageous man l wiiliug to admit his inaoatfeetions while eaxer to reniedy tbeml The vain nan will routed nothing. Still lio con t i n ur-r; priding hioiseif upon bis timidity, eatliuc ii modesty. Do not lit tin- child thioh 1 1 1 1 of no value rather inntruej it thai it ean be ul I b real al.n; tirs-t to itself and thpn t fine world. LESSON EIGHT Wliv Timidity Makes Business Failures. TIMIDITY is thp stumbling ton-for ton-for any one ho wishes to ae complish anv rpal rosults in business-The business-The timid man always luo bis defacl slandina between blnaaeif and sueeess. In the preeanee oi strangers timidity cau.-ps fear and bMhfulneaa. Shall 1 trust my parse to shaking batidf Ta pass through life SUOOees fully t hon- orable reonisitei are aeeded perae veranca and energy and timidity euta the feet from both. The tioiid man i- .'I'wa. tm rnin-li taken up with I himself, ins seaeetions, his feelings; his 'judgments are always subordinate to the opinion and the fear of otlu r-. LESSON NINE In Praise of Courage. CERTAIN 1. i rt 11. - are divided from vices by 10 narrow u line that j wi must discern very clearly to i-p tin iliffrnpe. I"pw hipii cab dlS- tinguish pride from .mit; paraever-aijcc paraever-aijcc from stubbornness, economy from avarice, Thr same , - 1 of courage I A"? :i distinguished 1 ' v 1 r 0 oi efl roiiterj , --'..yiV r b p courugooui . .r ,f YN ran n. , ! :i . j'. . l-.-.'r ainlpitiou. not hum r- l to accompliab an) fN j LESSON TEN f -7iow the Timid Vi Can Be Cured. 1 T !Mi,itv '':,n 1 be ci ed, " an.; to Jo 10 tbC timid person must I bp subjected to a moral treatment He ; niMMt learn concentration of thought so thai be may direct himself surely. Ti,c timid person is stuppfip.). ahamc. or overcome with dismay at hi aaam-t aaam-t int; nnportanea. Ha is often on just becai -' be attributes to others the ottaeojoeneoe ef h.s own faults. Let him euminp himself fairlv and see i ' 1 ?',Pr. (self in I ' I JBia iSsaw5' n ,-i si iJ-B ' 'anv, .. I a-l i 1 ' the Should have heell and paWi .1 io l.in. If I f,.e2 ,,, , ,,,.,, , i,ovc all. . tile iritlu r'"'; B c:.l. I. t iuiu dra .v biin-c m . erect. saiiii w . r 1 1 1 1 1 1 m"dct. J, 1 he timid man "5.!Bt4 . tl.iio- .. COUO..O-.- to -.n-r r " v.- hi ni sell I - - |