Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-10-22 | Page 5 | Why Are We Bashful?

WHY ARE WE BASH FUL7 j The sufferings of a shy person cannot can-not be uuJerslood by those who are thoroughly self possessed and at ease tinder all circumstances. It is a comfort to tboe who have felt really terrified at the prospect of meeting strangers, or or entering an unaccustomed sphere, to hnd lhat. some of the most noted and talented men and women the xvorld has known have been, In their early life, afflicted afflict-ed xvith shyness Some people bear the suffering and continue to go out Into the world, and In the end conquer their nervous dread of being brought before the public, xx bile others glxe Inlo it. shut themselves them-selves up axvay from the world and live a solitary sort of existence The latter is a selfish way of doing things, although one may, of eoure, cultivate one's talents in solitude But ouy oue who gives In to any form of shyness can be of very Utile help to the world at large, ,,r eve n if they rac and study they are too shy to share their knowledge and genius xvith others. Surely then It is better to try and conquer this form ol nervousness nervous-ness and the first step toward success suc-cess in this effort 1 tu try and forget for-get It. Parents can do eh with shy, awkward awk-ward children by having them taught an the accomplishments of Ihe day dancing, mindc. elocution, outdoor sports of all kinds, swimming, and. if a boy, boxing anil lenclng will help a shy child Imiro-nseh , With the development of the body must come the development of the mind, the development of artistic talents. tal-ents. 'tc. .Men and women must try not only to have knowledge whleh comes with the ordinary xchool aud college education, but each one mux' haxe a special line of study, some-thing some-thing which they can always turn to lor solace and Interest when practically practi-cally all else fail. Nothing will make oie forget him- ' felf or herself more easily ihin an intere-l In music, an In any form, literary lit-erary work, or the v.tnriv of any subject sub-ject which Is all ab-.irbing tu that one , person. ,