something good to say of the devil."

"Well," said her mother, "we might all admire his perseverance."

Try to see how many good things you can see in people. It's the best
game of all to play.




THE BOY WHO WAS TO BE MANAGER


A boy recently answered an advertisement of a certain firm in New York
which wanted an office-boy. He went to the office, and as he was a
bright, neat-looking boy, he made a good impression upon the manager.
The manager liked him and told him to report for work the following
morning.

The boy was about to leave the office in great glee, when the manager
called him back and asked him to write his name, in order that he might
see whether or no he was a good writer. The boy wrote his name in such a
miserable scrawl that the manager could hardly read it, and he told the
boy that he was very sorry, but he would be obliged to cancel his
agreement, and could not take him on.

He then advised the boy to take lessons in penmanship, in order to
improve his writing.

"But," the boy said, "why do I need to be a good penman? I'm going to be