Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-11
THE GILMORE SMILE.
Ed. Gilmore of "The Cow and the
MOOn," and the Smile He Will
Bring to DEBORAH.

Smile awhile,
And, while you smile,
Another smiles;
And, soon, there's miles and miles OF
smiles,
And life's worth while, because you
SMILE"
Because he believes that the smile
is the most potent influence for hap
piness in the universe; Mr.. Ed. Gil
more, who appears at the Grand on
Friday, Oct. 9th, as the leading
comedian in THE Cow and the
Moon" offers the above verse as a
prelude apropos, to his dissertation
on the smile. In recent interview
Mr.. Gilmore said that the inner quail
ity for which the smile was the out
ward manifestation was the greatest
force in the world.
You can call it personality or
charm or whatever you like, but the
thing that really counts in this world
is the thing that the smile typifies.
It's the inward quality of pleasant
ness. Some years ago, in a grave
yard on the western coast, / saw the
finest epitaph ever written over any
man. All it said was, He was SO
pleasant" and when l read that last
word to the dead l knew that he had
been man with smile
The conversation then drifted to
Mr.. Gilmore's character of Happy
in which character this versatile
comedian is doing most clever work
the present season, and comment was
made that, being part of the actor S
equipment, it must to a certain ex-
tent have become perfunctory.
mot at ALL" said Ed. Its the
real thing every time / smile because
want to smile; because l am COM
PEELED to smile, because there is moth
ing in the world / would rather do
than smile, but it isn't the smile
itself that people are interested in. y
what, then, may it be-" was asked.
The spirit behind the SMILE" said
Mr.. Gilmore. There's nothing at
tractive about the distension of the
lips or the showing of the molars.
Not a thing in the world. It's what
causes the lips to part that makes
people happy. Do you see the point?''
1t was quite apparent.
Laughter is my hobby" contin-
ued Gilmore, as he puffed away at
his favorite pipe, the name of which
slipped the writer's memory, but
whose strength still fingers in his
clothes. II would rather hear a
burst of laughter in response to some
joke of mine than to be king or
president or anything else you can
think of that people would like to be.
And, as a matter of fact, it is quite
an art to be able to make people
laugh. 1t is much easier to make
clined to think it just the reverse.
clined to thing it just the reverse.
mot So" said Gilmore. The human
heart is naturally sympathetic. 1t is
the easiest thing in the world to shed
tears when one is shown distressing
spectacle. But, with the comedian it
is different. No matter how good or
clever the lines of comedy may be,
the slightest thing is apt to distract
the attention of the audience and
divert a laugh. A cough, sneeze,
anything, breaks the slight tense
thread of the situation and the come
dian is left fioundering stupidity. But
though the work is harder, Id rather
do it than anything else. Truth is,
was intended for minister and |
might have become one had | not
drifted away from my youthful in
fluences. That | finally landed upon
the stage, | am heartily glad of it,"
'Funmaking is the most whole
some profession on the market A
hearty laugh is cure for almost
anything. 1t sets the blood to bound
ing through the veins. 1t relaxes the
muscles. It's good for the system,
good for the looks, good for every
thing"