Show path in life greased for possessor of tact Tl lero Is no doubt that tt it Is ad ant ageous to bo be born with a silver spoon in III the alio mouth said mr air cato it permits a pleasant and comfortable start in life oven even if it Is lost in III the subsequent hurly burly as it often ta Is still more advantageous 1 I think Is it to be born with a nice sense of tact in the temperament because it Is more certain to be retained tin and Is more likely to afford a plea pleasanter santer passage through life tact I 1 should inclusively define as aa the intuitive tibi ability lity to say the right thing and to do the right thing at the right time till and never to say or do the wrong thing no one I 1 tithe take it it haa asa a more complete comprehension of the value of tact than those of us 9 w who have it not those of us its who always or nearly always aty or do the wrong thing to the embarrassment not only of ourselves but of other people those who would bo be popular must have tact but on the other oilier hand those who succeed in being popular must often ile be bored for the alia inevitable burden of popularity la Is more or less boredom to be sure cure those who lack tact tire often as I 1 have just said embarrassed and what tern pora por rily arlly seems worse often snubbed but as we so BO often tactlessly protect ourselves from being bored the law ot of compensation would seem to work somewhat to our advant advantage ago it may be too that there are arc those who are so superiority tactful that they can avoid being bored these are the princes of human society whose oyster the world la Is and who tire are far and away more blessed than those who began with and continue with their silver liver spoons indianapolis nowa news |