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Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

\ "Roolie" Norton the crack left field
er OF the Los Angeles Merchants, is
on the sick list and win not be seen
weeks.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21

rolled around, for Bernie was there
to open the heat with a single to right.
He advanced on Howard's sacrifice
and when Dillon bunted safely along
the third base line Bernie reached the
far corner. The fans thought Murphy
would he called on for the usual bone
headed squeeze play, but Dillon was
there with the noodle and Murph fol-
lowed with a long fly to Hester. Ber-
nard started as soon as leather touched
leather and beat the toss home by
few inches. Then the score keeper
wrote as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21

Tom Hasty of the Villagers viii be
fbe official umpire at the Redondo-
Hughes game Sunday at Redondo.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21
SACRAMENTO
SCORE BY INNING

Two out when winning run scored.
XDeakins batted for Orendorff in sixth inning.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

A confession of faith is always good
for the soul, and our page to-day is made
up Of the confessions OF faith of the
members of the Optimist Club. II makes
line and hopeful reading. does it not?
1t Is inspiring 10 read why il is that the
philosophy and gospel of optimism ap-
peals 10 SO many people. To read these
confessions on "Why l am an optimist"
is to get new grip on life and hopeful
ness.
1t is a fine thing 10 be an Optimist.
for optimism fits all creeds. It is. in a
way. a religion that needs no churches,
lie preachers. To adopt il as our re-
ligiOn Is 10 find the song of optimism
singing in your heart. The scales OF
doubt fall from your eyes. and the world
the faces OF mankind, take on different
nearing. Instead of seeing through a
glass darkly," we see with eyes of faith;
see life clearly, and see it whole. and we
sec. too, with eyes OF hope the long vista
OF the road that shall lead US TO the
end.
Along that road OF life there is much
hard work TO be done; as we trail
through the dust there must be much
surviving OF the soul. Always the world
shall call 10 US through the hungry
pleasures OF the eye, the desire of the
heart; and the world. the flesh, and the
devtI' shall appear in wondrous guises
TO tempt US from the road. But with
optimism as our guide the way will be
blithe and happy and cheerful and keen
With brave steps shall we march for
ward. our eyes fixed on the heights be-
yond. We shall not heed the pains of
the road. the deep ruts. the miry places,
nor the Jagged stones that cut our weary
feet. But, IN harmony with optimism.
we shall hear the music OF the ripping
brook; the happy songs OF birds in the
beautiful foliage OF the trees: the verdure
Of the meadows will have a message for
US, the perfume OF Wild flowers shall be
balm. And If. perchance. we come
along that rOad-upOn some who, weak
and exhausted. have fallen by the way,
always we shall find. God-given in our
souls. the strength 10 say the needful
word. the grace 10 reach a helping hand.
the virtue OF true sympathy.
That is optimism. my friends That
is what optimism means to me, who
hereby thanks yea for your fine contribu-
tons. and says. like Tiny Tim, God
bless US. every one
THE oPTIMIsT.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
IDLE HOURS.

You call them Idle hours,
1 say it's time well spent.
My days with birds and flowers
And thoughts that are heaven
sent.
You. talking over your troubles,
And thinking over your wees,
How little you get OF the pleas
ure
That every Optimist knows.
Go lie midst a field of daisies,
Go follow a bird 10 its nest,
Your heart will be eased of sor-
row,
Your soul Will be filed with
rest.
You can't remember a grievance,
You cant think long of a
wrong,
When the sky shines blue above
you,
And the world is filed with
song.
Oh, forget sometimes your tire
some wrongs.
Your days that with woes are
rife;
And learn little in Homes
bright school
OF beautiful, care-free life.
Caroline LOughbOrOugh.
Bethesda, Md.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
WHY | Am AN OPHMIST.
THE PRIZE WINNERS.

The following are the contri-
buttons which have been awarded
the five prizes Of s2.O0 each.
Checks Will be mailed 20 the win
nersi
Optimism 20 me means, health,
strength, purpose, usefulness, and
prolonged life That is really
worth while. IL stands for the
highest ideals and attachments,
and il a potent factor I'm the pres
emit high plane of moral stHnd-
ards. Ii stands for the best, pur-
est, and thriftiest In everything.
II. BRIGHT.
Mt. Rainier, Md.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
Honorable Mention.

AS tuberculosis and other contagious
diseases are contracted by lnhaling the
breath or spittle of one so affected, grad
ually working upon the whole frame until
II saps all the vitality optimism, If you
will allow me 10 compare il with this
dreadful disease, works just the opposite.
He who inhales the breath or spittle of
optimism, as IL were, that virtuous con-
tagion which no one need dread. a beauti-
full change OF conditions begins to appear.
Hope drives out despair: smiles take
place OF tears and sorrow; love takes
placs of hatred. and this magnetic con-
tagion so preys on the entire system until,
tonie-like in its tendency. a healthy, ro-
bust optimist Is nodded. Visiting an OPP
timistic friend I inhaled some OF these
virtues. CT which l am very proud.
That's why I am an optimist.
ABIGAIL THOMPSON ROWE.
The creative mind must ever be opti-
mistic because its essential characteristics
are faith and hope, and to do truly great
work one must be broad enough of mind
and possessed OF sufficient farsightedness
10 have a large store of charity-or love.
Oay the broad mind. capable OF a COM
prehensive view OF life in its essential
details, can be an optimist The narrow.
petty mind. hlled with self, with the ego,
Is the pessimist. We can cultivate good
or cultivate badness; we can control our
tempers or We can give away TO them;
we can aspire and climb upward 30 the
God-consciousness or we can sink lower
and lower in the various degrees OF con-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
WHY AM AN OPTIMIST?

the world is o life
Without which nOthing's groyynt
And l. believe
Well =
Because the In
which and SOW
= he
w
Because 1 feel the ms
Rich store ev'ry 81
Who strives TO make the o
In ev'ry duty done.
Because the end of
Is yielding 10 DUST
SO, IL behoOyes ~ hen To
For higher things, 1
100 Fifth northeast. p, HAMNI
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an optimist because Opti-
a.Ism lifts me above petty things
10 a higher plane-brings me
near 10 Him who is Love. Ten
derness. Mercy, Wisdom. Optim-
ism gives me a broader love for
humanity, a greater desire 90 help
the world roll in the right direc-
ton. Ia short, optimism makes
life better worth the living, and
so am an OptImIst.
CLARA ID. GILBERT.
1927 Girard street.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
O Heart of mine. we shouldn't

o Heart or mine. we shouldn't
Worry so!
What we've missed OF calm We couldn't
Have. you know!
What we've met Of stormy pain,
And of sorrows driving rain,
We can better meet again,
II it blow!
We have erred in that dark hour
We have known.
When our tears fell with the shower,
All alonel
Were not shine and shadow blent
AS the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
With His own.
For We know, not every morrow
Can be sad;
So forgetting all the sorrow
We have had.
Let US fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears.
And through all the coming years.
Just be glad. MAIZE SMITH.
am an optimist because its Teachings
I!fs me out of the gloom of evil forebod
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

1 nm nm Optimist because hope
right for myselfj to open nay
heart In sympathy 10 the dis
tressed; tn believe firmly and
faithfully in the goodness of God,
and to know In my soul that
through Him all things work to-
sether for the best.
;. ID. DUNLAP.
Box 81, Riverdale, Md.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an OE.imist for two rea-
sons; First, that 1 may be Obe-
dent 10 the Lord Jesus Christ,
who bids me live my life one day
at u times second, that may
have leisure 40 cheer and help my
neighbOr In the to-day which is
now his, If 1 waste no time In
taking thought for "A tomorrow
which il not yet my own.
ELLEN MCFARLAND.
1913 Calvert street.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
1927 Girard street.

al have learned, in whatsoever
state 1 am, Herewith to be con-
tent. i know both how 10 be
abased, and know how 10
abOunds everywhere. and Ia all
things, l am instructed, both to
be full and to be hungry, both 10
abOSnd and TO suffer need. / can
do all things through Christ,
which strengtheneth me-" phil.
4i1I-I3)
II. G. WEEKS.
Corner Pine and Columbia streets,
TakOma Park, Md.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an optimist because its teachings
lift me out of the gloom Of evil forebod-
ings and dependency: cause me to enter
into the future with 8 heart made light
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

I am an optimist because in order 10
obtain our highest development We must,
like the plants. keep in the sunshine OF
life and not hide in its shade. Like some
poor beasts OF burden who work IN per-
petual darkness and are consequently
blind. we, too. shall become blind TO all
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

Optimism is light. life. love; l shun
pessimism. 1t drives God away; 1t puts
humanity at e distance; it interests Us
in earthly affairs only. Mrs. ]. C. SCOTT.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

owe my optimism TO the training OF
the dearest and most conscientious
mother a child ever had She felt the i'm
portance OF early training and never lost
an opportunity to teach US with utmost
kindness and patience all that goes
toward making of character. She be-
longed 70 your optlmist club till the day
Of her death last November.
Mrs A. E. RANNEY
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

Whether I am an optfmist for the CIV
ing or the receiving 1 have been trying
TO decide since the 7th instant, with the
result that INDIGESTION prevails as we go
TO press: this much. however. l do know
In the enjoyment of the privileges of be-
ing a member I derive something more
than the intellectual treats afforded me
by the digesting Of the beautiful express
sions OF my fellow-members, and, for
want OF better term. I will call IL a
sort OF personal attachment which i'm
pels me IN regularly looking for the ia
miliar names of contributors; 10 that, IN
way-in a delightfully."- pleasant way
I have come TO know their personally
as revealed by their expressions in ink.
AS TO the giving. The respondent man or
woman anu the would-be suicide are the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an optimist because I think the
mental attitude controls 10 a large ex-
tent the bodily health. I am a strong
believer In cheerfulness and hopefulness,
and In so far as others are concerned. I
am sincere optimist because believe
example is more powerful than words,
and II my actions exert any influence
upon my associates want that influence
to be the best. Mrn l. 7 o'CONNFJJ.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an optimist. in the first place, be-
cause my aim in life is TO please God. 1t
helps one to be cheerful. hopeful, and
more contented. II enables one 10 look
on the sunny side in all events OF hre'
and TO paddle ones own canoe. Finally
I am an opdmist because it enables me
10. do nv work, day by day. without COM
planning. when obstacles chance 10 arise
]. h. GRAY.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

I am an optimist because I believe in
hopefuiness and in cheerfulness. I am
firmly OF the opinion that our mental at
titude exerts powerful influence on the
health Of the body. Hence a CHEEKY.
hopeful outlook acts like a tonic
II strengthens and invigorates the body
In so far as others are concerned, I
am an optinist because believe .eeds
to be more potent than words. and If
my actions can influence those about me
l want that influence TO be the best
ARTHUV IENOX
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

In the first place. am an optimist
because am a realst, and the deeper
drink Of the cup OF life, the sweeter IL
grows-the sugar is all at the bottom"
Because lifes labOrs and burdens are
its blessings, and its joys and comforts
and pleasures so far outnumber it's sor-
rows. and. again. because cheerfulness is
the debt the soul owes to It's Maker.
CAROLINE DUDLEY.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an optimist because optimism has
raised me from the very depths OF the
slough OF despond' and caused me 10
take a new interest in life. 1 can now
see that there is a bright side, and I do
not have to wear spectacles OF use a
magnifying glass to find It,
Mn w F. HAILlECK.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

like TO meet a bright. jolly. cheer
full man or woman full OF health and
good spirits, because ut doeth one good
Ike a medicine" Therefore. I try to be
that kind OF person.
If my health becomes impaired by too
close attention to work or not enough
MAY, I make haste to restore the proper
balance. so as not 10 be burden either
to myself or my friends.
I believe we can often show people how
to live and help them more efrectually
by example than by any other method.
EVA JACKSON.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

ones l am particularly after. have al
ways believed and / still maintain there
is good in these deluded souls and that
We have right 10 go after. them with
optimist propaganda and In person. And
who can tell but these pages have helped
turn the tide OF thought Of more than one
in the throes Of desondency.
". A. BLACKsTOCK.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

am an optimist because in all the
noise. confusion. controversy. and strife.
in the church. the home, the office. and
everywhere, 1t is about the nearest ap-
proach 10 harmony between God and
man. brings greatest JOY 10 the greatest
number, and is profitable unto all things.
Mrs. ALTA MIDKIFF
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

I pick out the Jewels OF gladness,
The days that were pleasant and bright
And find they are better than sadness
To tighten the gloom Of the night.
I balance the burdens I'm bearing
With others from which I am free.
And feel that the yoke I am wearing
Is light as the foam of the sea.
I learn that the secret OF living
Is doing the best that I can.
And offer a prayer of thanksgiving
To God for His goodness 10 man.
J. LEE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

I am an optimist because "All thing
work together for good TO them that loy
God" As we weave the web OF life "
see only one side now. and that may b
rough and tangled; out in the next Iii
We may find the other side of the wei
all beautiful where it seemed so impe:
feet here.
For right is right and God Is God,
And right the day must win"
l.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

Because optimism is my happiness and
the happiness of others.
The greatest happiness in this world is
the happiness Of doing good.
Optimism gives me hope. and through
that hope arises a brighter future, the
mind becomes free from dark channels,
and enters the way of peace and tran
quillity.
II makes me love, sympathize, and be
charitable 10 my neighbor, and destroys
the evil OF selfishness.
Optimism includes all the elements Of
a good useful life. and that is the kind
we should all try 10 live. NJ. T. HANIoN.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

Before joining the Optimist Club I
thought il would be spirit Of heartless-
ness to be cheerful in time Of trouble; but
since, from practical experience. have
found It the contrary. as il is then We
need the optimist spirit more than ever.
It's spirit helps in a physical sense, and.
if true Optimists ourselves, cannot but
help Influence others TO join the same
club.
l think Happiness" would make a
good subject for some time.
MIS- N A, McGRATH
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

There are two sides to almost every
phase OF human life-one OF sunshine
and happiness. the other of gloom and
distress. The former is practical opti-
mism, and this is why I am an optimist.
Pessimism Is the negative quantity OF
life-cold. repressive, and repulsive:
whereas optimism is full of the positive
uplifting. attractive, and inspiring quail
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-20
RRfSTOLFS AMBITION

The town of Bristol, in Hartford
county. is ambitious to be a city. It
is the privilege of a large and busy
town to become an active little city
with all the frills it it wants to-
Ambition is a great thing, as every
man has found out who married and
tried to make a name for himself in
life-it leads along dark and devious
ways and does not end in sunshine as
often as the world thinks. There are
points where the ambitious fervently
wish that they hadn't; but there is
no retreating, for hope lies wholly in
forging ahead. If the way isn't all
macadam, dust-laid the ambitious
must forge ahead just the same, and
take conditions as they find them
Individual life and communal life are
not so different in hopes and ambi-
uons-trials and fears. A big and
busy town often makes an attractive
little city and II it realizes half its
hopes 1t has cause for congrstula-
ton. Bristol IS worthy Of royal well
come to the list of Connecticut cities,
and should it be chartered. The BuIIe-
tin hopes that it will never find cause
for regret
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-20
THE MAYOR IN JAIL.

Lawrence, Mass, has not got to
have its municipal affairs admins
tered from the jail. If there is no
statutory law that prohibits 1T, the
mana cement of the prison certainly
does, and the sheriff of Essex county
and the jailer have ruled that as
convict Mayor White of Lawrence is
to be prevented from exercising may
crafty functions from that retreat
That is other city officials except
the city solicitor will not be admitted
to the jail to confer with him. Mean
while this is figured to be sufficiently
a case of absence or disability" SO
that the president of the board of
aldermen proceeds to act as the city's
executive.
Mayor White is now fearful lest the
grafters get the upper hand and rob
the public treasury; but no one else
appears to be at all alarmed about it,
since there is no evidence that there
is any attempt to conduct the affairs
of the city in any way except in the
interests Of the taxpayers. Mayor
White should be permitted to serve his
sentence in quietness-a good nervine
properly administered might do him
good.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-20

Kindness to animals is a good
thing remarked the old liveryman,
after hanging a blacksnaNe whip on
the wall but it's something that can
be easily run into the ground. was
just warming the hide of that buck
skin pony with this whip, when a
woman came up and said L ought to
be in jail
pocket and stepped up to give it to the
buclxskin, just to show what kindness
Will do, and the pony's off hind foot
missed her head by about half an
inch. She was so scared that she had
to lean against tree to keep from
fainti1g"
Kindness is like anything else"
commented the horse trader ITS a
good thing if you use it at the right
time and in the right place, but you
have simply got to use some judgment
or you'll have a mess of everything
Il used to have a handsome bay
horse that was naturally too lazy for
any use. Whenever led that horse
out of the stable to hitch him up 7
took a buggy whip and whaled him
over the legs a few times. L never
touched him on the back or sides,
where he was used to it; 1 just pol
ished his legs, where the hide was
thin.
After two or three treatments of
that sort he didn't need any more
whipping from me. If just reached
for the whip when was in the buggy
he'd nearly jump out of the harness,
and when he was on the road he was
always up against the bit and every
body thought he was the most ambi-
ious and industrious nag in the county.
He didn't know that l couldn't reach
his legs when he was in the buggy. So
you see that a little judgment and
diplomacy made a good horse out of
a poor one.
''Afterward I sold that horse for
fof nj, N
weeks that doctor was at my office
roaring in three languages. He said
the horse was so lazy that you couldn't
pry him along the road with a crow
bar. So I bought the horse back at
half the price [ sold him for and
have been buying and selling him at
intervals ever since"
Horses are a good deal like chill
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-20
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
BEING KIND

dren," said the old liveryman. when
I went to school, about a hundred
years ago. L had a teacher who was a
wonder. He made a study of the kids
and knew the disposition of each one.
A good many teachers take it for
granted that all the kids are as much
alike as wooden soldiers. This par
ticular teacher was different Some
of the young ones he never said a.
cross word to, and others he larruped
until YOU could hear them yell all over
the township.
People used to say that he showed
partially, but it wasn't so. If boy
was ugly and stubborn that teacher
would take it out of him; if another
boy was shy and sensitive the teacher
loaded him with kindness and got his
confidence. l was one of the ugly and
stubborn lads and used to think the
teacher was a monster, but 1 realize
now that the liclxingS he gave me were
the best tonic l ever had.
IF a man is going to handle horses
successfully he should be like that
teacher Horses differ just as much
as children, and so do dogs and other
animals. That gray horse by the door
is the best horse in this barn, but one
of the kindness cranks would ruin him
in a week. Just leave him alone and
attend to you own knitting and youll
never have any trouble with him; but
if you go to stroldng his neck and COO
ing into his ear he'll get mad and give
you a short-leg jolt.
THE buckskin that I was dressing
down a while ago. when that woman
broke into the game, is a natural in
surgent. You have to keep him hum
bic and mindful of death or he'd tear
the barn down. I give him a whaling
at SIS every morning and he remains
in a chastened frame of mind for
twenty-four hours.
That sorrel there has never been
touched with a whip in eight years,
f.,Y. cir NIL raa on hfA
needed a whipping. He gets enough
petting and Jumps of sugar to please
the grand worthy matron of the So
cicty for the Prevention of Cruelty to
animals. but if that treatment was
used indiscriminately in the livery
business a barn like this would need
padded cells and strait-j Jackets" Chi
cago News.