The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20
SWEET CHARITY.
ARP TALKS ABOUT MR.. KISER'S RE-
GENT DONATION TO THE ORPHANS.
Some Rich Men . Blessing to Man When
They Relieve Distress and Give to
Those Who Need Help.

pile UP money and Irvine his heart strings
like the tendrils of vine around some noble
work, and his charity will grow upon him.
Charity is like tree foil plant, the higher
it grows the more it nourishes the ground
it feeds upon. The love of making money
is no sin. 1t is trait natural and God
given to every man and is the key to our
support and our independence, but it's tend
ency is to become an absorbing habit that
drifts into seltishness and dries up the
spring of love and kindness. The love of
money makes a man miser and "mlser
means wretched, miserable, covetous--but
the love of making it is no sin. Large for
tunes can be made honestly and they have
benefited the world far more than the
small. ones. They have covered the earth
with railroads and the seas with ships. They
have tlecked the land with asyiulns and col
leSes and hospitals and factories, without
which humanity would suffer. The greatest
hazard about getting rich is in the way 1T
is done.--the temptation to do lt-by I'M
fair means. If Jay Gould accumulated
by wrecking others he will go down in his
tory as Il monster, but there are many
millionaires who made their fortunes by
honest diligence. They are entitled TO our
rsepect-more especially if they do some
great or good work with part of their earn
ings Some work that will live after them
and be Il blessing to mankind. | said that
Mr.. I<iser would not stop at the $4,000 for
the orphans home. 1t is too large gift
10 lose and the more he thinks about it the
more he will give to make it a success. Rich
men never get rcconcilcd to failures in any
enterprise. | knew u man VINO gave $4,000
to staff Il little school for poor girls. He
was not given to charity ana
only did this 10 please his
wife, but it loosencd him Up, and before
it was spent he made it $4,000 and in u few
months he made it $4,000 and in a year
or SO he doubled it and by the time the
beautiful buildings were going up he en-
larsed the plans and made bis gift $lOo,o 900.
That man, who bad never cherished IL
thought or desire outside of making money,
actually became interested i'll the school
that he would almost daily climb the hill
and take his rest in the recitation room and
listen for an hour to the exercises of the
girls and take comfort. Yes, for an hour
he would enjoy the mysteries OF chemistry
and astronomy and algebra and other sci
ences about which he kenw no more than
little school boy. But the work of his life
was there and in his will he left SIo,UoO
more to ensure its success.
Now Mr.. kiser il; not that man nor like
him. for | learn that he has long been
making his charities but still il is true
that bis affections will concentrate around
that orphans home. There is 10 public
institution in the land that sweetens charity
like an orphanaCA. There is no appeal to
as the helplessncss of an orphan child. MIR.
lnman has made similar donation for
another orphans homo in Atlanta, and
there are cheerful signs of q growing phil
anthropy in the sunny south when the
Agnes Scott institute was dedicated. DR..
Gambler talked earnestly and elOquently
about the manticent gift. and turning TO Mir.
Scott who SIT behind him, shrinking from
the praise that had been showcred upon
him, said "stand up my friends, stand up
and let these people, see the heiShtn ana ana
breadth of man who can give 100000
to college for girls and still live
But Mr. Scott did not stop. During the
past year he has added 100000 more to
the institution and Will keep on as long rs
he lives. How much of daily charities
these men bestow will never be known, but
it is constant, patient and untiring. In
deed the people of Atlanta are generally lib
e,ral TO all good WORKS and are well organ
lied TO care for the poor, the friendless and
the unfortunate. This IS the pest STOCK l.
know of. We have got a little III the Or
phanace at Clinton and it brings good dlVl-
dends all the time. That is the most won
derful institution on this contlnent--an or
phanagc that started less than twenty years
ago with half a dollar. and now mas one
hundred and twenty pupils ana -FOUR iarse
stone cottages. q memorial nan, q selinnala
building. printing house. library, farmers
Iodqr laundry, and is erecting techho-
Iogical building and all these are OF stone
with metal roofs. Everything sou LIN, SAI
enduring. There is n farm OF one h"httt"
ocrns attached and here are taught 1afhlhh'
ornnntn.inp blacksmithing, shoe N:aN-
iny uainting, printing p'o>'' 'lii,.,i,
IJnrttroivnjng, teicgraphy ana photustapni! ;
besides giving each pupil the esSIii'l va ~;
'nnts Of a good education. And an ms
Goes on from month to month Wnho'.t d
ioT.r that is certain or in sight. 1t IS as
nen, Il work of faith as can he eS'@'1is:'cu
in this world. The monthly magazine 't Ill.,
is edited by DR.. Jacobs and printed ny ,''e
hoyS gives the name of every cont!lbutor
e e o,t,,., month and lust as the number OF
nnnls increase the donations increase ana
iha work goes on and the plant eniarSeS
every wear. Five dollars month VIII lccu
and clothe an orphan and 1t IS a real com
fort to Il church or a Snnday Schooi or hi
individual to have little stock over there
There is no subscription list, no Obligation,
no Nothing hut to seud five dollars a month
If You can spare it. | see that Cyrus Nc
Cormick, of Chicago, keeps on helping
ohou+ the buildings The orphanaSe is a
h~ {birg for Clinton. 1t is the pet OF the
town. Every month sees wagon loads OF
s1,nnlips going out from the stores and they
are given. not sold. Giving 20 the orphan
age IS as much a habit in Clinton as giving
to the church, and It has maze her people
broader and better. | wish we had one at
Cartersville-just a little one to wake us all
I'M. | have q peculiar sympathy for or
phans My sweetest memories are tne HI
lie stories that my mother told me III my
childhood about her life in an orphanage in
Savannah How her parents and kindred
were all taken by the pestilence and she
was left a little friendless waif and was
found by the sisters of charity who cared
for and loved and protected her all her
Young life I never had grandmother.
which was mighty hard on me. but it would
have been harder still if I had never had
mother, wouldn't it? 1t troubled me when
| was little boy to think what would have
become of me if the pestilence had have
taken her away when it took her parents.
Now Christmas is near at hand. Let us
all do something, for somebody. especially
for the poor and friendless, and may all
such good men as Mr. Kiser and Mr.. In
man and Mr.. Scott and DR.. Jacobs live long
and prosper. May others follow when they
lead and may we all be good enough to meet
with them on the other side Of the river
and shake hands and rejoice is my hope
and prayer. BILL ARP.
p S.--Don't forget the orphans at Clinton.
Address DR.. William p. Jacobs, Thorn
we'll Orphanage, S G.
A Cough, Cold. or Sore Thr oat should not be