The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-28


just as wOman's first duty is TO be good
housewife and mother. The business duties,
the home duties to ones family come nrst:
The couple which brings up plenty or
healthy children. which leaves behind them
many sons and daughters fitted in their
turn TO be good citizens-such couple en-
phaucally deserves well OF the state.
DUTY TO ONES NEIGHBoR.
But duty TO ones self and ones family
does not exclude duty to ones neighbor.
Each of US rich or poor. can help his
neighbor at times; and 10 do this he must
be brought into touch with him; into SYM
pathy with him. An effort is 10 be well
coined that brings people closer together
so as to secure a better understanding
among those whose walks Of life are in
ordinary circumstances far apart. Prob
ably the good done is almost equally great
on both sides no matter which one may
seem 10 be helping the other. But IL must
be kept in mind that no good Will be &C
cOmpliShed at all by any philanthropic or
charitable work unless IL is done along
certain definite lines. In the first place, II
the work is done in spirit Of condescen-
sion ii will be better never to attempt il.
1t is almost as irritating TO be patronized
as to be wronged. The only safe way OF
working is 10 try TO find out some scheme
by which il is possible TO make a common
effort for the common good. Each of US
needs, at times, 10 have a helping hand
stretched out TO him or her.
Every one of us slips on some occasion,
and shame on his fellow who then refuses
10 stretch out the hand that should always
be ready to help the man who stumbles.
1t is our duty TO lift him up; but TX also is
our duty TO remember that there is no
earthly use in us trying to carry him. II
man will submit To being carried that is
sufficient TO show that he is not worth
carrying. In the long run, the only kind of
help that really avails is the help that
teaches a man to help himself Such help
every man who has been blessed in life
should try to give to those who are less
fortunate, and such help can be accepted
with entire self-respect.
The aim to set before ourselves in try
ing to aid one another is TO give that aid
under conditions which will harm no mans
self-respect and which will teach the less
fortunate how to help themselves as their
strongest brothers do To give such aid IL
is necessary not only to possess the right
kind of heart but also the right kind Of
head Hardness of heart is a dreadful
quality, but it is doubtful whether in the
long run ii works more damage than soft
ness Of head. At any rate, both are unde-
sirable.
1.-The prerequisite to doing good work in
the field Of philanthropy, in the field of
social effort undertaken with ones fell
lows for the common good, is that IL shall
be undertaken in spirit OF broad sanity
no less than of broad and loving charity.
The other day I picked up a little book
called The Simple Life written by an
! Alsatian, Charles Wagner. and he preached
such wholesome, sound doctrine that L wish
i q
/ country. To him the whole problem Of our
complex, somewhat feverish modern life
can be solved only by getting men and
/ women to lead better lives. He sees that
! the permanence of liberty and democracy
/ depends on a majority of the people being
/ steadfast in that good, plain morality which
/ as a national attribute comes only as the
| result of the slow and painful labor of CEN
/ turtles, and which can be squandered in a
/ generate by the thoughtless and vicious.
/ He breaches the doctrine OF the superiority
| of he 70 10
| undervalue the material, but he insists as
We we of this Nation, should always in
sist, on the infinite superiority OF the moral
| and he calls attention to the sordid destruc-
| ton which comes upon either the nation
| or individual if it or he becomes absorbed
/ only in the desire to get wealth.
GOOD AND BAD DEFINED.
1.-THE true line of cleavage lies between
the good citizen and the bad citizen, and
the line of cleavage may, and often does.
run at right angles to that which divides
the rich and poor. The signs of virtue lie
in mans capacity to care for what is out
side himself. The man who gives himself
| up to the service of his appetites. the man
who the more goods he has, the more he
! wants, has surrendered himself to destruc-
ton. 1t makes little difference with him
! whether he achieves his purpose or not. II
| his point of view is all wrong, he is a bad
| citizen whether he is rich or poor. 1t is q
small matter to the community whether in
! arrogance insolence he has misuseo
| great wealth, or whether, though poor, he
| is possessed by the mean and fierce desire
TO seize a morsel, the biggest possible OF
that prey which the fortunate of earth con
| sumo. The man who lives simply and Just.
ly and honorably, whether rich or poor, is q
good citizen. Those who dream only OF
! idleneSS and pleasure, who hate others and
| fail to recognize the duty of each man tC
| his brother, these. be they rich or poor, are
the enemies of the state. The misuse OF
T.
evil spirit which under changed circum-
! stances denies the right of property because
this right is in the hands of others.
I'm a purely material civilization the bit
| terness of attack on another's possession /:
only additional proof of the extraordinary
! Importance of being regarded a valuable
foundation on which happiness may, with
wisdom be built. Alike by those who en-
joy such prosperity in slothful or criminal
ease, and by those who, in no less evil man
ner, rail at, envy and long for it, poverty
| is held to be shameful and money, whether
| well or i'll gotten, to stand for merit.
Now, all this does not mean condemna.
ton of progress 1t is mere folly to try t.
dig up the dead past, and scant is the goOC
that comes from asceticism and retiremen
from the world But let us make sure tha
our progress is in the essentials as well a.
without the moral lift toward Righteousness 8,
means a diminished capacity for Happiness,
and debased character. The worth of {
/ civilization is the worth Of a man at IN,
center When this man lacks moral recti
tude material progress only makes ba;
worse, and social problems still darker anC
more complex"
At the close of the address the President
and his party returned TO their carriages
and the cavalcade made the circle of the
track The President stood most of th'
time as his carriage passed through tbs
crowd.
At the Maine Central station another
great crowd was assembled, and here the
cheering was continued. Across the city the
train was watched by thousands, and wheT
1t reached the switch at Hancock stree
the residents of the locality gave the Pres
ident warm greeting While the trair
was at brief halt at this point the Presi
dent entered into conversation with a resi-
dent and made inquiries concerning the
famous Bangor salmon pool which is 10
Gated but a short distance above III,
switch.
AT SENATOR HALE's HOME.