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Perform Your Part

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
April
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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There are sorne people in thia world whu, whercvtr they iuy go, ex peet tha( soniething special wi: for thcir enterlainmcrit. At a party orchurch social, for instaoc;, thcyexpect tositdown in a corner by theinsi'lves, look agrecableor not a their fancy strikes (hem, and wait for some one tocóme along and amuse (hcui. It ilie eompnf pnweal have other plans for their eveniog's enjoymcDt, these peoplego home ueoted, and say, with a disgusted cxliavo had auah a stu pid time!' Nnw theae forlorn people never think that ifevcryonein the gathoring followed their examplc, partics, pienics aini Micials woIil bo tnötformed into Cuaker meetines. The rule hild gooil heM which applies to every otber walk of life : to be happy one's self, ono must try to impart happines to others. The oommonplace lillle lady who talks about the weather and the babies to one perron alter another is happier, better beloved, and often more finely cultured tlmi the wise young woman who will only coudescend to converse on a subject. Many a fitful conversation and many a dclightful friendHhip have j;rown out ol'commonplaces on the weather. It i.-i ofteo for the very rcason that sho will not talk small talk that the wiso young lady must sit in a corner and be disg usted at life all thu evening, when lio inight be making herself agreeable (and. therefqre, contented) by helping instead of hindering sociability. Tuis principie applies also to mes, but it is not so much neelected bv

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News