<h2>IT PAYS TO BE HAPPY</h2>
<h3>BY TOM MASSON</h3>
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<span class="i0">She is so gay, so very gay,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And not by fits and starts,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">But ever, through each livelong day<br/></span>
<span class="i2">She's sunshine to all hearts.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">A tonic is her merry laugh!<br/></span>
<span class="i2">So wondrous is her power<br/></span>
<span class="i0">That listening grief would stop and chaff<br/></span>
<span class="i2">With her from hour to hour.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Disease before that cheery smile<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Grows dim, begins to fade.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A Christian scientist, meanwhile,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Is this delightful maid.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">And who would not throw off dull care<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And be like unto her,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">When happiness brings, as her share,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">One hundred dollars per ——?<br/></span></div>
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