The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-13
ENTHUSIASM" PRIZE WINNERS.

members represented in this way. and it
brings the club closer together TO have
the suggestions for discussion come from
the individual members
/ The majority of expressions which /
have received are in favor OF the new
plan of ten first prizes which are now
/ taking the place of the graded prizes.
There were one or two dissenting voices.
One Of them feared a dropping away in
the membership. but / think ! can say
that there were more new members
| brought in last week than any other one
week since last June.
That the quality OF the contributions
will decrease under the new plan I will
not believe for minute. have too great
faith in my optimists for that. know
that you are all Iaboring for a principle
and not for self-interest The club is
firmly established and We shall continue
to grow and 10 add our mite 10 the world 5
progress in higher thought and in actions
and in spiritual qualities prove ourselves
worthy of the name Of Optimist.
The ten winning contributions this
week follow
Enthusiasm is that quality which keeps
the boy spirit in the gray-hairsd man It
gives firm step, a bright eye, an alert
personality. It is the propeller which
keeps the machinery in motion. Knowl-
edge may be the engine and goodness
the lubricant, but they could not achieve
satisfactory results without enthusiasm,
for it is that factor which makes the
world so round. II is the intensity Of
the orator. the passion OF the poet, the
inspiration of the painter, and the love in
the hearts OF Gods children which
stretches out helping hand 10 the one
in need. II is the whole-hearted zeal
without which nothing worth doing can
be accomplished in this busy world
Nothing great was ever achieved with
out enthusiasm" p u. sOYFN.
I45 Seventeenth street.
Enthusiasm IS an ecstasy 81 mind. as If
from inspiration or possession by a spirit
ual influence. II is founded neither on
reason nor Divine revelation. but rises
from a warmed Imagination. It Is the
predominance Of the emotional over the
intellectual powers. II is the complete
possession Of the mind by any subject
Hence. guided by reason OF experience
it becomes a passion that prompts to the
ardent pursuit of laudable objects Such
Is the enthusiasm Of the poet. the orator,
the painter. the hero, the Christian No
project can be well started without H.
Enthusiasm is the lubricant that makes
the wheels OF trade 90 round
"a ESTHER K, WHITE.
0i Gloucester street. Annapolis Nd
The life that has lost its enthusiasm
loses its best incentive and is barren Of
results either for self or for others. En-
thusism helps one through the hardest
tasks, lifts the heaviest burdens keeps
the heart fresh and the daily routine
from becoming monotonous and weari-
some; gives zest. inspiration, and Joy to
work that would otherwise be irksome.
Mrs. CLARA F. WILLIAMS.
l0 Sixth street northeast
''N-A 'tle'- IA---iE - eAa-N AtN AAAE NbLlltE-
nance, figure well balanced and shoulders
erect, attentive ear and ready answer. a
man seems permeated with real throb-
bing life. He it Is that has a good stom-
ach, who steps out Of a tardy hating
gait into a firm, military stride Moth
ing seems capable Of breaking down his
spirit, which. all afire with energy to be
of as much assistance as possible 10 his
race and himself, pursues life actively.
and necessarily he has become an opti-
mist, for difficulties the most forbidding
and severe crumble away before his
healthy look. His life is one continuous
effective movement; his nature is always
at the point Of ebullluon; his spirit is un-
trammeled by the "don'ts" and "cants"
Of feeble world. THOMAS Y. MURTO.
St Charles College. EliCott CITY. Nd
Rev. Rowland Hill was a man Of pow
erful voice and was sometimes complete
ly carried away by the impetuous rush Of
his feelings. On one such occasion while
he was preaching al Walton, he explained.
Because 7 am in earnest men call me an
enthusiast. But I am not Mine are the