Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Theatres in nearly all of the camps, and here performances are given nightly. The very best, at 10 and 25 cents. Playwrights have sacrificed their royalties; stars, a good part of their salaries; and producers their profits in order to give to our men in uniform the best good cheer. But, with all this, Smileage is a tremendous undertaking, and the Government feels that because it has to use every one of its dollars toward the direct prosecution of the war the public will take up Smileage as its own contribution, a gift to every soldier...
...strongly hoped that Harvard men will respond liberally. Smileage books sell in $1 and $5 forms, and surely every man in the University is willing to forget the price of a show or two for the good cheer which these Smileage books will bring to thousands of our men. Judge Lindsay says: "Smileage is not only an inspiration, but one of the most practical things in this war. Smileage will do more to keep our boys wholesome than all other forms of free entertainment combined...
...least, has become aware that there is a war going on; some of his colleagues are still in the '90's. Mr. Davis signs a story which looks as if it had been written for a Christmas number some 25 years ago, found lacking in seasonable cheer, and consigned to the bottom drawer, whence it had suddenly and mysteriously risen. It describes the struggles of a brave little woman, and ends, "Then quietly, she walked out into the night." One is consoled by the knowledge that she couldn't possibly walk out anywhere into the night without running into bevies...
...Freshman class marched to the field with a band to cheer the team in its last practice before its departure for Cambridge...
...Class of 1921 marched to the field with a band today to cheer the men during practice