Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-12
Be AN OPTIMIST
IT COSTS A DOLLAR
A SMILE is THE SLOGAN OF AN
INSTITUTION, NOW BECOME
NATIONAL.
Are you an optimist?
If not, why not?


the Optimist Club of America, and
he wears a button in his coat and
broad smile on his countenance.
The button bears the legend.
Smile"
Congressman Bartlett is a men,
Der of the Optimist Club of America. |
and when he was here he wore
button and smile The club is
national institution, and was formed
for no other purpose than brighten
ing away the bugaboo of hard times. |
The idea originated in the fertile
brain of William ]. Robinson of
New York and Salt Lake, and was
born in the Commercial Club of Salt
Lake. Since then it has spread all
over the United States, and the Gov
ernors of every State in the Union
are on its executive committee, with
Governor John c. Cutler of Utah. As
chairman
The following resolutions and dec
laration of principles have been
adopted and plentifully signed:
Whereas, there is a wave of pes
simism and lack of confidence sweep
ing over our country today, making
the timid more timid and causing
strong men to tremble, and
Whereas, there is a spirit abroad
which tends to put the emphasis on
the negative side of life, leading to
conditions of extreme pessimism it
has been deemed wise to effect an
organization for the purpose of put
ting the emphasis on the positive
side of life and encouraging optimism
and confidence.
Therefore, be it resolved, that a
national organization, known as the
Optimist Club of America be formed,
encouraging and disseminating optim-
istic thought and spirit of conf
dence throughout the land.
''The annual dues of the organiza-
tion to be $1.00 per year, which will
entitle the member to a button of
the club and literature from time to
time of a conservatively hopeful op-
timistic character.
I'VE request the signing of the fol-
lowing Declaration of Principles Of
the Optimistic Club:
r I'VE invite every man who can
smile in the face of trouble to join
and pass the smile along. When we
are half hour dead we cannot
change a quarter, and life is sweeter
than death because We can still smile,
and our smile may make some poor
fellow forget his troubles.
Nothing goes to the 'demnition
bow bows but the dead ones. Any
old dead fish can float with the cur
rent; but it takes the live ones tt
swim up stream. 1t behooves gooC
men to stand together and smile ant
have full confidence in themselves
their country and their destiny. Vine
gar vendors have the floor. Let u
establish honey exchange ant
smile, stick and smile"
Here are some of the notices 0
the Optimist Club:
God reins, the Union still lives
and the sun shines, even though thu
clouds obscure it,
There are more people dying TO
the lack of a kind word, a pat oil
the back and a little encouragement
than there are from disease.
A smile is potential, magnetic an
dispels trouble.
The man who never makes an
mistakes, never makes anythin
else
Hard luck stories are like overdu
notes.
60 bury thy sorrows, the worl
hath it's share Just smile.
Before money was invented som
people were happy.
Shake hands as though you near
1t, and smile.
Nobody can compute the value
a smile; a frown has cost kingdom
You are under a real obligation I
every man on earth.
When in doubt, take optimism.
In darkness. in light, in sorroN
in blight,
Be an optimist ever and Trims
will come right.
You cannot put influence In
glass case.
Optimism is the first-born OF hop
the mother of confidence. the exec
toner of adversely and the unde
taker of pessimism.
\ frown is renegade smile IN
is afraid to look itself in the face.
Nobody can really harm you D
/. yourself.
/, On the faces OF the happy aged
is a well known fact that wrinki