The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

the sick and the needy. One DAY ae she
came out from the washing aud dressing
of dead child, an old shoemaker living
opposite, who was familiar with her good
deeds, put his head out Of the window of
his shOp end said: II don't know nothin'
about the God you talk of, nor nothin'
about the heaven you believe In, but | DO
know that if there is q God he will bless
you for your kindness TO us poor 'uns.
and If there is a heaven you'll get thar"
That was an orthodox benediction in an
agnostic form.
1t was good bit of advice which Sam
uel Johnson gave. that as otter as we lose
a friend By death or removal. we should
sIraightway seek another TO fill the va
cancy, lest We find ourselves alone in old
age.
Marion Crawford in an article on THE
American Woman" in the April Ladies'
Home Journal says: 1T strikes me very
fOrcibly that the American girl OF today
lie taller stronger and better looking than
her Immediate predecessor of ten years
ago, and considering what havoc AmoTi-
can beauties have done abroad Their IL no
predicting the destruction they ere des-
tined 10 spread IN the future. | say this
merely in passing eince no man who
knows the world we'll would think OF COM
pairing beauty with charm in the GrmorY
OF woman weapons. The charm OF
charm lies in the fact that it escapes def
milton as completely az the odor OF wood
violet in spring. or the sensation produced
by a strain of music Perhaps II is true.
after all, that charm is but true womanli-
ness"
In dealing with problems of modern
society every expert feels that the most
hopeful field is found among the children.
Human nature is then plant. 1t takes
any shape. Education ia n human ON
Impotence in early lie. In order to re-
claim the children of poverty and ignor-
ance and degradation schools are needed,
but schools OF q peculiar character. These
chld require industrial Instruction
training that will make them self-sup-
porting. The Neerbosch orphan home in
the Netherlands lie model institution of
its kind. Its founder had been a poor
boy, and, after rough time, came to be
on evangelist. He saw the need OF work
among and for the orphans OF Holland.
tie began in a small way in faith and with
prayer, and kept on until now his home Is
a national institution. with over 200 in
graduates in positions of honor ali over
the world. The education is industrial.
The boys choose whatever trade
they prefer - cabinetmsking. mason
~, printing. shoemaking, farming
anything. The girls are taught Dress
making. house work, etc. Having once
entered the children are Obliged to remain
and adhere 10 the trade chosen; nor are
they dismissed until they are prepared to
earn living as skilled workers.
Scotland has a similar institution, but
put upon more houss-like basis. The
institution. however, 10 similar and the re-
suits are equally satisfactory. 1t is
hours ride by rail from Glasgow. A little
village of cottages makes up the home,
and in each of these the children are
grouped aud reared for usefulness.
The plan embodied in these two insti-
tuiions is applicable in any and every
direction. This plan suggests a defect in
our free school education and suggests
the remedy Young folks should be
trained toward and not away from honest
work. especially in America, the land of
workmen.
When John Hay was over in Spain some
years ego he expostulated with the Span
ish regarding their bull fights. and pointed
out the cruelty TO animals the hardening
influence of the spectacle upon the OBJ
servers, the actual loss occasioned by the
needless Staying OF so many beasts merely
ito make a holiday"-in short, the utter
barDarism OF the sport
The Spanisrds, he says, listened gravely
and made answer thus: The bulk of the
money paid for the show goes IN charity
were there no bull fights bulls of good
race would cease TO be Dred the nerve
dsxteuty and knowledge of brute nature
gained in the arena is a good thing to
have in the country; that, in BRIEF it lie
our way OF amusing ourselves, and if you
don't like il you can Re home and Guilt
7ate prize-fghters. or kill two-year-old
colts on the race track, or murder jockeys
in stesple-chases or. if in search of milder
excitement, thicken your blood with beer
or burn your souls out with whisky.
We leave our readers to decide which
had the best of the argument