The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

AITS DELLA n. BEER
Seventeenth md Hsnli1 streets northeast.
Keep your eye on the Star OF Hope"
that shines
/ Through the darkest hours OF life;
Take a firm grip. keep up your nerve,
Zen through lfe's lercest strife;
Do this, and keep your faith in your God
on high.
And vhate'er betides. Hope viii nsver
die. Mis- ? NJ O'ROURKE.
Casrieston. s C
Hope Is the handkerchief that wipes
the tears from our eyes.
MzS THEODORE WOOD.
20 Second STREET northeast
When peace and mercy. banished from
the plain,
Sprung on the viewless winds TO heaven
All. al forsOOk the frisndlesz guilty
But Hope the charmer. fingered stin be
hind;
AuspieiOus HOpel in thy sweet garden
grow
wreaths for each tor. charm for every
woe. Mu- BELLE EDELIN,.
rs P4rk rad
IN moments Of discouragement. reflect
that discouragement is merely q test Of
virtue; when failure attends your earnest
efforts, remember that he who has not
scored a failure is unable 20 appreciate
success, and when clouds OF sorrow hover
over your head. look up and hope. FOR
behind each cloud their IS a silver
lining"
Though the rain may heavily fail,
Sunshine follows rain.
Though the sun has set to-nfsht.
At morn It VIII rise again.
CHARLES A LETHERT.
DEPARTMENT Of Justice.
Hone is the handspring Of happiness
and II encourages US 20 resolution. which
IS the secret OF success s z ADKINS
SSl street, IRE Truxton-
Do not look for wrong and evil
You viii find them II you do:
As you measure for your neighbo-.
He VII measure back 70 you
Look for goodness. look for gladness-
You win meet them all the While;
II you bring q smiling vissge
To the glass, you meet a smile
Miss NARY I. JENNINGS.
ISo1 r street northwest
Bend 70 the north wind so wild.
Summer VIII come BY and by.
Rough are the mountains and steep:
Peaceful the valley and deep.
Sorrow. the twin OF unrest
Fades in eTulgence OF hope
Roses have thorns, il is true:
Sweet are the violets and blue
Do not sit down and repine.
Meet fate with q winsome smile:
Some day you'll surely know why
Life Is worth while-if YOU try.
MrS EVA KENNIE COGSHILL
Tskona Park
Hope is the earnest desire OF some ~ /
tuTe good
Hope is the silver key that locks against I
doubt. despair. and death.
What makes old age so sad IS, not that I
our joys. but that hopes cease.
Hope is a harvest OF barren regrets.
Hope, the fairy goddess Of earth. 4
wreathes bright garlands for each toi.
orvrs vs..
Hope is that pleasing mirror which gives
q prospect Of greater good. that comforts 4
Us IN all extremities: the benificent and
honest fiatterer that carresses the IN
happy with expectation Of happiness in 4
the bosom Of futurity
z K GOLDSB0ROUGH. N D.
l33l street northwest
Every day is q fresh beginning.
Listen, ny soul, to the glad refrain:
And spite Of old sorrow and older SHINING. 4
And puzzles forecasted and possible
pain.
Take heart with the day and begin /
again EDWARD r. CARR.
The Leumas. corner Twelfth and Q streets.
Hope the best. get ready for the worst,
and take cheerfully what God sends
KATHERINE O'BBIEN.
q s street northwest
Without the helping comfort Of hope,
adversely could not be borne. For
Hope viii heal the broken heart,
Which. ike the plants that throw
Their fragrance from the wounded part. 4
Breatbes sweetness out Of woe.
BE street northwest.
4 single hair viii cast q shadow but i
10 the distressed. disconsOiate. ard de- 1
spairing. q ray of hope viii ike dane 4
ing sunbeam. penetrate the deepest gloom, ]
for Il pertains TO advancing and not re-
ceeding years and ever beckons 70 better 4
things. T @. CAREY.
Brookland. D. c
Hope stands ever at the drawbridge to
Stronghold -Endeavor. demanding but
the password Sincerity TO lower Il.
Endeavor commands the outlook upon
Possibility and Success. but unless Hope 4
beckon and lower the bridge. the moat
OF Discouragement viii ever lie between
Us and Stronghold Endeavor
MIS- h B. H0LEFIELD.
l0s Hammond couTt-
Look I'd, not down: out. not in. and
lend a hand and heart Let US be kind.
kindly always In the brotherhood OF man.
let Us always realize that our neighbOr
win gladly respond to the word and smile
that comes from the heart, that We are
all Gods children with a common bond
Of kinship; that we are all hesitatingly
waiting and yeaTning for the touch OF the
magic wand OF sympathy. Therefore, let
Us lay our roses OF kindIineSs on the yet
throbing heart oppressed by sorrow. rath-
Ct than on the still. cold breast Beyond
and above ali, let Us realize the truth that
and ceaseIess improvement is
Gods unchanging law, that there Is