Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-17
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caring for our aged parents:
What does it cost yoI ~ speak the
truth? Observation-Disclosures. sometimes
suffer!ngS and prosecutions. 10 Cc-
fcnd your country? WEAKNESS. wounds
and often death. To do good: An
noyance, inGratitude. even resentment.
Self sacrifice enters into all the eSsen-
tial actions of humanity. | defy the
closest calculatorS to maintain their
position in the world without ever
appealing to aught but their calcula-
tons. True, those who know how to
make their pile" are rated rs men of
ability. But look little closer. How
much of 1t do they owe to the unself-
ishness Of the simple hearted? Would
they have succeeded had they met only
shrewd men of their own sort. having
for device. NO money, no serviceT'
Let us be outspoken. 1t Is due to cer-
tain people who do not count too rigor-
ously that the world gets on. The
most beautiful acts of service and the
hardest tasks have generally little re-
Enumeration or none. Fortunately there
are always men ready for unselfish
deeds, and even for those paid only In
suffering. though they cost gold, peace
and even life. The part these men
play is often painful and dlscouraging.
Who of us has not heard recitals Of
experiences wherein the narrator re-
GREETED some past kindness he had
done, some trouble he had taken. to
have nothing but vexation in return?
These condolences generally end thus:
ut was folly to do the thing" Some
times 1t Is right so to judge, for it Is
always q mistake to cast pearls before
swine. But how many lives there are
whose sole acts Of real beauty are
these very ones Of which the doors
repent because Of mems ingratitude!
Our wish for humanity is that the
number Of these foolish deeds may
60 on increasing.
And now / arrive at the credo Of the
mercenary spirit. 1t is characterized
by brevity. For the mercenary man
the law and the prophets are contain
ed in this one axiom: with money you
can get anything" From a surface
view Of our social life nothing seems
more evident 1.-THE sInews Of war"
"the shining mark" 1.-The key that
opens all DOORS" king money" - II
one gathered up all the sayings about
the glory and power Of gold he could
make n litany longer than that which
Is chanted In honor of the Virgin. You
must be without n penny, If only for
q day or two, and try to live In this
world of ours, to have any idea Of tho
needs Of him whose purse is empty.
invite those who love contrasts and
unforeseen situations to attempt to live
without money three days and far
from their friends and acquaintanceS-
In short, far from the society in which
they are somebody. They will gain
more experience IN forty Eight hours
than In year otherwise. Alas for
some people! They have this expert
ence thrust upon them, and when veri-
table ruin descends around their heads
it is useless to remain In their own
country, among the companions Of
their youth, their former colleagues,
even those indebted to them. People
affect to know them no longer. With
what bitterness do they comment on
the creed Of money! With gold one
may have what he will; without 1t, i'm
possible to have anything. They be-
come pariahs, lepers. whom every one
shuns. Flies swarm round cadavers.
men round gold. Take away the gold,
nobody is there. Oh, 1t has caused
tears to flow, this creed Of gain-bitter
tears, tears of blood, even from those
very eyes which once adored the gold
en- calf!
And, with it all, this creed is false.
attack with hackneyed tales of the
rich man astray In desert who can
not get even a drop of water for bis
gold, Or the decrepit millionaire who
would give half he has to buy from
stalwart fellow without a cent his
twenty years and his lusty health; no
more shall attempt to prove that one
cannot buy happiness. So many peo-
pie who have money and so many more
who have not would smile at this truth
as the hardest ridden of saws. But
shall appeal to the common experience
Of each Of you, to make you put your
finger on the clumsy lie hidden beneath
an axiom that all the world goes about
repeating.
Fill your purse to the best Of your
means and let us set out for one Of the
watering places Of which there are so
many-I mean some little town for
merly unknown and full of simple folk,
respectful and hospitable. among whom
1t was good to be, and cost little. Fame
with her hundred trumpets has an
nounced them to the world and shown
them how they can profit from their
J situation, their climate. their person
atty. You start out on the faith Of
Dame Rumor, fiattering yourself that
with your money you are going to find
a quiet place to rest and. far from the
world Of civilization ard convention.
weave a bit of poetry into the warp of
your days.
The beginning is good. Natures set
ting and some patriarchal costumes.
slow to disappear, delight you. But
as time passes the impression Is spoil
ed. The reverse side of things begins
to show. This which you thought was
as true antique as family heirlooms is
naught but trickery to mystify the
credulOus Everything is labeled; all
is for sale, from the earth to the In
habitants. These primitives have be-
come the most consummate Of sharp
ers. Given your money, they have re-
solved the problem Of getting it with
the least expense to themselves. On
all sides are nets and traps, like spider
webs. and the fly that this gentry lies
| snugly in wait for is you. This is
what twenty or thirty years of venali.
/ ty has done for population once sim
pie and honest, whose contact was
grateful indeed to men worn by city
life. Homemade bread has disappear
ed, butter comes from the dealer, they
know to an art how to skim milk and
adulterate wine; they have all the vices
Of jewellers in cities without their vir-
tues.
As you leave you count your money.
! So much Is wanting that YOU make