The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-16

And the world seems Upside down.
Don't waste your time I'm fretting,
But drive away that frown:
For what cant be cured must be endured.
And It's much the wisest plan
To bear your burdens bravely
And smile whene'er you can.
sYOu might be spared much signing
If you'd ever keep IN mind
The thought that good and evil
Are always here combined.
And though you're strong and healthy,
You may have an empty purse,
But earth has many trials
Which I consider worse.
And whether JOY or sorrow
Fill up your mortal span,
twill make your pathway brighter
To smile wheneer you can"
a E RANNEY.
IF any little love Of mine
May make life the sweeter,
II any little care OF mine
May make a friends the feeter;
II any lift Of mine may ease
The burdens OF another.
God give ne love and care and strength
To help my toiIing brother"
EDNA BENNETT
As Ovid said, a burden carried righs-
ly becomes Hight" 50 as optimism is the
manner Of carrying our life-burden. and
as II nghtens this burden. hence the bur
den is not carried rightly unless carried
optimistically. Optimists who have mas
tered the way OF carrying their own bur
den so lightly are easily ready 70 also
! Lear burdens Of others and % show them
by their example how TO carry them a.
lightly. too So this IS one q the main
points IN which opimists outgo pessi-
mists. by carrying the lfe-Jurden light
~, rightly. while also bearing burdens q
other persons similarly, willingly.
A. c. FIREMAN.
Station F.
The burden that IS laid upon me- shall
! not bear it, The servant IS not above
the Master. So as He willingly endured
contumely, suffering poverty, and even
took upon Himself our sins, He who was
Infinite, pure, and spotIess, why. then.
should We, weak, sinful mortals. COM
plain because the burden IS heavy9
Whether we Will or not we must help
each other The burden OF one brother
ViI be laid upon our shoulders, and It f.
only the willing. cheerful. optimistic soul
who viii find il light. pleasing, bearabIe.
and Will press On with courage, faith.
and hope, knowing full well that only
through patience and love peace enters
the soul MARY L REED.
1867 Irving street,
To ease another's heartache is 10 forget
ones owH-Abraham Lincoln.
23o street no-hTezt.
Are you burdened with a load OF care?
Does the cross seem heavey you ara
called to bear?
Count your many blessings. ev'ry doubt
will hy.
And you viii be singing as the days go
by" KATHERINE O'BRIEN.
% 5 street northwest
One Of the most admirable qualities
that may be displayed by man is forrl-
tUdc Il is the quality that bears UP un-
( der adverse circumstances or helps others
F, in similar distress Some call il grit and
some call il pluck. but the whole world
sdmires II. Hes not much TO look g..
but he's man. IS an expression often
heard. and * meant % convey the high
est praise. He bears his own burdens
and those OF others. too, and that's why
FAa-- 20 "a
N.Y. 7. J. O'CONNELL
e3i 7 street northwest.
our souls should be vessels receiving
The waters Of love for relieving
the sorrows Of men.
For here lies the pleasure Of living,
In taking Gods beauties and giving
The gifts back again"
PAUL VERA HUGHES.
g. WEIbUteu avenue. lousers y. \.
Never has there existed, nor viii there
ever exist i'm this life. an individual who
has reasoning powers who has not had
burdens and who must bear them, either
cheerfulIy or otherwise.
Now. as those crosses. either real or
imaginary befau every one Of us in some
or many periods of our lives. there seems
10 be but one way out Of our difficulty.
and that Is to look on the optimistic side.
a experience is the best Of teachers"
has certainly proven this fact 50 well
that it is useless TO look on the other
side Of life
Miss ROSALIE B. MrGRATH.
$50 Second street southeast,
II we give the subject. Bearing Bur
dens." serious consideration, we must
come TO the conclusion that our moral
mental. and social standing is not alto
gether of our own election and that no
sufferer should bear his burden alone
For vice is the cause Of virtue, poverty
causes wealth. nescience makes room for
the advantages gained by knowledge, and
health is not appreciated when sickness
IS unknown. And all of this means that
the healthy, the rich. the wise. the learn
cd. the virtUous. all owe a debt to their
unfortunate brothers, debt which every
honest man will pay frhe can
ALLEN PRENDER.
~ Tenth street southeast.
Good hides some ideal in every human
soul. At some time in our life we feel a
trembling. fearful longing to do some
good thing Life finds its nobIost spring
of excellence in this hidden impulse 70
do our best ANNA f. PENNYWITT.
GleucarlyU Va.
Touched by the burdens of sorrow and
misfortune that becloud the horizon Of
friends. the optimist fingers here and
there. .percetving their anguish, lifts his
eyes he3venWard, and with heart filed
with hope and charity, with tender hand
raises the downcast, teaching them 70
look 20 Him from whom cometh every
good