The Value Of Personal Appearance

A clergynian in Mawaohusetts, who has seen liis two acore aad ten, waa oomplimented on hia hale and youthful looks tho othor day. Smiling, lvo touohed his hamdaome brown hair, and replied : " S ob know tlicy havc a way of helpingoldmon a littlo these days." Wlint' " s:iiil hi fricnd, "liavo you hcou ooloiins your hedrV" " Yos," replied h': "I have been doipg wliat I onco thought nothing Wqtuld induce me todo, fnave been ttfrning iny gray hair brown, and [ will tell you how I was brought to ít. .ftei tatving mv position OB , I proposcd to go back Mit-i t mmistry aad buoomo a parish minister. Aooordingly, as 1 had oportunitj', I preaohed to soma few destitute ohurohes, and wasjgratifled lo hear, al tho conclusión of tíie scrvicOH, that tfcey ■wen; wéÜ plesstid with my prëactóng, and but í'or my gray luiir, would gladly havc me for a pastor ; but they could not tliink of so oíd a man. Well, while I was going through this ezperienoe, an oíd mond suggustod to iuo to color ñiy bair and tbos remove frota theeyesof th peo pie thb rspibach oí Cteiog an oíd man. And I oonaenteá flnally, to oíate thia rimont. And wliat do you think 'í The first time that I preached wit b brown lntir apon my head, 1 was greeted with a cali to sottle in thc ministiy, and have Bversince boen th happy pastor of a oaotted and apparently perfectly saiasfied people So muuh for thc color of one's hair - so iinuh in proof that looks are Etomethinè after all, notwithetaiiding the oíd proverb that looks aro nothiiig, and behavior is alk