Smiles - US 39219 - Billy Warren

This is a fun roll to have for historical purposes - the song "Smiles" was composed by Lee S. Roberts, who was president of QRS, and the US music roll company was a chief rival of QRS. It's nice to compare and contrast with the much more well-known version on QRS by Roberts & Kortlander.
The lyrics are a nice reflection on the way smiles can have different meanings depending on nature and context. I like this version too...it sounds a little tipsy to me if that makes any sense.
I believe that this roll is from 1918, though it could be a few years later since it says "new interpretation" on the box. It appears that the same arrangement also appears as Supertone 5618. Also, I think the pianist was a woman - the name is credited as "pianiste" which seems to have been a gender designation by US.

[@SevenPlus65]

🎶 There are smiles that make us happy 🎶 😄 There are also piano rolls that make us happy! Thanks for posting this total and complete classic. I'll be humming it all morning.

[@rowanbelt3612]

Delighted to bring you a Smile my friend! 😉

[@peternewseterforever]

Great I'm not the only one who humms good tunes often.

[@peternewseterforever]

It's an amazing piece. Btw what was happening with the paper on some parts of the piece?

[@rowanbelt3612]

@@peternewseterforever Thank you, so glad you like it! Do you have a timestamp so I can see what you're referring to? I didn't notice anything odd with the paper.

[@peternewseterforever]

Oh, nevermind. It's just some friction. My bad.