Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 13 | Beware Personal Vanites

j 1 Beware Personal 1 T 4 fr 4 By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Every time I open my mouth I put my foot in it said John I must have saId taid something to Dr Weil- Weil maker that set my name down in iii his bad books I cant can't even make him look my way any more Im I'm darned 1 if I know what Ive I've done And I I. I said Mrs John have been wondering what Ive I've done or said to the extent of making Mary Scribbler look a neat hole through me every time I Iee Isee see eo ee her I met her this afternoon and she hit a a. bulls bulls- eye Scum was wrItt written n all over her as I passed And I cant can't for the life Ufe of me think of anything I 1 ever said to make her mad The world Is full of people who are wondering what they have done or said to antagonize someone else Perhaps they lack tact Perhaps their their- tongues are sharp But very likely an entirely different thing is responsible The shoe sho may be on the other foot Almost every person lay or professional or brother of the three arts has a peculiarly vulnerable place in hi his makeup an Achilles Achilles' heel so to speak And all unbeknownst to the innocent offender is this spot It is entirely different in different people Once I said to an artist Your picture pituro is like a a. Corot His color colon rose as ho lie looked at the lacy land land- I 1 dislike Corot ho said curtly The form I follow is absolutely the antithesis of his A school teacher comes popping into my mind Just now Your Tour pupils look and act like human be beings be- be ings I declared pleasantly I wouldn't say lay they were bossed to death She answered stiffly I have always been noted I for my discipline Its It's natural I suppose In our daily dally work we develop secret conceits Let the dearest friend make the most innocent remark but if it finds its way to a a. weak place he instantly becomes an enemy John and Mrs John were probably no different from Johns John's doctor and Mrs Johns John's writing friend They too probably bly have their weak spots and if the wrong word were spoken would be quite as ready to take offense