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Show JUST REFUSE TO BE ANNOYED! Begin the Day in Good Humor and De-j termine Not to Complain, and ' Note the Result. Start the day right especially whenj the weather is trying upon one's nerves.. Start it by being In good hu-j mor by refusing to be annoyed. Don'tj get excited about anything; there isj really nothing exciting early in thei morning. Make the most of every-) thing about you and determine ini your own mind that come what may you are going to accept It without com-( plaint, and there will be little causej for complaint, says the Dayton News.j If we could start the day with ni smile, there would be no trouble for usj through the hours to follow. If wet would refuse to become peeved, noth-j ing would peeve us throughout the day.i There is more in this thlug of getting started right than the average mauj may suppose. Ever notice a good engineer, how h starts the train? He sits there gazing) tup the track. He has oiled the engiuGj and caressed it a little and gazed at it admiringly. He clasps the throttle with: jfaith In it. But he doesn't jerk it, orj nill it recklessly. He presses It slightly,' some way, and the muscles luliis arms contract gently, and the steam hisses a! bit, and the great wheels start to turn, as gently as if a child were turning them. They revolve a little faster, ami a little faster, and the train is under) full speed with never a Jolt or jerk. : ; Well, that's exactly the way we oughtj Ito start the day. We ought not to ex-) pect to get under full speed at thej jump. There should be no jolting, noj jerking. The wheels ought to move; slowly, gently, at the start, and we ought to work ourselves to full pres-j sure as gradually as the engineer gets his train underway. Then we'll find aj smooth track and plenty of power andj we'll be able to bring the train into) the shed at night with never an injuryj to a passenger and the machinery im good shape. |