THE EFFECT OF A SMILE.
“Smile,” said the Magistrate at Totenham to a disconsolate-look-ing young wife, who sought a separation order against her husband. “I haven’t much to smile about,” answered the wife, who said her husband had been cruel to her. Nevertheless, she smiled, and the court smiled with her. The husband smilingly said he would find a home for his wife away from her people, with whom they had been living. The wife agreed to accept this oiler, and the Magistrate made her smile again by recalling that wlial appeared to he mountains at the beginning of bis own married iito had proved but molehills. By the time they left the court the young couple - were laughin'l-
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3015, 25 March 1926, Page 4
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119THE EFFECT OF A SMILE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3015, 25 March 1926, Page 4
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