Show LIMPING ANI AN SU SMILING One Ono da day while the sun was shining a T lame girl limped down Main street lull and as she sho walked she smiled It was not lot a simper nor nOLO a set and simulated expression It rt was simply the visible proof of a sunny lInny heart Somehow there Is something especially espe daIly pathetic In the thc physical disability disability dis dis- ls- ls ability of or a girl A hand deformed L blemish of or facial feature an eye cye flom rom rota which the sl sight ht has Ims gone one never ne to o return but most niost Impressive most inescapable most hJ c evident nt to all Is the halting step which tells of tho the lame One notes the eyes that face faco the tho world so o n ch cheerfully the lips 8 on un which the smile of philosophy rests and one pays lays to o the lame girl Sill lie thu better hetter tribute than beauty alono can win It must mean that lat she has faced facell her deformity and amI andrisen risen lsen above e its torment It means that she ie has found Cound In life lIfo something better than lan physical perfection It must mean meal that sh she has a heart so great reat that lat sho she can measure the height and ancI the tho 10 depth of or a life which Is darkened here ere an and there with shadows shallows and can lind ml enough h of ble blessing ln to wal wake e a amile statIc mlle even n when the halting haiLing foot root with Ith every stop she sho takes lakes publishes the 10 fact of or her Incompleteness now How fortunate It I is she can face Cace the world orld with a sense so true The path lath lies cs long long- before her and there al' al are arc fewer ewer blossoming blossoming- shrubs to gladden her ler Journey journe No matter how gay gays Is s the how fair Is the tho sunshine sunshine sun- sun shine how sweet the tho converse converso of or friends she knows that at al el c every step steil she ie must shorten a little the full measure of her enjoyment She Sho knows she he must mo moderate a little the exuberance ex ex- berance of or those who accompany n I her r for or they must forego here a little and aid there a little In consideration of ot her shortcoming She can not escape It at all II B By da day an and b by night in sun anclIn and ancl andin In n shade the badge of or her infirmity Is s with her hor But In the nature of things she wins ins to a helter belter hel height ht than do o the the- rest cst of oC us If she can wear a smile that lat does docs not nol vanish as ns the smitten foot oot stumbles how hl higher her than the rest est of or us If she can wear a smile that t docs does not vanish anish as tho the smitten foot Coot stumbles how higher than the rest est of us her soul Is lodged lod-cd And If one no can so conquer self as to love lo lire life even en when It brings an ever present will not ono one hero and there pardon ardon the feebly halting progress that lat you OU make Will rill not they forgive you ou when wIlen you fall an and cheer you ou when you ou rise Will iVill not the they even een when they thoy know OW you OU have ha sinned look ook in your eyes ces with the splendid grace race which tells tella of confidence that you ou have repented Is there hot not hope hopen In n the world for him who stumbles and nd for Cor him who CalIs falls If IC there be he a a. girl who fronts life forgivingly even en evenin evenn In n her pain Here and anti there we see one carra carrying carry carry- ing ug a sermon In th the e face Here anti and th there here le we rea read a a. lesson on of oC mighty hope Here lere and there wo wu face Cace a sight which closes our lips 1118 to dull ull complaining and sen sends s us forward ashamed that ve we have ha bee been II ungrateful It Il makes males malesus us better beLter It wins to a truer love of or those hose we find lacking somewhat in Iii physical perfection yet great soule enough to bo he happy Misfortune has Its ts uses and tho the girl who limps and yet et t carries through the tho world worl a smile of or wise vIse content has not only won her own fight She has s sown Yn the see seeds s sor of or a better patience for Cor all who moot muot her |