The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-23
Next Week Concentration VIII Gipe the Men,
berS of The HeraId'S Optimist Club
Chance for Thinking

! heht for, TO die for. always my brothers,
with charity, with 'decency, glory. and
honor Let the rich red blood within you
run riot in scaling their uncanny heights.
and when the haven is reached. the
world all conquered, look down upon US;
/ help where YOU have been retarded and
feryently thank God that another soldier
/ q fortune has been enrolled on the book
Of success D@oCHRANE.
I eco street northwest.
/ Let US learn TO be content with what
we have Let US get rid Of our false es-
/ Inmates, set up all the higher ideals-a
quiet home, vines Of our own planting; a
| few books full OF the inspiration OF a
genius; q few friends worthy TO be loved
and able 10 love US in return: hundred
innocent pleasures thai bring no pain or
! remorse; a devotion TO the right that
win never sWerve; a simple religion
empty Of all bigotry. full Of trust and
hope and loye, and to such a philosophy
this world viii give up all the empty JOY
/ it has.-David Swing
Not failure. but low aim is crime
| Help all to a higher ideal Of life by
presenting that ideal in your own per
sonslity.-Mrs Vance Cheney.
EVA JACKSON.
30 Third street northwest
/ To have an ideal makes one an enthu-
slast. for you are reaching up TO get hold
Of your dream and pull it down into
/ your daily life. The great race for our
ideals makes us worthy men and women.
/ Before you start off to live up to your
I ideal. ask yourself your motive II II
De to make yourself greater and richer
! il VII not give you any happiness when
| YOU get il. but If it be because you love
/ 20 upiift yourself and those about you,
strike out and never look back. Look
/ up 10 your ideals for fresh courage then
YOU will create new thought and energies.
J. LIE
Love, says one writer, Is the worlds
IDEAL
God and home and friends and children.
In one constellation shine.
And TO serve them Is my duty.
EIevating love sublime
LAURA Y. ALLEN.
In this lies the true spirit Of self-ex-
/ preston and the attainemnt Of that high
ideal. Service Is the secret: service. the
duty; service. the bliss; service. also. the
reward Self-repression. seIf-f0rgetful-
ness. are the vows which the soul takes
when it desires 20 give the best within
And in this service and expression. in
/ the recognition OF the brotherhood Of all
creatures is the partially manifested love
which permeates every atom OF life The
outer symbols Of this love are human
sympathies, charity, and service.
lie- Irving street. 49, NM
In the selection OF an ideal We should
seek TO assemble the beauties and per-
fectious which are 20 be observed in diff
ferent individuals. and exclude every
thing defective IN this way can be
formed the best model to be used as our
guide. p FrTZGFPaTn
- Twelfth street northwest.
Ny sentiments as an optimist on the
subject. Ideal" are expressed in the
following epigram on Col. Gardeners
family arms, written by Philip Wodd-
ridge;
Live while you live, the epicure would
say,
And seize the pleasures OF the present
dav;"
Live while YOU live" the sacred preach
ct cries.
And giye 10 God each moment as it
flies"
live in pleasure while live IN Thee
ROsALIE B. McGRATH.
so seoo1d street southeast.
sum up your great Ideals Of man and
The highest seem 10 reach up 10 the sky,
And heroes heads are lost in clouds and
mist
Who are the men OF might who walked
the earth?
Alexander, Caesar, and Bonaparte,
And Charlemagne, who ruled the ancient
world
And let the world strewn Ger with hos
tile bones.
nesses,
That men revere. AM point TO as ideals2
War and destruction claim our greatest
praise.
Who are the heroes Of a peaceful wor'i?
What is the verdict waited from on high?
There shall be peace in all my holy
mount.
Saith God and a little child shall
lead them
And childhood is great heavens high
ideal. nv RTsBFE.
SO Tayir- street northwest.
Our ideal should be a perfect life. and
it should be our constan1 am 10 approach
as near TO it as possible. We should
have in our minds eye the finished
product. and never should we loose sigh
of the ultimate result Of all our efforts.
We cannot have an ideal too high. for
10 one can possibly be any more than
he thinks he can be The ideal should
be placed so high that It keeps US ever
working to attain to it. and as we do so,
we should bear in mind that
Heaven is not reached by a single bound,
But we build the ladder by which we
rise
From the lowly earth, to the vaulted
skies;
And we mount to the summit. round by
round. II SYLVESTER WILSON
1914 Eighth street northwest.
From the rough stone the sculptor
carves an image. Momentarily coursing
through his mind is the picture of his |
ideal for which his art strives From the !
beautiful and noble characters Of life the |
optinist chooses an ideal into which to
shapen his own. Sometimes more dim |
than others, but ever there on the altar !
of his heart With sure and firm hands |