Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
OF DNESS
ARE so NUMEROUS THAT THEY
PASS UNNOTlCED.
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Who Said that Civilized Men vi No
Better than snvages-An %optimist's
Note Book.

Who Said that Civilized Men Are No
Better than snvaRcs-An O%ptinist's
Note Book.
The stout man had jostled and
fought his way through the crowd ut
the entrance to the Brooklyn bridge,
and was scowling fiercely as he pushed
out a big dent in his hat. Seated next
to him in the bridge car was n ma
who had IN Office in the same building.
The stout man pointed to the batter
ed hat, and said: II believe men-and
women, too, for that matter-are no
better than savages. It's every one
for himself. There isn't Il day passes
but that l see something which con
vinces me civilization Is only skin
Deep"
I'm afraid you see only side of it,"
.eplied his neighbor. There are lots OF
good things to be seen every day. too.
Now, here is something that gives me
a great deal of happiness during tine
year." He pulled a small notebook
from an inside pocket. Then he went
on Il used to feel as you do-that peo-
pie are very selfish; but when l began
to study them more closely 1 saw so
many pleasant things that l got in the
habit of making notes of them, and so
I carry this little book. Here's what
I've jotted down today. for instance:
ION my way to the bridge this MORN
ing my hat blew off. 1 chased it, but
before 1 reached it three other men
We're after it, and of them caught.
1t for me. Now, there was an entirely
unseltish act OH the part of the mon
who were strangers to me; and you
may see the same thing any windy day.
"As 1 was crossing City Hall Park
Il woman III front of me dropped a
glove without knowing it. Two boys
made dive for it. and shouted. Lady,
lady, you've dropped your glove An
other act of Kindness.
Just as 1 reached Broadway Il truck
mans horse fell. The driver had hard
ly left his seat before the drivers of
three other trucks stopped. got down.
and began to help raise the horse.
They did it because they saw Il fellow
workman i'll trouble. and knew that
they might need the same help at any
time.
when l went III to luncheon l left
my umbrella in the restaurant. Before
l reached the door IL stranger who had
been sitting ut the same table tapped
me on the shoulder and handed me lie
umbrella.
ION my way back to the Office l pass
ed a heavy, two-horse load of !our
stuck on the car-track. 1 stopped IL
minute to look, and saw several men
put their hands to the muddy wheels
and push till the dray started. They
had no selfish interest in that load of
flour; they only wanted to help.
when I entered the Havemeyer
building after luncheon the man Just
ahead of me carefully held the big door
so that it might not swing back in my
face.
These are all little things, but L
think they show something very differ
ent from savagery. Some days 1 see
even more, and some things l see
every day. The reason we don't notice
them more is because they are so COM
mon. You watch when we get off the
car, now, and you'll see half a dozen
of these men give the papers they have.
just glanced through to the newsboys
at the foot of the stairs. They might
easily throw them away, but they
know the boy can sell them again
and so make n few extra pennies"
And the stout nan himself, when he.
reached the foot of the stairs, dropped
a pace behind his neighbor, and hastily
slipped his paper into the hands of a
ragged newsboy.-Youth's Companion.