Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-15

for the sake OF his financial plethora.
lie IN president, organizer. dlrsctur,
committeeman. churchmnn. perhaps
Sunday school superintendent, His scn
may be a glded reprobate. yet he is a
welcome giieht at tho most exclusive"
% social functions. His children are
favored In school, his 'grown-tp'
daughter IL the center OF her admiripg
"set." What is to be expected IN the
very nature OF things?
No mind can trace tho lines by
which each personal influence goes out
In Invisible channels. poisoning the Sc
cret walls OF character and blghting
the roots OF society. The young boy
grows up, hugging in his bosom the
hope OF some time getting that which
will open nll these doors to him like
wise, and we ought not to he aston
ished II In due time he. too. has right
to run with n herd OF his seeking and
learns TO tear and devour as they do.
to fly, hide and CULVER II his schemes
fail--to go mad In the struggle and
Btaggcr toward death at last. crippled,
crushed and cursed. The world takes
no account of the power OF motive In
human life, and the public laws do not
reach the secret springs OF human
character Alkt lie beneath the surface
OF our condHct. Yet. the money-wor-
sinner has tine seeds OF pestilencc In his
body and carries about with him the
deadly contagion. la II not fair In
ference that felons and malefactors
are to a large extent the direct results
OF civilization based upon such rot
ten conditions? And yet Is II not true.
MS / have suggested, that human JUS
tice not only fails 10 take these condi-
tons Into account, but that there Is
often real collision between the stat
utes over the criminal aud the ciroum-
stances which made his crime possible !
Money fnnHeq N nOtpntntp. nnu
the love of power In n mighty Impulse.
The contemplation Of measures by
which II may be secured crowds out
better things In the weak nature,
crime assumes another name and color
IN the deceased imagination, and soon
the lightning glares ana the thunders
crash In the ruined life. Public opinion
throws Its searchlight into the hidden
places and there iB no spot on the
family hearthstonc to sacred for Its
burning cross-examinations. The pro-
lection OF society demands that the
guilty shall be swallowed by the
opening gulf Of IRE, but eyey instinot
OF Justice, tenderness and Christian
love makes Indignant protest against
the brutality OF laying bare an inno-
cent uuivering soul 10 the gaze OF a
curious. gaping multitude. PITY tho
laden one--"this wandering woe may
visit You and meP
Colonel Bondblont, Captain Stock
hold. In your soul is IN your bnnle
vault, you are blowing out tho divine
spark to dead cinder. You are n
falling power, bad force going head
long to spiritual ruin. and, In your
downward rush, you nre sweeping
other lives 10 destruction. You are Just
as responsible n factor In human civil
ization us your mother or your wife,
though you think not. And MIR. Church.
man, II your motto is 10 increase your
u. H.. a sts. o..
your business list, or new dollar TO
your bank account, without any spirit
unl thought or aspiration. you are Nv
Ing lie under the mantle OF re
spectacle SIM he II the skimp OF mean
ness. the rottenness Of coveted desire.
or the rot Of hypocrisy Crime II the
daughter OF respectable sin. The trng-
edy gathering to It's last act and be-
coming more and more faithful toward
It's close, may have had Its small be-
ginning In some respectable sin" not
found In the calendar. The prison does
not open its doors 10 every criminal;
nor on the other hand do superficial
decency and correctness, social eti-
quette and broadcloth. ceremony and
good form. open the doors of heaven to
the Pharisee and the sadducec.
Mrs. TaltoD Embrey. nee Sue Hig-
bee OF Cincinnati, liz visiting her moth
u INV 'ass,' T.
Mrs. v. O. Hiidreth. Her visit Will
continue until after the holidays.
--
1t does not require prophet 10 tell
us that there will be n new whist club
IN swelldofn, which win be formed OF
many OF tho members OF the recent
prominent one recently disbanded.
Mrs. DIR. Read. nee Julia Williams.
IL expected homo during the week TO
spend the holidays. 01
Tennessee Is shortly to celebrate her
centennial. ana has organized wo-
mans board Of managers. who have
sent out n state lecturer TO interest
women I'm tho celebration. Texas should
celebrate her centennial next year, and
N a woman's board could be organized
they would we guarantee. do more 10
perfect plans and raise means with
which TO carry them out In three
months than the men have done In
the past year With the subject more
or less before them all the time.
The younger set IN swelIdom are look
ing onward 10 very smart german,
which occurs during Christmas week.