FROM THE MOTTO COMPETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 52, 2 March 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

FROM THE MOTTO COMPETITION.

HAPPY THOUGHTS FROM READERS. (Sent by Molly Jones.) Hearts like doors can ope' with ease To very, very little keys, And don't forget that they are these "I thank you, sir," and "If you please." (Sent by Mavis Moon.) Think again before you utter Words that cause another pain, Wounded hearts are slow at healing If they ever heal again; What's the use of being sorry, When you've caused another pain, So curb your tongue, for just a moment, Think again. Sent by Doreen Ritchie.) It's 110 use putting your wish-bone where your back-bone ought to be. .(Sent by Kitty Thomas.) Oh, let us seek the be«st in life, The highest, noblest parts, And strive by every word and deed To gladden others' hearts. (Sent by Coral Leece.) However great the struggle, However long the fight, Kemember, oh! remember, The "hard way" means the right. (Sent by Mary Hamblin.) We are writing each one in the book of our life, A record of good or of ill, And the fair fresh days that we gladly greet Are the pages we needs must fill. Let the deeds we do, and the words we speak, Be tender and firm and true, That at last when we come to the journey's end, The Book may bear reading through.