Show SOFT WORDS by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK 1 dean of men university of illinois Illi noi M A A SOFT answer burneth awn wrath the wise man wrote centuries urles ago but grievous words word stir up anger it Is true with nill mills eta as it Is with men they respond quickly to tho th toft kind word they ie recognize cognIze corn com kosure asure and self control in human b beings ings and come coine under its spell as we ourselves ur selves do while bluster and loud ingry talking stir them up instantly gregg had a deadly tear fear or of dogs the most harmless inoffensive cur thill crossed ills path threw him into ill state of terror at once rind and even if the animal had at first had to ro sinister Intent intentions lons nhen gregg began to shout angrily nt him and to brandish bit big erne crac or whatever nils missile sile he be could possess himself of the cur was morle more likely than not to leap upon gregg in self defense and bite him if ha be could have brought himself to speak gently to the innocent brute gregg could lave have had him licking his hand lind fawning about ills his feet la in a as ecstasy of joy and friendliness horses yield to soft pleasant words more readily than any other animals aith which I 1 have been associated associate I 1 owned it high strung temperamental temperament ni little mare once nho could be calmed instantly by a soft encouraging word or ii I 1 gentle pat on the itself neck but who would uld benr herself loose from froin what filie ahe was as attached to if she were folded or spoken to roughly ot or ting angrily rily she wits its IB sensitive as a child strength had nothing like the potter ol 01 or control over her that kind fesq inid haid I 1 rend a story not long figo ago of fl a ung oling fellow 1 attlio I bo ran miny anny from homo home and a cowboy lon down in texas j lie ill dilill it 11 number of nt interesting ex pt before he benched success ibid d of these lie told ab about 0 ut verv ven yli and since it 11 illustrate y v imant from it here s illen I 1 was watching ile wit wat night there would beia boasy n isy fanion g thein I 1 anew 1111 Ait spread and grow TO sr I 1 in d i stampede I 1 ind id le rilla nad mat blat it always start steadied ted them Is i they ti cy heard the sound of ohp ahr I 1 bullian vosco I 1 could have brorn biorn or nl it as we usually did alid nd it io have had tile lie cali calming bul laiu I 1 it if I 1 had got to mike my it voice jcurd throb 1 11 tile nl 1 I it might us Is well lie he heard in ing plessant sant its something un PI sint so anany it a night listener liste might have heard the hie strange sound of a 21 cowboy sI the lie solos from tile the and and nil the othor fine anusic alch which 1 I lir 01 burned arned lit at home it catl satisfied saied n anse en of beauty and it calmed the cat se lo just us its effectively us is shou shouting tini illuce a ill ij 1025 newspaper paper union I 1 |