The Washington herald., 1909-04-11


formed. is fadeless, sacred from obiiv-
ion and decay
For all Gods time. to-day. Just now
May loyal friendship crown my brow,
And when I reach the suns decline.
May I have the Fathers smile devine-
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
1873 Euclid sHest.
And what is friendship but a name.
A charm that lulls TO sleep
A sound that follows wealth and fame,
And leaves the wretch 10 weep2
Goldsmith.
And is II nothing but a nRme2
Naught but a charm that lulls % sleep?
Let not the thought be given TO fame,
But perish ever IN the deep.
Let truth pronounce the couplet false
That holds the impious thought in view,
COnsign 10 dark ObliViOn.s vault
The heart that dares TO own Il true.'
Mrs. ANNIE Z. McCARDLE.
100 Fifteenth street northwest
Friendship is the priceless jewel OF life.
and Ike a diamond shines out with in
creased luster as the world about us
grows colder and duller. II compOses the
indispensable lubricant 20 the complicat-
e. machinery Of life. Cheated Of its
birthright by hope. true friendship has
ever sought 10 re-enter and regain su-
premacy IN Pandora's box. He who has
no friends IS a mere automaton, an in
I animate nobody. a living dead man.
LEROY s. BOYD
5i2 Q street northwest
Remember well and bear IN mind
a faithful FRIEND Is hard 20 find:
| When you find one kind and true.
Change not the old one for the new.
Isiz Chester eour,.
A friend should bear a friends inhrm-
| lities.-Shakespeare. 8lrs. J. W. LOWN.
So p street northwest
4 Friendship IS one Of the dearest treas
ures we have in this life. the first law OF
I which Is sincerity. There can be no
I friendship without confidence. True
I friendship is a noble and virtuo1s at
tachment springing from a pure source
How much sunlight friendship brings "a
! tkis world that otherwise would be dark
/ ness Then, too. let US remember "a man
/ that hath friends must show himself
I friendly M1. A. q. 3EIGHT.
/ Fairfax. Va
friends smiling face seen through
our tears has precisely the same effec'
as the sun shining through the rain. by
| shedding into our lives the prismatlc col
ors Of the rainbow.
! Miss JOSEPHINE LYNCH.
AZ Q street n0thwvzt-
"A friend may well be reckoned IN,
masterpiece OF nature e-''-Emerson-
EDITH V. BRADT.
la Fairmout street
Wanting TO have a friend Is sltogethel
different from wanting 10 be a friend
The former IS a mere natural human
craving; the other Is the life OF Chris
In the SOUL. r. Miller.
AIrS T.. o. ELLIOTT
l5E Rhode Island areuue n0rthECs.
is thy friend angry with thee Ther
provide him an opportunity Of showing
thee a great favor. over this his hear
must needs melt. and he will love the'
again. Richter. EDWARD r. CARR
TIE Alabama.
It Is one or the severest tests O
friendship 10 tell your friend Of hi
faults II you are angry with a man
or hate him. It Is not hard 20 so 10 hin
and stab him with words; but so 10 low
"a man that you cannot hear 10 see III
stain OF sin upon him, and 20 speak pain
ful truth through living words-that &
friendship Mrs. PAULINE JONES.
G2 G street nor1hEes-
Friendship IS the best ot al the Mas
ter Workman's precious gifts-the mothe
OF charity. Unselhshness. and zeal Il &
that which takes us out of ourselves an,
urges Us willingly 20 help bear a brother
heavier load or toll cheerily away on
task which. save for the smile II vii
bring 10 a dear ones face We're but irk
some drudgery. Il is that. too. whicl
seems to make the sun shine so brightly
the flowers so fair. and the birds 20 sin
so sweetly.
This great gift is often given and re
ceived by Us unconsciously. We not real
izing how important a factor q is IN on
busy work-a-dsy life until some startlin
change occurs perhaps an empty chai
70 remind Us OF a companion gone-per
haps the thoughts in pensive moment
. of childhOod's days when cate saying
, and rOmping pictures come dancing bac
/ across the years. and mist rises in III
eye and a lump IN the throat as we thin
OF our very first friends: for some hav
married and gone, some. alas. hav
crossed the bar. and some. much changed
are with Us still. Every day old friend
are passing out and new ones coming in
every cay the world is growing older an
needs our help and friendship. But q
those who are loyal and true whethe
those who have passed beyond o r earth
" ken. those who are with US stu. Z
those who are yet 20 come. let Us eac
hope at some future day 70 be blesse
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back from the glorious sunset time Z
life. over the bygone years. and say {
our conscience: 7 have helped TO max
the world better"
Miss T. Z BABCOCK.
so5 Tvvnty-third street northwest
True friendship Is love with the eIemer
Of selhshness eliminated.
A o,
Friendship Is the holiest OF effts: &C
can bestow nothing more sacred upon u.
II enhances every soy. mitigates ever
pain. Every one can have a friend vi
himself knows now u be a friend
BERTHA L GRIFFITHs.
TN Tre1ty-econd street northwest.
angels hands have tied.
Nh VIRGINIA SIMMONS.
The Virginia
All. how coed II feels-the hand Of a
old friend,-Longfell0w
WILLIAM H. REED,
lf6 Irving street
Love Him, and keep Him for n
friend. who. when all go away. will n.
forsake thee. nor suffer thee to perish
the last.-Thomas A Kempis
MARY ]. REED
l4S7 Irving street