The Washington times., 1930-02-12
The Most Beautiful Smile of All
What Is TT Please Stop for Moment and Answer That
Question Before You Read the Answer Given Here.


TN many business offices you sign that reads Keep
Smiling" The idea in that sign is not based upon
knowledge of the power that lies in SMILE but rather it is
the kind Of sign that might have been hung above Indian
tied to the stake, ready for torture.
When the business man hangs up sign Keep Smiling
he does not that he is going to smile continuously but
that he NOT going to weep It that he intends in
spite hard times competition grinding monopoly high
prices high rents high taxes and high interest rates. to keep
up his courage and metaphoricaly at least keep on
smiling"
The smile business least important and the least
pleasant of all smiles 1t is at best make believe SMILE
money getting SMILE smile intended to begule and overcome
rather than communicate spiritual happiness another.
But the business smile is better than And all
Of us actually do hypnotze ourselves and make ourselves
better thinking that better perhaps the improved
methods Of business the greaAer honesty and erespect
among business today compared with hopkepers of
Old be due to the introduction of the permanent smile
into business methods
Enough about the business smie-least important of all
and least pleasing.
What the most beautiful and most wonderful smile that
you conceve Please stop for and the
question before you read the answer given here.
There many smiles of great meaning and beauty. It
beautiful when old mother smiles upon hearing praise of
her son. an old man when he witnesses the first triumph of
his boy.
There been wonderful smile Caesars grim
face when after the long of fighting in Gau he drove
into Rome dragging vercingetOrx behind his
There have been deep heavenly smiles upon the faces of
great scientists PROOF has to justify and vndicae
their speculations
The great astronomers mathematcans philosophers work
ing through the ages hatred dstru bgoy
cution-wonderfu and aweinspiing their quiet smiles must
have been each in turn found that he indeed
servant of eternal truth Imagine the face of such
Newton when absolute proof to vindcate his law Of
gravaona law proved exact by movement Of distant
stars, by every falling leaf.
Then there is the smile of the caow young who has
just been accosted by young woman too good for him. His
smile is positively sckening in its dreadful compacency-yet
girl that accoss hm-poor thing She believes him
she has Bayard The Cid Ben Franklin and Little Roo rolled
into
Very beautiful is her seraphc smile very pitifu Would
that it might last This world, luckily full of smiles of
all knds-they the ball bearings that life possible
Each has it's especial value Even man whose hat has
blown off, smiles that hollow smile as he races after it.
and the who slips and falls before thousands and smiles
that smile Of hesh hae-such smiles have value for the hat
chasing and the fallen they did not smile might
commit murder instead.
Then the little boy with his first pair of long pants and
the little girl with brand dress big blue sash and
her hair brushed precisely the fur on bronze Newfound
land og-how beautiful are their smiles and their efforts
to look seconscious the angels really do and re-
oce when we are happy rejoicing day in heaven
small boy hitherto unspoed gets his first watch and his
first ''1ong pants at the same time.
The most beautiful smile of all not been named-and
that is the first smile of a little baby.
mat smile and the answering smile the mothers face
both of all things of this world perfect beautiful The
bsbys first smile his real human fe He has
mad very hard and very cruel time His arrival has been
dreadfuy painful and it has compelled him nfict pain
upon his mother.
Sorrowful surprises have awaited him here in this world of
giants and wonders that suddenly surrounds him.
His little legs have been tied up, he has been thrust into
clothing often choky prcy More than once his system
has convused by terrible agonv as important to him as
the Martinique eruption Sour milk has
the shaking its foundations But spite of
ALL the smile his mothers bends him. and
there is her reward for all that she suffered payment
perhaps for many bitter disappointments
baby smile such complete thing His little face goes
all to pieces His cheeks and the top little bald
head wrinled with pleasure Frankly he reveals the
full extent of his pink toothless gums He smiles all
mouth face head tongue legs, and wrgging body
smiling baby is simply happy sme-and such baby is
the pree thing that exists between the south
poles, without a doubt.
Laughing and smiling keys human nature Study
mans laugh watch him smile and you will know about
him than you could know by listening hours to his talk
There frank smiles sour smiles crafty smiles cruel
smiles tired smiles sicky smiles Study them and learn to
know them Laughter describes character laugh
sometimes does betray mind sometimes tells of
superabundant health of another nationality
Keep carefully your children as they smile and
laugh Fewer smiles less hearty laughter children are
serious danger signs.
little boy girl home from school the