LET US SMILE
The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while, That costs the least and does the most is just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from a heart that loves its fellow men, Will drive away the cloud of gloom and coax the sun again. It’s full of worth and goodness too, with manly kindness blent, It’s worth a million dollars and doesn’t cost a cent. There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile; It always has the same good look—it’s never out of style— It nerves us on to try again when failure makes us blue; The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you. It pays a higher interest for it is merely lent. It’s worth a million dollars, and doesn’t cost a cent. A smile comes very easy, you can wrinkle up with cheer A hundred times before you can squeeze out a soggy tear. It ripples out, moreover, to the heartstrings that will tug. And always leaves an echo, that is very like a hug. So, smile away. Folks understand what by a smile is meant, It's worth a million dollars and doesn’t cost a cent.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21380, 24 June 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)
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201LET US SMILE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21380, 24 June 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)
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