Mexico Missouri message., 1905-03-23

there IL need Of a brave and iioBIs
heart free from selhshneas and sensl
tive to both the happiness and unhappi
ness Of It's fellows. Fortunately the race
Of these socialists Il not extinct, and !
feel an unallOyed satisfaction IN Ohfer.
ing them tribute they never claim.
1 must be pardOned for dwelling I'D.
on this. It does one good to ORset the
bitterness Of 20 many infamles, ~
many calumntes, 20 nuch chaHlatan.
Ism, By resting the eyes upOn some.
thing more beautiful, breathing the
perfume Of these stray corners where
simple goodness flowers.
A lady. a foreigner doubtless little
used TO Partisan life, just now told me
with what horror the things she sees
here inspire her 49, these vile posters,
these yellow" journals, these women
with Dleached hair, this crowd rushing
TO the races, TO dance halls, to roulette
tables, to COrruptlOn-the whole flood
Of superficial and mundane life. She
did not speak the word Babylon, but
doubtless It was out Of pity for one Of
the Inhabitants Of this city Of per
dition.
Alas, yes, madam: these things are
sad, but you have not seen all"
Heaven preserve me from that!'
ION the contrary, I wish you could
zee everything. for, II the dark side
IL very ugly. there Is 30 much to
atone for It. And, believe me, madam,
you have simply to change your quar-
ter or observe It at another hour. For
instance, take the Paris Of early morn
ing II will offer much TO correct
your impressions Of the Paris Of the
night Go see, among 50 many other
working people, the street sweepers,
who come out at the hour when tho
jewellers and mRlefactors go I'm. OBJ
serve beneath these rags those cary.
atid bodies, those austeTe faces! How
serious they are at their work Of
sweeping away the refuse OF the
nights revelry! One might llken
them TO the prophets at Ahasuerus'
gates. There are women among them,
many old people. When the air is cold
they stop to blow their fingers and then
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they, too, are Inhabitants OF Paris.
go next to the fRubourgs, to the
factories, especially the smaller ones,
where the children or the employers
labor with the men. Watch the army
OF workers marching to their tasks.
How ready and willing these young
girls seem as they come Eayly down
from their distant quarters to the
shops and stores and Offices OF the
city! Then visit the homes from which
they come. See the woman OF the
people at her work. Her husbands
wages are modest, their dwelling il
cramped, the children are many, the
father IL often harsh. Make a cOllec-
ton Of the Biographies Of lOwly peo-
pie, budgets Of modest family life;
loOOk at them nttentlyely and long.
After that 80 see the students. Those
who have scandAllzed you In the streets
ure numerous, but those WHO labor
hard are legion. only they stay at
nome and are not talked about. II
yOu knew the toll and dig Of the Latin
quarter. You iind the papers full Of
the Tumpus made by ii certain set OF
youths who call themselves students.
The papers say enough OF those who
break windows, but why do they make
10 mention Of those who spend their
nights tOiling over problems? Because
it wouldn't interest the public. Yes,
when now and then one Of them, a
medical student perhaps, dies II victim
to professional duty the matter has
two lines In the dailles. A drunken
brawl gets half Il column, with every
detail elaborated. Nothing Is lacking
but the portraits of the heroes, and not
always that.
II should never end were | to try
to point out to you all that you must
so to see II you would SEQ all. You
would needs make the tour OF society
at large, rich and poor, wise and ig-
norant. And certainly you would not
Judge SO severely then. Paris Is q
world, and here, as in the world in
general, the good hides away while the
evil fiuunts itself. Observing emily the
surface you sometimes Hsk how there
thu DOsblDlN ne 30 LnuCn TlHTuH. W NEIL
on the contrary, you look into the
depths you are astOnished that in this
troublOus, obscure and sometimes
frightful life there can he so much
virtue"
But why linger over these things
Am l not blowing trumpets for those
who hold trumpet blowing in horrori
DO not understand me so. My aim IL
this: To make men think about un
ostentatiOus gOodness-above all, tC
make them love II and practice It
The man who finds his satisfaction IN
things which glitter and hold his eyes
is lost first. because he will thus SEE
evil before all else, then because liz
gets accustomed to the sight Of only
such good rs seeks for notice, and there
fore easily succumbs to the temptation
to live himself for appearances. MOI
only must one be resigned TO Obscurlty
he must love 1t II he does not wish Il
slip insensibly into the ranks OF figu
rants, who preserve their parts only
while under the eyes Of the specta tori
and put OF in the wings the restraints
imposed on the stage.
Here We ars In the presence Of one
Of the essential elements Of the mora
life. Aud this which we say Is true
not only for those who are called hum
BILE and whose lot 1t Is to pass unre
| mnFIgad. II IL inst % ftua mud TnOr6