Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
FaNiiLYAFFECT
incidents That Prophecy a Great
Future Tor Oar Country.

Inter n.r.an "C.ifl,~tnnc Qrayous.
Now. | IKE Tat, said lli,"d the
other day. We had crossed the Randolph
street bridge AT ii run. rs il was on Tie turn,
and had s,ttlc1 down 10 a saunt,rin- step
when We came suddenly on the o,"ning
scci' in Il street drama. \ -irl of or
years, with biz eyes, Il dirty face. and Il
coarse sack half full of paper. r.eS. an
odds and ends. hid vcnturcd inside the
door IF one of the large establishments.
and with wi>iful look was making timid
advances on Il large pile of paler sweep
inrs near the door.
AT lat She stopped and put few pieces
i'll her Lac, and just rs She did :" porter
or clerk bounced down on her and. catch
in@ her 10y the ann, put her at one move
outside III" d"or. lie spoke har>hy,
directed her to take out ut the sack what
she had Tu; in, and then ordered her away.
The 1irl WAS Sncikin% of with Il di>ap-
pointed ana frightened look when one Of
the prupri..tnrS of The establishment. who
had iocn sitting at the window. jumped
up, ran ont. called the "irl back, and told
h,T IL Ill her sack with the coveted paper.
He >II1crimttn,!,l the job himself AMI il
Wa, Thoroughly done. and this called out
the remark, II like that, from NY ol-crv
ing iri,.Ed
"llunan nature is very weak il spots. =
he Went ON. aid Il man with any heart in
him don't have To hunt much To find In,
Spots. Such l;lir things rs thai keep me
firm in The faith tlat th' race will amount
Ia solEcthn" in tine course of Il century or
two. There ! another Thin" that causes
me /" rirIc taat HI country has a flu
tur,', ard he pointed To II family group
waiiin. To take Il car There WA thu father
in Il worn coat the mother in Il mad" n,cr
drc>> live children. the oldest not more
TITAN 10. all i'll clean new dress and all
holding each others hands. Ihc bands
were c!..>i ed tight. us though each indi-
vidual c!.i.d feared the others might bc
torn rrdely away, or might hc lost. In al
dition. there was on each face Il missed
look of expectation, anxiety. and tnnidity
that carried with il The suggestion of a fam
lily responsibility evenly distributed along
the line
'lcinrcS like that give me Great com
fort. continued my philosophical friend.
~ GA come upon great many II iEcm in
the parks and ii the circus. " hat touches
me is tie way the Youngsters of the large
families cling IL each other. These be
long To the poorer Glasses. WHO have y
good many trials; hi, bruiAoriy and is
trrly affection. il i, plain, is l-''t Il mere
tradition with them Was in iiion park
the other day when sturdy. Stubborn ,
year old wandered To the center OF the
driving track about the time the crowd
was coming in from the races. He was
under the feet of horse before the driver
saw him. and before anyone could Get out
of the carriage Ia render any assistance
there We're five Girls and boys under the
horse after the baby. They didn't do much
hut scream and pull ut each Other. but
they didn't care for or had forgotten dan
ger.
This old fashiol,cd family affection
will do as much toward saving the country
rs any other element of character.