The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-17

The growth Of optimism and a large
number OF new members come IN every
week
There is no membership fee. Members
are not even required to write for the
Sunday symposium II they do not wish
10. Many members do not write in COM
petition for the weekly prizes, but they
read what their fellow-members have to
say just the same
During the summer the optimists are
going TO try and raise a fund for the
benefit Of the children's fresh air fund.
SO it will be seen that We need the sup
port of not only the tried and true mem
bers, but Of plenty Of new ones besides.
/ Send in your name on the blank which
we print for that purpose and receive
your button. the insignia of your opti-
mism, and perhaps you will be moved to
take part in the weekly discussions.
Next Sunday the topic will be 'Har-
mony," to be followed or May 1 by THE
optimist's garden"
! Just a word 70 the old members. Don't
forget to work for those new members.
The club wants to double its membership
during the coming winter. II oughtn't to
be hard work 10 rake an optimist out OF
< your neighbor If you go about II i'm the
right way. There Is nothing appeals to a
man quite so much as good humor. You
don't have 10 argue man into being an
optimist. all YOU have 10 do is 10 smile.
The ten prize-winners this week are:
No beauty is really beautiful which
/ in any way binders righteousness. or
weakens spiritual Iife.-PhiUips Brooks.
NJ AGNES DUNN.
1922 Cccoau street.
BY cultiYating the beautiful we scat
ter the seeds OF heavenly flowers: by
doing good we foster those already be-
/ longing to humanity. NJ. y. GARNER.
l2l2 Twelfth street northwest.
/ 4 thing Of beauty is a Joy forever;
] It's loveliness- increases; It will never
! Pass into nothingless. but still viii keeT
A bower quiet for us and a sleep
| Full OF sweet dreams and health ant
/ quiet breathing Keats.
CHARLOTTE BAILEY.
| $50 Thirteenth street northwest.
True beauty dwells in deep retreats,
/ Whose veil Is unremoved
/ TIL heart with heart in concord beats
And the lover is beloved.
T. G. DOWDEN.
/ So Florida avenue northwest
To be beautiful only as statue is
/ beautiful should not be the aim Of ar
optimist He should cultivate moral and
mental beauty. in order to avoid that sac
old age which has nothing TO recommend
/ it but the remnants Of physical beauty
/ External attraction perishes: fine ply.
siQue and beautiful skin cannot last very
long. whereas beauty Of mind and the
/ beautifulness OF a Christian life may last
/ forever-can and will last long enough
/ to make ones later days beautiful and
/ companionable ALLEN PREMIER
/ ~ Tenth street southeast.
/ There is enough of the Master Artist
1 in every human being to make us place
/ beauty on a pedestal and adore It.
! open the flood gates to the arid waters
pour the milk of human kindness into the
/ avenues OF sorrow and distress. and
while there may be need Of metaphys
ician and sage to interpret the cause
! the Transformation will be visible TO al
/ eyes: the Unsurpassing loneliness in ma
/ ture to delight the senses: the incompar
| able beauty Of heart and mind to glorify
! the soul Mrs = u FRANK.
i2 G street northeast
Exquisite beauty resides with God
Unity and simplicity joined together II
different organs are the principal source!
Of beauty. II resides, in the good. IN,
/ honest. and in the useful 10 the highes
physical and intellectual degree.
EDNA BENNETT
1914 Eighth street northwest.
! The most natural beauty in the worlc
! is honesty and moral truth: for al
beauty is truth. true features make tn,
beauty Of the face and true proportion.
/ the beauty Of architecture. as tru,
measures that Of harmony and music.
The Roland
| The contemplation OF beauty in nature
in art, in literature. In human character
diffuses through our being a soothin.
and subtle joy. by which tbs heart:
anxious and aching cares are softly
smiled away.
Mrs. J. J. O'CONNELL
81 / street northwest
A popular feature OF the daily paper T.
its beauty column. Here is a hint to tn,
ladies. Optimism as an aid to persona
l
tons devised by the beauty specialists
The most perfect features VIII be MARIE,
by sour looks while the plainest fac,
is rendered beautiful when the spirit o
optimism irradiates it.
What doctor possesses such curativ,
resources as those latent in a spark o
/ happiness or single ray Of hope?
Happiness does away with ugliness, an,
even makes the beauty Of beauty. Tn,
man who doubts it can never~have watch
ed the first CLEANS OF tenderness draw
ing in the clear eyes OF one who loves
sunrise itself is a lesser marvel. II
Paradise. then, everybody will be beau
tiful AS a powerful electric cur
rent can render metals luminous. and re
veal their essence by the color Of thei
flame. so intense life and supreme 10,
can make the most simple mortal daz
zlingly beautiful. ''-Amiels Journal.
ARTHUR w BEER.
Seventeenth and Hamin streets northeast.
Honorable mention is given to thes,
optimists.
Beauty. as the Towering blossom, soor
fades; but the divine excellences Of tn,