The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-30
EDITH HAMILTON THOMAS.

aneholy? That word should not appear
on an optimistic page Faith. hope. cour-
age. kindness. and helpfulness belong
there These days OF decadence in nature
mean renewal and growth. a time OF
nesting for future beauty and need. We
must accept the absence OF flowers, the
barrenness OF limb, the frosty air, which
| in their turn must come, and remember
they presage much 10 help and delight
us-a resurrection sure 70 follow. And as
these avs teach us IN the physical world
must We not be patient when seeming
blight comes TO hopes and plans, and be-
lieve that out Of the experience We are
10 have further strength and renewed
JOY? Rare flowers bloom afresh for
those who linger in the garden of under
standing ALICE UNDERWOOD HUNT.
Autumn DAYS can have no gloom
To those with faith beyond the tomb,
Who see in death the seed OF life
Eternal and nesd but the strife
I or sweeping Wind and cleansing rain
To purify the earth again.
Autumn days can bear no blight
( For those who see beyond the light
or resurrection sure and clear
4 promise while We linger here
The sermon preached from each dead leaf
/ Each frozen bough and withered sheaf
Autumn days but shadows bring
To lend a brighter light 10 spring
While waiting for that greater birth
God gives each year 10 Mother Earth
And should not cast our spirit down.
For autumn glows. she does not frown.
ANAIS J. PUGH.
I don't Ike 10 think AZ 'melancholy
GAYS IN connection with this beautiful
time Of the year. ] don't like 10 think
that any days Of the year are Of them
selves melancholy
Days are what We make them No true
OptimiSt is depressed merely because Il is
autumn. ~ YOU are unable 10 ind 10y
and the expression Of your Maker In the
glorious cOlors OF red and yellow in the
trees, IN the rich harvests that the farm
ers are gathering, and IN the promise Of
work and useful endeavor that the COM
ing winter holds ont TO Won. there Is
additional comfort in the thought that
the birds and the trees and the flowers
have nor gone forever from the face %
the earth. The flowers are blooming
bravely somewhere. the birds are sing
ing just as sweetly in the warmer cIimes,
whittier they have flown. and the sap I'm
the trees is only waiting for the spring
10 deck the world in green once more.
Autumn days" are in reality DAYS IN
which we should put forth our best Of
forts We have rested during the SUM
mer, and now, or never. must we snow
results. 7. for one, glory in the happy,
abundant autumn days. y. ". REEVES.
Autumn days inspire me with thoughts
OF gratitude. Is not Thanksgiving Day
itself one OF the chief Of the autumn
GAYS? II is>set apart for the purpose Of
engendering gratitude in the hearts OF
men for the earth and the fullness
thereof
When The frost Is or The PUMPKIN
And the com is oH the shock
that is the time. indeed. when hearts
grow warm and the feeling Of happiness
and contentment steals over one What
matter II the winds Of winter blow and
the snow falls so long a. the bounty of
earth holds out and mankind is able 10
reap a harvest OF plenty?
Mother Earth is good 10 all her chill
dren. Al no time OF the year 90 we
realize this so keenly as during the au-
tumu days. Let us as optimists. live up
10 our blessings and be thankful for them
and for each other and for the pervadtng
heiptul spirit Of optimism which hovers
over us not only IN the autumn DAYS but
during every day OF the year.
FLORA \. ELLIOT
Autumn DAYS. the crown Jewels Of the
year as some one has beautifully called
them, golden days when the lasstude OF
summer IS gone and the air Is charged
with a life-giving tonic, "a cordial of
incredible virtue The leaves are chang
ing into rJTset and gold. the sky is an
opal bowl, the sun smiles lovingly and
earessingly. and the edge Of the woods
Is afame with yellow light IT is vaca-
ton time with nature, whose energy
never sleeps, though Il often sinks into
repose Now who would sit within
doors days Ike these. when all the world
without is gay with color and song? Art
weary? Art sore distressed? Then get
cut into the open and enjoy the elixir OF
outdoor life; practice the ancient art of
walking and get on intimate terms with
the sunshine the golden air. and the
beauty Of the country, The autumnal
harmony of field and sky brings golden
days to birth and proclaims the peace OF
God. Emerson says: In the woods a
man casts OF his years as the snake his
slough. and at what period soever of his
life is always a child"
Mrs. P. l. BARRINGER.
What can be more beautiful or more at
tractive than the season Of autumn? The
labors OF the husbandmen approach their
natural termination and he gladdens with
the near prospect OF his promised re-
ward The fields wave their yellow and
luxuriant harvests, the trees put forth
the darkest foliage, half shading and
half revealing their Tipened fruits. TO
tempt the appetite of man and proclaim
the goodness of his Creator-J Story.
NAE Z. SHAW.
Oh. the beauty of the russell gold au-
tumn DAYS. the song Of the rustling
leaves the mellow warmth of the sun
after the haze has lifted its veil from the
face of morning. Oh, the JOY of a walk
In the sweet-smelling woods. when nature
wears her most Opulent dTesS-When the
aid at MONDAY is nectar, and twilight
comes softly after a sunset Of rudy
splendor Truly the autumn with its riot
of color, its lingering glory. its majesty
of maturity is a triumph Of farewell. ere
melodious nature sinks TO her winter $
sleep OF richly earned rest.
And the call of repose to nature is the
clarion note 10 man. The tang of the
air thrills him; ambition that has lain
dormant through the langour of seduc-
tive summer. leaps In his blood He is
alive with new aims, stirred with bound
ing hope. Life in the city takes on a
novel zest-humanity pulsates with re-
newed vigOT. Ii seems almost as though
the fall should be the season of the new
year, we are all so vitalized. so keen to
begin again to encompass our desires
our leftover plans-sO teemirg with