Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-11-22
PHILANTHROPY
FEMININE
By CLAUDE PAMARES
Copyright, 1906. BY w. r. Caldwell
By CLAUDE PAMARES
Copy right. 1906. by w. r. Caldwell


thirty eight she WIS a good looking
woman. A spinster of that age cannot
be expected to be. The most that can
be expected is that she will be kind
hearted and have desire to reform
the world and elevate the moral stand
ing of humanity generally.
Miss Sheflin had that desire In visit
ing New York city she had many, many
times observed hard up looking men
who We're seemingly drifting into
careers of wickedness because there
WAS no one Mt hand to encourage them
and hold out a helping hand. She had
often been tempted TO address them.
but her brother Ben happened to be
along or she had seen some policeman
watching E,r or the hard up looking
man made IL sneak rs she was about to
stop.
1t was when Brother Ben went 10
Europe on business that his sister de-
tcrnined to carry out her long cher-
ished plans. She had the time and the
money and the steamer WAS hardly
clear OF Fire island when she was in
tue " III lttl u ttliN anu
boarding house where she had been
acquainted for n number of years. In
confidence she told tie lanGlady OF the
object of her visit 1t was I'll very well
to donate libraries and to endow hos
pitfalls and colleges hut wlcn man
was walking the streets Of New York
with hunger gnawing III his yitals and
- lat n.tttf Of -l.Nf
use were such institutions 70 him?
III you don't make Il fool of yourself
then | don't know how 10 make hash
replied the practical and i1Vei headed
landlady. as she remembered the names
Of Il few hard up mcl OF tie scores that
had taken her 1T for Il few weeks
board since she had been in the board
ing house business.
But how can make a fool of my
self, as you term it?'' was asked, IF
I speak kindly and entouragingly to
some hopeless and penniless man, If
help him TO Il situation if | give him
the opportunity to earn IN honest liv-
ing once more. where can you criti-
ciSe?'
"Never you mind You've got money,
and you've got Il heart, and I've moth
Ing further to say"
If she had had anything further to
say it would have done no good. 1t
wasn't two hours later that Miss @hef-
Hin set out on her quest She hadn't
far to look Any one who is seeking
homeless, hopeless man from twenty
five to seventy years of age can find
him in upper Broadway at any hour OF
the day or night He is there aud look
ing for good thing.
Miss Shefilin found one leaning up
against the railing in front of drug
store. His face betrayed gloom and his
general attitude disconsolation, and as
he looked in the bottles in the window
he seemed to be wondering which held
!cudanum and which strychnine She
was about to address him when plain
clothes detective came from the other
direction and said to the man.
Now, then, ont of this or I'll run
you in"
The hopeless man sighed and moved
on YEARLY. He moved like one hurt
and Inundated He moved down to-
ward the East river, as if he would
take a header off the dock and end it
all. Miss Sheftlin followed after. and
at the corner she overlook him and
said
You seem to be in trouble, sir. AMI
If can assist you | shall be glad to do
So"
lie was a man about thirty years old.
lie had tin horn gambler and free
lunch written all over him. but the old
maids eyes detected no sign. He look
ed at her for minute and wondered
what sort Of a plant it was. Then
he became conscious that he had
struck one of those good things" he
had read about and heard tell OLA
female philanthropist. Removing his
nat ana deepening his hopeless look,
he replied
Miss, | have been out of work for
weeks and weeks, and so help me
heaven, | have had no food for two
days. | was thinking of throwing
myself under a street car and ending
il all"
How wicked to think of taking your
own life"
But of what use to live and walk
tue streets penniless and hungry?
Dldn't you just see detective drive
me along like a dogi'
Il did, and | felt almost like shoot
inc him. Please follow me to my
boarding house and tell me your story"
He followed. He winked at an ac-
duahtance as he followed. ana his
w'pk WIS retprned- lie ran qeross .he h.
landiady rs he entered The house after
Miss Shenlin, ana ne heayed sigh n
feiiet as he found her face unfamiliar.
al the same time. however. he real
l2ea that she was not philanthropic
ahdlady-not one to be taken In by
any ordinary tale OF distress.
Sitting in the parlor beside the old
maid and working VI, all the patlios he
could, the tin horn man told his tale.
y was one that brought tears to her
eyes lie was honest enough to plead
sullty to emhezzline $50 from his en-
ployer to bet on the races and penltent
enough to say thar uothtpsr ~, al, 5000