The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
1PTIMISTS GLORY IN THEIR WORK-THEIR DAILY TASKS

Il Still, we have not given up one dream
the dream Of success in this work 10
Which we are so clamped. The secret Of
this success lies in the same old word.
/ 'drudgery."
Il give you the end Of a golden string,
Only wind It into a ball.
II will lead you in &C heavens gate.
Built In Jerusa.ems wall.
Mrs HORACE II. LOCKWOOD.
&c Randolph place northwest.
Not every bud becomes the perfect
flower,
Not every bird sings sweetly as the
lark.
And the swift arrow shot with certain
power
May cIeave the air or fail to reach the
mark
So we should labor on and never be
dismayed;
Discouraged at ambition crossed,
Our work wrought out in patience,
silently.
Is worth TO every one what e'er il cost.
HARRY B. MIDKIFF.
9os F1sgler place northwest.
Let US learn our lesson from the bros
In building their little nest:
They gather the straws In the sunshine;
Work first, and then comes rest.
A. F. PENNYwTTT.
Next 20 love. work IS our greatest bless
ing Work moves the machinery OF life
and optimism oils the wheels.
CLARA d. GILBERT.
lScs Fuirnout street
The work that the large majority Of us
have 20 do is not Of our own selecting.
In this respect as in many others. we
appear TO be the creatures OF heredity.
circumstance. or environment: and. in
deed. so we are. but behind il all is the
operation Of divine wisdom and law.
Some are called 10 high and others TO
lowly spheres Of action-that is. our poor.
weak, foolish pride applies those terms
OF distinction. In truth. and in the sight
OF God. all honest work done with honest
purpose is high and honorable. and the
hUmblest tOiler Is the peer Of the most
elevated The man who digs the bitches
in our streets is performing a work as
necessary and as benehcent as the one
who directs the finances or q nation
and the driving OF a coal cart IS more
indispensable IN the economy Of tosday's
civilization than aerial navigation OF
wireless telegraphy. Thus. I repeat. all
honest work Is noble and praiseworthy
and 10 be glOried In and he makes a
! great mistake who looks upon II with
contempt or follows II with shame. We
cannot all be princes. but we can all he
men, we cannot all be mlllionaires. but
we can all seize upon our duty and our
work and perform IL bravely without fear
o. seif-reproach. Carlyle voiced the same
thought when he wrote: "An work is sa-
cred. In all true work. were II but true
hand-labor, there Is something OF divine
ness"
II. my brother. you are engaged IN
honest work. be not dlsheartened II II Is
not 50 high as you would wish il 10 be
You are one of the men, one Of the pro-
ducers. one OF the conservatOrs Of the
world You are filling a great and noble
place IN human existence that many
kings and emperors. students and sci
entists, philosophers and sayants have
never occupied. You can lift your face
% the stars and leave the trials and bur
dens and inequalities OF this life for
their final solution 10 Him who Ordereth
al things both IN heaven and earth
Work, Work! What a wealth OF aspi-
ration IN the word alone, What inspira-
ti0n and fulhllment N the thing ITSELF
Il strengthens and develops the physical
body: il paoifes. consoles. and fortifes
the soul. 1t generates cOntentment and
| hope and destroys bitterness and despair.
| Il Is the great motive power OF the hui
man race Without IL the earth would
be bleak and barren, a CHASTITY metropolis
/ filed with dead mems bones and ever
/ lasting deSolation. and life here would be
/ impossible. unthinkable.
JOHN A PHILLIPS.
ssS s1r-t no-thTest-
Work never killed any one but a fool
NAE H. SHAW
la North Crolina avenue.
Work is rest from the sorrows that greet
Rest from all petty vexations that meet
US
Rest from sin-promptings that ever
entreat Us.
Rest from wOrld-sirens that lure Us TO
III.
Work. and pure slumbers shall wait on
thy pillow,
Work, thou shalt ride over cares coming
btlow
Lie not down wearied meath woes weep
ing willow;
/ Work with stout heart and resoIute will.
Ms. Ia B. CHAMBERLAIN.
Ths stanhoPe.
most effective aid 20 its completion. the
most prolific source OF true success. is
energy without dependency.
Ms. W. A. BARRACK.
/ ls1 fifteenth street northwest
A stagnant pool may be likened unto a
lazy man. Both receive. neither dis
/ tribute re I. MONC-RE.
/ Fse5srezs5u-s, Va,
God intends no man TO live in this
world without working; but He intends
every man to be happy in his work = .
/ Now, IN order that people may be happy
/ in their work there are three things
needed: They must be 1T for It. they
I must not DO too much OF It, and they
must have a sense OF success Of It"
FRANCIS NJ POTTER.
10 A street northeast
| Every man, be he rich or poor, has his
own work. We are building day by day
( q structure that, when finished. VIII De
beautiful and clean, sordid or ugly: one
that viii weather. the blast or crumble
into ruins. True rest IS 20 be found only
| In the knowledge that something has
been accomplished.
1 The heights by great men reached and
kept
Were not attained by sudden fight.
| But they, while their companions slept
1 Were toiling upward IN the night"
Mrs. MARGARET CHAMBERLAIN
I 6E Second street northeast
! Work is a good medicine TO take for
worried mind Mis- MARY I. JENNINGS.
1901 street northwest.
Work thou for pleasure. paint or sing or
/ carve
The thing thou lowest. though the body
starve.