The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
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world ] ks blue TO them. Just such
smile as Christ gave to the little children
ages ago, when He took them IA His
arms and told them stories ana blessed
them.
And so we could write volumes on the
smiling heart. and yet never reach tho
final volume or estimate the far-reaching
effect and endless Joy IL creates.
How beautiful the face OF those whose
smile
Doth make Gods sunshine in the heart
OF toll;
In low sick rooms. q presence OF health;
The true rich folk, in whom the poor
have wealth"
Mrs RosEAioND D. RAMSEY.
200 G street northwest
Three little rules we all should keep
To make life happy and bright
Smile IN the morning. smile az noon
And keep on smiling et night
NARY J. HICKEY.
SO First street southssst
The thing that goes the faTthest toward
making life worth while,
That costs the least and does the most.
is just a pleasant smile:
The smile that bubbles from a heart that
loves its feuow-men.
VIII drive away the clouds OF gloom and
coax the sun again
It full Of worth and goodness, too, With
manly kindness blent;
It's worth a million dollars, and Il doesn't
cost a cent.
There Is no room for sadness when wa
see a CHEEKY smile.
II always has the same good look; it'a
never out OF style
It nerves US on 70 try again when failure
makes US blue;
The dimples Of encouragement arc good
for me and you.
II pays a higher interest. because It's
merely lent;
It's worth a million dollars. and II doesn't
cost a cent.
A smile comes very easy; you can wTin-
kle Up with cheer
A hundred times before you can squeeze
out a gloomy tear;
Its rpplings, moreover. to the true heart
strings that tug.
VIII always leave an echo that is very
Ike q hug.
So. smile away, folks understand what
by a smile IS meant;
It's worth million dollars. and It doesn't
cost a cent
ROLF THE.AN.
Forest szTicu
Who has not felt the influence, thu
value Of a smile? The smile that ban
ishes care and drives the shadows from
the heart; the smile that, springs from
the Joy OF living and reflects the sunshine
OF the soul?
The power OF e smile is often proven
by anuthesis. Every sin smiles in tina
first address. and carries light IN tha
face and honey IN the lip And Shakes
peare tells US. a man may smile and
be q villain still" But the real value OF
a smile lies IN the gladness Il reveals
and the response Il awakenS, and the
ability 70 smile evolves a perception OF
The gladness OF nature"
There's a dance OF leaves IN the aspen
bower,
There's a litter OF winds IN the beecheu
tree:
There's a smile on the fruit and smils
on the flower.
And laugh from the brook that runs 20
the sea. Bryant
TIE Victoria.
The mountain is without its SHOVE.
With your keen mountainous alert
Seem 20 know the mountain sighed
G B.
We cannot. OF course. all be handsome
And it's hard for Us all 10 be goods
We are sure, now and then. 10 be lonely.
And we don't always do as we should
To be patient is not always easy,
To be cheerful IS much harder. still:
But. at least. we can always be pleasant,
If We make UP our minds that we Will.
And II pays every time 10 be kindly,
Although you feel worried and blue;
| II you smile at the world and look cheer
ful.
/ The world will soon smile back al Won.
/ So, try TO brace up and look pleasant
NO matter how low you are down:
Good humor is always contagious.
/ But YOU Danish your friends when you
frown."
Ma STELLA B. THOMPSON
Arlington. Va
| smile Is very essential for everybody.
| Life without smiles is hopeless.
/ When stricken in despair. how delight
I full fl is 20 greet smiling faces. It renders
/ IMMIGRATION for the soul.
n A. GREENE
Alexandria, Va.
'Tt makes no difference whether You
/ are a railroad president. or a preacher.
/ or porter; whether you are playing IN
\ the National League or the Epworth
/ League; you need smile in your BUSH
( ness. It's good for what ais you. The
man with the owl-like face may get
| credit for being very wise. but re Is
/ mighty lonesome. The world loves a
/ winner, and next TO a winner Il loves a
/ loser who can grin and 90 at It again.
J The best polish for human face is a
sunny smile
| A. Z RANNEY.
/ & New jersey avenue northwest
A smile tinges and ungles the cheek
and brow. brightens the face. wears curls
! at the corners OF the mouth. and fires the
! eye.
Sds MINNIE MARSHALL
/ You gave on the way a pleasant smile
/ And thought no more about IL;
/ It cheered a life that was sad the whila
/ That might have been wrecked with
out Il;
| And so for thy smile and its fruitage fair
/ You'll reap a palm some time, some
! where.
DR. W. 8 JONES
| The value OF Gods smile when Il pene-
| trates the darkness OF night 20 e soul ops
/ pressed with fear and despair IS beyond
/ all comparison.-G. L. r
/ The world was sad. the garden Wild
I The man the hermit cfvhaE rfTT