Part 44

MOTHER: There are a few other things which will help you to have a good-looking face. First, keep it clean. Then the next thing is to eat good food, that you may have a clear, healthy skin and bright eyes. You should also be careful to brush your teeth, that these little guards may always be dressed in the cleanest of white uniforms. Then keep your hair in good order. Brush it often, and keep the whole head sweet and clean. If you do these things, you will always be pleasant to look at.

I was reading not long ago about a little girl who was told of the wrinkles that smiles leave on our faces, and the wrinkles that scowls leave, as well as those left by pain, thought, and care. The child listened, and then said brightly, “My grandma has lots of wrinkles, but they’re all smile wrinkles, every one of them.”

So, my children, as the days pass by, see that your mind is pleasant, and your body-temple kept clean and pure. Thus you will live useful lives, and be a blessing to yourselves and others.

“If I knew the box where the smiles are kept, No matter how large the key Or strong the bolt, I would try so hard, ’Twould open, I know, for me. Then over the land and the sea, broadcast, I’d scatter the smiles to play, That the children’s faces might hold them fast For many and many a day.

“If I knew a box that was large enough To hold all the frowns I meet, I would like to gather them every one, From nursery, school, and street; Then, folding and holding, I’d pack them in, And, turning the monster key, I’d hire a giant to drop the box To the depth of the deep, deep sea.”

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