The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-04

laueh.m This sort of laugh is quite COM
mon. If you are in prosperous cfcum-
-talges. your friends and acquaintance
ALWAYS greet Won with q sweet smile OF
ConCrntulatiOn; If You go with q compan-
ion on "A Journey, and some misfortune hap
pens to you, he will try 10 soften the ca
iamity by good natured laughter.
Two sportsmen were once hunting to-
prthcr; having To get over a high wall, one
of Them. in doing so, broke his leg. On
looking up Mt his more fortunate compan-
ION. he was shocked to see him smiling.
he thought ut his misfortune. This look
ed rather unkind. and he cried ont, What
YOU laugh, and my leg broken Yes,
said the other, 81 was so pleased that it
was not your neck that / could not help
smiling Now this wa. an exhibition Of
good nature, though perhaps not in very
good taste.
Genuine, good natured laughter is highly
commcndnble but there is a great deal of
a false article current among mankind
"a spurious imitation
When ladies go shopping-which hap
pens pretty oftcn-the clerk welcomes
them to his counter with a sweet, insinu-
ating smile that wOuld Coax the birds
Oh the hushes.n But depend upon il his
bows and wreathed smiles have q purpose
in them, as you sometimes lind out when
he has induced you to buy something You
really did not want, because the knight of
the yard stick was so fascinating and oblig-
ing.
In like cordial manner mine host" of the
hotel greets his customers with q smile
runs to lift young ladies out of Pas wagon,
takes their cloaks upon his arm and ushers
them into his sitting room, with the air OF
one who is all alive to their wants.
Well, l like to see every man of BUSH
ness act politely towards all who come in
contact with him-even though it may BIZ
mere assumption. Whoever has the art of
pleasing in an eminent degree canno but
he successful in business, and all young
men, and young women too, should study
how to nave II smiling countcnance and po-
lite behavior until both became, ms il Were,
part of their nature.
Sometimes it may not be possible to
maintain "A pleasant countenance aud q
cheerful tone of voice.
For tits hardly in a body's power
To keep at times from looking sour"
But you can hy, and you will find that
the more you try the easier it viii become
"Now and then says Addison, 'yOu
meet with n person so exactly formed to
please, that he will gain upon every one
who hears or holds him this disposition
is not merely the gift of nature, but fire.
q%uently the effect of much knowledge and
a command over the passionsin
lust so command the passions, and the
face will soon be radiant with smiles
the temper amiable and winning. If you
ladies desire a beautiful countenance such
as no cosmetics eau produce, cherish and
cultivate II cheerful disposition and then,
no matter whether your features be Gre
sint, ar Roman M nnNpIarinn hlnnla nr
brunette, you will AVE a charm independ-
ent both of color and form that will gain
the admiration of all with whom O come
in contact. On the other hand if you will
be ugly, and have all who see you say ~ do
not ike her" knit your brows, frown at
all who look at you, nap when you are
spoken to, let your department be cold and
supercilious, and you will AVE the reputa-
ton of being u sour-visaged, nasty, disa-
greeable, ill-naturcd thing.
come now to ill-naturcd laughter.
To laugh at anothcr's misfortune, or to
Jest at human suffering, no matter what
that suffering or misfortune may arise from,
is dcvilish.
Sheridan says, "To smile at the jest which
plants u thorn in anOtheris breast, is to be-
come a principal in the mischief" And
vet how often we see deformed and suffer
ing humanity made the subject of mirth
how often we hear laughter that has not n
particle of sympathy in it; how often we
see smiles that convey nothing hut agony
to the hearts of others.
Let us but remember The fable of the
frogs which the boys were stOning, when
one of the frogs spokeup and said, What
is fun to you is death to us" and we can
never more take pleasure in the pain of
any living thing.
There are smiles that never spring from
| ioy-smiles that hide broken hearts and
! wounded spirits.
"Some smile who never more will know
One hour without its sorrow
Gay words are often said by those
Who tremble for tomorrow
And many a smile that lights the face,
And many a gay word spoken,
Ate meant to hide despair within
And hearts by sorrow broken
The next kind of smile l will allude to
is "the smile of betrayaI"-such n smile as
is pruCticed by those who ask you "How are
you, to-day, my brother?" and then stab
you under the fifth rib. This is the worst
Of all smiles it has the look OF murder
about it, and is found only in perfection
when such monsters as Judas lsclriot OF
Benedict Arnold curse the earth with then
foul n unhOly presence. When n person
Gets you with this kind of "grin'-I will
e, dignity it by the name of smile, he as
he has some sinister design upon you.
The laughter Of the sot, the laughter of
il mailman, are species of laughter that
| will not torture you by attempting to de-
scribe.
The sentimental smile is the next I will
call attention to. Very young gentlemen,
who think themselves over head and ears
in love md Nnun,r lnli.g inst tnn;,r,n,
to read Byron and fashionable novels, and
TO write biHet-dOHr, make use of this smile.
1t Is a soft shipper, something between a
sigh and a smile, and meant to be most
tender and fascinating. You would think
bnttcr would not melt in their mouths, and
that they were too fragile to risk a puff of
wind-their aspirations soft as the breath
of tiowers-their speech like the dulcet
tones of an H3olian lyrel 1t is n question
not very easily answercd-what are such
folks good for? Watch one of these iraD
creatures rs she reclines on the lounge
~"Simpering, signing,
Lisping, crying
all for want of having something to do. A
young lady afflicted with this malady de-
scribes her feelings and courts sympathy
in these words:
MY heart is sick, my heart is sad,
But, oh the cause | dare not tell;
! am not grieyed, am not glad,
l am not sick, ! am not we'll
I'm not mysrlf-l'm not the same:
l am indeed | know not what;
I'm changed in all, except in name
Oh when shall l be changed in that"
or curse There is a time to weep,and
n time TO laugh-a time to mourn and u
time to Dance The wise alone can know
the proper time. | an quite aware that
extreme levity of speech and behavior is
productive OF much harm, and that "The