The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20
:. THE "HA-HA" CURE ::

HE latest novelty in the fash
ionabIe world is a doctor Of ex-
preston. That is to say, the ugly
woman can be taught to smile
like a benign Mona Lisa, to quirk
her head to one side and look at you
out of large, mournful eyes like
Beatrice Cenci, or have the upward
penitent gaze of a sorrowing Mary,
and no one save those in the secret
know that this is an acquired art, says
a writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch. On
first sight this seems folly, but If ma
ture has not endowed one with a
shapely head, a determined chin, a
soft, beautifully formed hand, why not
try to cultivate them?
Nothing interests me so much IN
travelling" says a man who has been
around the world twice, ''as to note
the different faces 1 meet. Each tells
a story. The attitude of the body. the
bandshake, movements of the feet all
are significant to the character reader
who utilizes his knowledge in giving
an opinion of a persons attributes.
have sat in a car and noted the women
mass in and out Different nationall-
ties have different features and a mix
( ture of blood is often revealed.
IF you were to ask me what charm
is most potent about women l should
say the ability to laugh, and so the
expression doctor is doing good
whether he knows it or not. OF all
charms which the Creator has be-
slowed upon women surely the glrt
of laughter is most to be desired. Just
notice that girl over there who IS
Laughing. You see she has drawn all
to her. AS friend, sweetheart or wife
she is a tonic or those who love her
and her fund of amusement drives
away care and lightens the heaviest
burdens. Viewed in about every light
/ the woman who laughs is to be en-
We'd"
! Il am glad to hear you say this,
/ replied a welI-known woman, for
am taking the laugh cure. What
/ does it consist Of? Oh, 1t is simple
enough and was suggested to me by
/ the expression doctor. Every morn
! ing when I arise 1 stand erect, smile
and then 'ha! hal out loud. 1t is not
SC difficult as one would think. After
I have forced myself into doing this
> I feel that the third or fourth hal ha!
comes very naturally, for 1 laugh at
I myself for doing it. The result? L
am good-tempered for all day. If 1
get up with a fit of the blues L feel
l have banished them simply by the
! mechanical art of the 'ha! ha' If l
am feeling good-natured have inten-
sified the emotion. The expression of
my face is changing, my temper is
| getting better and my digestion Is i'm
proved Isn't that worth going to an
! expression doctor to learn?"
The expression doctor himself con-
firms all this. There is no doubt
that the woman who cultivates her
sense of humor has a valuable asset,
both as a wife and entertainer" re-
marked one of the most successful Of
these practitioners, whose Office is
thronged by wealthy women. There
is nothing more tiresome than a
woman without sense of humor,
who takes everything seriously, and is
so intense that she misses half the
pleasures of life. AS a rule, intensity
and lack of humor are forerunners of
narrowness of life and they make tire
some people. Of course, there are
smiles and smiles. There is the dis
trustful, the cynical, the silly school
girl giggle. I avoid all these and
show my patrons how to laugh so that
contour is rounded out, wrinkles are
smoothed and the countenance is
transfigured.
Besides. not only is the complexion