The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-07
LEARN TO SAVE.
AND GOOD WITH THE
SAVINGS.
OLD CLOTHES.
OLD CLOTHES.

One OF the trite:t OF old provers is
"Waste not, want not" We are IA
mIliar with il from our earliest dass
and wrote and rewrote the simple
words score Of times 81 least. in
the long since lsid-by copy-eooks,
which, with the maxim itself, are on
lY too frequently set aside on some
old dusty, musty shelf. and together
forgotten. That one is iu the closet.
and the other in some part OF what,
for want of more dednate term,
must be called the inner conscious
ness, does not change the fact that
for all practical purposes OF this
everyday life they are both equally
nagatorY. Each day Of our lives
something is wasted and 30 surely
the something is wanted. Waste
and want'-cause and effect-two
grim, gigantic skeletons, linked to-
gether. stalk this weary world of
ours; and to think how much OF this
evil is prevcntable
Permanent good is not to be attain
ed by big spurts OF charity, taking
the shape Of handsome donations
gwen when some cry, louder and
sharper than the average, pierces
the comfortable lethargy in which
we enshroud ourselves. A vast plan
is now being freely discussed for al
leviating the almost hop eless misery
Of thonsands; but event if It's SAN
guine founders highest anticiDations
are realised, still the old truth re-
mains-as true now as when it was
irst uttered, nearly 1000 years ago
"Ihe poor shall never cease out of
the land" To assist these, 1t is not
always necessary to give up any OF
the daily Injuries that society, in
many instances. n axes almost indis-
Uenssble, but to turn our disused
Injuries to account. 1t is not nom
ey that is needed, but time and
Thought, II mothers would only
teach their children or let them be
taught, to mend and renovate their
own cast.vtf clothing, so as to make
1t suitable for poor childcen of their
) Dwn age. it would prove an iGcaicu~
liable source Of good perhaps not
less to the glver than to the receiver.
Che worn-out schooltOom frOCk, with
probably little holes just beginning
to peep at the elbows, neatly patch
ID (aud any superdous trimming,
untit for the recipient, removed }
would prove blessing Of inestima'
ble magnitude to many shiyerlng
mite. or course, the kindest little
: hands could never make silk frock
serviceable or suitable for such wear
ers, but out-grown coats, worn out IN
,lergarments anG the boys castoff
clothes, would De far more welcome
. and useful than treble their money
, | value. Paradoxical as it may seem,
it IS through their small value that
= | they are so valuable. 1t is no temp
tatloD TO the most degraded drunk
, en- father or mother to pawn or sell
p what would hardly fetch the price of
; one of their favorite drinks. Again,
: f the proper methondS for distribu~
2 tion are taken, the offender could
easily be detected, and the necessa>
ry means used to prevent repeti.
ton Of the offence.
+ Women hardly yet understand
1 how strong they are to do good In
, their own true sphere and to miti.
Y gate the fearful misery by which they
/ are surrouned. It is the steady,
constant help, given with dlscrlmlna
o tion aai sympathy, that is required
: and it lies ia woDan's power to assist
+ Ger. For TIE little ones special
l pleading has been given, but how
many poor mother, recovering from
! illness, most Of whose clothes have
n been pawned to meet the extra re
qui7ements OF such times, would re
= celve with heartfelt gratitude the
d bundle Of warm. If worn garments
: The bread would be spared
many q rough and cuff dismissal in
his search for employment if, Ter
), oaps, Ais toes would not show Ct
r obtfusiyeieiy through his boots; and
l. then possibly the first lszY habits o
4 slouching around puolic-ho doors
would not he eDgendered.