The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-06

Smile q while.
And when you smile
Another smiles
And soon there's miles
And miles
OF smiles.
And LIES worth while
Because you smile,
Years ago. and on frequent occa-
sions since. have found that under
the smile there was lying in ambush
gu,leful deceiver ready to sally out
at an opportunc moment and take
advantage OF the false colors IL had
been flying Keep smiling Is. alas.
TOO often the tight wad OF philan-
thropy Keep smiling on the expect.
ant heggar as he bends before you
hat in hand; keep smiling. but do
not disturb your deeply intrenched
pocketbook.
my detection OF the sinister char
acter OF the smile Is not altogether
original With me you viii recall
that William Shakespeare gave
warning TO all succeeding genera.
tlons that n man may smile and
mile and be a villain But do not
remember that anywhere has he cast
the shadow of suspicion on the in
tegrity OF laughter
And yet at this moment Il is re-
called that even laughter. the open.
honest music OF the smile. may be
employed for commercial purposes.
When the FIRST presentation OF that
genial. improvident Irishman. Oliver
Goldsmith-his delightful comedy.
-She Sleeps 10 Conquer"--vas 10 be
given. there was some doubt as TO its
success
"Dr. Samuel Johnson. so the story
goes, took the AFFAIR in hand. When
1.-THE evening OF the performance ar
rived, the doctor marshaled Gold
smiths friends In the pit OF the
ltheater, ready to give the needed cn-
Encouragement and applause. He did
not stop there. He remembered that
back near his old town OF Lichneld
there was rotund tiller OF the soil
NOTED all the country round for his
rich. deep, mellow laugh.
THE doctor had brought him 10
London. There ne was At the play
house with instructions TO laugh at
such places in the comedy as should
be indicated TO him by the doctor.
who at such places would thump the
floor with hts cane Thump. thump.
went the cane and the farmers
laugh responded AS the play went
on the laugher paid no attention to
Ibis prompter He laughed extern.
pore and the house. catching the in.
Election. laughed with him. The com
edy was a success. and II II on the
stage today as true showing OF
English life $50 years ago.
There are times when the smile,
the hesitating. ambiguous smile may
be employed to discourage the tell
ling OF a time-worn story or The In
PRODUCTION OF two or three feeble
anecdotes that come mewling and
droolIng after. Whereas little
laughter would encourage the story.
teller 10 a more prolonged delivery
There are many times and places
where the anecdote Is n misfit. IL is
hardly proper to launch one as the
funeral cortege Is entering the GENE.
terry gate. and perhaps the gloom has
not been sufficiently dissipated to
make the narrative agreeable as the
carriages at a more rapid pace are
departing.
THE smile has a wide range and
a diversity Of uses: IL runs from the
smile simple 10 the sardonic. and
there are pitfalls for the unwary ell
along It's course There is less fext
biIity In the laugh. Here we have
az variations of the honest. open
itauEh rfrp gurgtE or infarcy. rhe rtr
ter OF youth and on 10 the cackline
OF age. The stage smile. with its
full set OF teeth. was introduced forty
years ago by Joe Emmett. who made
a fortune out OF II. Indeed. that
smile was quite "a good a. a laugh
judging by the financial returns.
The toothy smile II today the
choicest part OF the equipment OF
the chorus girl II she have that In
perfection she need not trouble
greatly "a to other adornment Some.
thing might be said about laughter,
but not much. II one laughs at all
the article II nearly always genuine
with no treason or stratagem behind
n However. n grim old humorist in
the Old Testament who llkened the
laughter OF fooIs 10 the cracking of
thorns under pot. gave US a sample
OF cachination that f. not commend.
ed 10 our favor.
Laughter IL not on the Increase In
our cities. Tho smile. which re
quires less effort and AZ the same
time Is not so committal. Is pre-
ferred az an adjunct TO financial and
commercial transactions. Out IN
the country districts there Is vet
some robust. honest laughter. Pray
heaven that n may increased
open your lungs. Ha, he, Ho!
no. Haw' haw' That's n carol the
birds may listen 10. Oh, the hygienic
lhelDfufuers Of a yholcsone Iauah 4"