The Washington herald., 1909-08-15

better Tor living in It. How contagious,
how maEnetict II attracts and influences
everything around Il. It Is as refreshing
70 lonely soul as the rain Is 20 the flow
ers, the trees, and the grasses. Wear one
and be convinced. When humanity real
lies the value Of the smile there will be
more sunshine. more sympathy, more
charity. more love IN this world OF ours
that was born with a smile. Smile and
the world will smile with you: Crouch and
you will crouch alone.
Mrs, Harry Bright Midlcn. OF 721 Eighth
street northwest, receives the third prize
OF 81 for this little bit OF brightness:
Did you ever try the gospel OF smiles?
A smile is a sunbeam OF the soul. 1t
lights up the eye and transhgures the
countenance A frown is easier, but il
gives no light open the soul-windows
and let in the light. and keep those win
dows open; then out that light in smiles
A smile can scatter gloom and silver-line
a cloud II costs little. but counts for
much. Tears and smiles lie near to-
gether Dry your tears and scatter your
smlles.-Anon.
The i've prizes OF 81 each have been dis
tributed as follows:
The value OF a smile is fncalculahle.
That may seem an exaggerated state
ment, but II is not. I do not refer 10 the
silly. perpetual smile OF person who
takes nothing seriously. I have in mind
the smile IN the face or adversely which
lessons the misfortune: the smile al a
frown or unllind remark which may IN
that little instant change the whole as
pect Of things. Does a smile from mother
or any one at home help you through the
day? II does me. Every one we meet
along the busy road OF the day may be
harboring some sorrow. some disgrace.
some disappointment. and a pleasant
glance as we pass may instu I'm their
hearts courage TO bear It and overcome
It, Life is given 10 others 20 enjoy as
much as 70 you, and why should we
blight some ones day by frowns and dis
agreeable looks?
ELIZABETH POWELL ORUNIP.
Here's 70 the man who's hand
Is firm when II grasps your own;
With grip Ike steel.
He makes you feel
That you're not in the world alone.
Here's TO the man whose smile
Puts somber clouds to rout:
The smile that IS fair
And kind and square
To the man who's down and out"
HARRY r. HOUSTON.
Hampton. Va.
Nothing is nobler than with honest
heart TO scatter around you Gods own
pure. sweet. and constant smiles. Scatter
the smiles unstintedly. Gather them from
everywhere. Store the mind with them.
Fill up the heart. Let the character re-
feet them. Let life illustrate them.
Smiles smiles everywhere. and happiness
as fun as the sunshine.
Station C.
little smile in a rift OF sky
Said 10 itself one day:
Il want 10 be loving. why should 7
Do nothing else but play?
With hope I'll glide 20 earth and see
Il there is any use for me-"
The violet beds were wet with dew.
Which filed each dainty CUP;
sunny smile shone gently through
And raised their blue heads up.
Refreshed 70 see II. soon they lent
The morning breeze their sweetest scent.
4 mother meath a shady tree
Had left her babe asleep;
II woke and cried, but when II spied
A sweet smile softly creep
So slyly IN from fond eyes bright
II laughed and chuckled with delight
And o. NO DIarnH 60,
And glanced and wreathed about,
And not heart had tried. I know,
To keep that bright smile out:
But ever as It touched the earth
L woke I'D happiness and mirth.
I may not tell the history
OF all that it could do.
But I tell this, you may aspire
To wear glad smile. too.
Through veal or wOesi'' I hear you sayl
Yes, ] am very sure you may.
For smiles OF tender kindness will
Dry Up falling tear.
And loving deeds viii often al
A broken heart with cheer.
So living and so loving. you
Can gladden. with a sweet smile, too.
T. X. GOLDSBOROUGH. N. D.
1851 X street northwest.
A happy man or woman IS a better
thing to find than five-pound note. He
or she is a radiating focus OF good WILL
and their entrance into a room IS as
though another candle had been lighted
We need not care whether they could
prove the forty-seventh proposition. They
DO better thing than that: they practi-
cauy demonstrate the great theorem OF
the liveableness Of Hfe.-Robert Louis
Stevenson. Mn HERBERT G. GORE.
29 Holly avenue. Takoma Park. d. c.
The following have been adjudged wor-
thy Of honorable mention:
A smile is ever the most bright and
beautiful, with a tear upon it. What is
the dawn without the dew? The tear is
rendered by the smile precious above the
smile Itself Z. G. DOWDEN.
= X street northeast.
Smiles are so cheap, why not willingly
A dozen a day for each day that we live?
They brighten the face and hearts happy
make.
Why not smile with good grace Just for
some ones own sake.
/ admire the face that wears the true
smile.
For in II trace a friend worth the while.
Ny cares I forget for that little while
That / look on the face with the sweet.
true smile JULIA BIAS.
70 y street
A judge Of the supreme court Of Rhode
Island handed down a decision that
Your face is public property in this