Show PERSONAL VANITY GREAT SOON BOON I 1 N P blessing vouchsafed to man thinks mr Mac Blink the longer I 1 live said mr air mae mac blink the more A I 1 think that the greatest personal blessing vouchsafed to man is personal vanity D do 0 the mighty snub us we smile and think that we are are better than they A are re some men richer than wo we wi why Y we know for some we could have made twice their money with half their chance I 1 are we homely we think we are handsome why the men we see old and young looking in the mirrors mirror s in the sides of the elevated cars are proud of their clothes proud of th themselves em from their heads beads to their toes toe s I 1 they may live narrow lives and it if they only knew it with no hope of ever getting out on the broad road but they are satisfied with more than tha that they are vain of themselves and what a blessing are we not content to wear cheap clothes because in our fond vanity we think that we ourselves give them an air of distinction so in many instances and does not the same hold true as well to our views of all our belongings do we not think that our broken down rattletrap dingy old automobile Is really the fastest machine on the road it if we would only once unshackle her dont we think that our lumbering old clumsy gattea gaited six horse could go in 2 22 it if we dared to give him his head dont we think that our yacht olour or our power boat could make anything else in the water look like SO 30 yes like 20 or even 15 cents it if we were once disposed to show what it could really do do we not think that our chickens are really the very best beet specimens of their breed and do we not think that ours is the finest lawn awl our children whatever they may be are the finest children that ever were born Is is so of many things and all these are cheerful happy helpful notions that even the most timid and shrinking of men may cherish our vanity Is not only a protector and a shield it la Is for us a castle within whose walls we an can c dwell in serenity and security in sweet satisfaction with ourselves and in a world so full of things that otherwise would jar us Is not this a great blessing many a mans lot in life has been softened has I 1 been made happy by his harmless personal vanity |