West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-11
PHILANTHROPY
FEMININE
by CLAUDE PAMARES
cOryrlsht 'oos d, W. n. cldwcn

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], could not bo said OF Miss Hattie
/ SheGlu. spinstor. shat at tho age OF
| th'rN-cight she was good lookiug
woman A spinster of chat age cannot
! bc expected 20 hc. The most that can
Doe expected rs that she Will. DO Kind
hearted and have desire 20 reform
| the world and elevate the moral stand.
lng OF humanity generally
! Miss Shellin had that desire. In visit
Ing New York city she had many. many
times observed hard up looking moR
who were seemingly drifting Into
| cOreera of wi,kcdness because there
was 40 one az hand 10 encourage thcm
! and hold out helping hand She had
! often been tempted 10 address them,
but her brother Bon happened to DO
| along or shc had seen como policeman
! watching her or the hard up looking
| man mudo sneak as She was about 90
stop
/ 10 was when Brother Ben went TO
! Europe on business that his sister DO.
! termined TO carry out her long cher
| ished plans. She had the time and tho
| money. and the steamer was hardly
| clear of Fire island whom she was IN
! the city with her trunk and installed IN
| a boarding house where she had been
! acquainted for number OF years In
confidence she told the lnndlady OF the
| object of her visit It was an very we'll
| TO donate libraries and 20 endow hos.
/ pitnls and colleges. but when man
! was walking the streets OF New York
with hunger gnawiue az his vltuls and
/ hope gone ont of his heart. of what
use were such Institutions TO hlm3
III you don't make a fool OF yourself
| thcn / don't know how TO make hash"
/ replied The practical ana level headed
| lUndlady. as she remembered the names
/ of "a few hard up men OF the scores thut
/ had taken her In FOR q few weeks
/ board since she had been I'm the board.
ing house business
But how can / make fool OF my
| SELF, as you torn itt" was asked. III
! ! speak kindly ANA oncouraglugly 10
some hopeless and pcnniIcss man, II
| help him 10 "a situation. II give him
the opportunity 10 earn an honest l,v-
Ing once more. where can YOU crit.
ciseT'
Never YOU mind. You've got money,
| and you've got heurt and I've moth.
ing further 60 say"
II she had had anything further TO
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wasn't two hours later that Miss Shef-
aln set out on her quest She bodu,t
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homeless. hopeless man from twenty.
! five TO seventy y.ors of oro cnu ana
him ln unpcr broadway M npv hour ~
the day or uisht lie h th.re ANA lool,.
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against tbe roillng, I'm frout ~ q dr,c
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