Show r THE MESSAGE THAT YOUR FACE CARRIES BY C CAROLYN ROLYN ARONSOHN If the girl I saw In tho car the the theother other other da day had the same effect on the tle office Ice force among whom she worked worked as she had ton Ion on me I 1 would like to be her employer em em- It was a drizzly da day Looking out on the gra gray sunless J sky I felt de depressed de- de pressed At the last minute I I. I had run runor runor for or or the car forgotten m my rubber shoes stepped Into the puddle and splashed my skirt I was as sure the whole hole day would be one of tho the unpleasant kind when you ou foci feel that nobody loves lo you and It II would b be a convolution consolation to go out and eat This girls girl's smile smileS however completely changed my She T as s seated opposite me in fn the car and from the notes nutE'S on her lap I took her hero herto to tobe o be a s K Just Jus Justas as I I. I Iwas was feeing feel feel- ng dl at t being wedged In the standing ct d. crox l like a a. sardine in a a. box ml missed ed the strap lurched and lad had m my shoes trod on I caught her smile It t was wai by no means the superior smile of ot the cont contented passenger who was va luck lucky enough to secure a seat Instead It t was as as warm and sympathetic but at al tho tha same time bade me Inc remember that though she was as equally uncomfortably f seated between t tono o fat men and had scarcely room to breathe our discomfort Teall really was a matter nH of er erv er little Importance Im ImportanCe Importance Im It assured ne that In spite ol or orthis this his tt temporary annoyance life could not noth h help being Joyous Neither ten minutes unpleasantly spent In a car nor a ten ten- lour hour rainfall could spoil the wonder and Interest Interest of being alive in a 3 glorious world In fact her face had carried a a. message I to me and that is what our faces ar are arc continually doing It Is Clu queer er how few of or us pay any ny attention to the messages we e are sending out After rising rI we Wt dress and look In iii the mirror and see sea a clean shining ta face e with hair nicely smoothed and we think we we wear r this bright alert expression of the early arh mornIng morning morn morn- Ing InA during the whole day This Is not so o. o Our faces are continually sending messages es of or which we are utterly un un- un cons conscious An ener energetic ambitious man told me inc h he was wa In a 3 questioning doubting mood moo one da day when he hi sat eat down near a young joung oun girl at lunch Somehow or 01 other her proud fine Ine expression with its interested I warm and trusting outlook on the world orld I made him foci feel that womanhood was big bigand bigand worth mans man's I and wonderful and andery very sery care The thought of this made the days day's drudgery worth while because it ennobled ennobled ennobled enno enno- bled the work he was as doing to support his wife S SOur Our tac faces fI are aro live wires They cannot help sending messages To the tired Jaded worker who has has' seen leen dust and grime without en end the tho sweetness an and brightness In the face of a girl In a a. aing pass passing ing throng can b be bees as 88 uplifting as na a lL beautiful beau beau- timul sunset or lovely music Most welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come of ot all perhaps Is the vision of or the woman whoso whose calm serene expression conveys a feeling of ot peace pence and rest resl It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is a blessed relief to the toller toiler whose eyes have havo been boen blinded b by seeing the wheels of a a. machine going around the girl dizzied diz dis- dis by crowds crowd of customers and the ph physician who carrIes the memory o of ot much suffering Notice t the e expressions of at the people you pass On n your our ouray way ay home tonight The messages which many send out OU will UI b bo be sad Ind listless and depressing rather than enlivening nl How about your our face 1 Is It one of th these se dispirited and disheartening Or with Its kind trusting expression Is Is' Ita it ita ita a Joy and Inspiration to stranger and friend 1 If It not now that you jou are thinking think ing about it It how about changing U Its A |