Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-28

II was never before so thankful that I
had enough to eat. have never been
a gourmand and I have cared so little
what / have eaten that never thought
of food except as sat at my meals. 1t
had never come to me that there was
any special reason to be thankful, be-
cause had always had three hearty
meals a day, but now | know it and,
lreared puritan as | was, ! must say
that in the theater / have learned one
of my greatest lessons of thanksgiving.
How many others there may be who
would join this woman can not be told,
but the heart untouched By The Poor
Relation must be a neager one. or had
a small outlook on life.
This is Ash Wednesday and the day
when the religious Of two great
churches lay aside for forty days the
frivoities of society as well as many
of the comforts of life. The theological
side of the keeping Of Lent may be
gopen for discussion, but it has other
features which commend it to
the most secular. AS civilization adj
vances it brings with its benefits many
lscares and ii is not in the cities alone
that the constant going and coming
tire the body aud duh the mind Ones
duties to ones friends as we'll as one S
self fill the days to overfowing ard the
leisure person. III. one WHO doss 80.
strive TO do at least twenty FIVE hours,
work in one day. is a rarity. To such
a one he keeping Of the Lenten sea-
son may be Of untold benefit because
it is a season of rest. But there IS az
lotner phase besides the merely physi-
Ical. Ths q nying of ones self pleasures
| and dainties may be more than those
| who have not done it can know, and the
/ benefits derived from it can not be es-
iimated for thru ii one may come 10
( know how far from noble ii is TO pam
i der to every desire of self Tnere was
once a little girl who learned all this
in the school oi experience. The child
i of liberal parents subscribing % no
Ac,eed. it was a matter for wondeiment
4 10 her TO hear her dearest little play
mates talk OF the days Of sacrifice i'm
the spring. In a moment Of rehsliing
at the self-imposed fast one SAID % her:
!. How would YOU like it, You eouidn t
4 keep Lent ! know. Such a statement
only served - arouse the Iittie girls
4 determination and she said Mall,
Just viii. and ] shall not eat pne bite Of
cake Her words sounded like a threat,
Nfor her love IF cake was Well Known
/ among her friends. who scarcity be-
lieved ii possible for lIer 10 keep her
resolve But little lo-year-old That she
was she did keep II and Cor forty long
days, 10 meals, cake which had been
the piece de resistance IN her menu
* never crossed her lips. She hasnt for
+ gotten yet how good the dainty tasted
when she found it beside bel
sl5plateat Easter breakfast But best q
all. she had not only kept hef resolye
4 but conquered her appetite. not away
an easy thing for those VINO are many
Il times ten years old. Retlexly there Was
Hanother benefit for the little ehuTet
girls felt ashamed to see how this little
girl Of the world gave up SOME thing
coveted without a complaint and With
Lott the stimulus OF feeling it religion:
Fl duty The keeping OF each Lententids
since that day has been richer 10 then
for it,