The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04
A Little Matter of Great Importance.

subject OF special interest and I'M
portance. the Benevolent League of Texas
Travellers. has. since It's fortuitous in-
ception. had a wide popularity and pat
ronage. Yet some there are who say:
DO not discuss the league so much- 1t
seems TOO sordid too mercenary. TO be
continually filling space with it. mar
row view to take OF so broad subject,
and the valuable space accorded TO us.
nat everything has two sides" is En-
crsonian logic, Dut 10 tnls instance that
uuaIIty fans one snort There is but enc
side to the league, the admirable pur-
pose for wnich II was organized-tne I'M
mediate relief of the beneficiary. There
IS 40 red tape 10 untie;. 10 tedious pro-
cesses OF the law, no formality of await
ing adjustment with the self-protectlng
insurance companies
Just wora py wire and the stricken
one is in immediate command OF pei
sonal funds an all essential matter,
whether one is brimful of life ana max
ing the pilgrimage, or whether the por-
tails of death have shut out the last ray
OF the everlasting light. Grief can but
lily brook the narrowing clutch OF pow
erty Sorrow appeals to the soul for
privacy and the solace of tears.
We We're in a large boarding house in
] NV orleans anu were uleIIy
beautiful Christmas tree. Little boxes
and bundles were tossed about as the
names were read aloud, when a long Of
fetal envelope was detached and dropped
INTO the eager hands OF little brown
eyed woman, who, with a mingled e&-
preston of surprise and dissent. some
what furtively examined the document.
( 1t was the gift OF her husband, policy
for $4,000 on his life Horrible Wits
! Dprad a elbow. mot D..
l replied, 1T is LOVING, generous, prac-
teal thought. DO not incline her to
think otherwise" At noon of next day u
manufacturers engine exploded down in
the city. and, CHANGING 10 pass that way
a. The fatal moment. the young husband
lost his life. No other casually" was
reported, but the miracle that others had
escaped unhurt was commented upon
The uncertainty OF life parallels only the
uncertainty of riches. Riches take
wings" and ofttimes like meteor that
speeds through the ocean OF space the
soul suddenly summoned takes its long
flight.
Count Leo Tolstoi, always scientific,
sympathetic and religious malicious RS
viewers to the contrary. in his recent
definition of life. says; The religious
perception of ouI time, IN its widest and
. most practical application, is the con-
sclousness that our we'll being, both ma
terial and spiritual, individual and col
lective temporal and eternal, lies in the
, growth OF brotherhood among all rlen
in their loving harmony with one al
other" The theory is not new. 1t has
the merit of being put with new free.
1t is n profound expression of the under
lying idea OF corporation. which takes
its rise in the tribal state, and thence
Families (and more potentlyl into family
and throughout all fields Of human Ia
Dor. All human effort has for its object
T. the alienation of the ills and the ac-
centuation of the blessings that fall to
, the lot Of man. Organization and CO.
operation cover Tolstois theory, yet all
organizations are independent--each
A struggling to enforce or recommend the
g practical application of some fortuitous
idea either financial, social, theological
;. or religious. The latter word 10 far
reaching all encompasang. Emerson
I says: I'VE have a great deal more kind
II ness than is ever spoken; meager is the
G selhshness that chills like the east wind
i the world the whole human family, il
bathed with an element of love like
5 fine ether That is the other aspect o
S the Benevolent League. Man Is essen
e TALLY sympathetic and his JOY or pain Is
q often caused as much by the good or evi
i fortunes of others as his own. No class
u of citizens has been found more generous
e than the travelling men of this grea
State hut that is no legitimate reason
" why those who neglect to Join the league
e. should confidently rely upon them In cas-,
d Of need Delays are dangerous and tn,
e cost of membership is but a trihe, and
little bread thrown upon the water ma!
70 some dav bring to your own rich har
n vest avoid unlawful winnings. but US,
J. all that is called fortune; chain in til
! wheel OF chance and thou shalt Away
drag her after thee"
r Kate Hunt Craddock.