The Charm Of Reserve

Uo not bo too auxious to givo away yoursolf, to wear your hoart upon your sleovo. It is not onlyunwise- it is wrong - to make your secret soul common property ; for you bring tho delicate things of the heart into contempt byexposing thora to thoso wlio cannot understand them. If you throw pearls bcforo swine they will turn again and rond you. Kor, again, should you claim too much openncss, as a duty to you, froni your child, your friend, your wifeoryourhusband. Much of the charm of lifo i8 ruined by exacting demanda of contidence. Eespect the natural raodesty of tho soul ; its more delicate flowors of fticling close their petáis when they aro touched too rudely. Wait with curious love - with eager interest - for the time when, all being harmoniouB, Iho revolation will come undomanded. ïho expectation has its chnrm, foraslong as lite has something to learn, life is in(eresting ; as long as a íriend has something to give, friendship is delightful. ïhose who wish to destroy all mystery in those they love, to havo evorything revealed, are unconsciously killiug their own happiness. It is much to be with those who have iuany things to say to us which we cannot bear now. It is much to live with those who sometimes spoak to us in parables if we lovo them. Love needs some indefinitenass in ordortokeep its charm. Eespect, which saves love from the familiarity which degrades it, is kept vivid when we feel that there is a mystery in those we love wbich comes of depth of character. llemeniber, that in violating your own reserve, or that of ancither, you destroy that sonsitivenes8 ei chaiacter which makes so much of the beauty of character ; and beauty of character is not so cotnmon as not to mako it