Show pat bath h in life Lift greased for pile possessor i 30 r of tad tact thoro there lg Is no doubt that it Is advantageous vant ageous to be born with a silver spoon in tho the mouth saad clr cato it permits a pleasant and comfortable start in life even if it la Is lost in the subsequent hurly burly aa it often Is still more advantageous I 1 think Is it to be born with a nice sense of tact in the temperament been use it Is more certain to be retained and Is more likely to afford a R plen santer passage through life tact I 1 inclusively denne define as aa the intuitive ability to say the right thin thins anti anil to do the right thing at tho the right tinie and never to say any or do tho the wrong thing no one I 1 take it has a more complete comprehension of tho the aluc of tact than those of us who have it not those of us who always or nearly always say or do the wrong thing to the embarrassment not only of ourselves but of other people those who would be popular must have tact but on the other hand those who succeed in being popular must often be bored for the inevitable burden of popularity Is more or less boredom to be sure those who lack tact tire often as I 1 have just juat said datil embarrassed and what temporarily pora por rily arlly seems worse often snubbed but as wo wa so often tactlessly protect ourselves from being bored the law of compensation would mould seem to work somewhat to our advantage it may he be too that there are arc those who are so superiority tactful that they can avoid being bored those these are the princes of human society whose oya ter the world Is 14 and who are far and away more blessed than those who began with and continue with their i silver spoons indianapolis news |