Show Were a strict census 11t umaa It tug irt tt t al taken form of the of sclfsatisfac most gener lion the result would g + UIntat1TLttx 1 probably show immense preponderance of per sons luming the sel es By ISABEL BROOKEALDER IIROOKEALDERon being extraordinarily sympathetic It would also be discovered that their chief support in the harsh battle of life is the reassuring remembrance remem-brance that KiwI hearts arc more than coronets But subscqut observation ob-servation would undoubtedly prove that only a few of them are so invincibly invin-cibly depemIuble in their own line or excellence as they proCess to believe be-lieve and would have us imagine Many a time and oft are we their associates brought up with a sudden shock of discriminating surprise ut finding that their renowned sympathy is not nearly so comprehensive liS we hUll charitably conjectured Some memorable instances of the failure of the credited sympathetic sympa-thetic person to act up to a prilItply erected standard must be fresh in the experience of every worldcitizen ill fact they flock to the min not single spies but in battalions to tear down from its proud eminence that too boastful ensign there is for instance the chairman of a certain society for the bone it of the distressed u man whose eloquence stoves wealthy rogues and Irrogllnt despots in various walks or life to most unexpected benevolence 1 man whobeholtling the enormous success of his unremitting labors on behalf of the poor creatures to whom he is pleased to devote his fine mental ellllowmeuicnnllot fail to congratulate Iimself on his fitness I for the post he molds with such distinctionl1ml incidentally with a solid emolument Surely he of all 1I1en may billmesiessly pose as the human emuodiment of syutlnnlhy Hut apply to his ollicc underlings his clerks paid at the lowest rate pllleticahlQ for their retention who in case of a few days absence from their desks through illness fhtd thcir months salary docked of the miser ahl ecun for which they have not actually toiled Small sympathy there for the needy invalids dillieulty in paying for medical treatment nud Iteeessary remedies I But it is eminently typical of the marof him who insists QIl the constant presence of his meek little wife every evening whilst ho obscures his angust person by outspread newspapers nail almost implnCtrnble clouds of smoke in spite of the fact that long hours of silence bore her and the slIlell of tobacco makes her head ache |