Bent County register., 1888-07-07

band was far off "on the wild raging sea, ,
and the fond parent, fancying that the an
gels were whispering to her child, told it to
tell them to watch DER its father" who
was then encountering the pcrils of wint.
and wave.
1T looks so fair the infant with its smilt
Its soft, sweet trust, its voice that knows
no guile;
Letting its pleased and wondering glances
roll
Offering 20 life, on all sides, its young
sui"
Boys and girls get up laughter at amaz-
ingly low figures, and when they laugh
there IS no hypocrisy about it. A penny
whistle, two cents and jack knife will
make weeks fun for boy; and a wax
doll, a skipping rope and few pieces of
broken china-ware will keep girl laugh
ing all day long. Children of larger
growth are not SO easily pleased.
! will now speak of the good natured
laugh" This sort of laugh is quite com
mon. If you are in prosperous circum-
stal.ees, your friends and acquaintance
always greet you with sweet smile of
congratulation; if you go with compan-
ion on u journey, and some misfortune hap
pens to You, he will try to soften the ca
lamity by good natured laughter.
Two sportsmen were once nunvng to-
gether; having to get over high wall, one
of them, in doing so, broke his leg. On
looking up at his more fortunate compan-
ion, he was shocked to see him smiling, -
he thought, at his misfortune. This look
ed rather unISind, and he cried out. "What.
YOU laugh. and my leg broken = "Yes,
said the other, II was so pleased that it
was not your neck that l could not help
smiling" Now this was an exhibition of
good nature, though perhaps not in very
good taste.
Genuine, good natured laughter is highly
commondable; but there is a great deal of
false article current among mankind
"A spurious imitation
When ladies go shopping-which hap
pens pretty often-the clerk welcomes
them to his counter with a sweet, insinu-
ating smile that would coax the birds
off the bushes" But depend upon it his
bows and wreathed smiles have purpose
in them, as you sometimes find 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 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 busi-
ness act politely towards all who come in
contact with him-even though it may be
mere assumption. Whoever has the art of
pleasing in an eminent degree cannot but
he successful in business, and all young
men, and young women too, should study
how to have a smiling countenance and po-
lite behavior until both became, as it were,
part of their nature.
Sometimes it may not be possible to
maintain a pleasant countenance and a
cheerful tone Of voice.
For It's hardly in a body's power
To keep at times from looking sour"
But you can try, and you will find that
the more you try the easier it will become.
Now and then" says Addison, you
meet with a 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.
quently the effect of much knowledge and
a command over the passions
Just so command the passions, and the
face will soon be radiant with smiles
the temper amiable and winning If you
ladies desire beautiful countenance such
rs no cosmetics can produce, cherish and
cultivate a cheerful disposition and then,
no matter whether your features be Gre
clan or Roman, your complexion blonde or
brunette, you will have charla independ-
ent both of color and form that will gain
the admiration of all with whom you come
in contact. On the other hand if you will
be ugly, and have all WHO see you say Il do
not like her." knit your. brows, frown at
all who LOOK at you, snap when you are
spoken to, let your department be cold and
supercilious, and you will have the reputa-
ton of being n sour-visaged, nasty, disa-
greeable, ill-natured thing.
come now to ill-natured laughter.
To laugh at another's misfortune, or to
Jest at human suffering, no matter what
that suffering or misfortune may arise from,
is devilish.
Sheridan says, "To smile at the Jest which
plants thorn in another's breast, is to be-
come principal in the mischief" And
yet how often we see deformed and suffer
ing humanity made the subject of mirth ;
how often we hear laughter that has not a
particle of sympathy in it; how often we
see smiles that convey nothing but agony
10 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 u.s." 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 n smile that lights the face,
And many gay word spoken,
t,aapt IN hide deSnoir within
And hearts by sorrow broken"
The next kind of smile will alIude to
is "the smile of betrayal"-such smile as
is practiced by those who ask you "How are
you, to-day, my brother?n and then stab
you under the fifth rib. This is the worst
of all smiles it has the look of murder
about IL. and is found only in perfection