
| UNHAPPINESS MANUFACTURER |
| But she was having a most unpleasant time with herself. She openly criticized everything: the car as being dingy and drafty, the service as being abominable, and the food as being unpalatable. Her husband, who seemed to know his wife rather well, in contrast, was a genial, affable, easy-going and adaptable person. He seemed a bit embarrassed by his wife’s critical attitude and somewhat disappointed too, because they were on a pleasure trip. In order to change the conversation, the man turned to Peale. Asked what business he was in, he informed him that he was a lawyer. And with a grain, he added, “My wife is in the manufacturing business.” Peale was surprised because she did not in the least look the type, so he asked, “What does she manufacture?” “Unhappiness,” the man replied, “she manufactures her own unhappiness!’ |






