Show SEES WEAK POINT old man sykes recognizes flaw in optimistic armor little run in with his better half at the breakfast table however showed him the road to victory old man blan sykes has become enamored of the cult that cri enthrones thrones mind over matter and teaches that a mans happl new or misery in the world Is determined by his mental outlook sykes reaps happiness from the mere fact of telling himself that everything Is all right whether hether it Is or not we are all of course merely having a little runaround run around here on earth between the cradle and the grave and we are sure to meet with much unhappiness E knowing this and that no matter what happens in the meantime we shall all make the same earthly finish one might as well be good natured about it and get all the joy out of existence convis consistent tent with the laws of health and longevity so sykes Is probably quite right about it glenn tl parley farley writes in the seattle postin post in from a peevish and irascible individual exceedingly sensitive to contact with every small unpleasantness he has acquired an elephant hide for trouble he was knocked down by an automobile the other day sprawling sp on a muddy crossing and picked himself up blithely remarking smilingly to the careless driver that thai it was a a beautiful day but that it would probably rain before morning the driver thanked his stars that the man was a not and drove on sykes has passed through ough many of these tests and concluded that lie had his armor all on but one morning the coffee was a bit off and sykes spices remarked upon it pleasantly mrs sykes let him have the whole coffee pot in the neck her stomach Eto macli has haa been bothering her lately and she was in no mood tor for levity and the regrettable part of the whole business was that sikes let go of himself and swore fluently mind stepped out for a few minutes and matter reasserted itself it was an awful fall but it taught sykes a lesson ile he sees now that lie he can do nothing with the mind over matter theory unless he leads mrs sykes along the same path and it is liard hard to argue with her when her stomach is not working right she often comes to breakfast feeling that she could bite a spi spike ke in I 1 two it if she had it and then sykes I 1 springs his mechanical smile and rids himself of some persiflage and if there Is anything handy site she throws it at him syles sykes Is now intriguing craftily to get her on a bread and milk diet and slip in a few charcoal tablets feeling that she will have one of the sunniest funniest sun niest dispositions in the world when her stomach Is right so the happiness of the sykes family Is tied up to the possibilities ties of bread and milk and charcoal tablets upon such trifles as these hang the happiness and content of whole nations |