Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-13

ply him with whatever was needed for
the operation. But the joints would not
go together easily. They slipped, and
the good man skinned his fingers and
let out a few uneuphonious explosives.
The good wife was complacent and said
only Sing the doXology, john Not
bad advice, you will admit, even if it
cumstances. You canno sing and be
angry at the same time. There is more
curative power sometimes in a good,
round, ringing laugh, han there is in a
whole drug store. 1t is worth trying as
a cure for almost any disease or morbid
disposition. Most of US do not laugh
half enough.
G~ood-nature has great hygienic val
ue. 1t legthens life and keeps n
young, while the hair is turning gray.
1t mitigates the pains and discomforts
of disease and disability. 1t is the very
best lotion known for keeping away the
wrinkles from the face and forehead and
the corners of the eyes. A good woman
was once a%pplauded by a small circle of
friends for her goodness and cheeri-
ness. She begged them to say no more
for" said she, though I do try to
be good and bright and cheerful from
some really high motives, l have one
reason which I fear is a low OIL -"
What do you mean?" wa the query.
Il. mean," she continued that 1 once
heard that beauty after fifty years, de-
pended not so much upon the features
as upon the character. Like all women.
l desire to be beautiful, and as Prov
idence has denied me the features nee
essary to secure that result in early life,
l determined to MAKE the attempt to
be beautiful at fifty. So I try to be
good and CHEEKY and see the bright
side.' There was sound philosophy in
every word that the woman said. Sol
ONION knew his physiology when he told
the people in n place that there was
a time to laugh and in a another place
that a merry heart doeth good like med
icine. A happy thought has struck me
lately to try to reduce my drug store
bills by more laughter and less medi-
cine. Laughter is cheaper, and, L be-
gin to think, quite as ~ef1icacious. A
friend of Lord Palmerston, closely as
ISOLATED with him, said once that for
twenty years he never saw the great
prime minister angry with one eXcep-
ton, and hen the pr%ovocation was I'M
usually aggravating. Who can tell but
Palmerston's great longevity was due
to his equanimity and good humor?
Spurgeon says that the only thing an
ger eel improves is the curve Of a
cats back. When a man gets his back
up it spoils his figure. Sydney Smith
was an invalid for some years before he
died, but he warded of the dismal eff
fects of disease by keeping up his spir-
it's. In response to an inquiry n day
about his health, he said, II have govt,
asthma and several other maladies, but
am otherwise very we'll" And in one
Of his last letters, when he was much
emaciated and failing rapidly, occurs
this sentence, "If you see sixteen or
eighteen pounds of flesh wanting an
owner, they belong to me-" One of the
most popular and enjoyable humorists
on the platform today is Marshall p.
Wilder. He is a hunch-back and l have
reason to know that he is an almost
constant sufferer, but he laughs himself
and makes others laugh and forget his
distresses. 0 I am sure that most of us
do not yet know how to estimate the
hygienic value of a laugh. There are
times in life when it is better thar a
whole beef and a warehouse full of
-four. 1t is food and medicine and COM
fort altogether. Learn to laugh. you
who have forgotten, and laugh often.
Laughter affects religion. A morose f
disposition discolors the whole land |
scape of truth, even Gospel truth. Good
and charitable, makes one think a great
deal of Heaven and our Fathers love.
"A crusty nature makes one harsh and
critical and eXacting, makes one think
VI ~ PllAC III pullioliIIISIlG allu !
our Fathers stern justice. John Cal
vim was a constant sufferer from dis !
ease. If he had not been, we would not
know so much today about the severe +
No n can estimate says Ian Mac
laren, 'how much Germany has gained |
from Luther's genial and robust nature, |
or Scotland lost because Calvin was a |
en- man. Too much of our theology in 1
the past has had the dyspepsia, and I |
not wonder that there is a vigorous /
against it today. 1t used to be
boys were sent to study |
law or medicine. or into a business ca
reer, and the sickly, deformed, half
alive lads who played no games and had
sports, entered the ministry. But
at last the decree has gone forth that
the pulpit shall cease to be a refuge for
l~ncurables, and that men with robust
views of life, who are physically
C"iSis - IL ilos, 1 dplc dl ally TdIeI
70 keep their ailments from dominating
their convictions, that such men shall
us theology and religious duty.
wan a greed in these times that
will not regard laughter as a misde-
neanor. and innocent amusement as
indulgence. The attitude of
he Puritan was, II will forego all
pleasures until I have crushed out Cav
llier vices" 1t was so akin to religion
the two became identical, and
many forms of the most harmless |
pleasure came to be regarded as re-
iniquities. Macaulay says
hat the Puritans objected to bear bait
ng, not because it tormented the bear,
but because it gave pleasure to the
spectators. Now I protest that the reli-