The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26

That Is the only name I know for the saieswoman who has stood behind its counters probably thirty years Oh, put she is sour faced and meat ax raced! Undoubtedly she Is disappoint- eo m life, and no wonder, for she gets out. Long ago, when the shop was prosperous, she began to snap at GUS toners like a snapping turtle. If they asked for some slight change in the way of packing or delivering the wares. they only got refusal so sharp and bitter that it was ike an insult.
 She apparently had a grudse at all the race and tok 1t out on the helpless customers who bought of her. Her mean temper prevented her from ever learning anything new, so she and her shop fell away behind the
 times. People shun the Mary Ann face.
 She never was a beauty to begin. She must have started in life with a mild type of vinegar face, but she kept on fermenting all the honey of our mortal nature in her breast till now she is only a human vinegar jug, with a snapping turtle mouth. That mouth-of course it sags away down at the corners--looks like a pair or printers parentheses laid horizontally WlIn the eHuS uOWh <Ahh NOSc not get invitations to Thanksgiving dinners, because the absence of the Mary Ann face is something to be thankful for.
 So, first and foremost this 30th of November, 1905, be thankful you have not acquired the vinegar face that is "enough to stop clock" By sheer force of will and good will drive away this Thanksgiving every frown, every shadow of depression. every trace of envy or discontent from your coun- tenance and look pleasant all day. After that keep 1t up forever and be- ware the Mary Ann face! little yielding to bad temper. temporary lapsing into 'crossness." as 1t is we'll called, or a bit of malice or envy or discontent and Encouragement will be- gin to make in your countenance a dotted line of the vinegar face. Check yourself up short. Not for Kingdom let yourself get that awful scarecrow face. especially as the whole matter is something within your own control.
 Going out of a business place heard a pleasant voice, a mans voice, say, All right, lady, I'll open the door for you" looked around and there was a face even pleasanter than the voice. and both face and voice be- longed to a gentlemen who wore apron. The face, very handsome one, was DrfIliant Wlth health and good nature. Here was, . man who understood. He had learned would say in a past inearnation--to put himself in the place of others and see their side of things, discerning thus that all indi- no matter what their condi- tions, have trouble and sorrow and all alike are entitled to courtesy, sym- pathy and kindliness. So he was born into this life with healthy body and A face so attractive that a thought full person inyoluntarily turned to look at 1t. Such difference in the happi- ness of us all does facial expression make!
 So be grateful this Thanksgiving that you do not present to the public view the meat ax face which some men and women wear. Moreover. know for certain that the oldest and sourest of us can change the vinegar face to one that will give pleasure to every one who sees it in this poor, troubled world. We may, if we so will and work, have reasons to be grateful that our faces grow more with each annual Thanksgiv- ing.
 Jane Moses.