The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-02-26
To Mil Without n GPist.

To Mill Without n Grist,
We pity the poor on such a night as
this. The winds cold and piercing. The
snow is like grains of ice. The fierce WIN
ter blast is not content to howl and dance
on its outdoor way, but searches about
door, window and crevice for a chance 10
enter and contend for the mastery with the
heat coming from a we'll filled CRATE.
While at dinner tonight. after the sun
had gone down, half clad organ grinders
and poor beggar children came TO tie base
ment door for food. To feed the poor is
like feeding an army, so large Is the num-
Der of those IN this great city out ofemploy-
ment. Here are hundreds OF little boys
and girls sold by or stolen from their pa
rents in Italy, and brought here TO beg for
pennies which are given atnight, to some
brutes who beat them as circumstances
beat the unfortunate always. There are
hundreds of orphans who sweep street
crossings; who run TO earn pennies by car
rying bundles; whose bare feet, in mid
winLer, blush with shame as they stand
on the cold, stone sidewalks in front of the
rich, beautiful churches. Why cannot
these poor little waits Of humanity have at
least the basement doors of churches OBJ
ened TO them ? Why cannot there be fires
and food in there for the star ying, unfer-
tunate ones whe are waiting 10 go Homer
1t is we'll to work to save souls we cannot
see, and to build spires that people may
know which are houses Of worship, but
we could have spires less lofty, and the
money used for their construction would
be devoted to warming the feet of the
poor. While thinking of the poor we Oft
en- wonder why they will not the more
help themselves? In the majority of ca
sea a man or woman is 10 blame for many
mIsfortunes which SO trouble and annoy
them. Individual shoulders must bear
most Of individual responsibility before
will come anything ike universal happi-
ness.
While sitting in our library tonight,
there came a man in search of work.
Our conversation may be of interest, as 1t
reveals = fact. Said he, after being seated
by the fire.
d Il called TO see if you could not give me
employment. would not starve, and am
wiling TO work in any place you may put
me.
What is your age?
"Twenty-elght."
where are you from?" I
al came in from the country"
a"lNhat is your religious belief"
al have none"
"What has been your occupation?"
i nave had no regular employment"
"Have you ever been engaged on a
newspaper"
NO. zrsr-Egu .sVTr-rE
care you q practical printerf t4
tNo." fGt8IAsss FIElttEl 10
"DO you understand the routine of bust
ness?'
dNo but [ can learn
"What position would yoa like on the
paperY"
/ swell, l would Like TO write editorials.
or stories, or something '"t
ado you know what you wish to. writer"
"Not exactly
Have you ever read much, or Travelled
5aNS. ,fLsf III 5ssT AT Oh
"Are you acquainted with politics, fhz
ance, religion, public memoir the history
of your country IN detail2" -.-.-
mo, butIam wiling to=Work2 fsiI
What can you work at?'
al doEnot know You must be the
Judge. 1t IS not wages that [ want so
much as steady employment"
III "Are YOU = man OF iamilS3"t ~ l..
Z ayes, a wife and two children"
care you a temperate MANI"
mo. not exactly, | am not a drunkard;
but ! must be social with the boys, and
not have the reputation Of being stingy.'
C"Your' case is one Of a thousand, but
there is no work for you"
"Why not2'SEA-
"Do YOU wish TO know lhe TRUTH"
NtCertainlg." EAfsA&
''WelE then, listen. You are not fitted
for any work we could assign you. to.
Your life has been FILTERED AWAY. You
seekto find and to fila position you arenot
fitted for. Without q knowledge of the
business in which you now as q man, mot
as a boy, would engage, you seek to force
yourself into a station in life, where with
ignorance and shiftlessness for your capt.
tai, you could not do otherIthan fail.
Your habits are not good. You live 10
please otheIs-not. To- deyeiope your own
manhood. The talents God gave you are
so mislaid, put ~awayAand hidden that no
one knows whether you have any or not.
You are not capable of ~instructing those
who read-you have nothing TO say. In
short, you are here 10 dispose of wares
when you have none TO dispose Of" q
@PhesyoUug man in-serroW-wenthi his way
leaving US to reflect Were we TO blame2
Should we have given that man q posi-
tion2 Should charity nave covered a null
titude of ignorance2 The man is poor.
He is without money or knowledge, and
this, when information is so easily Obtain
ed. The world is full of such men,; of
aimless men who are Of noHuse5 toithem-
selves or others. OF women who are tied
to helpless husbands. OF husbands tied
TO helpless wives. Ofboys who are com
ing along the road to manhood ~foraging
their way, living without aim, marching
along the broad track of Humanity only TO
fall INTO bitches that line the way.
How we dc wish that boys and girls,
would think more han they do, and that
all men would strive to develop their pow
er. Then there would be fewer poor peo-
pie in the world, less misery and far more
of contentment and happiness. Ii men
would have reward they must work for it.
If men would be great as men, they must
be earnest as boys, and see to it, that when
comes the time to take part n the affairs
Of life, they have at least decided what
they will be, for without work men seldom
fail TO reach such position or eminence as
they are fitted for, and a proper time to
begin any good work is this Saturday
Nightly. Y. Dem. 1913 -
NEW ABVERFISEMENTS.