The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-08-25
The Potential Smile.

lantian, Is quoted as having said in
the course OF an address before the
Witham bankers recently in conven.
ton at Atlantic City, says the Allan.
ia Constitution.
at is hard TO overestimate their
value as business builder" he goes
on to say "To come into the sun.
shine of one happy disposition is a
pleasure; to enter an institution where
every member of the organization
maintains such an attitude develops
a desire to repeat the experience
and an UNCONSCIOUS tendency to
spread the glad tidings"
Which is only this observant philos
opherbanker's way of paraphrasing
the familiar old lines:
Smile! And when you smile another
smiles,
And soon there's miles and miles,
OF smiles. And life's worth while
Because you smile"
That is as true as fact; and also a
fact il is that life is not worth while
to the man or woman who does not
smile; who fails in the appreciation
OF smiles worth. Indeed, its worth
million dollars; and it doesn't cost a
cent"
The smile is coming more and more
into its own. 1t is coming to be look
ed upon and recognized as the open
sesame to success in every worthy un-
dertaking; and in every other sort of
undertaking 1t has no place. Men in
the banks, in the marts of trade, in
the high places are coming more and
more to give the smile its due. AS a
matter of fact nowadays, the high
places are achieved only by the men
whose habit it is to smile; men who
have learned that a crouch never did
and never will help one to the things
worth while.
Viewed in the light of a cold, bus
iness proposition, smile often is a
ten-strke. Men place confidence in
the man who smiles-that is, Of
course, the right brand of smile.
True some there are who can smile
and smile but be Williams STILL" but
such are not the winners in the long
run for their smiley are not true to
color. They are cosnterfeit.
The bank cashier or teller who
smiles when you approch his wicket !
who gives the impression Immediately /
that he is glad to sac you, that he is
there to serve and please and accom-
modate you--is the sort whose smile |
and courteous disposition bids fair
one day to place him at the top. On
the other hand he with the mirk or
with the perpetual grouch-who |
frowns at your approach or who,
condeseendingly affects the attitude
that he is doing YOU favor by waiting
upon you---is the man who win re
main teller until his place shall be
filled by happier spirit. even though,
perhaps. less capable business man.
Behind the dry goods counter, in
the gas office, at the lathe. the same
principle applies. And sunny dis
position is coming to be regarded as
gilt-edged recommendation and an
iS-karat asset to the man or woman
who possesses it.
Potential? Where. except in its com
panion, the sunbeam. can be found
a force more powerful? Why, smile
is all-powerful, properly applied II
can dominate vast fortunes; sway ire
mendous business deals; eonsummate
the greatest enterprises; dispel an an
cry murder.bent mob. 1t can and
does mould laws and public sentiment.
and affect justice. 1t holds homes to-
gether; its absence sunders them.
'Smile. d----n you, smile,' de
handed the virginian OF Trampas.
Trampas smiled; and bloodshed was
ayerted.
That banker, the former Albanian
end imbued with the true Atlanta sPir.
ii, knew what he was talking about
when he said further that people
Ike TO flock 10 the pleasant places
people like melody sweet tones flow.