Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14

Iaerous to supply the needs of all should
he IN every city plan
Inc churches. while standing primarily
!or teaching spiritual truths can surely in
tefpret these truths into the simnIe Ian
Suage that children can upda-stand ,nd
IN meeting the needs of the children of the
eitleS they might be Il power for great GOOD
n nney must meet the children on their own
pL"te' anu through the things that interest
them lead them to knowledge of spirItuaI
umIiiS applied to the needs of daily life
ne most eHective missionary work Is to
save the children, to put into their Iyo. a
recognition of Gods guidance in tho affairs
Vi men. and cause them to look To Him
ana to be used by Him to further His ends
f tha e I'LL Inc church that gets down to
me children's level. that Sits the wheat
rom the chaf. and gives to children the
pticelesS lessons of divine truth is doing
Ioo > own work. 1t may have to be done
outslde or church walls but whereyer His
little ones stand in need there a. 10 ,ho
uuty OF Ills disciples to be with them -
Notes of Interest.
There will be no changes in tho ratiora,
officers. 1t is said that the national CON
sress of mothers is the only organization or
women In the world where there are no
once seekers. The Office is said to hunt
me me woman. There is never but one ticket
4 mere mas never been a contest Mrs.
frederic Schof, who is rounding out her
nrst term, is the unanimous choice for tho
next term. and the congress is perfectly
satished with all It's other officers.
Two little street Arabs strolIed into the
basement of the church and got into the
modei nursery. The youngsters were dirty.
unkempt and bath tubs and soap must long
nave been estranged from them They gazed
ABOUT curiously, intent for a long time ON
the pictures around the wall
say sam, observed one, after a long
survey, dis amt so bad, huh?"
Aw come off Brick jeered the other
yer Joshin. Whatud you do in place
like thishure?"
Smut tings up some l reckon looking
retiectvely at the dirty paws he pulled ont
Of his pockets "Hully gee Tink of sitttn.
on DAT cheer. pointing to the little white
rocker Then his poor little weazened faca
grew earnestly sober.
=, say, Sam, we amt never had no chanel
like desehur kids. Ma she says anythin's
good nuff fer boys. an pa says wese all
- nuSanses. | Sored some picturs onct
Got EN- out Of de Star paper an ma she
pitched EN- out an said she'd beat me If |
brung any more in. An / got a pocketfuI
or rlght-down pretty rocks to the park
onct, and pa hurt his hand on EN- wal
lopfn me fer runnin away, an then he
licked me hardern ever an said he'd beat
me agin if l ever brung no more in Now
If Teller had tings like desc hur-"
Sam, ooh, Sam came shrilly from
the outside. and instantly the two urchns
sped out into the street
But somehow The Star reporter thought
that THE nobler nature within them stir
red at the sight of something better in
home life than they had ever seen before.
On the first page of the program is a baby
face. Not such a perfectly beautiful
face, but a sweet. healthy. happy baby
face, the kind that belongs to a baby that
you like to cuddle. This is a copy of the
photograph of Mrs. Theodore Blrney's
youngest daughter-she is quite a young
lady now-and this little round face has
been on all the programs for nine years
The printer who was getting up the pro-
grams complained of the cut and said that
ii worn out.
I'm get you lot prettier face than that"
he declared, land make you a new cut.
Any old baby will do. so long as it's pretty,
/ suppose he said
But that time he supposed wrong. The
mothers simply howled when they heard
of the contemplated change. The B'rney
baby is the sign manual Of our organiza-
tion," declared one mother and for one
wouldn't look at a program tat had not
her face IT," So that settled it, Now
Mrs Rirney is trying 10 find the long-1go-
laid-by photograph TO have new cut mlde.
One mother asked another mother this
question as the two bent above the "litera-
ture" piled on one of lie tables in the base
ment.
.sWhat do / do?" repeated the mother
questioned. a pieasant-faced young lady,
with clear. steady eyes and low. all-con-
trolling voice. why not much of anything,
/ fear. | have spent most of my life filling
in the chinks, and have never had either
time strength for wider horizon.
The lady who asked the question
quite evidently going down the western
slope of life, for her hair was snow white
and placid face much wrinkled.
my dear" she returned. placing her
wrinkled hand the younger woman's
shoulder IF you fill all the chinks that
come your way you are indeed doing the
Masters work. Most any woman of s brit
can have career If she wills IL, but there
are very few OF US adaptable enough to fill
the chinks of life. and without the 'chink-
ing / verify believe our whole social fabric
would crumble to ruins. The reformer
works in patches: the 'chinlker Yields the
patches together"