The Washington herald., 1912-01-01
by JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

My heart is filed with good wishes
for every reader of The Herald's Page
for Every Woman on this young,
young day of the glad New Year.
| wish for you, first OF all. good
health. for this is essential to the &C
complishment of my second wish foI
you, which is plenty OF useful work
work that is service, work that occu-
pies the days; work that cheers those
| whose lives you touch, for the idle
woman Is never happy; and that is why
! do not include wealth in my wishes
for you for the year that begins to-
day If YOU had all the money you
could spend and all the luxurieS that
money can buy, you might be tempted
to forget that the only road 10 perna
nent happiness lies through a life OF
service.
Service Easier to Buy Than 10 Give.
1t is easier for the rich woman TO
buy service than to give it away, and
in the buying she seldom finds content
ment.
The most pitiable object in the world
to me is the woman who fritters away
her time, You remember that quota
ton about the three things that can
not be recalled:
The spoken word;
The spent arrow;
The lost opportunity"
Each minute of each hour of each
day presents an opportunity to every
woman to fulfill the purpose for which
God made her when He set her to at
tending life's business. Each moment
frittered away is lost opportunity that
cannot be recalled. but for which the
great God will hold each of us to ac-
count.
We speak of happiness variously.
Call it The Blue Flower" The Blue
Bird" what you will, il is still happi-
difficult to find as folks would have one
think
The reason that so many fail to find
it is because If does not lie on the path
of time that is frittered away, nor on
the big. gay road OF idleness and
amusement, but up a steep trail that
runs across the rugged mountain of
life. Every moment turned to good
account reveals THE Blue Flower"
shining in the sunlight of Gods love.
Synonymous Terms.
If you 60 off alone to-day in some
quiet place to make --resolutions, by
which you shall govern your life
throughout this year, lay aside your in
tention and promise yourself only one
thing-either that you will be happy
or that you will be useful. These are
synonymous terms. To be of service
every time the chance comes to you
is to insure happiness, and if The Blue
Flower" grows along your path of life
there will be no need of calling atten-
ton to its source, for there is but one
possible source of permanent happiness,
and that is in a work worth while.
And above all else, don't imagine that
YOUR work is not worth while because
II is, commonplace
/ recently visited home where there
is a large family The mother of six
children was deploring the fact that her
feet were not set in the path OF a
career" where her name would be
household word and her work known
the world over
It reminded me of lecture ISheard
years ago on aces of diamonds, in
which examples were given by the doz-
ems to prove that men and women go
afar to dig diamonds. when acres of
them lie all about ones own back door.
Surely the mother OF six children and
the mistress of big home has acres of
diamonds at her door Her yearning
for career is foolish thing that can
breed only discomfort Let her polish
the diamonds at hand. Lei her grasp
the opportunities within her reach III
she would be happy.
The Measure of Happiness.
Happiness lies in giving; in giving
ones self.
During the Christmas season, just
past the readers Of The Herald's Page