The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-19

him. as good nature kept the blood cool
SO by laughing we not only help our
selves, but those around us. I was asked
once 10 go In a room at the hospi:aI
where was, and make a girl laugh. as
X was the only means OF saving her life
did, and she used to watch for ne after
that. and after three or four good laughs
she commenced to mend. II you dom.
iaugh. commence noW-ODen your mouth
and laugh mo matter II you do get the
name or laughing so loud, and Won VIII
find everything looks brighter. every one
looks better, and it Is the hest medicine
on earth. Dont weep alone-but laugh
and have the whols wide world with you.
EVA N. PRATT.
No matter how black the sky o'erhead
Nor how swift may fall the rain;
No matter how steep the upward path
Nor how charged with grief and pain.
NO matter how weary may grow your
feet,
Nor how sick may grow your soul;
No matter how sorry your heart may
ache.
NOT now sadly the dirgeS toll
Just live and laugh.
William Reed Dunroy.
MISS L. G. JEFFRIEs.
Laugh not too much: the witty man
laughs least.
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Less at thine own things laugh lest I'm
the Jest
Thy person share and the conceit adj
vance. FRANK HrrRLEy
God made both tears and laughter. and
both for kind purposes for as laughter
enables mirth and surprise 10 breathe
Freely, so tears enable sorrow 10 vent
Itself patiently JOSIE T. FRAHEY.
Consider the frequent relief We receive
from laughter and how often it breaks
the gloom when is apt to depress the
mind Laughter is a very good counter
pOise 10 the spleen. and Il seems but rea-
sonable that we should be capable OF re-
ceiVing JOY from what is no real good 10
US, since we receive grief from what is
no real evil. Cheerfulness is the best
promoter OF health. Repinings and muir
murings of the heart give imperceptfbIe
strokes 10 those delicate fibers OF which
the vital parts are composed and wear
out the machine. Cheerfulness Is as
friendly 10 the mind as to the body
Addison. III. GRAY.
Laughter. 'Tis the poor mans plaster.
Covering up each sad disaster.
Laughing, he fOrgets his troubles.
Which, though real seem but bubbles.
Laughter, whether loud OF mute
Tells the human kind from brute.
Laughter, tbs hopes living voice
Bidding uS IN rnaEa cbo{ca
And TO Gull from thorny bowers.
Leaving thorns and taking flowers
MRS. {. I. BISCOE.
Go where you will, turn where you nav
And this the happy lot.
The sunshine of a smiling face
a palace makes the cot
MRS. CHARLES u. RIPLEY.
A hearty laugh awakens every de-
spondent soul from its gloom To a sad
heart g laugh is worth a hundred yroans
IN any market A merry heart doeth
good like medicine. Your valuable paper
will bring out the gay laughter OF the
children by your honorable effort in their
behalf. Laughter makes the old seem
young again. Laughter is contagious, so
laugh on and it viii catch some down.
cast soul and make him forget his trou-
bles. Look on the bright side OF every
thing and laugh away your troubles. Be
optimistic Always have q pleasant smile
for every one. as you never know what
grief they may have. Laughter chases
old age away. keeps one young in years.
as worry kills more than disease. II IS
one of the secrets of long life Laugh
and the world laughs with you. weep
and you weep alone" The gay laughter
Of the happy little children brings back
to all pleasant memories We all would
like to see them laugh and play and
have pure air. Let their laughter ring
out so it can be heard by their honorable
Oeneiactor. MRS. Z JOHNSON.
What morbid. abnormal, unnatural lives
we should all live If ban were TO be
laid upon laughter. If a new command
ment were to be framed reading Thou
shalt not laugh In an old poem We
are told that "a sad heart tires IN a
nile; but. on the other hand we know
that the man who laughs himself and
who provokes laughter in others shorteDs
the long. tiresome distance for his fellow
traveller and is a true dispenser Of han
piness. Some one has well said that
there are times when "the best help we
can give friend is Just TO make him
laugh. Probably each one OF us can
remember some experience in which a
hearty laugh has proved a means OF
grace, clearing the atmosphere and
changing the whole aspect of things for
us 1t Is one Of the fruits Of optimism.
and the world will be all the better for
an oversunnlv. EDITH Y. BRADT-
The sun of laughter shone upon HIS birth
And lit the glad and gentle life he led,
So people hardened TO the words he
said
And learned in light Of happiness their
worth-Herbert Heron
ALICE SHARPE BALCH.
Just laugh and then the world around
VIII echo the refrain,
But weep and then the world about
VIII let you bear your pain.
So laughter brighten up each life
And giaddens ev'ry heart.
While sadness strolls about alone.
And no one bears a part.
Cheer up and laugh away your gloomi
Forget all your sorrow:
The last of it try have to-day
Then laugh again tomorrow.
VICTOR p. HAMMER
Honorable Mention.
From the Cimarron Jacksonisn.
The groom was attfred In a darlk hus.
mess suit and wore pink begonias and
plum blossoms. which made a very pleas
ing picture as he stood between the
bridesmaid and best man IN the double
door between the parlor and sitting roona