Show 11 r LOOKING Rr UP By DR FRANK CRANE The Ilie r Showoff I One way ay t to tell a rear aristocrat is is that lie he I does not like ito to show off I lie He does not wan vaut an t anyone to think him wiser better or 01 more capable than he really is If you like to put your your best foot forward for Yard make a good impression be flattered have p people ile think t that lt yo you arc are wittier or more clever than you are aro y you corn corn- ou u have plenty of c com m- m pany parry That is s hat i t. t the multitude multitud want along the broad way It is not S that you are bad it is only that you your are common The exceptional man nian man Wants rants no such thing He does not like to to be Flattery when it is is not d deserved e v d d does es' es not tickle him it humiliates him I The right kind of man man instinctively conI conceals conceals con con- I ceals his virtues gas as as his IlU nudity V spleen en his piety is discovered disco he blushes When he lie is isI I elected l to to high office it sobers him Jum The most he b gets out of riches is the sense of responsibility If e he wins wins fame as an artist soldier engineer or or riter it is is hard for hi him to believe that it is not largely due to luck I Even as your pr praise ise can cannot t find him so I your yonI blame cannot s swerve verve him j I fh The right kind of man is his own audience i j He does docs things tl to satisfy himself and not notI I other people I When you find filid the typical showoff that is always playing to the galleries you have a low lowI I order of man i I For most of the people are always doing this Most l people do not want t tO be able to play the violin they want to have people think they can cap play it They do not want to toI I write good stuff they wan want to have people I II I think they can an an anThe I The right light kind of man aims at doing good I I work The fhe wrong kind of man aims at having 1 people think that he lie can ean do it One looks at atthe atthe atthe II the thing done the other looks at the reward CoP Copyright 1924 by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate |