The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-10

tiresome day, let us think Of some day,
so full Of something pleasant that before
we know it the almost unbearabe pres
ent one has become a dim memory of the
past. A. E. RAHNEY.
Frances Willard is honored IN Statuary
pent's tongue" No bedlamite gyrations
from her lips. Pure as the notes from
/ rich harp strings was the music of her
! voice. Pure as crystal stream was her
life. The good she lid goes on forever.
Mr. C. E. MCLAUGHLIN.
Here are some good rules for keeping
cool: Keep the Ten Commandments.
Don't worry Work hard. but also take
| time for recreation Keep in the open
air as much as possible. Always control
your temper. Make others happy.
1857 Irving street
How to keep cool: Keep cheerful, calm,
and busy; forget self in minIstering TO
| the comfort OF others; exercise grit,
grace, and gumption. S. z. ADKINS.
ael F street
Keep busy and be cheerful about 1t.
and you're bound TO keep cool no matter
how hot the day or night nor hard the
labor. for you VIII be too agreeably oecu-
pied to worry over such a slight thing as
the weather. SUNSHINE CLUB.
350 street.
There is little etching hanging on tho
wall OF my shanty--a snow scene-and
/ through the snow trudges a little boy
with a sled. When the heat gets my
blood to boiling. I stand in front OF tina.
picture, and think of the little fellow
the ''star man" found-with one block
TO play with, and Of the fun he Is going
TO have next winter with the sled Santa
Claus viii bring to him-and forget the
heat In watching him run through the
snow with merry shouts Of laughter, and
the hot days and sunocating nights be-
| come rich in beaS.y. And I am hoping
our leader viii pass around the hat
| after Camp Good VIII is closed for a big.
big Christmas tree for our little ones.
And l can almost see the snow coming
down on the ciose-eropped velvet lawn
| outside my window-the little city gar
den-with its heliotrepe, nasturtums.
mignOnette and iobelia. breathing up
] their sweetness to me: and the wind
brings me the sound of q distant flute,
and close my eyes and see "our" Christ
mas tree. standing sentinel near the
! growing corn ard the r1pening fruit. the
| buckwheat and the rye. and the leaves
rustic and murmur with tenderness, and
the flowers lift their little heads and I
! feel the IneffabIe soul of the trees, the
| grasses. and the air seems filled with di-
vine things. Something seems 10 come
TO me from the heavens: then the breezes
grow silenu and hear the laughter OF
| the little children among the shepherds
at Camp Good Will
ALLIE SHARPE BADCH.
To keep cool" is pencil that graph
ically writes on the features the story
Of youth. 1t is a reserve force which
eonquers the stress OF circumstances
| when lack Of mental control would echo
/ failure. It is an adviser that incites
courage, feariessness. and determination.
To one who keeps cool'' the accomplish
ment CT work comes as an easy reward.
The ''excitist'' frets and fumes and draws
| heavily on the boarded powers of
thought, while the ''keep-cooiist' labors
with direetness and composure on the
| task assigned and finishes 1t with his
store Of energy scarcely depleted by the
expended effort. It is a lubricant which
causes the machinery of life 10 run with
out friction. The years go by and the
wear and tear of conditions are at a mini
mum compared with the results directly
chargeable to the moments of suppressed
feeling, of calm, of serenity.
LOUIS yARNUM woULFE
Ills o street northwest.
! Don't work too long at a time, but
while working keep up a lively pace.
neither hurrying nor tagging. Go as deep
and as often as possible into. woodlands
and billy green places. Mediate on the
ancestry. industry and intelligence Of
the ant and other small life Acknowl-
edge the stately bow Of the big tree and
the nod Of the sapling Permit a mer-
ger of yourself with your surroundings
and become a sympathetic part of the
great panorama OF life called nature
Eliminate from your vocabulary worry.
fear, and the personal pronoun Il" Keep
the body. mind. spirit. and system thor
oughly clean and avoid special strain en-
the vital organs. II. B, MTDKIFF.
1901 street northwest
| Honorable mention.