Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
dapDiness Cultivated.

1t is a truth as old as creation that
Womankind arc the victims of their en-
Vlronment. 1t is only of late that it
has occurred to the more adventurous
that they could struggle and, perhaps,
conquer the unhappy conditions by which
they were surrounded. This has given
us the new woman. the girl bachelor
and the feminine Mark TaDleys, who are
brayely endeavOring to be as Jolly as they
can under creditable circumstances If
man was made to mourn as the melan-
choly song says, he has generally dele
gated the biggest part of the task to his
sisters. It seems to have been Il fore
gone conclusion with everyone, that
women enjoy being unhappy, and so
everything has been done to facilitate
the matter
1t has always been esteemed genteel
for women to be melancholy. A smile is
thought to be better form for her than
Il laugh, and even when the great heart
breaking tragedies of life come, they fail
heaviest on her, for men may go out i'll
the sunshine, mingle with other people.
and forget for a time, at least. their
grief, while custom has prescribed that
women should shroud their faces in thick
wells, deck themselves i'll clothes whose
continual presence never let's them lose
sight OF their loss. and makes them sit
behind closed shutters day after day,
eating their hearts out in unavailing
tears and sorrow.
Such environment is bound to have it's
inevitable effect in shattered nerves and
broken health, and the dullest observer
knows that another woman has become
the victim of her surroundings. A ciev-
or and original California woman, who
realized what an effect surroundings
had on the feminine temperament, has
just been trying novel experiment. She
was woman who had had many great
Enr clio had hta ok
gowns, and smiles had been strangers to
her. Her health was wreck. She
was the victim of insomnia, nervousness,
dyspepsia and kindred ailments. She
determined to try a cure for unhappiness,
and to be cheerful, and laugh. whether
she was amused or not. She threw her
house open to the sun; she put on cheer
full gowns, and three times a day, wheth-
er she felt like it or not, she laughed
heartily, uproariously. She trained her.
self to a laugh at the slightest provoca-
ton. and when none presented itself she
would retire to her room and there make
merry by herself.
complete success. Health has followed
in the footsteps of merriment, and the
laughter. once such a hollow mOckery.
has now attained the genuine ring of
enjoyment. More than that. her example
has been contagious. and her husband
and children and neighbors have been
infected with mirth, and they are all
now healthy, happy and wise. 1t is to
be hoped that the unhappiness cure may
become craze, like the water fad, the
grape cure and the other long list of
cures with which a nervous and dyspep-
tic people have amused themselves. 1t
was never intended that we should al
ways mourn over the inevitable griefs
and disappointments of life. Calm sue
ceeds the severest storm, the day brea ks
fair and beautiful on the darkest night,
smiles should follow tears. Throw open
the windows of your soul to Gods
blessed sunlight and let laughter curve
the lips of pain, and the brightness re-
turn to tear-dimmed eyes. Try the cure
for unhappiness and be happy.-New
Orleans Picayune.