The Power of a Smile in Brightening Life
A short ode extols the value of a sincere smile as the cheapest yet most effective gift. A heart full of kindness to others dispels gloom and invites sunshine, described as priceless and costless.
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
7
A short ode extols the value of a sincere smile as the cheapest yet most effective gift. A heart full of kindness to others dispels gloom and invites sunshine, described as priceless and costless.
A long passage urges daily focus on God as central to home life and personal steadiness. It contrasts faith with modern busyness, extols the God thought as a stabilizing lubricating force, and stresses daily reflection for strength, rest, and optimism. It then shifts to a tale of a Texan swimmer and a dangerous alligator, followed by a discussion of physical exercise and its importance for brain workers and the young.
A schoolmaster speaks of Great Salt Lake Utah where the water is so salty no fish can live. A skeptical boy asks if mackerel can live there, prompting a lesson in credulity and exaggeration.
The passage argues that people judge seasons by extremes and personal mood. It notes cheerful folks recall sunny days, while those troubled by hardship favor summer or winter accordingly. It cites the law of compensation and the need for contrast to appreciate nature’s beauty. A student misreads a biblical disease as cramps.
At Wesleyan University meetings the American Astronomy Association presents estimates from Mt. Wilson Observatory photos showing light needs 1,000,000 years to traverse universe edges. Dark opaque clouds between Earth and distant space may be star groups or fast spinning stars, some taking 50,000 to 100,000 years to rotate.
An advertisement explains catarrhal deafness as inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures this condition by acting on mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case not cured. Additional lines promote Dean Ointment for piles at 60 cents.
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