TODAY IT IS SPRING
To the Editor:
Today it is Spring and in office and in schools, we find ourselves forgetting our work and leaning back to breathe the soft, warm air. Why is it that the Spring fever fills every one’s veins, and we find ourselves caring so little about the important interests upon which our minds were fixed. Why do we turn to dreaming of fields and blue distances and mornings when we discovered that some one was in love with us. On such days as these, for a few moments, the school-teacher must stop schooling, the trader must stop trading, the reformer must stop reforming. What is the meaning of this? It is God’s holiday.
In these moments we learn one of the great lessons of life. After all, it is the cosmic forces that make the world. We learn the great lesson of trust. Little do our efforts accomplish to brighten and beautify the world. But when the Spring comes, even in Mulberry street the children sing and shout, and soft gray buds are ready to burst from the few trees in Alton Park Place.
In these moments we learn the highest, best in life: that which comes not from our own efforts but is the gift of God.
Clarence D. Blachly.
Chicago.
AN INVITATION FROM CUBA
To the Editor:
The Woman’s Club of Havana would be very grateful if when social workers of the United States anticipate visiting our city they would kindly let us know as we want to avail ourselves of any opportunity to get in touch with their work.