The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20

children Of the poor. who can be out there
ali day long ana enjoy themselves. They
are there by the thousands. The little
mother Of eleven is Juggling the baby of
six months, while the children of four
and six years are hanging onto heriskirts,
and all Of them are trOttiug along, eager
TO reach the spot where they can he down
upon the grass and live. The miserable
basket or bundle holds the luncheon, and
that poor luncheon is enjoyed Just as
much as If IL were DelmOEico's best.
The other day I say two little mothers
with their families gazing at once with
rapture and envy at the goat wagons
They hadn't gotten as far as the Park
They were in Madison square. To them
it seemed like fairyland. But the natty
little wagon. the goat with his bright
harness, and the boy in his uniform who
led the gallant steed, appeared above all
things the most marvellous. Just think,
my friend, for cents it was possible TO
give these children fifteen minutes Of
pleasure. I saw those two wagonloads
start on, and waited, guarding the lunch
cons until they came back. Around the
park they went the goats being whipped,
the younger children screaming
with delight, and the little mothers be-
ing quiet, like bigger mothers, for they
were having such a good time. When
they all came back. they looked proud
enough to belong to the senatorial party
in power But, to my intense astonish-
ment, just as / left, l saw one little
mother start in TO deliberately whip the
second child. l went back to see what it
was, and this was her explanation:
We'll, ma'am, Angelina has always been
uppish, and she's likely after this to be
putin on airs, and l thought as how in
the very beginnin' I'd made her under
stand that because just now she was
Twin like the rich and the naughty,
there was other things in life" l
begged Angelina of, but once out of sight,
1 laughed until / cried. The little mother
was so human. And Angelina, who was
inclined to be ''uppish,' was so femininel
And ! looked away ahead and l wondered
what would be Angelina's future. She
might be in the white house. or in the
chorus of a ballet; she might be in a
store or she might be the wife Of ward
politician.
UPPIsHNEss IN YOUNGSTERS.
Uppishness isn't bad thing in girl
children. 1t tends to make them self-re-
speeding and ambitious, and when you
come from the other side and are years
old, and your idea of the rich and naughty
is a tive-minutes' drive in goat wagon,
something is necessary to make you self
respecting. The sweetest thing among
these poor little people is their love and
pride in the baby. His smartness, his
size and how good he Is, or, sometimes,
how excessively bad he is, are all dilated
upon with that same pride that the real
mother would have, and the baby is
watched and tended TO as if they
We're afraid, these poor little
mothers from the other side, that some
body wanted to steal their little charges.
Give them some pleasure if 1t comes in
your way. won't youi And don't wait to
make it come in your way. Go out of
your way, to find it, Such tiny bit of
money will give so much Joy. You would
hardly believe it possible, but for the dime
for which you don't care, there can be de-
lights obtained THAT are remembered and
talked about for days afterward. IL al
ways seems to me that there is nothing in
life that is so satisfactory as giving a
pleasure to little child. You get your
thanks at once; they come in the bright
eyes ard the happy face, even if they are
not in spoken words. And, now,
THE SUMMER DAYS ARE COMING.
DO, you know what they mean on the
other sidel They mean longing for
breath of fresh air, for cool place, and
a glass of clear water. They mean suffer-
ing for these little people, such as you
can't dream of.
The philosopher stands of and SAYS,
Let them die; it will end that much
poverty, and, possibly, crime" And in
his heart the philosopher is a murderer.
Give them their chance to live. Give
them their chance for little happiness
They may not be beautiful, oftentimes
they are not interesting, these children
of the other side; but if your boy or girl
slept in room with seven other people,
never knew what bath was day In and
day out, lived on the poorest and worst
cooked food, literally
TUMBLED ALONG THROUGH LIFE,
do you think he would be interesting? Do
some little thing. Why, you know, if
everybody would do just little the re-
suit would be marvellous. Give one child
a days pleasure, and If you yourself can
not for some reason 90 to the other side.
then put a bit of money in the hands of
those who do. and give this money for the
little children that they may one day go
on the water, that they may one
day go to the country, that they
may once in awhile have happy days
like other children. These children of
the other side And yet they are Gods
children. And be very sure that as you
do it unto the least of these it will be
done unto you Do it then because it is
kind and right. Do it for the sake of your
own little children, and if you want to do
it for somebody who has seen how they
suffer, who knows how happy very little
makes them, then do it for the sake of
Bah.
They Had Close Call.