The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-12

has been so liberal and so cordial that
every friend of humanity must be
gratified. If one could know all the
self-sacrifice, the open-hearted gener-
osity, the noble self-forgetfulness con-
nected with the giving of this money,
what story that would make! No
one will ever know all the story, until
some day, perhaps, it will be gathered
together into one perfect whole, so
that men and angels may see. But
here and there the Home Corner has
caught a glimpse of the circumstances
that make the actions heroic. The
givers were not all wealthy people
far from it. Away back under the
thorny hedgerows bloom the loveliest
flowers OF all the fields. Where pow
erty is always guest at the meager
board, there is sympathy for the
suferings of others also. and where
the meal is but a crust, it is all the
more frequently divided with those
who are more unfortunate. Those
who see the shabby little woman, 60
ing about town in her rusty hat and
thrice mended gloves, should think of
the story back of the unlovely attire.
az had little money saved up to buy
me some new Clothes" she said
simply, "but the clothes must wait.
1t wouldn't be right to get 'em when
folks are starving right here in our
own state" So quietly, as though it
were the easiest thing in the world to
do! And when the story of the desti-
tuition and suffering was told one
morning at q certain breakfast table
| it went to the hearts OF the children,
and they begged to help the fund
along. DWELL do without meat till
the moneys raised ~ they cried and
so their little plan of self-sacrifice was
carried out, and they raised the money
and sent it to be added to the fund.
And there was the old man, a veteran
of San Jacinto, journeying on past the
eighty-fifth milestone his pilgrimage
his heart. was stirred to its depths
also, and he walked several blocks to
find member of the committee. 81
wanted to help the people a little,"
said this trembling, white haired old
hero, as he handed over two silver
dollars. eff they live as economically
'as do this will keep one of them in
food for three weeks" And while
some with long bank accounts, per-
haps, had waited for the committee to
call, and had given grudgingly, this
old man, whose chief glory it is that
he has been able to serve his country,
and that he is still self-supporting,
had gone to seek the committee and
had given them a sum that would
have supported him three long weeks
Oh, the lovely stories back of this
sum that goes to Southwest Texas
These are only a few of them. If one
could know them all
Nv
1t was Talleyrand, wasn't 1t? that
said: Language was given us to con
ceal our thoughts" We are often per
picked by the elusiveness of language
that enters into everyday converse.
ton; and occasionally we are pro-
voked beyond endurance by some ex-
preston that means exactly the oppo.
site of what is said. "Do you like
her?u Is asked of some unfortunate
woman who, being absent, happens to
be the subject OF conversation; and
the other party looks you straight In
the eyes and answers smoothly, Eyes,
like her very we'll" Nothing more
! is needed to convict the absent woman
of every crime in the calendar, for in
our treacherous language to be liked
very well means not to be liked at all
to be hated beyond endurance.
Women stab one another to the heart
with these deadly two-edged express
sions which mean exactly the opposite
of what they say. "Oh, Mis-. A. Is
perfectly lovely, and SO popular
Everybody loves her ~ you exclaim
in your misguided enthusiasm; and
after a little silence some other
woman says softly, eyes, she is
very NIGEL" And then you feel that
you have been assisting at little
select scandal. For when a woman Is
Every nice,u what may she not have
been guilty of? There are dreadful
possibilities connected with the words
which make it apparent that respect
able and well-bred people can not risk
associatipg with women who are
Every nice.u The fact is, these two
faced expressions are the hypocrites Of
the language, and are never to be de-
pended upon for friendly office. No
assassin's dagger ever struck any
deeper or with any truer aim than
J the individual who stabs you with
the dagger of faint praise in telling
the world that he likes you "very
well" and that you are Every NICE"
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He was the only boy, and it was q
natural consequence that they should
look upon everything he did as little
short of perfection. When he played
practical jokes that brought
pain and suffering upon
his playmates they said it was
merely Johnny's high spirits-John-
nv was so full of mischief. When he
amused himself half day with the
gradual and brutal drowning Of q
litter of young kittens, allowing the
agonized mother cat to go into the
water and rescue them again and
again, in order that he might take
them from her and fling them back