Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-03-06

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been fast friend and able supporte
OF the Home" from the first, aud on
Of its mort active trustees. He spokl
20 great effect, and many Of the mum
Der were moved to tears. The sclioo
rose TO announce vote of respect ant
thanks to the Senator for his services
thereupon retiring in good order. Th,
guesta then partook of dinner with tn,
Superintendent and family. who far,
precisely like the children. The repas
was simple hut very palatable, and Mr.
Cole says he finds his health CONSTANT,
improving under this course of diet
After resting for few minutes, We
visited the various wards, nine in all
tn Inspect the mode OF sleeping. In
one room. which We measured, go by
Il and seven feet high, fifty.two chill.
dren sleep and live. The manager oi
this ward has small bed room i'm the
same room. The beds four feet wide,
made Of straw in great ticks, contain
four each of these young people, while
the whole room Is only large enough
for three good led rooms which would
afford comfortable lodgings for six per.
SOUS. Everything liz kept perfectly
clean, but how they can do ID is the
wonder. The large girls, fourteen TO
sixteen, lodge three in bed, and the
large boys the same. There are thirty.
one employees in the Home, all OF
whom have their hands full. The EN-
tire outlay tor last month was s., ,g22 "a.
Tie superintendent and nistruI com
bined are paid $l06 per month. The
State allows 800 u year for each child
In attendance for feeding, clothing,
warming and educating. But more
of this again. 88
After having made a thorough can.
vas of the 8 Hume" Mr.. Melendy and
Senator Powers brought around one ot
Waiiace's best turnouts, and took us To
the land recently purchased by the
trustees of the Home with their Dw
private funds, which they offer tn do.
nate to tile State on certain conditions,
for the benefit of the Institution. Oi
course 1t will be accepted. The land
consists of forty acres mile from the
town, south, and in All elevated posi-
ton, giving q full view of the town,
aud of the surrounding country. Ii il
of immense value, and is the offer Ut a
muifieent gift which the state can
hardly fail to accept. From one stand
point i'm our drive we could count ut
one view five hundred farm houses
If you thitfk this exaggerated, charge
1t TO Peter Melendy, for can prove 1t
by him. We visited all places of In
terest during our drive, among which
WAS the WOODEN mills, where they are
doing nicely, making two hundred
yards of cloth per day. with four hun
dred and eighty spindles. Cedar Falls
might be second Lowell If capital
could be enlisted. l have no doubt
that there 10 sufficient power the year
round to drive 5000 spindles, two
hundred looms and hundred run OF
mill stones, besides q proportional
amount Of other machinery necessary
In a manufacturing town OF fifty thou
sand people. We then returned to the
Home to spend the evening. Among
the exercises was recitation by eight
young ladies, entitled "Where Would
You Livew It WAS rendered artisti-
cally, and showed careful culture. /
omitted TO say that since Mr.. Cole took
charge of the Home, he has made sing
ing prominent feature. All sing. He
In ala excellent singer himself, and hav-
ing been lifelong teacher, aud the
most efficient Sunday School manager
i'm the state, he is just at hoine, and the
children all take To him naturally.
the State. Had time / should like 10
go To the Legislature, and argue the
case in person; but their able commit.
tee will save me the trouble. It il a
burning disgrace that these worthy and
suffering children must be huddled to-
gether year I'm and year out, i'm al old
dilapidated building which requires
constant propping to keep from tum-
Ill A. La.
anything innthe surroundings To cheer
or diversity, except tile cheerful faces
of the teachers and the cheering voice
of the superintendent. May Heaven
move our Representatives TO lIberality
for these children. AT some future day
1 shall write you again i'm regard TO the
moral aspect of the Home.
6 Yours, HALL.
Chs,i-acter-Reputntio tion.
Character aud reputation, although
often confounded, ARE, in strictness of
speech, distinct from each other. The
former, when applied to an individual,
denotes the qualities that he possesses
what he is In himself; the latter, the
qualities which he 10 supposed to pos
sess, or what he is reputed To be,
whether correctly or not. by others. A
man may possess All excellent charac.
ter, but through misapprension or mis-
on the part of others,
he may have. for the time being at
least, a bad reputation. On the other
hand, "A man may have very bad
character, but by concealing his bad
Qualities. he may acquire, aud for u
time maintain, a COED reputation.
But iew men are estimated according
% their real worth. Some men have a
Tar better reputation than their true
will justify; others are not
esteemed NO highly as their real fiierits
would warrant. This arises I'm part
from our Ignorance Of mems real char.
acters, aud in part from different esti-
mates which We place upon men'sclisr-
acters when they are known. In igno-
rance of mans real character we may
esteem him more or less highly than
we will esteem him accord
ing to the estimates which we place
upon the qualities which he possesses
What one highly esteems another will
SD that u mans reputation
never fixes the standard of his real
worth, or TO determine his true charac-
ter.
Most men are more anxious about
their reputation than they are about
their character. They do not care 40
much what they are In themselves, as
what they are considered to be by 9TH
ers. They lai,or more tss present an Ap-
pearance Of worth than they do to pos
sess IL.
Men should be careful of their repu-
tation, but they should remember that
a reputation that is not founded on
good character is Worthless. 10 at
tempt to naaintain good reputatiou,
anoilg these whose 0piiiis,ns are wor-
thy of respect, without maintaining u
good character. is like attempting to
erect an edifice without a foundation on
which IL may rest. Character is the oil
important thing. LII q man will take
care ofilis cfIaructer. be need give trim.
self but little concern about Ills reputa-
tion. A man who manifests too much
ts