The Washington herald., 1921-01-19
Dorothy Dix's Advice

A correspondent asks me II will
tell her how to acquire the habit
OF cheerfulness, and the art OF be-
ing merry. d..
Well, of course. the real recipe
fot becoming a human sunbeam is
Ike that for acquiring a beautiful
complexion. You have to be born
with it.. All others are mere camou-
Asge and makeshifts, but. just as
by care and attention and a copious
use OF cold cream, you can improve
a bad complexion, so by the exer-
else Of thought, and philosophy, and
a liberal application of the salVe
of diplomacy, you can brighten up
a pessimistic disposition.
To one who would fain take an
optimistic. outlook on the world,
would recommend a good course Of
liver medicine as a starter along
the CHEEKY road. Nothing puts such
hope in your soul and strength in
your character as a judiciOus dose
OF calomeL. Whenever you have
that dark-brown taste in your
mouth, and life becomes ashes, Gin
,ders and dust in your teeth, beat
~ Tor the nearest drug store. The
subsequent results will leave you
loving your fellow man. and CON
yinced that God is in His Heaven,
and all is right with the world.
So many things that we think
are spiritual are merely physical.
Most grouchiness is the result of
dESpepsia Morbidness is the out
ward and visible sign OF f1apjacks
and sausage within, and nearly all
irritabiIity is overwrought nerves.
Good health would cure most of
the wrongs of society, for when
VIC are feeling good we act good.
So il you want to be cheerful,
look first to your liver, for not
without reason do the Turks speak
OF one they love as The joys of
their liver" Nobody can smile the
smile-that-won't-come-off uni e $
that organ is doing business prop
cry AT the old stand.
And IL you get up in the morning
with q chip on your shoulder and a
yearning to fight anybody in sight
and IL everything that everybody
says to you irritates you beyond en-
durance, don't go on a debauch of
tears. and melancholy, in which you
have = perfectly grand time viewing
yourself as a martyr who is misun-
derstood and not appreciated. Lock
your door, and go to bed and stay
there until you are rested. and 1T
for family consumption once more.
Having got your body in the
proper state, the next aid to cheer
fulness Is to adopt a sane attitude
towards life. Try to see things in
their right proportions, and not to
make mountains out OF molehills.
Suppose life isn't all you want. Sup
pose you have disappointments and
.disiIlusions- Suppose you even have
great grfefs. Does any good come
OF whining over your misfortunes
and hugging your sorrows to your
breast?
we are sad and gloomy because
We are always demanding of Fate:
why should be sick7 Why should
Z be poor? Why should 1 lose those
lover" We should be more cheer
fal il we could see ourselves as the
paor insignificant atoms that we are
.and ask Of Destiny: why, of all
created human beings, should 1 be
the favored of the gods and spared
the common iotT'
The next aid to cheerfulness is to
ferbear from borrowing trouble
Most of our sorrows are sorrows
THAT we never have. We worry our
: selves i'll over the misfortunes thar
never happen to US.
aThis is particularly true of women
who have shed oceans of tears over
ssrrovs that never came to pass,
and who never enjoy today for fear
something untoward might happen
tdmorrow. once knew an old lady
'nore than comfortably well of, who
Yed a dull, drab life because she
aared she might lose her money and
. sent to the poorhouse- She might
ave had pretty clothes, a beautiful
me. travel. everything to make