Smyrna times., 1876-11-08

body so glad to live with us, to see us, even
to meet us on the street.
People who have done things which have
made them famous, such as winning great
battles or filling high offices, often have
Whatare called "ovations." Hundreds ofpeo.
pie get together and make procession per.
maps, or go into great hall and make
speeches, all to show that they recognize what
the great man has done. After he is dead,
theyomld stone monument to him, perhaps,
and celebrate his birthday for few years.
Men work very hard sometimes for whole
lifetime to earn few things of this sort
But how much greater thing it would be
Tor man to have every man, woman and
child in his own town know and love his
face because it was full of kindly good
cheer. Such a man has perpetual "ova.
tlon," year in and year out, whenever he
walks on the street. whenever he enters
friends house.
Il Jist likes to let her in at the door" said
an Irish servant one day of woman know
whose face was always CHEEKY and bright !;
''the face of her does one good shurel'
said if there was only recipe-a sure
and certain recipe-for making a CHEEKY
person, we would all be glad to try it.
There is no such recipe, and perhaps if
there were, it is not quite certain that we
would all try it. 1t would take time and
trouble. Cheeriness cannot be taught like
writing, in 'twenty lessons;" nor analysed
and classified and set forth in a manual,
such as 'The Art of Polite Conversation" :"
or Etiquette Made Easy for Ladies and
Gentleman" 1t lies SO deep that no sur
face rules of behavior, no description ever
so minute of what it is or is not, does or
does not do, can ever enable person to
take it up" and "master'' it, like trade or
a study. l believe that it is the outset. a
good gift from God at ones birth, very
much dependent on ones body, and a
thing to be more profoundly grateful for
than all that genius ever inspired, or talent
ever accomplished. This is natural, sponta
neous, inevitable cheerinsss. This, if we
we were not born with it, we cannot have.
But next best to this is deliberate, intended,
and persistent cheeriness, which we can
create, can cultivate, and can so foster and
cherish, tn at after a few years the world
will never suspect that it was not herdi-
tary gift handed down to US from genera
tions. To do this we have only to watch
the cheeriest people we know, and follow
their example. We shall see, first, that the
CHEEKY person never minds-or if he minds
never says a word about-small worries,
vexations, perplexities. Second, that he
is brimful of sympathy in other peoples
gladness; he is heartily, genuinely glad of
every bit Of good luck or joy which comes
to other people. Thirdly, he has a keen
sense of humor, and never lets any droll
thing escape him he thinks it worth while
to laugh, and to make everybody about
him laugh at every amusing thing, no mat
ter how small, he has his laugh, and good,
hearty laugh too, and tries to make
everybody share it. Patience, sympathy
and humor-these are the three most mani
fest traits in the CHEEKY person. But there
is something else, which is more an emotion
than a trait, more state of feeling than n
quality of mind. This is lovingness. This
is the secret, so far as there is a secret this
is the real point of difference between the
mirth of the witty and sarcastic person,
which does us no good, and the mirth of
the CHEEKY person, which "doeth good like
a medicine"