San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-20
KICKS AT BEPPo
And Gets In a Puff for the Ben
Milan Home.

And Gets In a Puft for the Ben
Milan Home.
To the DAILY LIGHT:
1 have carefully read Beppo's
disquisition on Christian charity,
and feel constrained to ask him If
he has been taking a Rip Van
Wrinkle nap; that he Is not aware
that there are some Christians in
San Antonio who, for nearly a
year, have been striving with all
their might, by appeals, both pub
lie and private, to collect fund 8
sufficient to justify them in renting
a comfortable house, and throwing
wide its doors and inviting in all
respectable women and girls who
are homeless and able to pay only
a nominal price, or none at all, for
clean room, a comfortable bed,
with wholesome fare, though plain,
and such protection as homeless
and moneyless gIrls so much need,
and if by so doing they save one
immortal soul, they will be we'll
repaid for labor.
A warm breakfast or few gar
ments to make is only temporary
relief, and is good 30 far as it goes,
but something more is required
to save them, and that is safe
and comfortable home, where there
always will be motherly matron
who loves these girls and home
less women, and is ever ready to
greet them ever ready with words
of cheer, which mean so much to a
life otherwise cherries and hope
less.
You may ask, why don't you have
this ideal home if you think it
such a power for good? Only be-
cause our people do not respond to
our appeals. We cannot open such
home without an assurance that
the rent can be promptly paid and
provisions be furnished until the
place becomes self.sustaining. l
would tell how much cash is in the
treasury, but / am simply ashamed
to make public statement of a fact
so derogatory to San Antonio.
Oh, if cash was as plentiful as
life-service, how soon would we
have our Ben Milan home, tower
ing four or five stories high on
Milan square, with a lie sized
statue OF the grand old hero stand
ing above his grave, that all might
know and do him homage! Also a
large lecture hall with memorial
windows in memory of Bowie,
Crockett, Travis and others whose
memory is ever dear to all true
Texans.
Now, Beppo, let US reason to.
gether about our youthful GRIM
inals, girls as we'll as boys!
No child should be born who
canot be wellborn in other words
the tree must be vigorous and
strong that the fruit may be first
class. Usually the cause Of this
moral deformity lies away back,
previous to the birth Of the child.
No man should marry who can
not or will not secure for his wife
comfortable surrounding and re.
lief from severe manual labor,
freedom from corroding care when
she so much needs a careful, hope
full outlook on her surroundings.
/ do not mean that only rich
men should marry; far from it.
Look back and see our great men.
They were and still are the Off
spring of simply good livers. Men
and women should acquaint them
selves somewhat with parental
culture and may the time speedily
come when no married WON an
will say 81 hope l never will be a
mother"
Now, Beppo, to make charity
really efficient it is necessary to
work by a plan and you
who are so we'll qualified to Of
fer advice cannot refuse to come to
aid in this charitable enterprise.
We will thankfully receive any
amount from cents to $1,000.
Often when l see rich person toss
a nickle to a beggar 1 think eyes, it
is just little soothing plaster
stuck on your conscience and
doesn't require any sacrifice; it
doesn't last long" True charity is
liberality in judging men and their
actions, and as 1 wish to be Chart.
able l take it that yours in the
LIGHT OF the 18th inst. is an indi.
cation that you are ready for work,
so please notify the editor of the
LIGHT that you will on the first
day of every month deposit so
much money with him for the ben
eft of the Ben Milan Home.
CHARITY.
SCARCITY of SILVER.