National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-03

There lives in Boston woman OF large
means and great benevolence. Women
of large means and small benevolence
are common enough everywhere, and SO
arc women of small means and great
beneyolenco. This latter class give away
their husbands old boots while his now
ones arc still harder than iron, and pre-
sent TO wayfaring gentlemen who apply
at the door tho coats which their owners
only left at home to DO repaired. AT
though at times these incidents are
slightly irritating, still we all feel that
benovolenco is an emotion which is to be
admired rather than depressed, aud for
bear TO remonstrate, except perhaps in
the first flush and glow, as 1t woro, OF
surprise.
But when wo see these warm impulses
Of beneficence Joined to On ample income
we admire and respect them, especially
when they are united to q shrewd discrim-
ination and judicious clearsightedness as
to tho object upon which tho benefcence
IL to be exercised. The Boston woman to
whom we refer possesses all these qualities.
Her name Is not given, but the newspa-
pers Of the past fow days tell us Of her
fearlessly branching out as pioneer in
new and untrodden path of benevolence.
She felt within her tho strong promptings
of o desire to benefit her fellow-mon, to
aid in some way in alleviating the misery
of suffering humanity. She examined her
bank-account, and saw that from pecu-
mary standpoint there was no hindrance
In her way. Perhapsshe felt with the old
poet, that Excess Of wealth is cause of
covetousness." At any rate, she resolved
with high self-abnegation to devote large
part of this accumulation
TO SOME CHARITABLE CAUSE.
Her next step was to select an object.
Here she meets with her first difficulty. In
Roston, 1t would seem, truly needyobjects
to receive ones bounty are far to seek.
So wisely and judiciously are the affairs
of that noble city conducted that there
are within Its borders no destitute fami-
lies needing warm shelter, clothing, or
fuel. Perhaps the well-known balmy
and salubrious winter climate OF the place
has something to do with this. utsurely
It is greatly to their credit that there
were to be found no poor in need of food
or assistance of any kind.
The blind, the lame, the deaf and dumb,
and the afflicted of every sort were care.
fully assorted in their various asylums. In
dustrial schools all over the city were teach
ing the young painting and embroidery
TO decorate jugs anu lhnb, 10 mhko ihVo, w
carve wooden brackets, to hammer brass
and to do q thousand other useful things
They did not need her assistance; mol
was it worth while in. the dead Of winter
to send children to the sea shore for .
bath. SO far as she know the FIJI island
ers were we'll supplied with warm red
flannel understanding and the Kamstchat.
kans with Panama hats and embroidered
pocket handkerchiefs. The Society fol
the Promotion of the Indians did no
need aid, for they had just sent copies o
'Esoterio Buddhism" to all the Indiar
agencies for distribution, and nothing
further would be needed this winter.
1t seemed hard that the stream Of hel
beuevolence should BIO damned, though
not in profane sense, by such paltr,
obstacle as the lack Of an object to exer
else itself upon, but she was beginning Il
fear that 1t would be,when she was seizet
by thought so happy as to BIO really al
inspiration. Did she not observe in tina
group of laughing school children
THE IRREGULAR TEETH OF THE NEAREs,