Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-01-26
THE TREAT OF TREATING.
Reason OF the Seeming Foliica of th
MrefchedlN Poor.


Wretchediy Poor.
A charity worker new 10 her task,
was recently holding forth In tones o.
despair edged with evaporation upon
the follies OF the very poor In expendl.
ture
Sometimes it's money--like the
birthday party Tor the twins that used
up half the sum collected for Mrs,
Mooney TO carry her through the win.
ter; and sometimes It's lahor--like
that poor little weak.chested seam.
stress, Mrs. Fresneau, sitting up two
whole nights 10 work on the dress her
Marie graduated from the grammar
school in; but the fo0,lshneSs OF Il IL
enough to drive body Wild! And they
can'S seem to see how crazy it Is,
Sometimes they half apologize II they
see you disapprove. and sometimes
they stifren up and get vexed. as II
you We're impertlnent 20 erlticise, But
either way they're not really sorry,
and you know they'd do II again. It's
beyond my comprehension how grown
people can be 80 chlldishly uncalculat.
Ing"
rs itY" said an older woman. Its
trying, know. and often there seems
no excuse, but think understand,
| think you would have understood,
too, II you'd been at the Rest Home
with us last week. when Mrs, BurSs
was there. You know her. poor thlngl
ia harl.worklng chorewoman with .
large family, sent down for bit OF
vacation after six weeks IN hospital
with a bad ankle. 10 brace her mp q
bit before solng back to the everiast'
ing drudgery Of her life, Well, there
was trouble from the tlrst, and what
do you suppose II WASP she wouldn't
rest, and she would freeze the leo
cream for household OF fifteen peo-
pie.
zone day l found her roeklng-chair
s,S.,;tyy CO ss.:s piazza and heard the
freezer going. and started In pursuit
| found her with all the children of
the place round her In ring, fairly
wriggllng with anticipation, while she
laughed and ground. wlncing and
changing position every other minute
to ease the ankle that was still too
weak to stand on comfortably. She
looked guilty; and when asked II she
had broken the Ice herself she pro-
tested that Il bruk that aisy baby
cud ha' bruk II wild rattle
II pointed to the heavy ice-pick and
old croQuet mallet she had been using,
and shook my head, telling her with
mock severity, Back you 20 to your
rocking-chair. Mrs. b., this instant
mlnuteg
"'Ah, no, ma'am. that / don't she
answered. laughing, too. but keeping
her hold on the crank. Here's the
childher waiting for the scrapings
whin the dasher comes out, don't you
see, and it's me that promised to see
there was fair sharing and no fight
ing. You'd nlver have me break me
worrud to thin. the darlints, now
would you, ma'amf All, sure. the
rocking-chair's treat for me bones,
it's thrue, and looking of yon piazzy
over thin miles OF green. country Is
treat to me eyes, but It's the treat
of treating the chlldher that's good
for me heart"
There are many like her. They
spend their money, they spend their
strength, and they often spend both
unwisely; but, after all, 1t is because
generosity and hospitality are necessi-
ties OF their hearts, as fuel and food
and clothes are OF their bodies. 10
poor people OF that kind word OF dis
suasIon from warm-hearted friend
may often be OF the greatest service
hut never the cold warning or criti-
cism of a would-be helper, however
sensible and practical, who cannot
herself understand "the treat of treat
ing"-Youth's Companion.