Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-09-30
THE GIRL WHO SMILES.

The Wlnd was east, anu tHe Ihiiiiiey
smoked,
And the old brown house seemed
dreary,
For nobody smiled, and nobody joked
The young folks grumbled, and the
old folks croaked;
They had come home chilled and
weary.
| Then opened the door, and a girl
| came in;
Oh, she was homely-very!
Her nose was pug, and her cheek was
thin,
There wasn't a dimple from brow to
| chin,
But her smile was bright and
CHEEKY.
| She spoke not a word of the cold and
the damp,
| Nor yet of the gloom about her,
| But she mended the fire, and lighted
the lamp,
And she put on the place different
stamp
From that it had had without her.
They forgot that the house was dull
old place,
And smoky from base to rafter,
And gloom departed from every face
AS they felt the charm of her mirth-
full grace,
And the cheer of her happy laugh
ter
Oh. give me the girl who will smile
and sing,
And make all glad together!
To be plain or fair is a lesser thing.
Rut a kind. unselfish heart can bring
Good cheer in the darkest weather.
Girls World.
Dear M. B. Family:
The poem is an excellent sermon,
with a good smiling text. l like to
read sentiments expressed so plainly,
more than once, because they cheer
one up little more at each reading.
Another reason why this is good
sermon is because it has illustrations
which we can visualize. Why, the
first stanza is complete picture.
One can see the house, and feel the
wind, and smell the smoke, just as
the occupants Of the old brown house
sensed it all, and thus caused it to
react on their spirits and dispositions.
They were getting in very bad
way, but
Secondly, smiling face appeared
in the doorway, and it changed the
atmosphere of the room. The
mercury began to rise, the gloom
which was settling down on the
family began a retreat to the corners
looking for place of escape.
Thirdly, and an important point
in the discourse, she did not begin to
talk of the bad weather and the dis
couraging conditions Of things in
general. This really is where the ap-
plication of the sermon begins, for
Fourthly, the weary inmates of the
house forgot the gloom and the east
wind when the fire burned up bright
ly and the lamp sent out cheer, and
filthy
"a kind, unselfsh heart can bring
Good cheer in the darkest weather.
know this to be true.
The American Magazine for Octo-
Der has a great variety of interesting
articles. do People Get On Your
Nerves." written by William S.
Sadler, NJ. D., l should think might
prove helpful to nervous persons.
He writes:
The trouble with most nervous peo-
pie is that they are bestowing too
much thought on themselves. They
are wasting on themselves those very
;ph he
need of-love, pity and sympathy.
The things that get on the nerves
of others would be amusing, If they
were not so serious to those VINO are
troubled by them. The little habits
and peculiarities of act and speech
that annoy and fret others are OF
great variety. A good many are
mentioned in the magazine article.
One is of a man who can't stand to
see a person pick his teeth, and re-
fused to sell a piece of real estate
to a customer just because the
prospective buyer had toothpick
in his mouth.
Two men were in business to-
gether. One got worked up because
the other said: Listen every time
| he began SCulcHCC. liz NoS'OA $1,000
conference with this man, and
found out that his habit of conclud-
ing a sentence was do you under
stand?" which was equally annoying
to the other partner. The two now
are having the time OF their IVES
| having done away with their pet
phrases.
| Self control is the remedy sug-
gested for nerves" Every time
fathers and mothers fail to teach
their children self-control when they
are young, especially if they are
nervous children, later on IN LIE
some one will have to do the teach'
ing" so the doctor says. But, my
idea is, a good many were never
taught that, either earlier or latel
in life.
Not one of you who reads this, but
has heard persons say: 1T, or ne
or she, gets on my nerves. why
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