Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1913 — Getting the Habit. [ARTICLE]

Getting the Habit.

Keeping oneself reasonably happy la a duty that ought not to be shirked. Science is telling us these days that to get out of the habit of enjoyment is to get depressed in vitality and vigdr, to weaken In efficiency and to grow old before one’s time. There Is nothing like laughter—not empty-headed laughter, but the Intelligent, wholesome, kindly-hearted kind —to keep people young and fresh, and fit for the business and the obligations of living. Of course, this is a prescription not easy to live up to always, but there Is no reasonable excuse for not trying to do it. Sometimes it is just about as easy to be happy as to be miserable, if one makes up his mind to it, and there is no doubt at all as to which pays the best