The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04

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ALIAS! madame: yes, these arc sad
things, but you have not seen all" GOD
forbidv' she replied No. i Wish instead
that you co,ild see all, FOL, II there
arc undertakes very ugly there are
others very comforting, And hold,
change only The locality, or observe at
other hours. Give yourself the spectacle
OF Paris In the early morning. 1t will
furnish You many elements to correct
your Impressions Of PARIS ut night Go and
see. among the many Other laborers. tho
bravo street sweepers, who come forth
when the bacchanalians and the gutter
snipes go to bed You will see the bodies
OF the cnryatides. beneath their rags
their austere faces. How seriously they
sweep up the remains of the nightly
feasts! One might call them prophets on
the threshold Of Bclsl,azzar. There ore.
women among them. and many old men,
When It Is cold they blow on their fingers
and recomnlence to sweep. And It Is thus.
every day. They also are inhabitants.
OF Paris. 90 afterwards to the environs,t
IN the studios, and, above all where the
patron works like l1ia cr1ploye. See the
army Of workers march to Il their toll.
How valiant arc those young girls who
como gaily down from their distant part
OF the city toward the stores and offices!
1hon visit the homes where YOU will
find tho women OF the people at their
work. The salary Is modest, the dwelling
narrow, children numerous and often the
husband Ia brutal. Mako II q collection
Of the Biographies OF these poor people.
budgets OF their little housekeeping, look
a long time and mark them we'll.
''rhcn 60 ana see the students Those
whom you have seen creating scandal in \
the streets are many, but the number OF
those who work arc legion. Only. they
remain indeers and no ono knows them.
II you only knew how they toll to I'LL
themselves With learning I in the tin
Quarter! You have seen. tho neWspa perH
filled with the noises which 4 certain
youth makes, which, calls Itself studious.
The papers tell OF those who break win
dows. but why do they never mention
those who sit up late over the problems
Of science or listory7 That would not
interest the public. Hold When. as
sometimes happens one among them.
medical student dies a victim toprofes-
sonal duty, they mention It II, two lines
en- ones takes UP half column. The
smallest details are fixed and made much
of. It lacks only tho portrait Of the hero,
and not always. ", u 81 5s
81 should never finish, II would show
you all you should go to see, to have seen
all. You should make the tour Of every
phase OF society. rich and poor, savants
and the ignorant. And then, certa inly,
you would not judge so severely. Paris
is world. and. the same az in the world
in general, goodness hides itself, while
evil spreads itself. When one looks at,
the surface, one wonders how It can be
that there are 90 many good for nothings.
When one has gone to the bottom, one 1
is astonishcd, on the contrary, that in
that tempestuous obscure, and sometimes
horrible life. there can hold SO, many
virtues.
But why should I dwell upon these
things? It Is not to give notorlety to
those who hold 1T In horror. lI1tgis not
thus that should be understood. Here
Is my object; to render attentive to the
unknown good, and s above all, cause IT.
to be loved and practiced. That man is
lost who pleases himself only with that
which shines and strikes the eyes,; first,
because ho exposes himself to see evil
everywhere and after, because he accus-
toms himself to see inc good only that
which forces his eyes. and he easily sue
cumbs to the temptation OF living for I
appearance. Not only must we resign 1
ourselves to obscurity but wehmust love
1t, II we would not slowly slide into#th, I"
rank Of the f1gurantes in a thea tire who
keep up their manner only under the eyes 4
OF the audience and drop to heir natural;
restraint imposed up n A them while &! In I
front. We ara there TN the presence Of
one OF tho clement s. essentla to the moral
.life And what we say is true not only
for those whom they call 1.-THE humble.
ones and whose destiny4iss TO never be
noticed but others. This Is still true.s
and much more SO forS the first roles. ~ II
you would not be a. brilliant nonentity.5
dressed in many variega ed colors and 1
,dccked with gold lace, but who has 9th
ing In his stomach, you must fill your
first place In tile spirit Of simplicity Of
the most obscure OF Z your collaborators.3
aWhosoever val ues nothing save during
the hours Of aparad e, values less tllan@
nothing. Have 1T he tperilous honor OF
being in sight and marching in the first
rank, then :letf,us ma ntatn with X still i
unknown good In our lives. n Let us give
tho cdiflce, whose y facad 10 i, our u fellows
beings see, a solid foundation OF slmpli-$
city OF humble fidelity And then, let
us remain near to strangers by sympathy
and by gratitude. Z s8
y 1t is to those tina t we Owe all, Is 1t not?g
I take as witness all ilhosn who have
had in the human domain tho {strenG th-5
ening experience the hidden stones in
the soil have: In sustaining tho y whole 4
cdiice. All those who como ITO !. have a \
certain rccognized4 and publ val ue 4 owe
1t to gone humble spiritual ancestor. to
a few forgotten sinspirelT a small NUM-
Der OF good be lngs, mongs wh9m there
arc often peasants, women. thbse who I
have been conquered by OK istetce, * pa n
rents as modest AZ, Vencrated, z personify
for us the finest and most noble life.. Their
example Inspires and suytalns us. Their
remembrance lives forever insenara DO
from our ahearthstones. We see them ~
their hours of sorrow. courageous and
tranquil and Gu, loads seem lisiter.RTlioy
stand clos. around us an Invisible ana
loved phalanX which hlnders us from
stumbling and losing step IN battle and
every day'it proves to us that tho treas
urc Of humanity Is tho good that the
world does not know. q q III n W ., 3, M
cHAPTE r *. III u Il t{
WORLDI.IEEsS AND HOME LIFE. Il
In the time of tho Second Nmpirc.
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