TACT AND GENTLENESS

New Zealand Tablet, 4 November 1909, Page 1757

TACT AND GENTLENESS

Of -all the gifts to" be prayed for,* next to grace of -heart, tact and gentleness in manner are the most desirable. A brusque, curt manner, - a cold indifference, a snappish petulance, a brutal appearance of stolidity ■ antagonise and wound and rob even really kind actions of half their value. It is worth while to do a kind thing gracefully and tactfully. - There is a certain proprietary demeanor which never makes a mistake, which guards tho feeling of a loved one as carefully as a mother cherishes her little delicate child. In . time "" such tact becomes natural, and one who has it makes others happy without trying to do so.