The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03

of perfection and growth which the
Creator, in the fullness of His love, In
tended for It.
SO shall not we all, as representatives
OF the creed of optimism, become gar
deners also In the human flower bed, and
transplant some poor little plant TO the
beautiful green country. where it may
revel In the mysteries Of nature. and OBJ
tain the needed rest and strength 10
enable it to take hold OF its little burdens
with proper zest? dime or a dollar,
either win help, and your own vacation
will prove all the more enjoyable for the
feeling that you have given up gown.
or taken a less expensive trip. in order
TO help some little one less fortunate than
yourself. MARION c. BARKER.
We need loves tender lessons taught
As only weakness can;
God has his small interpreters,
The child must teach the man.
Whittier.
ROsALIE B. McGRATH.
"Ah what would the world be to US
II the children were no more
We would dread the desert behind Us
Worse than the dark before"
-Longfellow.
MISS F. L. STRAUGHAN.
The childhood shows the man as morn
ing shows the day.
Paradise Regained.
MISS II. z MOORE.
Fragile beginnings Of mighty end,
says one writer
Il love these little people; and It IS
not a slight thing when they. who are SO
fresh frOm f1Od live uE
call not that man Wretched who, what
ever Ills he suffers, has child TO love-
LAURA V. ALLEN.
Jesus was the first great teacher of
men who showed a genuine sympathy for
childhood. When he said "Of such is the
kingdom OF heaven 1t was a revelation.
If there Is anything that viii endure
The eye of God because II still is pure.
1t is the spirit of a little child,
Fresh from his hand, and therefore IN
def1led
Nearer the gate OF Paradise than we,
Our children breathe It's air, its angels
see:
And when they pray God hears their
simple prayer.
Yea, even sheathes His sword, in judg-
ment bare. MRS. z. W. FULMER-
This great. broad, and beautiful world
needs children, for it is their gleeful
voices at play OF their merry laughter
which encourages joyfulness and happi-
ness OF spirit. Out OF the mouths OF babes
so frequently come words OF wisdom.
The pleadings Of a child before an angersd
father or mother have more than once
restored peace 10 the household. They
are the God-sent creatures that preach
wonderful sermons by their simplicity
and they are voices which speak to the
erring. 10 those who have wandered from
the righteous path. in a subdued tone
which defies- resistance. Their presence
In the home delights the evening hours,
and their strange questions about life and
its people lure the tired brain 10 restful
meditauons. They ha-c a charm and a
manner which appeal to feeling in a way
more powerful than expressed words.
LOUIS VARNUM WOULFE.
I attended our Sunday school excur-
sion last week; and If you want to see
children that is the place to go. In ad-
dition to the schools there were children
from one or two orphan asylums. Chill
dren TO the right of US, and children ia
Allegro. and Edith with golden hair" But
what appealed 10 me most were ter
little orphan tots all sitting on the floor
in a row quiet as, mice, waiting for the
good sister TO take them of the boat
Dear little darlings; was wishing every
one had Teddy bear. I read last week
that there was only one Teddy bear
among nine orphan children, and one
little fellow had only one block TO play
with Think of it, One Teddy, bear
among nine children. Isn't it pathetic?
Mrs. F. L. BARRINGER.
These beautiful words OF Charles Dick,
ems seem appropriate in our talk about
the little ones" whom the King Of
Heaven was not too busy to welcome into
His kingdom:
They are idols of hearts and OF house.
holds;
They are angels Of God In disguise:
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes.
Oh, those truants from home and from
heaven,
They have made me more manly and
mild;
And I know, now. how Jesus could Mker
The kingdom Of God 10 a child
MARY h UDRISOk
To me the love for children is the mos
natural thing in the world. I consider
| 1t God-given trait of character which
few are entirely without. The worst Of
cruelty Is cruelty TO a little child. Then
If it be in our power TO give to those
! little ones, who are "hungering anC
thirsting' for a sight of green fields and
breaths of sweet country air. is it no
cruelty to withhold It?
Miss L F. JEFFRIES.
| Among the poor children who wer,
sent to the country last year was one
/ little waif who in all her life had never
seen anything pleasanter than the noisy
| dirty streets Of the lower portion of tn,
city. Sickening of a fatal disease th'
scenes of that one bright week haunted
her. and she pleaded to see the farmer
! wife in whose care she had been; and
when the good woman entered the barr
garnet where the little sufferer lay. tn,
child cried out feverishly. rs 1t all there