Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-08 | Page 23 | Recipe for Pessimism

- RECIPE FOR PESSIMISM. Obedience to these" ten rules will make a pessimist of any one.. First For every slight or offeftae, fancied fan-cied or real, which you have ever received, re-ceived, never cease harboring resentment. Second Never ceaase talking about every hardship which you have ever endured. Three Forget all your past pleasant experiences, ex-periences, but do not fall to magnify all the unpleasant ones. Fourth Keep sunshine. out of your life by curtaining every window with a fast blue. Fifth Never accept any cheerful assistance as-sistance or suggestions from a friend. Sixth Never make the best of conditions condi-tions and environments which cannot be controlled. - Seventh Never see any good In your associates. as-sociates. Eightlv Always consider that no one except ex-cept yourself can ever do anything properly. prop-erly. Ninth Never hope for a. proplilous future. fu-ture. ., . Tenth Even when a friend forces some sunshine into your presence, remind him with emphasis that your blue curtains temper its heat, otherwise he may not realize that you are a pessimist perfected. per-fected. 8