He contented himself with the two
following, of which the first ran:-
"He did try it at last. A little correction of the right kind taken
at the right moment is invaluable. No more swearing. No more bad
language of any kind. A lamb-like temper ensured in about twenty
minutes, by a single dose of one of our spiritual indigestion
tabloids. In cases of all the more ordinary moral ailments, from
simple lying, to homicidal mania, in cases again of tendency to
hatred, malice, and uncharitableness; of atrophy or hypertrophy of the
conscience, of costiveness or diarrhoea of the sympathetic instincts,
&c., &c., our spiritual indigestion tabloids will afford unfailing and
immediate relief.
"_N.B_.--A bottle or two of our Sunchild Cordial will assist the
operation of the tabloids."
The second and last that I can give was as follows:-
"All else is useless. If you wish to be a social success, make
yourself a good listener. There is no short cut to this. A would-be
listener must learn the rudiments of his art and go through the mill
like other people. If he would develop a power of suffering fools
gladly, he must begin by suffering them without the gladness.
Professor Proser, ex-straightener, certificated bore, pragmatic or
coruscating, with or without anecdotes, attends pupils at their own
houses.
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