The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-02-16
NEEDY HUMANITY.
DIFFERENCE IN THE METHODS OF
THOSE WHO ARE HELPFUL.

| ITlOOC WITH AXE 7eCfEU1.
Moral Courage of the True Physician-A
Hero Men Who Know Thcmsclvcs-The
Good Hearted Fellow Who will Give
| iis Last Dollar"
y somewhat extended experience with
mon. and an occasional woman, convinces
me that there is as great difference in tho
methods of good mon who desire to help
| their fellows as there is between them and
| tad ncn who strive constantly to hurt their
nro.lcrs and sisters. Every man has his
| own way. 1t is folly for writer's in the press,
for ministers in the pulpit, for public teach
"rs IN amy forum whatever, to insist upon it
TINT their way is the only way. Effective
work is done by upright engines, by hori-
.:onal engines by oscillating engines. 1t is
by tho quality and quantity of effect pro-
diced not the manner in which tho work is
'lo:.c, men must be Judged
look ut doctors with wonder and awe In
my Judgment doctor needs, first of all,
moral courage. 1t requires no very great
decree of physical courage to stand before n
man whose in!lancd eye bctokens the rago
that roars within him, because, being Il man,
You naturally have no fear for another man
physically. The iss,le of the fight must be
one of two ways You whip him or he whips
You, and, of course, you are prepared to take
the Chance. But to go into sick room,
where, i'll the first place, your senses are Of
Tended, You see unpleasant pictures, you hear
'liscordan; sounds, above all you detect of
iensive olors, You arc brought in contract
with Il condition of things abnormal, from
which you naturally turn as from any other
ilIliSinrp llt rru1iIr,l morpl cnur,,,o 'rn,t
of itself would determine me- | could no
more endure the close conlnemcnts of Il sick
chamber, with its necessary annoyance to
every sense, and most especially to tho sensi-
tive nerves of the nasal organ, than could
draw wei 5ht Of 10000 pounds along n dusty
hi Shway.
l!nt that is not all Be it smallpox, diph-
ihelltlc sore throat, yellow fever, any one of
81 ore of contiguous diseases, the doctor
must he so launtcss in tho attitudes of his
IN IA courage that he not only feels no fear,
Hll IS absolutely regnant with joy at an op-
porulnlty To wrcstle with foemun worthy
Of his pills. y lrre physician is &; veritablu
hero
have como To tho conclusion that intelli-
gent men do know themselves. What folly
/ is To imagine for n moment that Il we'll
balanced mind doesn't fully, accurately, ab-
S'lut''lN tSlilile lulStll. lDulu you con
vince Bi narck, as he Sis in the calm seclli-
sion OF his innerniost study, smoking the fra
grant pipe of happy reflection that he has
not been II successful diplonutl
You're n merchant. Continuity of ell
deavor has brought you, step by step, from
tho humility of ;ln Office sweeping 81 u week
lad To the proud pre-eminence OF merchant
prince, with an income, net, of 81, l,OO0O00 u
year. Your credit stands regal in the lnarts
of commerce, your name Is synonym for
soiiellty throus hout the world of trade and
dIcicr Could anybody convince you that
You are II failure. Don't you know, us you
look at your bald head and wrinilcd face and
sirivecd neck in the too faithful mirror that,
though you are lccaying physically, you arc
Il superb success along the line of mercantile
"n'lcavor and commercial entcrpriscs
or course you know yourself And pre-
ris"Iy as you, u success, know yourself to bo
/, success, 50 you, Il iizzc, know yourself to
he n lizzIe. Every man is type. Why it is
Il fact that we are all, in certain lines, unique.
peculiar, individual, it is equally Il fact that
We all represent great bodies of similarly
organized, itlcntcally developed men OF wo-
men, here there and everywhere. Some
people say, "Oh, he's Il good hearted fellow,
he Will give his last dollar"
We'll, yes, but is it good heart that gives
its last dollar, but would hesitate, even if ho
didn't refuse to give literal, personal, indi-
Virtual, hand to hand, heart to heart body to
body comforts. Recurring to the doctor
Thought Il moment, don't believe it would
be Il physical possibility for me- who have
pretty good control OF my physical organs at
that, TO make u practice of visiting hospitnls,
of coming into personal contact with disea. 7-
of upsctting my stomach by annoying my
nose. 1t is one thing to draw II check and
send 1T ly mail or messenger; it is another
thing TO go about doing good, visiting tho
sick helping the fricndlcss, uplifting the be-
rcavcd, attending to the literal, physical
necessities Of poor, dirty devcs in the very
cutters Of humanity.
Talk about giving money us an evidence
of generosity. That's all nonsense 1t all
depends upon circumstances. What sort of
generosity is 1T when you have 500 in your
pocket and somebody comes along asking YOU
for five or ten, that you give it, without re-
gard to anything under heavens except the
particular 300 you have in your pocket
That 500 may belong to some creditor You
may owe that money to some man to whom
il, payment would be u positive relief You
don think of equities, you don't care the
turn Of y"Ilr hand for your creditor; you let
l'foWNG walk All over creation rather than
deprive yourself of a moments comfort,
pa;tce, happiness, luxury; yet because you
give tive OF ten dollars to some poor devil
who happens to waIit it, you are credited the
world around as beng Il generous hearted,
free handed man, who would give his last
d,lar to help IL creature in distress
You buy paper Of a newsboy. You hand
lima dime. Rather than be bothered to
wait for the change, or TO have his dirty
llttl fists paving over a handful OF coin to
find the change, you say, "Oh, kecpit. Never
mind that Why do you say iti Are you
touched with pity for the boys nccessitiess
Is 1t The logical sequence of any careful
thought estimate, judgment of the little
chap! Do you even go 50 far as to think
that it "ouli please the boy: Not u bit of
1t. 1t is, nine times out of ten, an iuchouto
desire, ~, u!.thought Of impulse to be rid of
the annoyance Of the boy and the unpleas-
antncss of his dirt; yet some benevolent old
lady, looking over her spcctaclcs and her
stomach, seeing you let the little boy go otf
with five OF SIX cents more than belong to
him, smiles all over with cherubic gleam,
and tells her family, whom she joins in hu&-
bic home that evening, about "thc generous
man uho gave five cents alittle ncwsboy.''
Joe Howard's Letter il Boston Globe
Her Hour of Triumph.
DR.. Mcanwcll-And how arc you feeling
today, Mrs. Morbund'
Mrs. Moribund- Poorly, doctor, poorly.
When am gone, hope you will look after
the health of Johnnie and the baby.
DR., Meanwell-Oh, wouldn't take SO
homeless u view of the case You will get