The Washington herald., 1911-01-01

MoeaLBe sociabls and you'n Be- happy
for =,
'Lausn and the world laughs Wtth you.
Weep and you weep alone:
For the ssd old earth must borrow fts
mfrth,
BESSIE STANTON LAWTON.
God created man after his own image.
He placed him upon the earth to 1--we
upon It. and to rule it No man can rule
her singie-handed, but he may. when he
and his countrymen move in harmony.
accomplish feats that will staFtle the
other nations Of the world.
Every man has, away down In the
depths of his heart. q desire to have asso-
ciates. a desire to make friends and to
mingie with his mankind. This desire or
thirst must be quenched. II It u not the
weight Of life would be more than one
could stand HARRY ". BRMER.
There Is. perhaps, no greater favorite
in society than the woman who never
gets lonesome, who finds sufficient re
source in herself to chase away the
blues And yet If this same woman does
not mingle with others and shed the
brightness Of her nature among the
many, her virtue becomes nothing but
mere selnshness. IL is coming in con-
tact with the outside world that hSAkes
the world brighter and better. 1t Is So
ciability that makes life ivable. The
optimist, the woman Of sociability. Is the
one who is helping others wrestle with
the problem of life, not she whose inter-
est is no further than her Immediate
family. The sociable man or Wsman Is
always optimisticaH persevering,
noble, hospitable. willing. honest, sim
cere, and all that word implies. As OBJ
jects are dignified from their connection
with other objects. so Is one life dixni-
fled by its association with another HE,
and only in the exchanging and inte>'-
changing of manners. customs. &c
through the agency of society, has the
world been revolutionized. without this
great characteristic and virtue, man
would still have been but a splendid
slave-a reasoning savage.
TALLULAH De 8 SMITH.
We have not fulfilled every duty to-day,
unless we have fulfilled that Of being
pleasant, unless We have extended the
welcome hand to our friend and brother,
lifting his thoughts away from sorrow
and strife: unless We have sent thoughts
o. good cheer to the absent and sad:
aided the weary and world-worn, and
given our smile to sin-sick and lame. for
it is only through Gods infinite mercy
that similar fate is not ours and some
day our broad charity which would ever
help the unfortunate and render life less
dificult for our friend and neighbor may
earn the encomium. "Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least Of these 'ye
have done it unto me-"
self Is the only prison that can ever
bind the soul:
Love is the only angel who can bid the
gates unroll.
And when he comes to call thee, arise
and follow fast:
His way may lie thro' darkness. but 1t
leads to light at last.-Van Dyke.
n. J. MOOR.
Psychological commerce." interchange
OF ideas. the medium through which good
things Of life are passed along. in short.
! "sociability,'' is the angel that keeps
the waters of everyday intercourse
sweet. Without it. optimism would per-
ish, and hope and good cheer languish
in the heart that gave them birth. 1t Is
the missionary chapter Of fraternaIism,
the going into byways and hedges, and.
so to speak, bringing in the embarrassed.
and inviting them to partake. 1t is the
art Of accepting gracefully, offering tact
fully, and appreciating heartily. 1t Is
the spirit of brotheriy love which fills
the pews Of one church, while another
us sparely dotted with stiff-necked mem
bers. proud that they have no poor
among them. or that they do not know
the person in ithe next pew. 1t is the
spirit of neighborly interest which flows
from home to home. making life IDEAL
1t thrives in the little village, where
roses nod to each other over the walls,
and vines on one porch run out to clasp
the tendrils of vines on the next. It
languishes in the metropolis. where the
very windows seem doubly curtained to
keep it out, gates are guarded by iv-
cried footmen, and one in search Of some
sociability seems to decipher over the
entrances. "All hope abandon ye who
enter here"
An unknown poet has asked, 20 why
should the spirit of mortal be proud?'' 1t
Is a pertinent question for New Years
consideration.
Dust. thou art, to dust thou shalt re-
turn''-to-morrow the dust Of Lazarus
mingles with that of Dives!
Mrs. h. B. HOLLIFTEID.
Sociability is the most compelling influ-
ence in our modern world. 1t is one Of the
highest manifestations of friendship That
brotherhood of man. toward which all
optimists declare We are progressing. is
after all but an advanced form Of social
intercourse. Sociability Is an invaluable
aid in eliminating Ill will in community.
and is essential in developing and uplift-
ing humanity. knowing the satisfaction
to be derived from social intercourse. we,
as optimists. should do all in our power
to make for the advancement of socia-
b:lity and the extension of that priceless
jewel-"Optimisms" among the ranks of
our friends. A. B. FITZGERALD.
Man. like the generous vine. supported
lives;
The strength he gains is from the en-
brace he gives;
On their own axis, as the planets run
Yet make at once their circle round the
sun:
So two consistent motions act the soul.
And one regards itself and one the whole;
Thus God and nature linked the general
frame,
And bade self-love and social be the
same.-Pope.
The music that reaches farthest into
heaven Is the beating Of loving
heart-Henry Ward Beecher.
Governments, religious systems. and
various other organisations have been
striving ever to increase the sum OF
human happiness-to answer htttngiy
the old and pregnant query: Am I my
brothers keeper" Massive obstacles to
their complete success have been the
prevalence of the idea that might makes