Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
WHAT SAY YE TO THESE THINGS?
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
In the old times. in the years agone,
when human nature was as it now is, as
| 1t had been and it will ever be, the
Venerable was discoursng to his class upon
subject to the study of which he had
| devoted his whole life and was yet I'M
| satisfied.
| ITO illustrate what 1 have been saying
| my children" he sad in his kindly old
voice, let me present to yoa four prob
] lens for your elaboration:
| Problem I.
| The first is this: In the country to the
| east of us reigned at one time king whose
| mind was greatly disturbed by the con-
| ditfons which existed among his subjects
In order at last to satisfy himself upon
| certain questions he determined to make
experiments which would aid him in reach
ing the conclusions he sought He chose
| flrst man and his wife Not from among
| the rch, nor from among the DOOR, nor
Inc SICK, nor the sorrowful They We're
rom rom me medium, from among those who
nave material comforts who have as far
as the world sees, those things which GO to
| make the lot of the married contented.
Ihey Were what might be called in the lam
suage or the people: AN average married
| couple The woman was devoted to her
mouse and her chidren,> the man to his
business and his friends neither to the
otSA' he rosemary OF their romance had
mi.aeieu, ana the rue of their reality was
IN mower Having had them conducted to
ms palace, the king received the man in a
great room, in which there were many
uoors, ana when the man had made his
obeisance the king said to him: .Rehold
there are two doors: one of them leads YOU
~ your own ways-to freedom, the other
f ShooS you 10 the woman who is your wife.
I ana enter And the man, bowling
low TO the king, chose a door and d,san
peareu. linen the king called the woman
.m nu the audience room and said to her:
mere are two doors; one leads to vour
own ways-to freedom the other loads vo,
10 the man who is your husband Choose
ana enter And the woman, bowling before
hue hue aing, disappeared through the door of
ner choice Now, my children" concluded
the Venerable, which door did each
choose?
Problem II.
|. The second problem" continued the
Venerable. sis this: The king having rid
himsef OF the man and his wife selected
next young man and young woman.
both of good social position, but poor in
worldly goods. The man was ambitious and
energetic, and he loved the young woman
as men love. She was gentle and good and
she loved the young man women love.
These the king caused to be conducted to
MS palace, and he received first into the
loom with many doors the young man
70 him he SAID: There are two doors
Beyond them are two women. One rich
"iio inii " the eyes, the OthSr the woman
you love You may have which You will
Tor wife. Choose and enter The Young
man, with a profound obeisance walked
straightway to the door of his choice and
the KING saw him 10 more. Then ne call
ed IN the young woman, and to her he
SAID: There are two doors. Beyond ore
Is a man; rich and powerful; beyond the
other is the man you love- You may have
which You will for husband Choose and
enter And the woman. bowling TO the
KING. went quickly to the door of her
cho.ce and disappeared from the royal
view. Now. my children, which door did
each choose?
Problem III.
The third problem is this" continued
| the Venerable: Again the king selected a
| young man and young woman, similar in
| all respects to the previous two bringing
| the man before him first, he said to him:
There are three doors; one leads to
room where you may await the woman
| who loves you and wouId be your wife; the
| other leads to room m which YOU NAV
remain bachelor: the third leads to a
room IN which rich woman waits to be-
come your wife. Choose and enter And
| the young man chose and entered one of
the doors. Then the king called the woman
| before him, and said to her: There are
| three DOORS, and he described for her the
| rooms to which they led; in one of those
| Choose the door which will lead you to
flm and enter For moment the young
woman looked at the king as If she might
| read his face. but there was no light shere.
ana bowling before him, she chose door
ana passing through it. found in the room
beyond the young man whom she loved
now, my children, which door did she
| choose?
Problem ".
The fourth problem" said the Venerable.
In conclusion of the discourse, lis this: The
| King selected company of thirty of the
young men of the city who were vet un.
| married. and who represented the social
| element of the capital among the men, and
| he had them conducted to the garden of
| the palace, where he appeared before them.
| They knelt in his presence, and as he stood
| among them. he said: In the two kiosks.
which you may on the right of the gar
| den. are two ladies of my capital. The one
| is all sweetness and beauty and youth but
| size is poor. The other is not all sweetness
| and beauty and youth, but she is rich She
| who is poor is in the white kiosk. She who
| is rich is in the red kiosk. NoY 1 order
| that each of you give to them your atten.
| ton for moS0h, carrying thither, to that
| kiosk you may select at your own WILL one
| of you each day. sufficient food and drink
| to maintain life of the occupant comfort
ably. This you will deliver at the door to
| the servant who responds to your call, and
| no one of you shall see what the other
does Then the king had each man of tho
| thirty designated for one day of the month,
| and they were dismissed. At the end of the
| month, the king visited the kosks. In one,
for, in the other he found young woman
| starved to death. Now, my children. which
| one Of these young women had not
starved?'
Having propounded these simple socio-
logic problems, the Venerable dismissed
1 hfc rloSa nd