The Washington herald., 1910-05-01
OPTIMIST'S GARDEN Is NOT FENCED ABOUT

fragrance has made IL the ornament OF
the flower kingdom and an object Of uni
versal admiration. Has not charity. fol
lowing the history OF the rose, been
made hfes greatest ornament? The story
runs that the first rose was given by the
god Of love 10 Harpocrates, the god OF
silence. to engage him 10 conceal the ar
iaours OF his mother. Venus. and hence II
was made the symbol of silence The
rose thus comes to me as the emblem OF
silent charity" and could there be a
more fitting background on the altar OF
every church or could the human voice
speak more forcibly than the silent rose
these words. do not your aims before
men to be seen or them?" &C.
TALLULAH De SALES SMITH.
lill Harvard street northwest.
II was only an earthen vessel
By weary workers loom,
But bunch OF snowy lilies.
With their delicate perfume.
Concealed It's imperfections
And glorihed the room.
They filled the air with fragrance,
Unconscious Of their grace;
They smiled on the weary toilersr
And lighted each careworn face
TIL It seemed that a benediction
Was resting on all the place.
And the humble earthen vessel
(Which had seemed OF no use before),
Meath its freight Of snowy lilies
A glorIhed image wore;
/ 1t was reckoned part OF the blessing.
A share in the honor bore.
Our lives are Ike earthen vessels
In the busy haunts Of care;
But IN patient burden-bearing
We may make them wondrOus fair.
And our deeds Of loving service
Are the lilies that we bear.
EDITH V. BRADT.
1885 Fsirmont street.
We search the world for truth; we Gull
The good the pure. the beautiful
From craven stone and written scroll
From all old flower fields,
! And. weary seekers of the best.
We come back laden from our quest
To find that all the sages said
/ Is IN the Book our mothers read.
Whittier.
BLANCHE 2. sPRAGUE,
| . First street northeast.
II we are optimlsts, our garden Is m
garden OF the heart Its sunshine an
flowers are there. The seeds and bulb
OF love gentleness. sweetness, unselAsh
ness. patience. hopefulness, and cheerful
ness must be sown and rooted there, thel
TENDED with watchfulness and vigilanc
/ that they may bloom in loveliness an
/ bear much fruit. ofttimes requiring 10
/ their development tears Of sympathy a
well as the voice Of checrfulness and en-
Icouragement. God sends light and rain
but the fruits Of the spirit are wrough
/ in us through long days Of discipline an
growth finally 10 ripen and expand 70
/ the gIorles Of eternity.
Mr. l.. r. CHAMBERLAIN.
! IS North Carolina avenue southeast
! Kind hearts are the gardens.
Kind thoughts are the roots!
Kind words are the flowers.
! Kind deeds are the fruits"
! EVA JACKSON.
! 80 Third street northwest.
Nv choice FOR the optlmlsts garden
! the modest little flower Of truth. N
alpha and omega OF all the other virtue
and one that IS unfadins and can neve
die. II the whole world should agree {
speak nothing but the truth, what an UT
tangling there would be OF the invisibl
webs which men. IKE spiders. weav
about each other.
First find out truth, and then,
Although she strays
From hidden paths Of men
To untold ways,
Her leading follow straight.
And bide thy fate"
CLARA MANAKEE-
[ 90 I street northwest.
Nothing IS better able 20 crafty the n
herent passion Of novelty than a garden
for nature is always renewing her var
gated appearance. She Is infinite IN he
productions and the life OF man ma
come TO fits close before he has seen III
picture she is able 20 display. !. LEE
i. o. Box "a
What can compare with the sweetne,
OF wild honeysuckle, that can catch roo
in almost any place and IN almost an
Temperature? Its beauty lies not in el
ternal bloom. but in the wondrous Unfit
lence it possesses Of changing a mo.
ldilapidated yard into a veritable paradis
iof delights. Such also is the optimls
He is 10 be found everywhere. Especial
Is his influence great in turning darke!
adversely into brightest happiness.
THOMAS Y. MCRTO
Elllco,t City. Nd
Flowers are the emblems Of nature
generosity, and generosity is. or shou
be, the predominant trait Of all optimist
To a great extent flowers depend upc