Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — Keep Smiling. [ARTICLE]

Keep Smiling.

Don’t leave laughter out of your life. Bear in mind what Oliver Wendell Holmes said: “Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. dare, moroseness, anxiety, all the rust of life, ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth.” Laughter, indeed, is a wonderful tonic and youth preserver. “The power of laughter,” says Dr. Marden, “was given us to serve a wise purpose in our economy. It is nature’s device for exercising the internal organs and giving us pleasure at the same time.” This is no fanciful assertion. Read what the Lancet, one of the most authoritative medical journals in the world, has to say about the therapeutic value-of laughter and joviality: “This power of 'good spirits* is a matter of high moment to the sick and weakly. It is therefore of the greatest importance to cultivate the highest and most buoyant frame of mind when the conditions will admit The same energy which takes the form of mental activity is vital to the work of the organism. Mental Influences affect the system, and a joyous spirit not only relieves pain, but Increases the momentum of life in the body.” And, it might be added, helps to keep one not simply strong and well, but also young. H. ADDINGTON BRUCE.