The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-06
THE LABOR" PRIZE WINNERS.
TEN PRIZES OF ONE DoLLAR.


record a new member this week. We are
growing day by day, and are always glad
TO welcome the out-of-town members, of
whom we have a great many, especially
in Virginia and in Maryland
The prize winners this week:
The true value of labor is that it en-
larges the dominion OF happiness. Hap
piness and labor are twins which can
never be divided; they are born and -four
ish. or sicken and die together.
rAILULAH de S. SMITH.
I4il Harvard street northwest
Labor is a divine mandate, In the
sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat bread
Severe as seems this behest there are
rewards awaiting those who abide by
it. Brain and handworkers go forth in
the morning TO their regular places of
employment They return home at night
and receive the god-sent benediction of
peace and comfort The farmer tolls in
the heat OF the MONDAY sun, and rests
when winter is a reality before the fire.
place of eontentment. This is the ma
terial side of labor. but there are hands
that rock the cradle in he still watches
OF the night; people who seek to relieve
the needy. and voices that whisper words
of cheer to the disconsolate. These sill
ent workers rob labor of it's drudgery
and place it in a light enrolling
LOUIS vARNUM WoULFE
Nrrt
Labor is worship!
Labor Is lifei
Labor is rest,
Labor is health!
Work for some good. be it ever so slowly;
Cherish some flower. be II ever so lowly;
Labor. all labor, is noble and holy:
Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to
thy God Mrs F. L. BARRINGER-
1873 Q street,
There is a proverb compactly put into
three words in the Latin. that to labor
is to pray. In the spirit of this. we sup
pose it may be truthfully said that every
man and woman prays, even IL uncon-
sciously Charles kingsley once sug-
gested a form of conscious prayer which
is commendable Thank God every
morning you get up" said he, that you
have something to do that must be done
whether you like it or not Being forced
10 work, and forced 10 do your best, viii
breed in you self-conuol. diligence
strength of viii, and hundred virtues
that the idle will never know
OF life, a man must enjoy his work The
average man spends the greatest num-
Der of hours when awake at his work.
or with it on his mind. To have joy in
ones work. therefore, is to have Joy in
life itself. Even if his work is congenlal
a man cannot fully enjoy it unless he
does the very best work Of which he is
capable The man who is true to him
self, in no matter what business he is
engaged, is satisfied with nothing short
of his best work. Know what pleasure
is says Stevenson. for I have done
good work" NJ. AGNES DUNN.
1874 CoFeoFah street
Bodily labor alleviates the pain Of the
mind, and hence arises the happiness of
the poor Mrs. CI,ARPHEN1A SIXTH
74s Merton street
It is only by labor that thought can be
made healthy, and only by thought that
labor can be made happy: and the two
cannot be separated with impunity. La
borOusness shuts the door. and closes
the avenues of The mind whereby temp
tation may enter JOSIE T. FRAILEY.
l245 North Capitol street.
No man is born into the world whose
work
Is not born with him; there is always
work
And tools to work withal. for those who
will,
And blessed are the horny hands of toll.
Lowell.
Mis-. NJ A. McGRATH.
SO Second street southeast.
The possession of wealth can. never
make man exempt from useful, man
ual labor. Miss FT.yA yEATAFAv
I'D Twenty-hfth street
What a glorious spectacle is that of
the labor of man upon the earth. It
includes everything in it that is giorl- |
GUS Look around and tell me what you
see that is worth seeing, that is not the
work of your hands or the hands of |
your fellowship multitudes of all AGES.
A delegation of Indians were visiting the
Library OF Congress. a man who stood |
near them, listened to hear what they