The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
The Optimists Are Ali Agreed That Health Is
Something Greatly to Be Desired.
HEALTH" PRIZE WINNERS.
TEN PRIZES OF ONE DOLLAR EACH


OF right living We have taken the pledge
to be good and do good. not to be hypo-
critics or preachers who do not practice.
but TO be clean. wholesome. and helpful
men and women, healthy folks who
carry the banner of optimism and who
believe in right living and in right doing.
Healthy, thriving optimism, gained by
the right outlook on life. a wholesome
perspective. a clean mind, and a right
eous understanding.
/ Budding Time" has been selected for
/ the topic next Sunday. As I explained
last Wednesday in the announcement,
budding time" is the time of promise.
the spring That is the time when the
optimists begin to feel the real insplra-
ton In their work. I want to hear from
you all on this timely subject, Tor we
have come TO the springtime, the time Of
budding hopes and promises of new life
The prize-winners this week:
A rational optimism, not blind to
present evils and imperfections but full
Of faith in the ultimate triumph of the
moral principle, is essential to The high
est bodily and mental health.
Fill not the day with worry: worry
only harms. Keep an even mind. Carry
the atmosphere OF health and hopeful
ness into the sickroom and the hospital.
Half the success of a doctor depends
upon the possession. of CHEEKY DISPOSE
ton and only a small fraction of the
other half upon his medicines Nature is
the great physician: all we can do is to
give her opportunity. Dwell net upon
your ailments. either in thought or con-
versation. Keep the ideal OF perfect
health ever in your mind. Ideals are
potent for suggestion and suggestion is a
powerful influence for good or for evil,
for health or disease. I'm our lives.
To a joyous disposition add an eve
open TO the beauty of nature. a mind
open to the wisdom of the universe, a
heart open TO the needs of ones fellow
men the world over and We shall grow
daily in sanity of soul and health of the
body and with our health make not in
one day only, but every day. the pomp
OF emperors NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G. James.
NJ J. MOOR
100 G street northwest
Take bit of cheerful thinking,
Add a portion Of content,
And with both let glad endeavor
Mixed with earnestness be blent;
These with care and skill compounded
VIII produce a magic oil
That IS bound to cure If taken
With a lot OF honest toll.
IF your heart is dull and heavy,
II your hope is pale with doubt,
Try this wondrous oil of Promise,
For twill drive the evil out
Who will mix it? Not the druggist
From the bottles on his shelf;
The ingredients required
You must find within yourself"
Mrs. l. B. CHAMBERLAIN.
A blind boy being asked what health
was, replied: 1T is the pleasant life"
And whether or not the enforced concen-
tration of his thoughts gave them a spe-
cial clearness. 1t is difficult to see what
other answer could have come much
nearer the truth. For a pleasant life
health is at least the first condition; and
not for pleasant life only. but often for
useful or amiable life. Perhaps we shall
never know how much Of the social I'M
happiness of men arises from deranged
system or disordered brains, but we
know that large part Of our social
grievances has its rot in nothing else.
How 10 keep ourselves vigorous in mind
and body, so as to be always fit for work
and ready for enjoyment; to preserve
that keen sense OF life which
makes it luxury TO draw our breath,
that exhilarating feeling of self-command
which makes toll a pleasure, is a prob
lem all optmists should be glad to solve
b. R. SONEN.
749 Newton street
Health is the greatest OF all possess
sions, and it is maxim with me that a |
hale cobbier is a better man than sick
king WALTER = uArypcx =
e5 Maryland avenue northeast.
Health is the foundation. for with II |
and nothing else il is possible to be hap |
py and contented; but with everything
else and not health 1t is almost impos- |
sible to be happy. In other words, the
subject may be happier than the king. |
Health gives at once hope and courage |
to fight hard battle If 1t be necessary.
Health means endurance TO continue TO /
the end. The nation is as strong as the /
Individual. for its strength is composed |
Of the rank and lie of the common Law |
men within its geographical bounds. |
Health means hopes and high ideals and /
the power TO carry those hopes and high |
deals TO the greatest degree of attain
nent. It is the prerequisite to the ac-
of the greatest and noblest
II deeds. The ideal man must ever be
considered as Nathaniel Bacon has said. /
"A strong mind in a strong body"
H SYLVESTER WILSON.
llli Eighth street northwest.
Health may be described as a beautiful
picture painted by the hand of the Divine
Master and placed in a large golden
rame adorned with thousands of dia-
nonds and many other precious stones.
Fhe picture is priceless and all the treas
Ire the world has in store could not pur-
hase 1t.
Z this picture you possess,
Work and strive to keep 1t,
For gold. for silver. nor rubies precious
Depart you not with II.