The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-10
SWEET YOUTH IS THE SPRINGTTME OF LIFE

to an extent that few people realize by
optimistic training.-selected.
5. Z. ADKINS.
1881 street.
Fer honorable mention / have made the
following selections:
An. happy years! Once more who would
not be a boy BYRON
Miss NJ E MOORE.
lis street northwest.
Youth youth how buoyant are thy
hopes!
They turn like marigolds toward the
sunny side.-Jean Ingelow.
Miss T. FAULKNER.
Now in the springtime of thy life,
In the freshness and beauty of youth
Remember to train they young heart well
In innocence, love, and TRUTH
Mrs. CHARLES NJ. RIPLEY.
Vienna Va.
How beautiful is youth How bright it
CLEANS
With its Illusions. aspirations. dreams!
Book of beginning. story without end.
Each maid a heroine, each man friend
-LongfelIow..
Mrs. ". A. McGRATH.
$40 Second street southeast
Youth is not rich in time: it may he poor
Part with it as with money, sparing; pay
No moment but in purchase of its worth,
And what it's worth ask death beds: they
can tell.-Young.
Miss ROSALIE h. McGRATH.
80 Second street southeast
In youth We strive 20 build a ship-a
ship to carry us through the storms and
over the troubled seas of life If she shin
be weak and frail and the pilot a poor
and inexperienced seaman. she will sink
to the bottom of the surging seas and
VIII be lost forever. But on the other
hand if the ship be well constructed and
prepared TO struggle with the waves OF
the mighty deep. and if We make the Di-
vine Master our great and experienced
pilot, then when the ship is being roughly
tossed about by the powerful waves of
pending upon the Divine Pilot for His
noble assistance: and when at last the
angry seas have been safely troddeD il
is then that the ship. old and worn ont.
safely and calmly floats into the wharves
of the great beyond. There we meet our
Pilot face TO face. for 1t was He. together
with the strong foundations We laid in
Fifth street northeast
cessful Harry ~ ppr,rp
Youth is the spring Of life, and bv this
will be determined the glory of its sum-
mer. the abundance of its autumn. the
provision Of its winter. 1t is the seed
time. and in ii what a man sowetb that
shall he also reap. BY the right care for
the spiritual development of the youth of
our land we are making ready for a
mighty advancement upon the hosts OF
sir in every land: we are doing the best.
the uuest optimistic work possible. not
only for America, but for the world.-Se-
49, ~, - 5. f. ADKINS.
''NA'it Va AlAil leu youth. An.
what IL means in the home, With ewes
undimmed by sad experience. the scroll
OF life unrolls white and clear before
these young and ardent souls. Faith
and hope reign supreme But. pray. WHY
should We older souls. tried by Iife's Iaa
sons, grow bitter and hard or become dis
couraged? Is not all time ours? Are We
not immortal? We are only just forty or
fifty, or as many years out of eternity. as
the case may be. Each experience should
teach Us something. We should contin-
ually gain in power and constantly Gre
ate a reserve force. II we loved more
and more. we would become intensely
conscious of our immortality, for love IS
the secret of yoUthfuness. Love creates
harmony and makes heaven.
oh, she will never grow old She loves
young people so"' we sometimes hear
said of a certain person. But why need
We any of US grow old? We. the living.
immortal spirits are from eternity and
into eternity we Journey The more OF
love We generate the greater our charity,
mercy. and benevolence, the deeper will
be our wisdom.
Mrs T. ELIZABETH DUNLOP
2626 University place.
Youthfulness Is not a matter of years