The Penn's Grove record., 1891-01-10
SPIRIT OF WORK.

s5,k nv hobby. Food and money ar,
Of little benefit to the poor, except n
Temporary bridges. ID Is work and tbI
shirt Of work that they need. 1t il
simply wonderful the permanent eoot
that may be done, the results that ma,
be reached by %judicious direction o
mind. The unfortunate born and bred
are like helmless vessels. Thoy mus
be steered Alright. OF course, II the,
were all perfectly born they would NO
he "p1fortunate." Few of us are per
fectly born. All goodness like fortune
Ia comparative. Some have talent, some
%penius. some evil, some elements o
great good born in them--the poor ant
the rich alike in greater or less de,
gree. -,
Some are born without the power tc
forsee. These are u poor.
What do / regard as the prime source
OF ~poyerty7 Flaws in the system OF
the time farst OF all, but of this l have
nothing to say. My place is to take
things as [ find them and better what
can.
General lack OF backbone" under.
lies all permanent poverty. The dis.
position is built on straw and wax. II
TOPPLES over with every blast. Care.
~lessness, ingratitude, love OF drink, dis.
regard OF consequence, shiftlessness,
hatred of exertion. short-sightedness,
jealousy, strong appetite and weak
will, are all parts Of the poverty as well
as lack OF money. We must expect to
find, bear with, and treat disposition as
well as stomach and purse.
Discournging2 Yes, to those who
expect deformity to be symmetrical as
perfection and weakness strong as
strength; but full Of reward to those
who look the matter in the eyes and do
not expect to gather figs Of thistles."
No thoughtful human being can sit
down in the midst of luxury In q city
like this, fold the hands and say "Devil
take the hindmost, they deserve their
rlace." Not even those who have
themselves come up from the ranks
self-made men and dare take
this view. We're they not started in
life with a capital Of character, fore
thought, intelligence, a and will
mon which they simply have built?
Otherwise they too to-day would be
"hindmost."
find amongst all classes of poor and
everywhere, a frightfully false estimate
OF work and its standards. A false idea
OF equality has killed the Idea hat all
nork is egi! Il that is equally peN done!
This IS the prime source of our distre ss.
Men and women strain and strive,
and bury themselves in ''genteel m
p!oyne1ts and die in "genteel"
v~re;cheduess. People do not follow
individual instincts and abilities, but
tie careers II others wholly different.
They become poor imitators instead of
soo3 workers. Indeed the rich have
is1ss the poor disgust for all labor
asa sgel.al contempt for that which is
Ez.asL loo we'll has the lesson been
lea-oAd
Many q briilsnt career lies in the
zs-1A E-d Mechanical field, If only
vAora Eo-li believe it and make ex-
tS!=1cs .! work, not hardness OF posi-
Ea- lie Standard.
'AE | reverence our educational
t1s-r-Eo-s but must say that a false
.si1zsis {! siucsti1n is al the bottom
: zzh Q! on distress. There is too
- Iz= given to schooling" and
~ " those who have neither
Ta5s-T1 -- opportunity for utilizing il.
AE-v WI lie better off rolling bar
ys4 ~ G-vls teams with the pros
-.@g. q zsE1-- one and owning the
G5Ja. tlsz ttey ever can become thro'
sesa1: ( =, writing, acting, paint.
liz E15 tssc LIZ. A little education
~ gves teen tslse ideas, and they
sa----- - 80 ". IN rnaEa thAn, vvfza
$50. s'@ople srmp aud save and i'm
pyvE-lsL Themselves to send sons and
oauE1is-s 10 school and college, who
vJUl5 much better be at home provid-
INF comforts, food and clothing, for
alslsrb. meters and sick fathers. CT
glu-ss, tEJss Of decided literary and
scholastic tastes will become scholars,
pu tas-s Is 8 great herd of mistaken
ones sslirg substance for shadow in
tnE rasE,1
'-as:= : too a disastrously false es-
EAis q DIES. amongst Dur poor, for
vEls- lie vel Of are also responsible"
5-Eoilg after the impossible has
Css1=7 a demand for and supply of
worthless Imitation in all departments
= 1--I1g Ehich swallows money like
A-E7 - pun pOoIs
--z-s e absolutely no dress sense
Fas-=Fa:, left amongst our moneyless
Ec-El Ct America.
IL l=aanTy Of any country but
rs scezpts lis conditions, lives in ac-
es-4a: nth them. They dress pic
60 y, comfortably and easily In
p5szNt c9s.4ms. They live the mean
--s e-.oTTog life aud ave money.
Czr poof, both workers and idlers,
dt=ss 4 rag limitations of their betters,
-1E-i1g that they are thus made
s97A nth them. The result is dis
tess Cc1;terable 10 themselves and TO
l12ss Eho look al them.
A2st q all 1 blame the women OF the
Poor tor the miserable condition OF
tE@r homes and families. And in this
E1s: Of I'll do they follow the proceed.
eat vet them by their more fortunate
Eztsya
They have absolutely no housewifely
instincts nor do they desire to have
them. They want to put everything
on their backs They think and fuss
only about clothes and going ont even
!ngs IN the winter, and badger their
husoan is about trips in the summer.
They read sloppy books, sit around
and gossip, drink many of them. They
simply Will not turn their attention
70 the tidying and comfort making of
their homes, They make no effort
whatever, to keep husband and Dol
faithful and happy. The continual dis
order, and discomfort at home Is the
Nource OF much incompetence.
They buy refuse stuff from the stores
rather than exert themselves to make
healthful food from ingredients. They
never think Of making up frugal and
palatable dishes, but pstronIze butcher,
baker and grocer, run in debt and ruin
the health OF the family. This feature
OF poverty anpoys, irritates and dis
eourages charitable helpers more than
any other that exists. But then we
INST take this too, bear with it as with
the rest, and lift them out of it little
little.
One trouble with charitable cooking
schools, they Use implements fit for
Partisan chefs, and teach the making
OF omelets when eggs are 60 cents a
dozen We must go into their homes
and teach them TO utilize the poor ma
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