But, in many cases, it is a positive and injurious irritant.

One meets with criticism, neither kind nor gentle, out in the world.

In the home, both man and woman need tenderness, sympathy, comradeship--and if there be weaknesses or failures that are openly or frankly confessed, there should be the added grace and virtue of compassion without any air of pitying condescension or superiority.

By all means help each other to mend, to improve, to reach after higher, noble things, but don't do it by the way of personal criticism, advice, remonstrance, fault-finding, worrying.

If you do, you'll do far more harm than good in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred.