The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
OptimiSts Know the Value of Friends
and Keep Those They Make.

has lost a friend and who fears that the
empty place may never be filed. No as
sOciati0n can be permanent unless
grounded I'm friendship. Unless man. s
wife is his friend they are not really one
Make a friend OF your WIFE, Of your nus
( band. OF your son, and your daughter
( Let the relationship stand for something
worth while; let Il mean a complete and
( true understanding. a common ground
/ where troubles can be laid bare, where
] joys can be shared, where the clouds
! Of existence can be swept away so that
you can really say, Il have lived and
I loved"
/ Don't forget the subject for next sun
/ day. "Contentment.' This was selected
/ from the suggestions received from the
members of the club. who are invited TO
make further suggestions each week. The
most popular topics viii be the first 10 be
used
/ The first prize for the best selection on
/ Friendship" I have awarded TO Harold
! c. Thorao, Department Of Commerce and
! Labor. for the following:
/ I'm the hour OF distress and misery, the
/ eve of every mortal turns to friendship.
in the hour Of eladness and eonviviality,
/ What is our want? II Is friendship.
] When the heart OverhOWs with gratitude.
or with any other sweet and sacred senti-
ment what is the word TO which il would
give utterance? A friend. ."-Landor.
/ The second prize goes 70 Caroline Bren-
nan. III Second street, for this thought:
/ There can be no friendship without con-
/ fdence. and no confidence without integ-
rity.-Rambler.
The third prize Of 50 is awarded to
/ Katherine O'Brien. 20 S street north
west. for the following:
The only way to have friend is to be
one
Prizes Of 81 each have been awarded for
the following optimistic sentiments:
Hail TO Thee, Thou Prince Of Friends,
Our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ.
Who died upon the cross 70 save man
kind.
This day Thou art risen,
I Gloria In Excelsis Deo,"
EPIPHANY MORNING SUNDAY SCHOOL
Friendship is a synonym to Lets
! Help" our club motto IL is tho friendly
feeling we have toward our fellow-man
that gives us the spirit Of helpfulness
and makes US glad there is an optimis,
club and a Let's Help button 10 remind
US Of our duty. one toward another. as
friends and helpers.
Mrs EDWIN ELKINs.
l5I5 Vermont avenue northwest.
Somewhere I CLEANED this idea: Every
man. 10 be fully developed. needs three
kinds OF friends-a few who are interiors
10 fill his heart with pity and charity
more who are his superiors TO call forth
reverence and act as an inspiration, and
most Of chose who are his peers. with
whom he can be himself whom he car
help and who can help him. the kind Of
friend that Emerson describes, a friend
is a person with whom ] may be sin
cere. before whom can think aloud -
GEORGIE q. CARR
Every person whom we know ough
u be our friend. I don't believe in ex
elusive friendships. for very often they
lead 20 morbidness All Of us should re
ialize the fact that all human beings hav,
hearts beating in their bosoms. and tha
in every person. no matter how chilly hi
exterior may look. We may md. II ou
warmth OF heart Is searching enough,
. warm. sunshiny spot All we need 10 d,
is 10 apply drop OF two Of lubricant, or
in other words. use tact 10 soften IN,
! aSpeTities OF people The golden chain O
b friendship should contain hundreds an,
: hundreds of links for each one Of us. an,
that chain can never grow too long 10
any one. We should be sincere in every
thing we say. and not talk about trouble
tfor there Is no such word as trouble il
, the Optimist's vocabulary. and We shal
, always be surrounded by friends. Th
friendships that are hardest TO cultivat
in the beginning often prove tie most edi
flying when they sprout With sGnshin
and a blue sky in my heart for all lei
| lOw-creatUres, remain.
MARIE H. BOGDALIN.
255 North Carolina avenue southeast
when invited. but in adversely they com
j y Tselfth street northwest.
! The following contributions have bee
selected for honorable mention:
For he that wrongs his friend
: Wrongs himself more. and ever bear
D about
A silent court Of justice in his breast.
j Himself the judge and jury and himself
The prisoner al the bar condemned"
S -Tennyson.
" D. CARTER.
Patent omoe
, Character is so largely affected by as
s scciatioas that we cannot afford 20 be IN
? different IS 10 who and what our friend
\ are. They write their names in our al
. buns; but they DO more: they help {
: make Us what We are. Be, therefore
? careful in selecting them. and when wise
I " selected never sacrifice them.-Hulburc
BESSIE n. HEALY.
~ North Carolina avenue southeast.
20 friend, best of friends, Thy at
sence more
Than the impending night darkens IN
landscape o'ert"-Longfellow.
a day for toll an hour Cor sport
But for a friend life is too short"
Emerson
ROLF THELEN.
Forest servce.
Friendship imposes no yoke on IT'S Oh
ject, hss not the feelings OF a patron. ex
poets no compliance with It's opinions, n
sacrifices Of personal independence: b,
is jealous for the rights. dignity. an
moral independence Of fits object. an
takes pleasure in the free judgment an
elevated spirit OF a friend. only expec,
ing these 10 be tempered with Kindness
Sincerity truth. faithfulness, come in;
tho very essence OF friendship.
"True friendship. founded on NOR;
qualities. is utterly inconsistent with
partial. exclusive. unsOciai attachmer
to a few. I do not love my friend unles
I am sensible 70 his eXceHences whe
manifested IN others and unless I am al
tached TO the cause Of universal virtue.
Extracts from William Ellery Channsn.
Mrs L. HARTSHORN.
z II has been said that Rare as Is tru
Y love true friendship is still rarer." an
I a friend should bear his friends II
n hrmities." Have you friend who didn
= dndca vnn whan vOi, we're "Hnurn an