The Washington herald., 1910-01-02
"The Spread of Optimism" the Slogan for 1910.
"Why Optimism Grows" Is Next Sun
days Topic.
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happy, prosperous, successful events.
Know that God rules earth even as He
! does the starry universe above us. Con-
slider your body the temple Of your soul
and then let your light shine. the light
( OF your soul illumine your countenanee
and It will be a kindly light" an opti-
mistic ray Of love and good will toward
all EyANGELINE ELIZABETH DUNLOP.
@S University place.
Our hardest journeys are made before
we set out. Building castles in the air
and making promises are easy. Resolu-
! tions are cheap, but the thing that counts
/ Is the willingness to sacrifice for the
truth. FellOw-optimists, let US begin
right have an auction" and sell out
selhshness, moral weakness, greed, and
/ tho desire to Cypress the weak Better
/ TO begin right and fail than to start
wrong The crooked oak was at some
time crooked sapIing We fail TO reach
/ the goal Of success because we start out
wrong. We can advance with courage
/ when we walk with God He never re-
treats. Those who do right themselves
do great deal 10 help other people be-
/ have themselves HENSON p HICKS
/ Bureau American Republics.
( Begin the new year right by Offering to
| God each day our every thought. word,
deed, our sufferings and pleasures. Thus
with every breath we praise God and OBJ
tain merit in heaven. II perchance we
stumble or are so unfortunate as to fall
/ BY the wayside, do not become dlscour-
| aged, but at once with a contrite heart
ask pardon and renew our good resolu-
tiOns. If We live thus each day is a New
/ Years Day. We become true optimists
shedding pleasure and sunshine all
around and about Us MARY REED
! 1877 Irving street northwest.
Costly experience sooner or later
! teaches US that right beginning is half
the battle won. Every undertaking
planned with a clear idea Of its purpose
and accomplishment means time, delay,
and confusion saved IN its execution.
/ Daily one may see how countless steps.
fruitless efforts. losses. heartaches, and
endless confusion would have been pre-
vented by & little forethought in the be-
ginning. A few moments careful delib-
Grafton at the start Of the how. why, and
when frequently mean victory at the
finish. TrF
2. o. Box "a.
Begin the year Of 1910 by looking each
day for the bright the good, and the
true, and avoiding all that even appears
TO be eVl. WI REED.
l45 Irving street.
To ignore trifling annoyances, 10 avoid
ultrafastidiousness. to condone human
frailties, remembering whereof We are
all made." to think the east wind wifi
go round to the south, he believe that
'the darkest hour Is just before dawn
in a word, Ito make the best OF things"
| is to become a public benefactor without
profession Of philanthropy
NJ HOYARTH.
iaG street northwest,
I resolve every morn on waking. what
ever may have been my shortcomings on
the previous day, TO rise promptly, 10y
fully, generously, determined to do bet
ter without any sadness and with this
thought: That with confidence in God
and with good viii one can overcome all
difficulties L. F. CLARK.
1872 \ street northwest,
-Four things a man must learn to do
II he would make his record true:
To think without confusion. clearly;
To love his fellow-men sincerely.
To act from honest motives purely.
Tc trust in God and heaven securely
Henry Van Dyke.
KATHERINE OBRIEN.
70 street.
The study Of the worlds history can
not fail 10 teach one that both man and
the world in which he lives are growing
better. Bounteous nature has worked
upon man ever since the first dawn Of
history and probably ever since the first
dawn Of the world 10 make him a better
man. She is Slowly but surely Kidding
him Of his vices and multiplying his vir-
tues. She has taught him TO love. 10 work
for and TO fight for his kindred, and now
she has him well started on the lesson
that all mankind are his kindred. 1t is
often said that the future is mercifUIly
hidden from US. True. we never know
what the day viii bring forth. but we do
know that we can resolve To start this
unknown year right. Ny moral is. be an
optimist. If il is dark now. it VIII be
light again presently. Old Earth rolls all
her children into the shadow and then
into the light, but she always rolls for
ward. After all. it pays to be cheerful
and optimistic under any and all circum-
stances, and perhaps this is the one reso-
luton which we should all make for the
new year and try our best 10 keep: "A
short cut to happiness" and quickest way
is by renunciation and self-sacrifice.
Mrs. N. GL0TZBACH.
llli Trinidad avenue northeast
The right way to begin the year is to
keep Gods commandments and think
deeply Of that small motto, Lets help"
and be ever ready to help those In dis
tress. and by beginning right you'll find
the pathway 10 paradise. JH. GRAY.
62i street northeast.
Let US New Years Day resolve to do
something to lessen the worlds sadness
and increase its joys, and not this day
only. but every day Of our lives
ANNE FRANCES GOLDSBOROUGH.
1881 X street northwest.
The largest room in the world is the
room for self-improvement. No one Is
perfect. but We can try to raise ourselves
to a better and happier life. We make
new resolutions and break them, but
why2 Because we have not made them
in all sincerity. You make a promise to
a friend 70 keep a secret and you keep
IT. Now, then. the very best friend you
have IS yourself. and why not keep a