The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-15

spare r.. anyway. rents All paid up.
and we've got 81 left for the week ."
And. with a merry whistle. the
laundry man was gone
Nine dollars left for tho week.
And still the tenth dollar went %
charity
II that isn't a Sunday sermon TO
preach from oye-y pulpit In the city
Of Seattle. / don't know
wish that every man, woman
and child Of wealth In this city
could read Saturdays Star Surely,
the story Of the laundry driver and
bis tenth dollar would teach a sim
pie but strong lesson on charity.
A woman called up over the
phone Saturday morning.
please put me down for mem
berahip Ia the Dollar club" said
she Il work down town and
don't get paid until the 18Th. 50
haven't got the money nov. But,
put me down. ri call on the 18th
with tho dollar"
DO you know what such Instances
as the above mean2
Cant you read between the linea7
They are little atraws that only
point 10 n fact the writer has long
since learned. That when It comes
30 real bedrock charity. tho kind
that means sacrifice on the part Of
the Rivsr-the poor folk, and not
ths rich. are THERE WITH THE
GOODsi
That tenth dollar OF the laundry
man meant more 70 him than Mr.
John d. Hoekefeiler's $4,000. 900 gift
toward edueationl
The 100 cents that the Seattle
working girl h going 30 take from
her next salary for Crippled Lilly
and his family mean for her a great
er credit on the big book over which
st. Peter presides than Mr.. Car
negie's marble-front libraries that
are scattered from Maine 10 Cali
fornia In a PROPULSION Of don't give
a-d--n philanthropy.
And maybe the writer doesn't
know whereof he speaks!
Maybe he didn't wander. dis
guised as a tramp. from house TO
house in the fashionable districts
OF Seattle one cold Christmas day,
10 be kicked from d0orsteps by the
men who own banks and factories
and wholesale establishments. fin
ally 10 find shelter and food among
the poor people In the squalid dis
trictsl
The membership OF the Dollar
club will grow
Saturdays flood OF remittances
and inquiries testify indisputably 10
this.
But. there will be few Of the rich
and pamDered among the roll of
honor They will comprise the
workingmen from the mill and
foundry and printshop. tho working
girls from the store and office. tho
f15-a-month policeman and the $50
month fire laddie.
The folk who own automobiles
and yachts and theater boxes and
fast horses viii superciliouSly sug-
gest thai some organized charity
should look after the man with the
bad leg and his wan-faced brood,
and asked what county commits
sioners are getting paid for. any
way7"
Next winter, when the divine
prima donna. Mile. Y'Elp Screech-
eric appears at the Grand opera
house these same folk will cheer
fully "pingie up" $50 per box for the
pleasure OF showing off their tiaras
and diamond pendants.
Or. when contributions are asked
TO guarantee the appearance of
Signor Hirsulte Longhair. the en-
inent cello soloist. they will write
out their check for a goodly amount
end say.
You know We must not allow the
city's artistic reputation to be
dwarfed by our sister metropolises-
So
Let's not depend upon any $40
and SIS and $50 and 800 contrfbn-
tons toward the relief of Workman
Lilly and his family.
You and | and the other working
men and women viii see that the
Dollar club Is n sue cess.
And that the Liilys will have a
home and a cupboard filled with
eRtablesi
JOIN THE DOLLAR CLUB!
CAR SICKNESS