The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1901-07-20
THE HUNGRY
ORPHANS.
G. plori. In Patterson, IA, Optic.

"NfS III "h'th "Nuibu1 tuulflQuulS
and corporations combine to null
|tiply the strength and inhuences:of
their enterprises for the common
good of all. Wealth. unknown is
being subscribed duly for the far
ther advancement of our univer-
sites and schools, bequeathing
Athe richest legacy to generations
Iyet unborn, that the poor and rich
lllike may reap a bountiful harvest
Of knowledge, fitting our progress
ave age, and adding much to our
hppes for the intellectual develop
e5ent of those in coming years,
4 To-day. the oldand cripple are
heng provided for, and almost
every call for help receives a
prompt response and down to the
last place in the ranks of necessity
1--WE find the veteran soldier. scar
red and MANNED and some with
empty sleeves dangling from their
shoulders mute testifiers of Ame-
rican valor, one and all provided
for in liberal and substantial
manner by their grateful govern
Iment.
As n lasting tribute of their
lcountry's appreciation, monu-
ments of stone and bronze convey
to those in the distant future the
message "that the memory of
those who died for us" was fore
most in our thoughts and that
sevory effort was made by the hands
fof love to bring sunshine and COM
fort into the homes of both our
dead and living heroes.
Yet, Notwithstanding our boast
ed christianity, the home surplus
,of which we are sending to Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippines,
the expense of which being paid
by the blood and tears of our peo-
pie, there still remains the Sisters
of Charity begging the wherewith,
to buy bread for those little ones,
bcqueathed to their asylums at
the death of poverty stricken par
ents. That army of angelic wo-
men is recruited from tho highest
and humber ranks of society, Civ.
! ing the service of their life time
to those who cannot care for
themselves, and ip the pallor
and sunken cheeks of the faces
we behold beneath religious caps,
we read that sad hut honest tale,
of suffe ling for the good Of others.
Why not organize Il trust for
the support of those boys and
girls, who in time will help shape
the destinies Of our great republic,
me boys dcfending our flag
against invading foes, and the
girls, in whose hearts are whisper
ed promises Of the realization of
the beautiful hope of mother
hood, second only to that of i'm
mortality, lingering in every hui
man breast.
Those girls will carry to the
homes they ,arc to build and
adorn these femenine cares con-
solations born Of the love foi
which every man should live and
struggle to deserve, and so shape
his conduct, each to win the love
Of u pure woman, and those to
whom the precious prize will be
awarded, whether eventually they
die covered with rags and In the
mire Of a ditch, their lives will
prove triumphant.
y There is n remedy for the ever
hungry orphans, humanity de-
mands it, and none | Judge would
'ba SO deaf to the appeals of char
ity as to refuse paying II small
tax for the support of the homes
in which perhaps many of onl
children ale destined to be reared
after death will have taken us
from them.
Upon the subject of this com.
municntion our legislators should
feed their thoughts and lay aside
every other consideration, until
they have provided the means foi
the support of the orphans of oui
State, and thereby tell the world
once more that America is not
only the home of the free but alsc
the sanctuary of humanity.
The State is the foster mother
Of its orphans and the duty OF
supporting them well deyolveS
upon her and by neglecting doing
so, classes herself in the rank OF
unnatural parents. Let all con
tribute their influence to reach
that end, the dawning of the day
when there will no more be heart
the walings Of those helpless
babes for bread.
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