Columnist A. G. Gardiner expressed some regret that he had not been born with one of those smiles that seem to work magic. He recalled how one friend of his had a smile so disarming that others invariably forget whatever bone they may have had to pick with him, and simply basked in its warmth.
Gardiner conceded that smiles of this bewitching kind are uncommon. Spontaneous smiles inevitably advertise or betray our own natural character, and a contrived or conventional smile is seen through quickly. The only way to acquire a more winning smile, he said, is to acquire a more winning personality — to undergo an inner rebirth.
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