CHEERFULNESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 76

CHEERFULNESS.

Be oheerful. It's not only a great mistake, but very wrong indeed, to be anything else. And remember that nothing is worth striving for unless it requires an effort to get it. That is why we should be thankful that the conditions surroundingus to-day are such as to make cheerfulness suoh a laudable and desirable thing.

When the doctor has carelessly removed % portion of your interior and found out there was nothing in it, do not give way to your feelings, or show that you are all put out. On the contrary, smile gladly, and say :

"Doctor, my only regret is that I have but one appendix to give to my country."

When the head of the syndicate that for the past two years has been undermining your credit and driving you ovit of business., comes in one"* morning and says: "I guess it's a/bout time for you to lay down," be cheerful.

Don't give way to your feelings. Don't squirm. Hand over what cash there is left and smile gaily.* Rise above these petty things. Be cheerful. It is your duty so to be.

When your Best Girl — the on© whom so long you have adored, whom you have held in your arms night after night, and just knew, as you looked into her gaze-He eyes, was the most perfect creature in the world — comes to you and says: "Darling, we may as well understand each other. The conditions of our modern life, to say nothing of my standing in church, demand that I have at least five thousand a year to dress on, and I have recided to make a sure thing of it, and take another man instead of you," be cheerfuL Don't get mad. Don't let your angry passions' rise. Smile sweetly and reply, "My dear, thank you so much for your kind words."

That is to say, be cheerful, for you must remember that this is the time when you need to be oheerful, if you are ever going ti be.— Life, N.Y.