The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

have not Happiness Is made and not
found. Il comes from within and not
from without The poet teaches US that,
and IL We would after a certain age, find
enjoyment in life, we must become again
ike little children, open our hearts to the
healing influences Of nature, and cease
10 despise simple pleasures.
Mrs O. c. OLIVER.
Lynehs Station. Va.
True happiness, II rightly understood,
Consists alone in doing good"
MIS- T. X. O'BRIEN.
70 street northwest.
II you want TO be happy. live to accom-
plish something. not merely 10 exist Live
for a worthy purpose. some incentive,
soma goal 10 reach, keeps the traveller on
the safe road. Adapt habits 10 environ
ments, control surroundings as far as
possible 10 the great end-effective liv-
ing. Educate the young from the first 10
value life and health. to find happiness in
right living. Above ALL believe that II
pays TO know the truth and 10 follow Il.
MARTHA \. GARNER.
l2l2 Twelfth stree, northwest
Know all the good that individuals ind.
Or God and nature meant 10 mere
mankind,
Reasons whole pleasure. all the Joys OF
sense.
Lie in three words-health, peace. COM
petence. Mrs, r. RAMSAY.
s9 street northwsst,
True happiness Is OF a retiring nature
and an enemy 70 pomp and noise II
arises. in the first place. from the enjoy
meut Of oneself and. IN the next. from
the friendship and conversation Of a few
select companions. False happiness loves
70 be In a crowd and 20 draw the eyes OF
the world upon her. She does not receive
any satisfaction from the applause which
she gives herself. but from the admira-
lion which she raises in Others.-Addison.
Post-oaice Department.
Great is the thirst for happiness. and
equally great is the lack OF happiness.
The majority of the poor long for riches.
believing that their possession would
bring them supreme and lasting happi-
ness Many who are rich, having graft
fed every desire and whin, suffer from
ennui and repletion. and are farther from
the possession of happiness even than
l4lt fNl y RVot- Adig men VINO
have accumulated riches have confessed
that the selfish qualification which fol-
lowed the acquisition OF riches has
robbed life Of its sweetness, and that
they were never so happy as when they
We're poor.
What then, is happiness. and how is Il
TO be secured? Is it a fgment delu-
sion. and is suffering alone perennial?
We shall find that selfshness Is
the cause OF all the unhappiness in the
world So long as you persist IN
selfshly seeking for your own personal
happiness. so long will happiness elude
you, and you will be sowing the seeds Of
wretchedness- IN so far as you succeed
IN losing yourself IN the service OF others
tn that measure viii happiness come 10
You and you viii reap a harvest OF bliss.
II is in loving the heart is
blessed.
Il is in giving we find our quest. "
The heart that has reached Ut
ter self-forgetfulness in its love for others
has become possessed OF the highest hap
pness. Look back upon your IFS
and YOU viii hnd that the moments OF
supremest happiness were those in which
you uttered some word or performed
scme act OF compassion or self-denying
love. As we realize that alien
bI6cing love which is the negation az
self we put ourselves IN harmony with
the divine music. the universal song. and