The Washington herald., 1910-04-03

And. harkl from distant treetop
! hear the blue birds song
o joyous, gladstone carol.
Exultant. fearless. true:
There is hidden heavenly message
Meath that coat of blue.
My heart thrills as I listen;
Gods love is sure and strong;
Thank Him for life's awakening;
Praise for the blue birds song.
After the winter. springtime;
The sunshine follows rain;
Tho grief and sorrow chill US.
The heart grows warm again.
From earth TO his glad heaven
God VIII his loved ones bring;
Still after frosts and snowdrift
We hear the blue birds sing.
e. G.. Arnold.
NAE H. SHAW
AS North Carolina avenue southeast
Budding time and April flowers.
Take me back to childhood hours.
Where was reared among the hills.
The rushing streams and gentle rills.
They take me TO my Lighthouse home.
And Ger the woods I used to roam:
I heaI again the boot owl shriu.
And plaintive wall OF whip-coor-
Once more I'm working on the farm.
The blood of life is flowing warm;
No works more pleasant than tillins
ground;
I whistle aid plow till the sun is down.
d. J. FINN.
Post-ofioe Department.
The girl that's born on an April day
Has the right 10 be merry. lithsome. gay
And that Is the reason I dance and play
And frisk like mote il a sunny raY.
Wouldn't you do il, too,
II you had teen born on an April day?
The girls Of March love noise and fray
And sweet as blossoms are the girl oil
May;
But l rejoice in a sunny spray
OF smiles and tears and hap-a-day
Wouldn't you do ii, too.
II you had been born or an April day?
Heighoi hurrah, for an April day.
Its cloud, its sparkle. its skip and stay
mean TO be happy whenever may and
And cry when I must; for that's my way
Wouldn't you do it, too,
If you had been born on an April day?
j. Remington Fairlamb.
EVA JACKSON.
so Third street northwest.
Is it, then, regret for buried time
That keenlier in sweet April wakes.
And meets the year. and gives and
takes
The colors of the crescent prime?
Not all; the songs, the stirring air,
The life re-orient out of dust
Cry through the sense to hearten trust
In that which makes the world so fair.
-Tennyson.
Mrs. THOMAS X. O'BRIEN.
70 S street northwest.
All day the low-hung clouds have dropped
Their garnered fullness down;
All day, that soft. gray mist hath wrap
Hill, valley, grove. and town.
There has not been a sound to-day
To break the calm Of nature;
Nor motion, might almost say,
OF life OF living creature:
or waving bow or warbling bird.
Or cattle family lowing.
I could half believe I heard
The leaves and blossoms growing.
LAURA Y ALLEN
Arlington. Va
April is here
With bright sunshine and showers.
Fair buds and sweet flowers.
Hearts full of pure gladness.
No thought of Iifes sadness.
Go, so,th wind and scatter,
Seeds purest and best;
Heavens DEVELOPS win moisten.
God watches the rest.
A. E. RANNEY.
Lovely April appears smiling through
A mist of tears. bringing vioIets blue
ooh. come! said Smile to little Tear,
Just cheer up and be glad;
It never pays to weep and fear,
And make US all so sad
Just see the good things everywhere,
Be glad you are alive;
Each day win end its load of care.
Just smile and you'll survive"
]. LEE
Post-ofics Box "a
IT'S but a breath OF love.
Winging its airy fight,
But, oh. it brings to me
An echo of delight.
So. hand in hand Wen go,
Through woodland lanes of yew,
To breathe the sweet perfume
kissing the morning dew.
It's gentle touch I feel,
That heaven cannot hold.
Sweet blossoms of the deep.
Thy beauty to unfold
E. ANDERSON.
500 French street northwest.
April is the month of hope It is the
planting and sowing time Of the year.
She can justly be called the ''generative'
month-in spiritual as well as in bird and
vegetable life. For. as the birds begin
to mate and build, and vegetation TO send
forth new life in budding tree and bloom
Ing flower. even so those of who have
gone through sorrow and suffering dur
ing the long winter. feel our hearts re-
newed and spirits refreshed as we ap-
proaeh this most beautiful and typical
month OF sunshine and rain"
For mother earth" goes through out
wardly what our souls experience In
wardly. We are now as surely UNDER
going a change in putting off the icy gar
roenfs Of xzyfs,fAr Snirif,faIit- Co. 4hnso -