The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-19

life giving a smile for every frown. a
CHEEKY word for every cross one, and a
helping hand to the unfortunate, Is, after
/ all, the best of missionaries
Here is another:
Dear Optimlst-I am very glad to see
my name enrolled as prize-winner this
| morning, because have been hoping
that my poor expressions on optimism
might bring In something for the dear
i little children. l am sorry II is not one
OF the old fives.' but please take II and
add il 10 your fund I will thank YOU
| not TO publish my name, as ] feel l
would Ike TO put a dollar mark In front
| OF the one and two naughts at the end
| tSl00. but. alas l have little ones in my
own family who need fresh air, having a
| consumptive mother and no father, and
this secret ] tell you so that you may I'M
derstand' Charity you know, begins
at home and spreads afterward
! I hear expressions of approval Of your
column on all sides, (or I should say,
| our column). and it indeed is a row.
citation TO me that my humble expressions
merit more than passing recognition"
! There is something Of the Spartan
/ about this mother. Our sympathies go
| out 10 her in her struggle, and her I'M
| swerving optimism, self-help, and desire
( 10 help others is a good lesson 20 US all
! Indeed you should say "Our column. %
friend, good optimist that you are, and
we all hope your own little ones will get
their breath OF fresh air this summer.
This shows the spirit Of our giving. To
| give something that you need yourself.
or that some of your dear ones need.
am sure, whatever the fetal amount IS
| that is contributed by members Of this
club, not single dollar Of it but will
| represent a loving thought and a cheer
| full giver.
] Optimist Bisbee comes forward with
the helpful suggestion that a forthcom-
/ ing Sunday be devoted to the subject of
| Children" and although we have al
ready had this subject. last fall. / shall
! announce IL for the topic 10 follow
"Adaptability," which has already been
selected for next Sunday.
Our little fund is growing apace. and I
now have hopes OF turning over very
respectable sum to the Children's cause
| At the risk OF your thinking that re-
/ peat myself too much, am going 10 re-
mind the members that there is no speci-
1
| contribute. The amount is governed en-
| tirely by your means and your own per
| sonal needs. A 10-cent contribution will
| be highly valued. and you need have no
| hesitation in offering IT,
| Bear in mini what I said about send
ing cash through the mails. and follow
/ the suggestion TO submit by check or
| post-Office order. or even postage Stamps,
1 and then you viii run no risk Of the
| money not reaching me-
Contributions received up TO and In
GLIDING Wednesday Of each week will be
acknowledged on this page the Sunday
! following. All communications should
| be addressed to the Opumist
The prize-winning contributions in the
Laughter contest are as follows:
I struggle and struggle and try to buff
fet down my cruel reflections as they
rise, and when I cannot I am forced to
try again and make myself laugh that
may not cry for one or the other
must do: and is it not philosophy carried
10 the highest pitch for a man 10 con-
quer such tumults of soul as 1 am some
times agitated by. and in the very high
est OF the storm TO quaver out laugh?
Mrs. n. A. McGRATH.
SO Second street southeast.
Laughter. whole-hearted and unalloyed
IS the best tonic the optimist can pre-
scribe, for the proverb says laughter
makes good blood. And Ben Jonson
adds. Laugh and grow fat"
NJ JOSEPH RYAN.
70 street northwest
Laughter is wholesome. It dispels
gloom and creates JOY. Storm clouds do
not finger long where the sweet echo OF
laughter fills the air with melody.
. We should count that day lost in which
we have not once INDUCED in laughter.
A. B. FITZGERALD.
29 Twelfth street southwest.
Laughter is the magic lens through
which we ever see the brightest and best
side Of life. ANNA FROW PENNYWITT.
Glencarlyn Va
The good, contagious. health-and-hap-
piness-giving. optimistic laugh is an ef-
feet; the cause lies deeper and IS the
most vital part Of our profession. Laugh
by all means, but learn the secret of the
laugh above described; the laugh devoid
of affectauon, springing from q soul not
hampered by fear, worry. or other dis
ease The laugh expressive of buoyancy,
hopefulness, and the sum of ali those up
lifting experiences called conversion.
MRS. HARRY MIDKIFF.
1901 X street northwest.
The mind of the true optlmist Is framed
TO mirth and merTiment, which bars a
thousand harms and lengthens life. The
soul-inspiring laugh of the optimist lifts
the gloom from the pessimistic face. by
the outward sign of a hopeful view of
ia tA g1o fsacy
the clouds of gloom and despair. The
beauty of being an optimist is emphasized
IN the hearty laugh of a hopeful and con-
tented soul HENSON B. HICKS.
Bureau American Republics.
The most wholesomesand genuine music
in the world is the spontaneous laughter
OF child. II laughs as If feeling
on JOY is like a magic cup,
I lift il to the sky,
And still the more I offer I'D
The fuller joy have I.
Charlotte Porter.
The student smiled as this music floats
into his study, and the cynic, fearing
conversion bangs down his window. In
many or our alleys the only pure and
good thing ever hearu Is the ripple of
chromatie scales of merriment of the
children rs it nothing TO YOU. ali We
that pass by?'' The laughter OF these
little ones is fading into smiles. the
smiles into lines of suffering. as the onlv
real optimists under heaven bravely fight
FOR Hfe-for the want OF Gods pure
oxygen. Make a child's laugh a lasting
thing and you have planted the seed for
man Of faith In God and man. In
happy laughless childhood entails
manhood Of cynicism. Take the staccafo
movement from LIES symphony and we