Show the art of not hearing the art of not NO t hearing should be taught in every well regulated family Itis it is fullas fulias full as import important antto to domestic happiness as a cultivated ear for which so much money and time are ae expended there are so many things which it I 1 is painful to hear many which we ought not to hear bear very many of 0 which if heard will disturb the temper corrupt simplicity and modesty detract from contentment and happiness that every one should be educated to take in ar or shut out sounds according to their pleasure if a man tails into a violent passion and calls me all manner of names the first word shuts my ears cars and I 1 hear no more jinmy I 1 in my quiet voyage of life I 1 find myself caught in one of those domestic whirlwinds whirl winds of scolding i I 1 shut my ears cars as a sailor would furl bi his 5 s all tight scud before the gale if a hot and r restless man fan begins hegins to inflame my iny feelings I 1 consider what mischief these sparks might do in the magazine be below low where my temper is kept and instantly close thedoor the door does a gadding mischief making fellow bin b in to inform me m e what people are saying about gut guv me down drops the portcullis ot or my mv aarand earana he cannot get in ny tu ter does the collector of nei nel neighborhood scandal task my ear a as s a warehouse it instinctively shuts up some people feel very anxious anliot is to hear everything that will vex and annoy them if it is hinted that any one has haa spoken ill of them they set about searching the matter and finding in out if all the petty things said of one 1 by heedless 0 or r illi ill lil i alured natured idlers viere were to be brought ho home me to him he be would become a mere walking pincushion Rin pincushion cushion huck st uck full of sharp remarks I 1 s should uld as soon thank a man for emptying on my bed a bushel of nettle nettie I 1 I 1 or settin setting gr loose a swarm of mosquitoes in ia my aber or raising a pungent aist dist in my honse honsa alonsa generally as to bring upon me all aiu twe uie tatti hatus ot A care cate tate cate esy eay esy eai or of spiteful people if you VOU would be happy when among goodmen good men oien open open your ear when among bad shut them and i as the broat throat has a muscular arrangement by which it takes care of the air passages of its own accord so the cars I 1 be trained to an au automatic t dullness of hearing hei it is not worth while to hear bear what your servants sav bay say bay when they are angly what your children sa say y after they hive slammed tle tue door what a begger says whom you have rejected from your door I 1 what your neighbors say about your jour children childr en what your rivals say about your business or your dress this art ot of not hearing though not taught in the ee sch ech schools bools is by no means unknown or unpracticed in society I 1 have noticed that a well bred woman never hears heans an impertinent or a vulgar re remark marir marlc A kind lind of discreet deaf fiess saves one from many insult insults from much blame from not a little apparent connivance la in dishonorable conversation there are two doors inside my ears a bight right t hand band door leading to the heart and a lefthand door alth aith with nith n ith a broad and steep passage leading out into the open air this last door receives all ness profanity vulgarity vu garity mischief making which bulder suddenly bul bui denly ily lly find themselves outside of me judicious teachers and indulgent parents save young urchins a world of trouble by convenient deafness bankers and brokers oten often are extremely hard of hearing bearing hien fien i esafe borrowers are importunate I 1 never hear a man who ho runs after me in t e street bayliff baw bawling liff my name at the top of his bis voice nor those who v 0 lak law tak talk evil esil of 0 those who are abs nt nor those who give me unasked advice about my own affairs nor those who nho talk largely about things of which they are I 1 ignorant borant it if there are so orada of kindness of mirth of love iove open fhy bly my oar ear I 1 but temp eror dror harshness or hatred or vulgarity or them if you keep your garden gate shut your flowers and fruit will be safe it if you keep ybur your doors closed no thief will run off with your silver and if you keep your ears shut your hear barf will vill lose neither its flowers nor its treasures |