Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-09-05

drifts along the floor. they might be
approach of cold weather. The sum.
mer vacation has done its share i'm
scattering the sadness of autumn. The
gloom of barren fields and leafless
trees was deepcned by tired nerves and
a reluctant digestion. Now. when al
most every worker has short breath.
ing space. the fall comes as the be.
ginning of season of healthfu If
strenuous work. not as the end of one
weary struggle and the beginning of
another still more weary. I.ut the
change of mood in regard to autumn
has Il still deeper source. knowledge
ana science 'have given us confidence
In the permlnence and beneiccnce of
natures laws. The savage feared the
eclipse which we now study with de.
lighted eagerness. The pioneer dread
ed the winter of an untricd climate.
The dangers of drought. of food. of
famine ana Of tempest have all been
miiigated or conquered by the advance
of civilization. SO the farmer and the
poet alike may exchange "the melan-
chOly days" Of Bryant for "the happy
autumn fields" Of Tennyson. and may
have faith with Browning that "spring
shall plant and autumn garner to the
end of time"
1t would not be advisable to instruct
people In easy ways of killing them.
selves. They are altogether too fond
Of suicide as 1t Ii. 1t really seems,
however. that there Is need for popu.
lnr education In such matters which
Will keep people from torturing them.
selves to death with carbOlic acid or
rat poison. II they must kill them.
selves they should not endure unneces.
snry agony. Carbolic acid has attained
surprising vogue as II letlal agent.
probably because II Is cheap and easily
procured. 1t can be bought at any
drug store and a nlckel's worth Is sur.
icient to kill. Yet 1t IL n most ago.
nizing instrument Of death. 1t is n
powerful escllarotic--it actually burns
and destroys living tissue wherever II
touches. The man who drinks Cur.
bOlic acid pOurs liquid flame down his
tliroat. 1t cOrrodes and eats away the
lining Of the whole digestive tract. The
ensuing torture IL indescrlbable. Rat
poison In largely made of arsenic. one
Of the deadliest and cruelest pOIsons
known to the chemist. 1t produces
pains compared with which the tor.
lures Of cholera morbus are insignia.
cant. 1t eXcites unquenchnble thirst
gripes, commissions. Death by arsenic
Is horrible In the extreme. Yet these
two agencies Of sclf-destructiOn are
the most frequently employed. Car.
bOlic acid leads. with rat poison close
second. People torture themselves to
death. They should be informed OF
the agOnies which they invite. Perhaps
the knowledge would act Us a deter.
rent.
The hearty laugn tnat comes Of
wholesome merrimcnt Is the sunshine
OF life that drives creeping gloom
shadows from the face and rOuts
skulklng cares from the heart. As
soon rs the world finds out that you
enjoy a hearty laugh II will bring you
many n pleasant story. Care fees from
smiling face. but looks upon Il frOwn
as an invitation to come md abide
with the one .Wl,n-we'rs II. But not
all smiles have real sunshine In them.
Some faces have learned the act of
making up" SO well that even smile
can be put on 80 smoothly that no one
but n child can fathOm Its insincerity.
A child that has not learned to deceive
has not yet learned how to be de.
ceived. The two requirements come
hand In hand. Children know intui.
lively whether or not smile Is genu.
Inc or Is put on like a mask for an
occasion. Children are keener than
adults In detecting masks, for the req.
son that adults usually have to look
through their own masks to see the
masks on others. There Is no charm
In smile II II lacks genuineness. A
smile may be as deep as a well and
ms wide as n barn door. 1t may reach
clean around and tie In a double bow
ut the back; but the instant we detect
that 1t Is not genuine we detest II.
Thereafter, the more there IL Of II the
worse We hate It. There have been
more Hes smiled than have ever been
told In any other way. The VOlapuk
language Is nothing new. The smile
mas always been universal speech. II
mas ever expressed clearly the simplest,
the sweetest, the greatest emotions of
the human soul. Take the smile and
Its universal Significance away from
us, and all our words would become
meaningless, because every one of the
human emotions that distinguish us
from beasts would. like spring that
Ia walled In, stagnate for want of an
outlet. Addison insists that "there IL
no real life hut cheerful life," and
Steele says. II am persuaded that ev.
cry time man smiles, but much more
SO when he laughs, 1t adds something
to this fragment Of life." Giggling, OF
course, Is quite another matter. Laugh.
Ing may be overdOne. There Is no
fool like one who makes fun at the
wrong time. The smile that comes
from a really cheerful heart Is never
out OF place. But there are laughs
and giggles that are only mouth deep.
Own II you can one of those WELDON.
Ing faces that bring the sunshine to
life's Swallowed spots. He who gives
most JOY ever receives most. Hap.