| Show SELF SATISFIED SELF AND COMPLACENT Sometimes we w are ar tempted temple to add another line to the th litany It H might read from Crom superiority and priggishness oh Lord deliver us Perhaps some people are arc worse than han prIgs but certainly few tew aro more mor dIsagreeable I But Just what Is a prig What i Quality makes one on person careful conscientious and righteous but lovable and the other person conscientious and rIghteous but despicable despicable In ID his bis T A prig Is a person who will not notI I do a questionable not deed deed not ith It If Ithe he knows s It 11 It But goodness and rIght living we w must admit are highly commendable In them themselves selves Why then do W tte despIse a prig prie In a tor story of a a little girl tirl In the July number of ot one ot of the th maga m zincs ta-zincs ames you'll find lInd the tb answer to the question Jane Jan Is not cot a prig pric the th writer explains for tor she sh can apply the acid to herself with detachment and toward the th faults fault of ot others othera she frequently exhibits the tb ten ten- tenderness ten tenderness that goes with a finer irony And there you ou have hiv Jt It It Isn't the goodness or strictness ot of piety ot of the th prIgs to which we w e object It t Is the Inability to judge Jude them then solve selves I as a they judge Judg others PrIgs ar are people who have hav o imagination Uon never neTer aDY any ny Imagination tion for lor other people They lay down a set ot of rules rule a and then cx- cx ex expect the world orld to measure up to those rules rule but they seldom turn the acid test ot of criticism themselves If It they were capable c ot of judg lag Ing themselves they would be b like Jane forever Incapable of o belog harsh hanh In In their judgment of o oth others erSt ers era The main reason why prigs areco are areo eo co o provoking so 0 desperately ex cx- cx ex Is la beca because so they are aro ar SQ so Immoderately well pleased with Ith themselves But Dut Jane who was only eight by th the way and who often settled the disputes of oC o others was wa no prig because she sh not only saw clearly but was ras tender toward ard the th faults of ot others Good Goodsh she might hue have h v been but just In her JUdgments when the th other appealed to her But Buther Buther Bulher her Justice was untouched by self elf righteousness and a taint ot of holl holf holler er Cr than thou It was waa Jane Jan who said or of o her hr herself self when hen looking In the tb glass Im homely as ai anything and I I wont won't be b any prettier when I get tet big Dear rear Jane you may nay be b homelY but as I Ion long as 18 you ou rice face tac the th tact fact gOOd you wont won't row grow up and aud be b a prig AI As long lone as a your sharp harp little eyes erea can look ap p at yourself as I well as others other you ou will never be b a a prIg For such auch faults fault ai II other others have i you ou will see aee but not censure without a little saving flavor or of |
