Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21

me the reckless extravaganza OF giving
away whole penny, and would also have
spared his baby digestion any misery the
penny may have caused him. Clearly
scientific charity serves well in some cases.
How well it serves to build character there
was nothing here to manifest.
Different Points of View.
At the next house We visited the bank ac
count is kept by q woman nearly seventy
years old, who was out washing and, like
the other one. had not left a deposit to be
collected.
Il reckon mother amt got any mooney to
put by today" said her son. almost an old
man, and cripple. Times is mighty
hard, miss. and what few pennies we takes
IN mas 10 so TO keepin' us, an we don
live very high, neither
The poor. lean, hungry mortal looked the
truth OF every word he said and up and
down both sides of the alley in which
stood struggled other human beings as
destitute ignorant and generally helpless
as he. SwarmS of babies and small chill
dren smeared with Dirt. that is removed
from them only il ro;s and drops Off
were playing and fighting all about US. In
Inc midst OF this spectacle of want-want
that Is not alone of the body, bur plainly
also want of mind and soul declare tb,,
only intelligent charity fer the moment
seemed TO me to seize upon the certain op-
pcrtunity of happiness these peoples siop,-
achs offer: cram them with food-cake. pie.
pickles, everything that tastes good and is
unhealthy; fill them so fun they would fail
to sleep happy oyerfed dogs and then
When they awake, fill them up again till
me again want to sleep, and 50 or alter
nate certain p!easGre-giying activity with
ofiiVion until they lei! dead, to rest III OBJ
lvion forever.
That's the human nature ,f tho sf,,,,.;o,,
-ihelis ana every ones. 1t requires a sub
iiile inspiration 10 20 into the alleys and
Try 10 teach the people there that the ON,
thlns they need most is more sI,fforipa
acter' or both. are 10 result so much prac-
ice III suffering is daily forced upon Them.
TOT my part would like TO see the effect
One Effect of Clothes.
NO l IL take that back. / saw Bit Of
happiness applied to wretchedness the 9th
er day, and il was more hideously pitiruI
IMAM any suffering / ever beheId.
The story is a COMMONPLACE ono. inc,
that OF boy sixteen years old, walking
baret"oted along the towpath of The canal
carry one frosty morning His only ar
lhehtS were pair OF dilapidated oyeralIs
and thin cotton shirt ans
Deed, these is the only clothes 7 GOT
iady; but doan't owe anybody a cent and
I've worked and took care of myself s;naa
L was six years old
want some new clothes? Well he reck-
t plieu ne did Ihen he WAS taken into a
house nearby. He had warm stockings and
shoes pun on him, and a pair of good IRONS
efS pulled on over his overalls II Glare
,adE, never did see such clothes as these
you couldn't get d suit like this in Cum
periahc Tor lessn fonr dollars. Cracl>y"'
Ihen coat was brought out. Al Inc
sight of this the boy began to shskn from
mead to foot and to laugh like an IDIOT
GU must cuse me. lady deed Won must
cuse me takin' on so. hut amt never had
coat on my back since l was born"
He kept up the idiotic chuckle as he
| struggled into the garment. and then h.
knees tina 4
ing at once, while he clutched and clawed
at the woman's skirts. begging, For God 5
sake, lady, don't put all these nice THINGS
on me and then laugh at me and take them
away"
Can you fancy mere clothes making any
BODY so ridiculously, so insanely happy ?
For the moment this caused clothes to see m
so trliilng In comparison with the great
brutal need Of human happiness they might
serve i thought seriously-I really did-of
going without a new gown this winter and
selling all l have to give to the Door But
naturally soon got the better of any such
unreasonable impulse as that and for
mercy's sake don't tell what have told
you to my scientific friends: / never asked
mat boy about mis- character and for all /
know. the undeserved joy of a coat on his
back may drive him to all sorts of excuses
make a bad citizen of him. if, indeed it
| Is not the means of sending his unworthy
soul straight to perdition.
DEMONSTRATING system.
You can readily see l am scarcely nj
person TO walk at the heels Of scientific
| charity iE the alleys. 1 can't hold 10 me
scientific point of view in regarding good
works. Thus as 1 proceeded with the
agent of the Associated Charities While
this earnest little person commanded my
admiration and affectionate esteem by he
simplicity and sincerity with which she did
her task. ii was very funny to ME to wit
ness how the people she is serving respond
to her cndaavors.
Il can't take any stamps today. miss
At house after house she received that
message from women. who by their words
and manner expressed the vagaest pos
s!ble understanding of what they were do
ing in acquiring a bank account.
The agent receives sums of 3 cents or
| more. and until the woman saving has
acquired a dollar, when an account with
the bank is opened in her name and a bank
book issued to her, she keeps her account
by means of stamps representing ; cents
each, which are pasted in book she holds
as receipt for her deposits with the
agent. This agent has the rare ability OF
putting herself in touch with the people
in the alleys. She inquiries after every
member of the family If she Were KIN
to them all, and does it with such. sincerity
that the women instinctiyely like her, and
they seem to want to buy a stamp just
because the lovable little agent has them
to sell. If they haven't the money they
appear to feel so ashamed of not being able
to oblige her by purchasing her wares
that l frankly told the agent ] believe any
of them would steal cents TO buy stamp
If they got the chance. rather than fan
thus to accommodate her charitable infen-
ton toward them. The agent admired
that she thought herself they might do so.
but still was optimistic enough to believe
no one had as yet accomplished the excel
!ence of a bank account in that unlawful
fashion.
In one of the alleys which We entered
which is so thoroughly depraved that the
i experienced agent went ahead of me to see,
not If a fight was going on. but Just now
many fights were going on. ana what
would be likely to hit us If We ventured
through, there were a number Of women
of such hopelessly hardened characters
| they looked ready to back up their words
with their fist If the agent appeared not
TO like IL that they could not take any
stamps today" One old woman, who was
proprietress Of small store, took seven
stamps This was great aliiuence. We
asked her IL she is in any life insurance
company, and she answered, Deed 1
isn't; them life insurance men done beat
ME times enough.
Yes an how do youse know this wo-
man won't beat you again. spoke mp
neighbor standing by. who voiced with
suspicious spirit the ignorance of every
thing pertaining TO simple business meth
DDS which prevails among people in the al
leyS.
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