Temper and Temperament.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 20, 15 May 1912, Page 10

Temper and Temperament.

C* the prtma vnha who throve.ft » ' - - rl 1 sail * hat I the ir: temperate--: :.' And of t -.* washera pot f ea - • the - salt “She hath s 1 .. - . : : . - .7 ?e*are vf temper. T-e ri.h man, ■ . f temper - - .. . - ; - vessel and droppeth dev 1. The poor :::an getters hot the collar, a l - - .>Car, l*- -g celluloid, igniter!-. .» .-1 ham*:'.-, aim to death. While angry at •_>* cam in he loveth. a man marry era a woman be doth not love. And, fee-hold, it steth hn half his fort ne t ■ _ ’ i h_* temper —and h * freedom. Ye: temper hath its uses. Tt giseth a man courage to do that which he laekera the nerve to perpetrate in cold b.ood. And it serveth .i* an admirable excuse. If he sulth. Pani-.m me. I i.ave such an ungovernable tem *r." he is forgiven, a* if he * -re i t inato.- aci not responsible. Temper maketii Johnny to g- into - >r:r'::r-. And. behold, hl- m •th- r «: ■ r-.o'uiieth. proudly: “ J.vcnr.v •- s- h a -:r :ng . hdd. *o much temperament. dowt you know.” Whi-*» re.-aark Johnny often overheareth and, l»eing wiser than thou wmMsC expeet .:•:' *-i.-h a mother he *tringet’e he- -n:» nor* and himself *tiE higher. :;»•:! fata*r ■ breaketh the string. Te ; per maketh madam tu snap a the hand of her husband wh-*a it petieth her. And hubby, saying: ”.*he * *■• nervou*, - put-eta on a glove taat hi* hand may not be lacerated, and earesaeth her mor* tenderly than ever Temperament, like temper i* greatly overworked as an excuse. The man wh s defraudeth the barber an I d.»-* his t<**t to k**p the elot he*-cleaner and premea from earning a living, plea.let:: in ex tenuation th* poetic temperaa mt. And the one who keepth irregular I; sirs and worse.company, and -hirt bosom f*eleth the imprint of a -»ugh.*l eheek more often than the touca of • Lana-lire-e’s hatsd, attribeteth his Jeliu-

queneie* to the Bohemiau temperament The supposed possesion of a literary temperament bath led many a woman to take a course in the literature ot the Italian Renaissance when she needetb far worse a course of treatment by a manicurist, a modiste, and a hairdresser. Verily, yea, verily, a sweet temper is more to be desired than a sweetheart, and is easier to keep.