The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-15

cIusion: you may he right. but you've
got TO show me- I want results That
is the final answer to every question
The true answer to the question. What
results can l producer" is the real meas
ure Of a man to-day, and there is nc
evading It, ARTHUR LENoX.
Lock Box IA
We judge others according TO results
How else? Not knowing the process by
which results are arrived at. J. LEE.
2. o. Box m
Results are harvests which we reap ac-
cording to deeds done. They may not be
the results planned for, but If we put
forth our best efforts we may trust that
the outcome viii be for our good in the
end. Results come 10 us whether we
wish II or not, just as child will grow
without training; and fl is only by we'll
idirected effort along lines OF love and pa
tlence and unselhshness that we may
hope 10 make our results ripen into gold
en- grain so free from tares that the Mas
ter will consider it worthy Of a place In
His storehouse p " sONES.
lli5 Seventeenth street
We little think Of the result OF our
deeds when we commit them. but they
live on forever. 80 shines a good deed
In naughty world" and so shine the
beautiful results OF the Optlmist Club.
GLADYS L RANDOLPH.
Fort Loudoun Seminary Winchester. Va.
Optimists have the grandest purpose IN
life-to benefit the world, making It bet
ter and happIer-and results show how
they have succeeded by the rapid growth
OF optimism. RosAMoND P. HARVEY.
3G street northwest.
Every thought word, and deed has re-
suit 1t may be slight or momentOus: Il
may be uplifting or degrading; II may be
clear to all or so hidden that the finite
mind cannot trace g.. but nevertheless It
is there. II is one OF the immutable laws
Of both the physical and spiritual worlds
that nothing is independent. but that
every act is both a result and a cause
We should endeavor. therefore so 10 live
that the results Of our thoughts and ac-
lions may be new centers Of ever-widen-
ing circles OF usefulness and happiness.
WILLIAM RUFUS PRATT.
| lis Ninth street northwest.
The only things we control are our. ac-
lions and their results follow us even be-
yond the grave. Knowing this. and de-
string only the best, II behooves US 70 see
that our actions are always the noblest
and best. Every one ought to bear pa
tiently the result OF his own conduct
Mrs J. ;. O'CONSELL
a5i street northwest
Be deed well done or poorly done. be
! It IN itself a good deed or an evil deed.
there Is no escape from results. and these
results are not always tangible. 10 be
measured in dollars and cents. nor even
mental 10 be measured by 50 much hap
piness or so much sorrow: but one dav
you Will find them hidden in your own
soul or glowing in the heart OF a stran-
ger.
| Think not 70 avoid results IN anything,
even IN the most petty lies. for results.
Ike reactions, are inevitable. When you
are about 10 do a thing look beyond that
thing 10 It's results and II may be that
you VIII not act.
J. RUSSELL MCCARTHY.
Huntington, Pa,
When the sod is broken FOR the erec-
ton OF a new building the architect and
builder have in mind the result, the fin
ished structure. the beautiful edifce
which is the creation Of their ingenuity
Each day as stone upon stone is set in
place brings them nearer its completion.
and they watch the stories as they as
cend toward heaven, careful that no de-
fects or flaws mar its perfection, for
always before them they see the result
Of their labor shaped in its beauty and
grandeur. Every bit Of mortar. every
piece OF stone IS put in its place with an
eye 10 the finished whole. Then when il
is done, and done so as to merit the ap-
prevail OF all. they do not stand idly by
but start another project with equal zest.
but always as before. with the result in
view.
So Optimists. building the structure OF
their lives day by day. should have the
result in view, the main result, the end
OF all. AS the stones Of kindness. Of love.
Of charity. Of hope Of faith, and OF hap
piness are carefully set in place the heart
and mind should be fixed on our life as Il
will look on completion. when We offer Il
10 our Maker for His acceptance or re-
lection, and, as the architect. we should
be careful that nothing mars It in the
building. so that the result will be a
beautiful and tremendously erected
monument to our best efforts As our
life in its entirety will stand for the re-
suit Of all our labor. so subresults will
be reaped along the way every day by
the placing OF each stone, results which
will 90 far toward frightening the lives
of others while fashioning our own. which
is the optimist's chief end and aim.
MARION G. BARKER.
1913 street northwest
Our days upon this earth are short and
very few in number. therefore we try to
make the little deeds we do each day
bring forth more and greater results.
We can't all be Caesar. a Washing
ton or a Napoleon. but we can live an
honest, upright life, and in a way our
lives will be as great as theirs. Our
names. our deeds and their results may
not be placed upon the sacred pages of |
history to shine forth with fame into the |
eyes OF the future generations as theirs |
have, but If We make the little words |