The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
TRAIT ALL OPTLMLS7S SHOULD CULTIVATE

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little obstacle that befaIls us! II we
would only stop to think what q small
atom we are in the universe We would
not put ON supercuious airs and imagine
the Creator has singled US out for spe-
cial glory. Be sociable, or. in other
words, be pleasant; life Is very short
Treat your neighbors kindly; your
friends; your enemies everybody. This
is no world for a crouch. Every ono
can possess the art, IL may call 1t an
art, Of sociability. but there seems to
| be some who want to take the part OF
the miser. The heart of soctable man
I; u like q lump Of radium, increasingly
giving %. particles Of gladness, gener-
osity. unxelishness. and. in fact. every
thing that is good
Hearts, like doors,
| Will ope with ease,
With very, very little keys,
| And among the few are these,
| Il thank you, SIR" and IF you please"
LAWRENCE A. WIDMAYER
From ideal Poems:
Think beautiful thoughts and set them
adri6
On eternity's boundless sea;
Let their burden be pure, let their white
sails lift
And bear away from you the comfort
ing Sift
| OF your heartfelt sympathy.
For q beautiful thought is beautiful
thing
And out on the Infinite tide
Must meet and touch and tenderfy
bring
To the sick and the weary and sorrow-
ing
A solace so long denied.
And the soul that hath buffeted every
Adversely hath known,
So weak, so worn, SO despairing. grows
With the beautiful thought to succor and
That thought it hath made its own.
| And the dull earth's ears will hear its
cry,
And the dull eyes see sts gleam.
And the shipwrecked hearts, as they
wander by.
Will catch at its promise. and straight
way try
To wake from this dismal dream.
And radiant now as a heavenly star
1t grows with its added good,
Till over the waters its light spreads far
To where earths desolate places are.
And its message is understood.
| And glad are the eyes that see the ray.
The message your sweet thought has to
say
| To the sorroWing pilgrims along the way,
Who needs its word of cheer.
| NINA VERA HUGHES
! Human hearts are the vehicles en-
ployed by heaven to enrich the world"
More is contributed by the cheering word.
the sunny countenance. the hearty hand
clasp than this world dreams OF. No
one can live to himself alone; some one
always needs him. AS sociability means
kindliness, to be truly sociable, one must
have the good and honest heart. then the
kind act. the CHEEKY word will come
| naturally. simply. without strain or ef-
| fort, or any thought Of reward.
Smile awhile,
And while YOU smile, another smiles,
And soon there are miles and miles of
smiles
And life's worth while
! Because you SMILE
Mrs F. 1. BARRINGR
Old Sociability.
| oh. he's a jolly fellow,
| Old Sociability:
He's a laugh that's quite contagious.
And he loves humanity.
He's jovial and jocund,
Has a smile that's sweet to meet.
| With hand shake full of sympathy,
| Yet void of all deceit.
| If you've never known this fellow,
! Nor shared his company.
You've yet to taste the sweetness
OF sociability.
| Cultivate this mans acquaintance.
| And join the rank and file:
To circulate and mix, you know,
| Is very much in style.
| Then you'll lose that frosty feeling
When you meet your fellow-man,
And warm up to him in kidness;
Get the habit if you can.
CHARLES ALBERT BREWTON.
1t is not within the province of every
one to be equally socable, but it Is surely
! within the scope of every ones social
activity to live up to the high ideals of
sociability according to his or her station
in life.
When people are inclined to seek So
ciety. disposed to want company. ready
at all times to converse with others, eager
to act friendly toward all. desirous to be
familiar with strangers and acquaintance
allke, tney possess the principal CudrdS-
teristics that so to indicate sociabilfty.
Then to have all the elements of socia-
bility is valuable possession. nature
having decreed otherwise in many cases.
a great many people are without the as
sets Of sociability, without which gift they
have more embarrassments and difficult
ties along the way Of life.
AS 1t is. being a valuable asset, every
one should cultivate and improve his So
vial status as much SO as lies within his
power, and, no doubt, sorne future time
will pay big dividends on the extra in
vestment VICTOR p. HAMMER.
In spreading the doctrine of optimism.
We are simply carrying to q logical con-
clusion the decrees Of fate. Try as we
may we cannot escape them. The social
fabric is made up OF the woof and warf Of
many strands. the injury Of any one of
whic aars the beauty Of the whole In
the ...plex life Of the present day. any,
thing that Injuries my fellow-man also
injuries me. His illness, his misfortunes
eventually react on me, and the toll must
be paid inevitably. Selfishness alone, IL
no higher motive, would dictate a zeal