Show THE SEEKER AFTER TROUBLE the really unhappy man whose un happiness Is his own fault is the one who Is forever carrying a chip upon his shoulder perhaps his happi ness Is his unhappiness for when he Is not engaged in a personal alteria tion he is brooding over some fancied slight and awaiting a favorable eunity to give vent to his wrath the man with the chip on his der is easily recognized and his society by wise people Is carefully avoid ed he ile can go nowhere without trou brou ble following in his wake if he at tends a theater he Is either annoyed by the usher or someone in the audi ence or at the man in the box office tor for not having sold him a seat bouget long before he appeared at the win dow he Is the bane of the car con ductor and on the railroad train he succeeds in embroiling himself in a row with the brakeman conductor pullman car porter and the passengers each flying cinder from the lococo live tive Is aimed especially at his eyes ani and he succeeds in stirring up the spirit of mutiny in the hearts of tho jf travelers there are some women similarly constituted who manage to be in trou brou ble me from the moment their eyes open in the morning till they close them in sleep those people are indeed to be pitied if indeed they are not cor bially hated this quarrelsome habit of mind can be so fostered that the petulancy grows to be a malignant disease and leads sometimes to the insane asylum parents who notice in their children this fretful quarrel ing disposition can easily find a rem edy they may not agree to the meas ure simply a good sound thrashing everyone has heard of the story ot of the child who was continually whimpering and quarreling in despair the mother cried are you sick what do you want gravely the child an I 1 think mamma I 1 want a whipping she received the whip ping and there was a marked im provement pro in her temper san fran cisco post |