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

- AAAu ollNNt AeAAtAN'Aoss
When the heart is in tune with the har-
monies of nature and the soul is sweet,
and the thoughts turned toward God OF
good, the laughter that bubbles TO the
lips is as clear as the Jingle OF the bells
afar afleld at the twilight hour; the rip
ping laugh OF a child comes from a
heart that knows no fear, for Il Is nest
ling even at play. next that miracle OF
earth, a mothers heart II we keep our
hearts turned toward God and absorb
all day and all night the Infinite love that
is poured out constantly on the inhabi-
tants OF this planet-earth. we. too. will
develop the laugh as clear, as sweet,
and as endurably haunting as that Of
our children at play about US Turn
our faces from the creatures to the
Creator and keep our hearts as shining
mirrors" rejecting only the beauty OF
Gods infinite love.
1870 Meridian place.
Honorable mention:
Let US laugh Laugh and the world
laughs with you" good. hearty laugh
brings sunshine and helps digestion. The
man who laughs not is INT for treason,
strategems and spOils" Rev, DR.. Tai
mage said that the most sOlemn-looking
man he ever saw came 10 him claiming
to be a minister and borrowed $40, but he
had never seen the man or the money
afterward. One prominent man says he
reads the Bingvilie Bugle every Sunday
morning before he goes to church. How
ever odd the preparation, IL doubtless
sends him there smiling on his fellow
men. MRS. 4. z. N. AYERILL.
A laugh 10 be joyous must flow from
joyous heart. for without kindness
there can be no true Joy
I live in constant endeavor to fence
against the infrmities Of ill-health and
other evils OF life by mirth. being per-
suaded that every time a man smiles. but
much more when he laughs, II adds
something TO his fragment Of life, -
Sterne. KATHERINE O'BRIEN.
The man who cannot laugh Is not only
fit for treasons, strategems, and spells,
but HIS whole life is already a treason
and q northumberland.
Laugh until I come back" was a
noted Clergyman's good-by salutation. It
is good one for Us ALL
MISS N. J. MOOR.
Any one who will indulge in optimistic
laughter Systematically under any and
ali circumstances win be so delighted
with the result that he viii make it a
habit and thereby live longer, healthier.
happier. fuller, more useful life.
MERCY ADKINS.
THE ROAD TO LAUGHTERToWN
Oh, show me the way 20 Laughtertown,
For I have lost the way.
I wandered out OF the path one day,
When my heart was broke and my hair
turned gray.
And 1 can't remember how 20 play.
I've quite forgotten how 20 be gay;
It's all through signing and weeping,
they say.
Oh. show me the way to Laughtertown,
For I have lost the way.
I used to belong in Laughtertown
Before I lost the way:
For I danced and laughed the livelong
day,
Ere my heart was broke and my hair
turned gray;
So IL ought 70 he easy 10 find the way
But crying has made me blind, they say.
And still toward Teartown my sad feet
stray.
Oh. show me the way TO Laughtertown.
For have lost the way.
Would We learn the road to Laughter
town.
o We who have lost the way?
Would ye have young heart though your
hair be gray?
Go learn from a little child each day:
Go serve his wants and play his play,
And catch the lit OF HIS laughter gay,
And follow his dancing feet as they stray.
For he knows the road to Laughtertown.
o ye who have lost the way.
Henry Hunt.
MRS. J. MOTT BUCK.
I cured him with laughter and smiles.
When he had one foot in the grave;
The doctors gave up IN despair,
And said that nothing could save.
Jaundice was turning him yellow.
His hard luck had given the blues.
And jealousy tinged him with green
When I came along with the news.
Laughter Is the thing for you now
Get busy and iii up with fun;
Look on the bright side Of the world
You'll soon have the blues on the run.
A laughs good therapeutic,
And smiles are much better than pills;
A good and hearty hal ha!
VIII drive away most Of your Ills.
He took the advice that I gave
In a month he gained twenty pounds;
Was not only hapDv hin,caif
But scattered sunshine around.
HORACE V. BIsBEE
One good, hearty laugh is a bombsbeu
exploding in the right place. while spleen
and discomfort are a gun that kicks over
the man who shoots it off.-Talmage.
Then let us laugh. 1t is the cheapest
luxury man enjoys, and. as Charles
Lamb says. is worth hundred groans
IN any state Of the market"
MRS. W. F. HALLECK.
melancholy is the owl that Is perched
In many a Christian soul" Drive #
away by laughter and you will find the
cares and burdens OF life easier 20 carry.
MRS. STELLA THOMPSON.
I laugh. for hope hath happy place with
me:
If my bark sinks. It's TO another sea-
Charming
N. AGNES DUNN.
Laughter is the opposite Of gloom and
the power OF which Is pos
;essed by no other creature but mankind.
When II arises from the forces Of love.
Joy, hope, and peace. the effect is upllft-
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