Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-02

matted that infamy, capital. For
| them, all who possess great fortunes
are monsters gorged with the blood Of
the miserable. Others, not so declama-
tory, persist, however, In confounding
/ riches with egolsm and insenslbility.
Justice should be visited on these err
rors, be they involuntary or calculated.
! No doubt there are rich men who con-
Germ themselves with nobody else, and
others who do good only with osten-
tation. Indeed we know 1t too we'll
| But does their inhumanity or hypocrisy
take away the value Of the good that
others do and that they often hide with
n modesty so perfect?
] knew q man to whom every mis-
fortune had come which can strike us
In our affections. He had lost q be-
loved wife, had seen all his children
buried one after another. But he had
great fortune, the result of his own
labor. Living In the utmost SIMPLE
ity, almost without personal wants, he
spent his time in searching for oppor-
tunitIes to do good and profitlng by
them. How many people he surprised
in fragrant poverty, what means he
combined for relieving distress and
lighting up dark lives, with what
kindly thoughtfulness he took his
friends unawares, no one can imagine
lie liked to do good to others and en-
Joy their surprise when they did not
know whence the relief came. 1t
pleased him to repair the lnjustices OF
fortune, to bring tears OF happiness in
families pursued by mlschance. He
was continually plotting, contrivlng,
matchmaking in the dark, with a child
ish fear Of being caught with his hand
In the bag. The greater part OF these
fine deeds were not known till after
his death; the whole of them we shall
never know.
lie was socialist Of the right sort
for there are two kinds of them. Those
who aspire to appropriate to them
selves part OF the goods Of others
are numerous and commonplace. To
belong to their order 1t sufIices to have
Il big appetite. Those who are hun
gerlng to divide their own goods with
men who have none are rare ana pre-
cious, for to enter this choice company
there Is need Of brave and noble
heart free from selfishness and sensl-
tive to both the happiness and unhappl-
ness of It's fellows. Fortunately the race
of these socialists is not extinct, and /
feel an unalloyed satisfaction In offer
ing them n tribute they never claim.
] must he pardoned for dwelling up
on this 1t does one good to offset the
bitterness Of so many iniamles, SO
many calumnles, so much charlatan-
ism, by resting the eyes upon some
thing more beautiful breathing the
perfume Of these stray corners where
simple goodness flowers.
A lady, foreigner, doubtless little
used TO Partisan life just now told nue.
with what horror the things she sees
here inspire her - these vile posters,
these yellow" journals, these women
with bleached hair, this crowd rushing
to the races, to dance halls, to roulette
tables, to corruptlon-the whole food
or superficial and mundane life. She
doubtless 1t was out of pity for one of
the inhabitants of this city Of per.
dition.
"Alas, yes, madam; these things Hro
sad, but you have not seen all"
"Hcnven preserve me from that"
ION the contrary l wish you could
see everything, for, If the dark side
Is very ugly, there Is so much to
atone for 1t. And believe me, madam
you have simply to change your quar-
ter or observe It mt another hour. For
instance take the Paris of early morn
Ing 1t will offer much to correct
your Impressions of the Paris of tho
night. Go see. among so many otlnr
working people, the street swcepcrs,
who come out Mt the hour when tho
jewellers and malefactors go In. OBJ
serve beneath these rags those cary.
ntld bodies, those austcre faCesI How
serious they are Mt their work of
sweeping away the refuse Of the
nights revclry! One might likcn
them to the prophets ut Ahasuerus'
gates There are women among them,
many old people When the mir is cold
they stop TO blow their fingers and then
go ut It again. SO 1t is every day. And
they, too, are inhabitants of Paris.
Go next to the faubourgs, 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 gayly down
from their distant quarters to the
shops and stores and offices of tho
ethyl Then visit the homes from which
they come. See the woman Of the
people Mt her work. Her husbands
wages arc modest, their dwelling IL
cramped. the children nrc many. tho