The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20

speech. pay no attention to iaus AZ
logic. look IKE . feather bolster TIED VITA
2 string. and II she be (as she frequently
- JOY maker. her place II at the head
Of her class and hsr name 10 sunshine. No
one can resist her. Ton may sAudder n
her grammar, and groan IT her figure, but
sne captures Jon just the same. To make
sunshine IN . shady place = . heavenly
GIFT Biesssd Are the Joy NaksfS' win
80 around amid the dew Of falling tears.
tn the shadow Of gloomy sorrow 70 re3sice
the hearts Of those who live IN DARK and
silent despair
When the ministers want to impress their
congregations with the honor Of givfng
freely they tell us that the Lard Ioves .
cheerful Etyer. Ths Lord loves also Q
cheerful heart, also cheerful face. These
people who 80 around with their mouths
drawn at ths corners. looking - sancti-
ded - mustard pot. think they are about
fixed Tor perpetual salvation, but / don't
think the angels would Ike to sec them
come trooping into their hailiwick looking
like this 1t does not take much courage
to wall up ones eyes or draw down ones
mouth. or assume the sombre appearance
Of having rsnounced al the pomps and
vanities and only chewing ones food a. 4
means OF sustaining . lie for some one
eis4's benefit.
But TO smile on q frowning world. to be
cheerful undsr al circumstances, to re-
fuse to gr0wl even though the water back
has tursted over your new kitchen mat
ting. II one OF the degrees Of beatituds
which ats body for heavenly elevations.
- a. LII
way. II you pass green oasis and rec .
tall rose bush. on which the beautiful
buds and flowers are glowing In tho sum
shine. yon pause and something within
you. the good part OF yourself, responds
to the loneliness and perfume OF the rose.
90 with the Joy makers Of the earth.
No soul so small. no heart so hard that
does not have some quota to offer in ex-
change for the sweetness shed by . smile
or the delight impaired By . heartfelt
laugh. Even the people who fret and
fume for living. though they seem to
resist the impress of another's joy. soften
and melt as ice does In the sun.
Good humor is more or less contagious.
have seen a whole carload OF grumpy.
hungry psople softcned and leavened by
gurgiing up and down the aisle.
Joy makers are not abundant. more'E the
pity. There are many who feel the I'm
pulse. but fear OF the critical. distrust OF
the unsympathetic. keep them from let
ting the world hear the spontaneous OUT
growth OF this heavenly gift
so many retreat within their shell. like
snaIls. hiding In their crusty homes, AFRAID
OF the outlook.
II has always seemed to me that people
should be punished az much for sitting
beautiful impulses as for depriving man
OF his life. To smother the laughter OF a
merry heart. to suppress the outburst Of
noble enthusiasm. to duh the luster Of
the tw.nkling eye, to freeze the smile Of
sensitive lips. In rs malicious as It 10 un-
warranted. There isn't q thing In "Ths
Lords Prayer which would lead me to
believe that He wants us to 20 around
grop.ngiy like mummies that have not
seen the sun for a thousand years. search
Ing for all the merry makers to quench
and freeze them with stony stare.
think IL there Is anything that He does
want, 1t Ii to see US all like little children,
smiling at one another and rejecting in
our faces the giadness Of our neighbor,
gathering on iife's highways such joys az
we can, and when we fall asleep resting
In smilir- silence. that our dust nourish
the flowers which offer their beauty and
perfume TO succeeding generations.
NANCY LEE.